Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-05

| tached to the yoke and the rest left free
| to hang as 1t pleases over the body. The
| body of the blouse is OF irish crochet not
| the baby variety but In fine leaf designs.
| The sleeves are large puffs ending at the
| elbows and finished there by deep rufies
| made by joining inch-wtde insertions or
| yalenciennes together and rufffing them
| at the bottom by wide Valenciennes edg-
! ings.
| To wear with black coat and skirt by
| widow there is a tailored blouse of pale
gray liberty satin, sprinkled evenly with
| large and small polka dots in lighter and
| darker gray, and at two-inch intervals a
larger polka dot in black. This opens in
the front. 1t has three plaits each side OF
the center OF the back and front.
| In the front it is bit double-breasted.
there being two small jet buttons down
the center front; these are four inches
apart at the top by two at the bottom and
are arranged in four groups, two each
side at the bottom, then three, and then
four The plaits at the sides are stitched
in to the bust line and from that point
let loose. The sleeves are rather small
shirt sleeves, with deep cuffs going half
way to the elbows These GUNS are faced
at the bottom with plain black taffeta,
and a line OF the small jet buttons goes
up the outside seams. The collar Is
detachable one of finest hemstitched linen
MULE. with turned-over top, and slipped
around this top Is a narrow fold OF
black silk taffeta crayat that ties IN the
front with a tiny bow. l should have said
that the black taffeta facing of the sleeves
Is brought over on the outside of the GUNS
and Is finished separately, so that where
It laps over 1t forms a little separate cuff,
stitched at the edges and opened at the
back. A black taneta girdle goes with IL.
Another blouse in fine white batfste Is
elaborate In insertions and ruffies OF Val
enciennes lace The stock, however, Is IN
Irish crochet, in two parts, Joined; the
lower Is the regular crochet in rose pat
terms and the upper half Is baby crochet
with a fine edging. The yoke Is on the
ciennes insertions The body of the waist
has batiste under the arms and half way
to the center front and back. but the rest
of the body is formed of fnch-wide Valen-
ciennes insertions forming quarter squares.
with the corners joining the shoulder
pieces and meeting in the front, the sharp
| point meeting the stock In the center.
| Each OF the insertions forming this quarter
| square of each side, front and back. is fin
| ished at the inside, where 1t joins the next
fat insertion, with a three-quarter-inch
ruffie of the same lace. The batiste section
| Is laid In fine tucks their own width apart
| half way down from where IL Joins the lace
| insertion to the belt. The sleeves are full
| puffs, ending at the elbows and having two
/ inch bands of the heavy Irish crochet for
| cuffs. On the upper part OF the sleeve a
/ tab of baby Irish crochet 10 inserted from
| tho cun up some four inches; 1t Is pointed
at the edge and has at Its outer edges
An tnch-wide Valenciennes ruffle finishes
| the lower edge Of the crochet cuffs, and at
| the back q square tab four inches long and
| the same In width Of batiste, Is attached
This square Is bordered with inch-wide VAL
| erciennes ruffied on. and In the center Is
| diamond-shaped motif in Irish crochet with
| q rose.
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| plain navy blue French foulard frock
| has princess skirt In corseiet effect, and
the upper part Is practically all navy blue
chiffon. with lace insertions. having shout
der straps and folds OF the foulard- The
skirt comes almost to the top OF the bust,
| and Is curved down somewhat In the CEN
ter. the top being finished all around by q
! bias strip Of blue velvet. the foulard com
] ing up over this and the joining being con-
ceaied by band of heavy white lace with
| Irish crochet flowers set In the center of
each little section. The princess top Is tucked
4 and fastened 10 tight foundation The
tucks are deeper at the waist line, and
continue to point some distance below
the hips and still further In the center
/ front-indeed in the center front-they ex-
tend to the knees. Three-quarfer-inch In
fsertions of ecru lace extend from top to
bottom and underneath them--they are quite
openwork-narrow pale green velvet ribbon
| shows through. These Insertions extend