The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-25

rows Of crochet. or cluny insertion.
while the seams are put together with
narrower insertions of the same lace.
only the heavier thread insertions and
edglngs are considered smart on the
crepe waists, although the valenciennes
faces are used as much as ever in the
sheer lingerie blouses which are still
being shown.
Most Of the frocks for graduating
girls are made princess, but for econom-
lcai reasons many are of the two-piece
sort This style Of dress is easier to
make by the amateur and also easier
TO launder than the princess. For the
commencement frock. the girl who will
use her gown afterward for practical
occasions is choosing any one Of the
nne wash materials, like the mulls.
sWlsses, French lawns and batistes
A French lawn princess frock inset
with embroidery and lace may cost a
moderate sum or an extravagant one,
according to circumstances For the
girl who has use for white party dress
es' the graduation gown may be made
OIL white faille, liberty satin. chiffon
or net or some one of the thin white
Silks OF which there are so many. Crepe
de chine is always a great favorfte
for those, who do not have to consider
the cost nothing is prettier than the
Iull tulle skirts with fluffy waists Of
lace and gauze. Chiffon, also. lends it
SELF to girlish lines and is found in
many of the costly graduation frocks
OF the season. Chiffon cloth Is en-
ployed more than any one gauze. be-
cause Of its practical quality.
Many children's dresses are being
made from the striped and figured dimi-
ues' dotted lawns and swisses and flow
cred organizes. New plaids, some Of
which are very large and fashy. are
seen In all colors. These make very
smart little dresses The Russian
dresses are cut mostly from linens.
pique poplin and rep in white and col
ors, and are finished with belts of the
same or contrasting shades.
Plaits and gathers in MANY new
forms and guises are making their an
pearance in the summer frocks. II is
some time since we have worn these
soft gathered dresses and women who
can remember how delightful they were
years ago will be very glad to see them
revived In the new gowns.
Spanish lace scarfs and wells are
perhaps the newest items to be taken
up py the leaders of fashion. Thew
however, scarcely remind one of the old
lace. for they are finer and come in
fancy dyes. For example, one charm
ing scarf was in wistaria. with a
twelve-inch border. Below this was
thick. seven-inch fringe in the same
color.
Some of the summers petticoat nov
elites are at first glance very oddly
cut They are all narrow and sheath
topped, but about the normal waist line
a three or four-inch belt is added
which girdles the body to height
about even with the top of the high
skirts now worn. In silk petticoats the
popular idea is a soft fabric which does
not rustic, but which will take sun
plating we'll and hold It.
Chamois gloves in cream color and
pale yellow are extremely smart with
tailored suits of wool or mohair. bur
when the weather is very warm. moth
ing but a silk glove is bearabIe
Ribbon and flower bracelets. worn
with short sleeved bosices, which were
fashionable some fifty years ago. have
once more come into favor and are
worn by some of the fashionable wo- |
men this season.
FLORENCE FAIRBANKS.