The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-12

| Empire lines. The waist line wau
| normal in front but raised about three
inches in the back. The gown was
extremely simple with a scant skirt
hnlshed with straight hem. Two
; plaits extended over the shoulder and
two other plaits outlined a panel down
, the front and back. These panels
were slightly braided in soutache
With this gown was worn a linen coat
having pointed ends and deep notched
collar, big pockets, cuffs which were
braided with the soutache and the
edges decorated with narrow edge
tAat looked like embossed linen.
The braiding may be done at home.
Nearly all the linen shops or the art
stores will take your linen and stamp
| it for you in patterns that if worked
out carefully can hardly be detected
| from the imported article.
A number of these linen frocks will
be needed now that the separate blouse
is not SO much worn, and a pretty
linen in a dull grayed pink would be
neat when braid and a coarse mesh
lace were both used in it's construc-
ton. One seen the other day in white
had deep bands of lace laid above the
CT icrht io1,
collar was a square affair with an in
set of the band lace and around the
bottom of the skirt was a lace band
with a bit of braiding both above and
below the lace.
A lavendar linen had one of the
seven gored skirts With a high waist
line, high crossed girdle that was
part of the jumper consisting of pieces
over the shoulders, while the guimpe
was of tucked embroidered net The
girdle and jumper was braided in white
but the skirt was perfectly, plain.
In making the new dress it must be
remembered that bodices are abso-
lutely tight fitting and sleeves reach
to the wrist A prominent feature of
the new skirts is to vary the position
of it's closing. 1t almost invariably
closes at the left side, although it may
fasten at almost any point, and num-
Der are now shown fastened with
seam down the middle of the front A
narrow panel starting from the yoke
line in front and reaching to the hem
of the skirt is one of the best methods
Of suppressing the lines of the figure
One of the latest ideas for gaining
! length of line is the application of
band of wide lace from the yoke to the
hem of the skirt in the back it gains
the long appearance by this method
quicker than the long front trimming
although now the skirt both front and
back are, except for length, alike.
Many shoppers are buying materials
| for tailor frocks at the sales now,
| and many Of the shops are showing
| wonderful bargains in all lines, and
! now that the compose costume is so
much used it is possible to get a bar
gain in a wool goods that will just do
| for the skirt and over-blouse and the
coat can be developed from one of
! the remnants of the many silks so
| popular or of Ottoman or ribbed
goods.
| In spite of the fact that it has been
again as one of the most popular col
| ors for the summer. Checks that
| have the appearance of grey are still
used. Many coats during the season
will be lined with these checked
goods
Evening gowns intended for the
south show many without any train
except when intended for women of
years Many of the sleeves are close
fitting and shirred full to the elbow
From those now shown the chiffOns
and nets seem to be the most favored
materials for these evening dresses
Jumper gowns, they say, will be
again used for the. summer and with
the eyelet embroidery for guimpes Will
be of much service in the summer
wardrobe.
Foulards as we said in one of our
last letters, is to be very fashionable
A pretty dress that will be suitable
for many occasions not of the formal
order was made of fine piece OF
foulard in blush grey stripe IN
pattern that resembed fine soutache
braiding in white with fine little dots
among the braiding of pink silk Which
was in reality only q change in the
weave with a pink thread. The skirt
had eleven cores and fitted snugly
over the hips. It closed at the back
with an inverted plat and the lower
edge was trimmed with a band cut