The Washington times., 1906-08-06
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DAINTY NEGLlGEE ROBES
AND JACKETS FOR SUMMER

| In these Gays women spend but little
| time indoors yet the indoor negligee is
/ dear TO the truly feminine heart. What
woman is there who does not revel In
| her graceful, trailing house gown, with
thin material. sweeping sleeve draperies
and low-cut neck. so delightfully."- cool
so charmingly graceful. well suited "a
conceal the deficiencies as well as Il
add beauty 70 the human foTm-whetheT
divine OF ugly? The summer-resort
woman has but little use now for the
tea gown, but the woman who stays in
town, and there are many of comfort
able means who prefer being with their
husbands until they. too, can take a
/ summer vacation, has much need OF
| them, for she can wear them at almost
any and all times indoors, and If she
wishes 10 feign a slight invalidism. and
there Is no one 70 dine but her own fam
ily. she can strain a point and wear q
lOw-necked negligee at the dinner table,
and look so cool ana attractive that her
other half would fain have her pretend
every night. at every dinner hour TO be
slightly indisposed. but still able to sit
up and eat.
Empire Styles.-TheTe are delightful
little Empire negligees with the neck
well rounded out and short pufred
sleeves that might lead any man 10
suppose they were summer dinner
gowns, Othe-s have angel sleeves that
cover the arms for three or four inches
only and then sweep back, the sleeves
drippin with lace runies. and these lace
ruft3es ..sed not be expensive. The ef-
feet is what one strives for in these
garments
Empire and princess styles are both
admirably adapted 20 boudoir modes,
and more than ever this year my lady
IS reveling in the most becoming laces
and ribbons, The short jacket is usual
ly worn with a handsome petticoat 20
match, with great deal OF handWOrk
and blind embroidery. this being really
newer than tie heavier OpenwOrk pat
terms, although the latter are always in
favor. When the negligee Is or chiffon
OF SILK q SILK skirt, following the pat
taT.s a 8 closely as may be, is worn, or
a white skirt we'll inset and founced
with lace.
a feature Of the new long robe IS that
ends Of the material, edged with lace,
are often substituted for ribbon sashes
o the Wais- when the robe does not fall
straight. aS in the strictly Empire FASH
ioni although In this case the waist line
is but shifted up 20 the armpit and the
belt or sash used there instead Of lower
down
The negligee IS more comfortable and
more readily slipped Into when open all
the way down the front, hence hand
some un6ersSirt is q necessity, even
with the trailing robe The hmOnO Is
TOO good a design TO fan into disfavor
but Il mas been adapted with variations
10 suit the ideas Of the moment.
An Oreandie NeEligee-TO return 10
the Empire style, there is a little En-
pire negligce in IN crgandle, with a
white ground, covered with sprays OF
small mauVe lldcs and duh green
leaves. having q Dutch neck the cir
cular yoke OF which has eight quarter
inch tucks dow the front and similar
number i'm the back. A half-inch edsing
Of vaIeuCieunes IS set on the top, and
20 this is attached an inch-and-a-half-
wide edgiDg OF the same lace, plain
where il joins the edging, but the upper
edge forming a Tuffte around the neck.
on each point Of the edge Tuffe is fas-
tened a tiny loop quarters n en-
inch long. through which p half-inch
Hlac-co-ored velvet ribbon, the same
color as the loops, IS run, and this is
knotted in the front into bow with
iTnumerable loops.
This yoke. Of course. forms the upper
part OF the robe. and 10 IL Is attached
the body OF the gown, which IS shaped
in slightly under the arms and has six
narrow plaits down the center front
otherwise the robe is gathered around
the top. In the center back the yoke is
cut up in a sha-p point. anG here the
Organdte IS gathered In fun, anC makes
graceful, straight sweep down the
back An inch-Wide valcnCiennes lace in
sertion joins the body and the yoke and
tC the lower edge a three-inch ruftte
Of the lace is Joined, falling over the
body. The lace insertion is slashed and
buttonh0led al intervals. and through
these slashes lilac-colored velvet ribbon
is drawn. tying IN the front with a long
lOoped bow and ends that come a. TIE
knees.