The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-09-08
THE ETERNAL FEMININE.

My Dear Martha:
ran down to Narragansett for the
seasons final entertainments and every
thing closed with whirl and a dash,
and as the, weather continued very
warm there was abundant display of
embroidered laees and organizes. Now
society is on the wing and will fit
around considerably for the next ten
days before the Newport horse show. !
have been TO several over-crowded
hotels in the Berkshires and 1 have
especially noted what an increasing
business and a lucrative one, this dis
playing of fine lingerie in summer
hotels has become. What tempting
linens they do exhibit and how they
haunt our minds with visions of untold
| frfvolity. One woman sold a thousand
dollars worth in one day at a really
quiet resort Certainly. women's lin
gerie is becoming more and more eX-
pensive; finer materials are being used
and much more expensive laces, but
elaborate business is being replaced
4 by exquisite daintiness, and while
muslin is still employed by few for
| economy and by some for winter
warmth-of course it outwears all else
must be sheer to attract purchasers
and so, an inexpensive quality of
nainsook supplants muslin. 1 find
happy compromise is the English
nainsook which is thin and outwears
the French material by many day.
Valenciennes is the lace par excellence
for trimming and among the limitations
would strongly recommend the Ger
/ no STR me
closely suggesting the real valencinnes
where the French limitations fail and
wearing extremely we'll. Manufacture
ers are learning the lesson from i'm
ported models to put less lace and a
better quality upon under garments
Why don't you make your lingerie at
home? 1t can be done at half the eX-
pense and l know several girls with
small allowances who are making
amazing quantities if fine underwear
and by tour of the shops are able to
carry home ideas for trimming de-
signs. Swiss and batiste embroidery
headings also add greatly to the beauty
scheme and there is an infinite variety
for choice. Eyelets worked in the ma
terial like button holes take the place
of applied beading and favorite eff
feet is obtained by setting these eye
lets at each side of groups of tiny tucks
so that the ribbon will pass under the
tucxs and over the narrow plain spaces
between the groups This is frequently
employed at the head of drawer fiounc-
ing and around the necks of night
dresses and chinese and is quite a
favorite on the corset cover but on the
petticoats applied beading is used Tor
firmness sake. One piece garments like
night dresses are sometimes held in
loosely at the waist by a band of wide
beading run with ribbon but this real
ly breaks the continuous line of the
garment so the French designers favor
the eyelet scheme All collar effects
are done away with and neck f1ounces
are frowned upon since after one wear
ing they give the garment such an I'M
tidv appearance. The general ten
dencv is towards elimination of frills
and exquisite trimming of fiat surfaces
The Chinese gown slips on over the
head showing no opening and so, is
first favorite. The necks are cut
quite low and the absence of an open
ing gives free scope for trimming the
gown front The woman of superflu-
Gus flesh must stand by the corset
cover but the chinese has come into
its own again and the fiat trimming
on the gowns is duplicated on the Chi
mese fronts. These garments need no
be made bundlesome for by carefully
tucking in all surplus fullness at the
waist line back and front, and by curv
i ing the side seams. a neat fitting chi
mese is the result. Growers are usu
ally set upon a yoke which fits per
fectly smooth over the abdomen, hips
and back while the legs are of sur
prising width and cut partially cir
cuIar. A way to save the terrible rib
: bon expense is to work two buttol
holes on the outside of each leg abov'
hte fiounce and just tie the ribbon
through them. If you would follow
the present abiding fashion and hav
fImy. eobwebby lingerie so inexpressi
bly, tempting to every daughter of Eve
make it yourself. 1T is facinating worl
and well worth the labor.
The usual shifting Of scenes on tn
social stage has begun and the Eter
nal Feminine will have another chanc
to study modes as I expect the annua
: Newport horse show will give an ex
celent opportunity to display advance
autumn styles. Yours,
JANE.