Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-12
THRRR LINEN aowNs RnRRoIDERED ANp LAcE TRnn1Ep.

, added or not, but some Of the best tailors
advise tailored collars and cuffs, faced
with white French pique and this touch
OF white does make a coat more becoming
and adds to its appearance Of GOODNESS
White linen is OF course always liked for
coat and skirt suits, as are the soft dull
blues and this year the darker tans and
browns are considerably in demand, khaki
and saddle brown in particular. although
the latter will undoubtedly look best on
brpiling midsummer days.
Nthe tailored linen coats are fitted or
sekii-fitting in the back. loose in front and
Of whatever length Is best suited to the
fvearer, although the preference is for
HSnparatively short coats.
For the dressier coat and skirt suit, the
Aloose falling coat varying in length from
the waist line to well below the hip line
has the preference. Some very attractive
late importatons, however, show fitted
coats OF half length and belted coats with
half length or even three-quarter length
skirts. and rumor has it that these longer
coats and coats defining the figure will
lead the late season In Paris.
They do not OF course. lend themselves
so readily 20 Tubing as do the short loose
coats, but the elaborate linen gown goes
70 the cleanser rather than 70 the laundry
nowadays.
Soutache braiding plays important
part In the ornamentation OF the somewhat
elaborate linen coat and skirt costume and
IL a trihe newer than hand embroidery,
though II has by no means elbowed the
latter aside. Often the two are combined.
and effective trimming. illustrated in
the blue linen model sketched here, is made
with soutache braiding, whose design is in
certain parts filled in with heavy, thiclxly
This particular model, which was an
extremely chic one, was Of duh blue linen
braided and embroidered in white. The
loose Ittle coat with it's jaunty lines and
it's attractive details was supplemented
by an deliberately braided skirt as IL the
case in most Of the French models OF this
class, but many women prefer a simpler
skirt trimming.
White linen coats and skirts trimmed
with narrow Irish crochet insertion and
band embroidery are made up upon very
simple lines with loose, coIlarless. short
sleeved coats and plainly gored skirts
The heavy openwork insertion outlines
all the seams and very narrow correspond
ing edge finishes the borders Of the coat
English eyelet work and heavy blind
embroidery are usually combined in the
bold designs which are embroidered by
band on the coat fronts around the neck.
on the cuffs and around the skirt bottom.
Small round medallions OF Irish crochet in
the heavy rose design whose petals are
separate are often introduced throughout
the embroidery design, being set into the
linen with openwork stitchery.
The bold Breton embroideries IN red and
blue are greatly liked IN Paris for the trim
ming OF string color and white linens, and
\ some pretty French models in linen have
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white or tsring coir. such embroidery
In brown upon natural toned linen Is con-
sldered very smart. and dun Copenhagen
blue on string color IL very effective.
Similar emhroideries IN self-tone are used
upon linens IN all colors. One OF the
4 originals or our liren and was in a Lovely
fhade OF rose linen and was embroidered
Wy hand IN self-tones, the embroidery
bordering the shaped back ana front OF
the blouse and forming a panel down the
Nsenter front OF the plated skirt A very
striking French frock OF linen, in the bright
onion brown shade known as eassia, was
. e. lToidered In buttonholed scallops and
English openwork with white
Cluny lace Is as popular as Irish lace for
the trimming OF linen and Is newer. while
Z ldsome fiet laces with hand darned de-
are the handsomest thing that can be
n upon the dressy linen frock
nc jumper or guimpe frock OF linen is
demie and designers are puzzling their
Inns 10 devise models for such froeks
Itch will have originality and set them
bve the Commonplace. Hand embroidery
lys SIS role here. as upon the fancy coats.
there are attractive little guimps
bcks OF linen trimmed entirely In little
fapQings and buttons and selling for
81 reasonable prices.
An Openwork trimmiIg formed by put
wing two narrow hands OF the linen two
and half or three inches apart and join
ing them by little straps alternating with
open spaces OF the same width OF the
straps Il excellent for the linen suimps
frock. ana AarrOw bands OF linen embroid-