The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-04

lovely. That Of the coming summer prom
ises to be still more lovely, just as the lingerie
frocks are prettier this year than they we're
last year.
Naturally, lavish hand embroidery runs
parasol prices up to imposing sums, but
this does not in the least affect the sales.
Embroidered lingerie t~oilettes the fashion,
able woman will have, and every expert en-
broiderer in the country is hard at Work
trying to satisfy her demands.
Linen p~arasols heavily embroidered in
blind embroidery, with perhaps a little
open eyelet work scattered through the
design, are as popular as they were last
summer but are novel only in respect to
the embroidery designs.
Some of these linen models, cut with loose
frill- like edges, are ornamented this season
by soft. wide ribbon knotted round the
ferrule, drawn loosely to the edge Of one OF
the panels and caught there by another
loose chou, with many loops and ends.
Severe p~arasols of heavy linen, without
other ornament than a big, heavily en-
broidered monogram in one OF the panels,
are among the new things, and are finding
favor for use with morning frocks, al
though many fastidious women always
object to the personal advertisement OF
snowy monograms upon any visible part or
a toilette. Plain linen parasols embroidered
in large dots of contrasting or self color
are among the simpler embroidered linen
models. and cluny medallions are set into
many Of the comparatively plain linen para
soils.
The sheer lingerie models are in all de-
grees of Ella boration and exhibit the most
exquisite designs in embroidery and inset
valenCiannes Sometimes the embroidery
covers almost the entire surface, but quite
as chic are models with a single big sprawl
ing blossom in each panel and tiny en-
broidered sprigs scattered carelessly at
intervals over the rest of the parasol. Lace
edged frlls finish the borders of a majority
Of the sheerer lingerie models and sometimes
h delicately embroidered vine or garland
design rum around the frill aboyethe lace.
Among silk parasols the variety is greater
aud more obvious than in the province OF
the lingerie models and, though most elabo-
rate affairs of lace and chiffon and hand
painted or embroidered silk are displayed,
it is hard to find anything prettier than
some Of the simpler printed silk models
Take, for example, a white silk parasol
NJ heavy lustrous quality with a quarter
inch line of delicate s%pringlike green satin
woven along its border and in each panel
a delicately printed large, loose bunch Of
daisies, all white and soft yellow and softer
green, and made to stand out from the white
silk background by a cloudy shading. Or
perhaps one may prefer a white parasol
with a border line of faint violet and loose
lunches Of printed pansies in somewhat
faded lines in the panels, W lille single pansies
in all positions and angles are scattered
over the rest Of the silken surface.
There are some charming white parasols,
too, with deep Persian borders in beauti-
fully blended Oriental shadings and with
several narrow waving bands Of the Oriental
design running around the parasol above
the border.
Ribbon embroidery has been lavishly
applied to the seasons parasols, with vary
iaS degrees CT success, according to the
artistic skill Of the designer. One house
shows a rather striking line Of these models,
one Of the most admired being Of white