St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-02
WHAT SHALL MATRoNS WEAR
Ideal Summer Outfit a Black Taffeta
Suit with Touch Of White Chit
b fon in Entire Donx.

Il 1t was the wife or q m1ll1onalTe WnO
went to one of Chicago's great man
dressmakers. She was a meek little
woman Of the gentle, parted hair type,
Of whom all is told sartorially In say
ing that she was and had been for
many years in the habit of topping on
her coiffure with . quiet, though al
together beautiful and costly, bonnet,
which she tied on with strings
The great man dressmaker looked
at her with an all seeing eye and dis
approved, although he had had her
ga}k daughters among his patrons.
II you will have such a gown as
would make for your daughter,
madam, will make you something,
said the mighty man, "but If you
want an old lady's gown, I can't sup.
ply you"
The idea 6f the matron's gown of
the dinner type has recently been ex.
pressed prettily by Miss Fanny
Brough, in the "Indecision Of Mr..
Kingsbury," in a mole colored chiffon,
elaborately trimmed in mole colored
velvet.< Dark chiffon is particularly
used now by those who make spe-
cialty of the elderly matron's gown.
Either as the top and waist part OF
the cloth gown or suit or as the COM
plete evening or dinner dress there
is no prettfer idea when trying to get
away from black. All the shades of
plum and subdued violets, or the
darker blue grays, the mole color,
dark blue, and certain shades Of pale
tan are likely to be becoming to the
elderly woman. As for make, the
long lines and semi-ftting which Is
the present way of manipulating the
princess style, are something which
the most conservative dresser need not
be afraid of. the up and down effect
being especially becoming to the old.
er figure. -ra''''''
Grays, always recommended indis-
discriminatory to the white haired
woman, are the last thing that should
be chosen, especially in light shades,
by the anemic: and that elderly peo-
pie are to q certain extent anemic 1t
is only necessary to notice the general
pallor of skin attached to white hair
to believe. Light gray emphasizes this
pallor, and it is this type whose sal
vation is in the mounting Of black
laces and chiffons over white. The
matron who has this style Of dress
has a "dress like her daughters" and
one which is at present the envy of
every woman, young or old, and yet
she IS distinctly within her own pre-
serves. White lace, with finishing
of light blue, is the fitting adjunct to
this costume, and especially becoming
to the delicately refined and pale type
with white hair. Lavenders, shading
to a faint touch Of cerise in the fig
ures of black net or organdie, II
mounted on black and relieved by
white lace and muslin de sole for col
lar, vests, and undersleeves, are equal
ly pretty with dark cliiftons for the
thin evening or dinner dresses. Gay
Londoners of uncertain age are now
affecting pinks.
Black taffeta, in the new soft kinds,
is, however, the standby for this sum-
mer at least, and in 1t the matron may
ind q suit complete, Including skirt
and plan morning shirt waist, with an
open and cut out waist for dress,
made with few black silk entire
doux, and mounted over white chiffon.
With a coat of becoming length such
an outfit Of taffeta needs only to be
supplemented by a few wash things
to make an ideal summer outfit.-Chf-
cago Tribune