Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11
PINK CHIFFON AND
LACE GOWN

batiste. SO fine and soft that it looked al
| most like chiffon. The waist had shall
low round yoke made of alternate rows or
shocking eyelet work.
The stitching was done in pale green
silk. The collar was a straight band,
Ftrimmed with light stitchery in conven-
tional design And eyelet gork The ,d siee Sss
| broad bands of eyelet work andIstitehery
little way down from the srnthole.
They were taken in at the wrist. with q
band OF ruching, beneath which the ma
teriaI comes out in a little ruffie. trimmed
Another waist was trimmed in much the
same way, with yellow and white silk
Instead, however, of all the stitchery being
done with the yellow silk. most of 1t was
done In white, the yellow being used quite
| sparingly both on yoke and sleeves 1i.4s
waist was trimmed not only with the ruch-
| ing, but with the open crochet wheels set
| in the sleeves and neckband.
But it is on the chidren's frocks that
| shocking is most effective and most widely
| used. The most charming frocks are now
made for children in all sorts Of material,
| trimmed with shocking. For morning
wear the little dresses are in dark blue
| linen, brown linen, dark red, gray or deep
| pink. and also in flannel and serge, with
| cotton or linen guimpes. For afternoon
/ there are the white linen frocks, pongee,
thin white material, cashmeres. Henrietta
| The dark blue linen morning frocks have
| shocked Jokes, sleeves shocked across the
| top and taken in at the wrist with braids
of shocking Some Of them fall straight
| from the yoke to the hem, and others are
| laid in pleats are taken In at the belt
! line with shocking. On blue dress the
stitching Is all in red, white or yellow and
| in heavy cotton yarn. This combination
of colors is Russian in effect, the shades
| used being the deep and yet vivid ones of
| the Russian embroidery. Then the tan or
brown linen frocks are attractive, stitched
| with blue, red or yellow. Gray linen also
| looks we'll with the red or blue stitchery.
Red linen looks best with blue or white
| thread, and the deep dull pink linen Is at
| tractive with yellow dark red thread.
| While linen frocks of a fairly ..eavy
| quality are trimmed with stitchery in red
and blue most effectively, yellow and blue
| is, another combination used on the white
| linen. When white thread Is used on the
| white linen the stitchery is usually quite
| elaborate, especially on the heavier linens
/ French knots are used a great deal with
i the smoking, especially on the al-White
dresses and also fiat bands of embroidery
| in conventional designs, all made of cotton
| thread. The very thin little dresses are
| also most charmingly trimmed in this
fashion, which seems much more suitable
! for children than open work or insertions
| Of lace or even than the hne french EN-
broidery. g.
The most charming little frocks are made
of the very fine cashmere shocked with
silk Of the same and trimmed with oanas
| of the fiat embroidery done on the goods
| In this embroidery designs are wrought
| with the old-fas honed stitches, lever
! stitch, chain stitch. basket stitch. &c. In
| yellowish tan and brown these little frocks
are most charming. They have sleeves
| fall only half way to the elbow and are cut
| out in the neck. They are to be worn with
| very fine Embroidered white guimpes
and sleeves. ~