Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-12
new YORK FASHION LETTER.
Blind or Convent Embroidery the New
est Decoration--I.incn and Other
Goods for the White Season.

New York. July 9.-For the midsum-
mer nothing will be 30 effective or fash
onable as the lingerie dress and ling
erie blouse and 1t will be quite safe to
lay In full stock of them. for there
is no waning of their popularity. Some
fabuous prices are being put into these
nlmy dainty creations that appeal SO
strongly to the womans heart
The newest decoration in the line of
embroidery Is that called BLIND or con-
vent embroidery, which is particularly
suited to the fine Handkerchief linens
muslins, ETC., but on the heavier goods
the eyelet still holds its own; and, in
deed one sees combination Of both
and sometimes there is added n little
drawn work or lace on the stitches on
seams. A pretty combination was seen
/ where the skirt and Jacket suit had its
front gore, shawl collar, and pointed
cuffs decorated with broad design of
eyelet work inside the pattern Of which
Z was another conventional design of
blind embroidery done in color; and the
| seams of the skirt and Jacket were done
over with lace Stitches, while the dainty
handkerchief linen blouse and three
fold DECORATION of drawn work. tatted
motifs and blind embroidery done in
colors and worn over an underslip of pas
! tel green. No one would have supposed
| that the suit had been bought perfectly
plain, though made up in a high grade
| linen, and afterwards decorated by the
| hand of the wearer, a young woman
. very handy with her needle Flouncing
ranging from five to forty-two inches
embroidered In the most beautiful de-
signs In flowers scroll patterns, etc. are
! being used this summer for frocks. The
skirts of some, intended for those tall
ana thin enough to stand them. have
runles from belt to hem; but the ma
jority Use two wider houncings. and
still other skirts have an upper portion
of plain goods to match the founces
which lengthens this upper portion. The
waist IS made from the plain goods dec
Grated with strips of medallions or de-
signs cut from the nouncing. while the
sleeves may be of two ruffles having
n cap piece for foundation.
OF course, there are pattern dresses
galore IN all prices to suit all pocket
books. A clever young woman, who can
use her needle to advantage bought one
OF the machne-made embroidered dress
es and quite transformed il by over-em-
broidering the machine work; she also
ran the seam by hand in lace stitches.
Many were the admirng EXPLANATIONS
made over 1t at q recent school lunch
en-.
new form Of decoration is the use
OF wide ribbons for ruffes or founces.
which should match the color Of the
gown material. A lovely, sheer organdy
had for its decoration narrow ribbon
bow knots applied to its garlands and
stems Of the roses in its design. Black
velvet ribbon run through beading is
u another form of characterization much
liked for the linen dress An example
Of such a costume on exhibition last
week had its yoke outlined with bertha
edged with beading run with black vel
vet ribbon. the cuff bands and each OF
the nuns folds on the skirt were headed
with the beading and ribbon.
This Is a distinctly white season and
linen IN that color is the leading wash
material closely followed by bastste
Linen IS trimmed with all sorts of en-
| broidery hardenger, eyelet. and con-
vent embroidery, and for the heavier
qualities cluny and Irish lace Is fash
onahle. also valenchIennes the more
sheer materials. Numbers Of motifs, in
sets and medallions are used, and the
latter are often joined together TO form
o. a band laid between clusters OF tucks
or to outline the bertha, cuffs. collar. OF
boero fronts. Insertions Of the variou.
fashionable laces are used to cover
skirt seams or Join cores together. ant
as a decoration for a waist n yoke
t and cuffs of one linen dress were made
a with several rows Of insertion fagotte(
with colored wash goods.
" There is great liking in the llnel
n dress for the unbroken front breadth
n This style is the frequent accompani
ment Of the corselet skirt and the sam'
a, idea is sometimes used for the bacl
Va breadth.
in IN making n lingerie waist have tn
N tucks that provide the fulnoss well owe
=, on the shoulders. leaving the front al
Y most entirely free for the embroidere,
=, design. OF course, all these waists taste
in the back Make your waist with tw
~, collars. as It gets mussed before tn
rest of the waist The latest idea is t.
~ make them straight instead Of curved
left soft under tho chin, but held "
! at the sides and back by tiny feather
bone supporters.
With tho lingerie dresses there ar
the lingerie hats. which are even NOR
worn this season than last. They ma
be of heavy linen in eyeet work owe
n colored foundation, or of soft eh,broid
IN cred batste Swiss or shrred organdS
II may be simply trimmed with a sim
as ple twist OF ribbon and bow or hav
~ n more elaborate decoration in the forr
g of flowers, etc, but seldom feather
bc the last is quite out of place.
n For the midsummer travelling suits
bo the two piece costume in tan or gra
hi linen will he extensively worn. TIL
~ skirts come in broad plaits with no 9th
er decoration than that OF machin
. stitching. The iacket may be an Eton.
~ short box coat or pony, or half-lengt
"a that may he half fitted or hung oos
"a from the shoulders with pped corde
-, or embroidered collar and cuffs an
" pockets.
-, The same idea is then carried out I
- the heavier goods but the trimming ma
~ be vakied by the addition of Hercult
49, braid and soutache. For shedding tn
dust and keeping fresh no material
so serviceable as the shadow checke
mohairs.
The white mohair skirt Is n most cor
venent affair and as all white separa,
~ skirts for wear with lingerie bloaises
NO a fashionable addition to the WARDROBE
it Is well to have one. preferably in me-
hair and next to that in Sicilian, serg
vOile thew