The daily sentinel., 1908-04-09
By Catherine Mann-Payzant.
Especial to The sentinel.)


New York, April 9.-One Of the
noticeable features of the new sum-
mer goods now in the markets are
those with borders. A few were
used last year, but it is now that
their possibilities are recognized and
the manufacturers have given us a
numberless variety, not only in the
hand pointed nets and chiffons but
in the less expensive and simpler
fabrics.
They may be found in linens. such
as a white ground with a coral bor-
der, a brown grass linen with Per-
sian design, gray muslin with
blue curved and striped lines in its
edge. Many of the cotton silks, so
called. have borders that represent
stencil designs. mulls have beautiful
flowered or foliage patterns and the
chalIis adapt themselves particularly
to such decoration. The foulards
both of the real and the cotton va
riety have handsome chevron bord-
erS.
Their use is applied equally to the
ornamentation of the skirt and the
waist. jumper straps, the outlines of
the overblouse, Japanese bands and
belts, panels, folds and flounces.
Trimmings are favoribe places for
their application and they are the
potent aids of both the short and the
tall woman, the one using them in
vertical lines and the other. in cross
wise fashion.
A foulard is always useful dress
and late importation is good eX-
ample of the use of the border. The
ground of the foulard was a rich
green covered with ring-dot in
u, N oh nfh
zigzag. like the arrow-headed stripes
forming the badge on a non-commis-
stoned officers coat sleeve. The
skirt very happily combines the good
features of both the plated and cir
cular modes. 1t consists of six
cores, the two at each side being of
circular shaping. closely adjusted to
the figure, while the front and back
cores are plated. The closing is
made at the left side of the back
gore. The chevron bands are placed
a few inches above the lower edge
and outlining the plated cores.
With other materials the bands may
be of lace or of the material with
hand embroidery The dress is of
clearing length. The blouse waist is
very simple in its construction. the
blouse portion being gathered to
net embroidered with colored silk
matching the colors in the gown ma
teral over the shoulders and at
the bottom of the yoke both front
and back are straps of the border,
which also forms the Japanese
bands over the adjustment of the
full sleeves which end at the elbow
and are gathered into cuffs of the
bordered material. The belt is of
the border also.
Another development of this gown
was in natural colored pongee with a
border of white and brown key pat
terms on the pongee in darker
shade. Lace bands or those of em-
broidery would be suitable for a
white linen or dotted Swiss or a
printed chiffon.
The foulards in blue with designs
in white are the best liked though
many are shown in dark red green
and browns and few in gray, ana
the patterns dots of all sizes. lozen-
ges, dashes. bars, and tiny sprigs of
flowers.
few of the foulard are IN larger
and conventional designs, some are in
checks and some are overplaided ana
others are in stripes with an invis-
ible or over check beneath.
white linen having a coral bord-
er, done in wreaths and small de-
signs between. consisted of a kilt
plated skirt, the kits turning from
the center of the front The lower
edge is straight. measuring with tho
plaits drawn out about five yards in
the medium sizes. II is in clearing
length and the straight lower edge
makes it adaptable to bordered
goods. The blouse waist had be-
coming arrangement of wide and
short tucks on the shoulders with a
plain space in the center which is
supplied from the Dordered goods.