The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-29
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WOMAN AND pA1NTINEss.

WOMAN AND DAINTINESS.
A Society Butterfly in M. A. P. on
"Wcman and Daintiness" expounds
the theory that personal daintiness is
by no means a universal attribute,
even among refined and wealthy wo-
men. Indeed, more than one leader
of society has an uncared-for look
and rough, untidy hair. And such
as these are never neatly dressed de-
spite the skill of their French maids
and the perfect style and make OF
Their Partisan costumes. Certainly,
daintiness has much charm, and, as
well-known man-about town was heard
to say: "A pretty woman should
have the freshness of flower" OF
course, the mud and dirt of London
are dead against US, just as the clear
air and clean streets of Paris ana
New York are equally in favor OF the
Partisan and American. By the way,
anthracite coal is freely burnt in New
York and I was reading the other
day that most CT it comes from Wales.
So we export our smokeless fuel in
stead of keeping it for home consump-
ton. It seen. S strange. But back
ward London is slow to adopt new
Improvement And the dry cleaners
bill makes a serious item in the ex-
penses of an economical woman.
These thoughts On the duty OF daintl-
ness were suggested by some lovely
garments made for a well-known Am
erican Several Of the masterpieces
were in pure white, as white or cream
seems to fad high favor with the best
dressmakers. A dinner-gown in white
crepe-de-chine had coat of rich We
netian lace, made with long basques,
and fastened in the front by an an
tique clasp of cid paste and bright
green enamel. All sorts of soft SILKS
are to be much worn, including tus-
sore, Liberty silk, and a new kind
that has been christened radium silk.
A gown of this fabric, which is ex-
tremely fine in texture, appeared IN
pure white, rimmed-indeed, almost
covered-by beautiful Brussels lace.
And it had a deep waistbelt-a marx
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folded fichu of the same lace that re-
called the days of Marie Antoinette.
BY the way, these high wristbands
sound like old friends, but the new
ones are made with difference. They
are called corselet belts, and are
drawn upwards in a point, the front
being often finished by a set OF bows
graduated in size from the waist to
the edge of the bodice. A white lace
dress was lovely, made princess style,
and trimmed with silver carnations
and silver embroideries. And an at
tractive evening gown in cream silk.
soft and thick, had plain skirt, per-
fectly cut, a deep folded waistbelt,
short, full sleeves, and around the
bodice a thick wreath of small, almost
orange-colored roses. This outfit had
several gowns that showed clever
mixtures of tints and textures. One
charming frock, that looked like AS
cot or a garden-party, was in pale
blue silk, the bodice drawn into
deep, folded waistbelt, and the skirt,
made with fine pleats, cleared the
ground, and was the same length all
the way round. This gown had a
stole, which came from the shoulders
almost to the edge of the skirt, in
pale mauve silk, daintily embroidered
with white flowers and foliage. A
touch of mauve on the collar and
glimpses of mauve ruching at the feet
completed this perfect color scheme.
And the frock had two distinct novel
ties-the stole, and the sleeves, which
were not short, but down to the
wrist, where they were closely but
toned. Somehow, these long sleeves
gave subtle note of distinction. Then
another good gown appeared in pink
crepe-de-chine, the skirt trimmed with
insertions of white lace and many
pleats and bouillonnes. the sleeves
short, with deep lace frills, corset
belt of pink Liberty silk, and-note
the mixture of laces-a bolero of
Irish guipure.