The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-04
MODERN NEGLIGEES
VASTLY BECOMING
Lace-Filled Peignoir Direct
Descendant of the
Wrapper.
OFTEN EXPENSIVE
AS THE BALL GOWN
Combination Lingerie Garments
Coming From Paris Have
Captured America.

ID HAui EA falAGl I'D
There was a day-aHu not SO long ago.
either-u hen "a womau who did not feel
like dressing up wore what she called
q wrapper" Aud THE name very well
described the article. j was usually
made OF some substantial material
often calico and was rather shapeless
and unbCC0miug. 10 was not 60 be worn
before an audience. you see. for ones
own family does not count, and so it
came iu the class of meat and clean"
garments, which is as damniug a phrase
as could be thought or No one cared
that the workmanship on TT was some
what crude and the iii most Imperfect
Tor those things WEI expected
Anon il began to be suspected that
perhaps uegligee garments might be
made attractive after all. and there was
some experimenting, the result OF which
was the peignoir-
The peignoir i'm its way IS often as at
tracttve as the ball gown-and as ex-
penslve. one may pay anywhere from
yl.25 TO Sl-5 for a uegiigee gown and IL
may be made of goods which range IN
quality from dotted swiss 10 satin from
cotton creme 10 broCaded silk.
The negligees which are now appear
ing Ga the shops, however. and which
are intended. first for Palm Beach and
then for our own summer. are made up
So batiste or dotted swiss, hOneycombed
with Valcnciennes lace and fine needle
work hounclngs
Can Make Mahnees.
The girl with nothing year can make
herself matinees at comparatively small
cost. whereas. if she buys them. they
viii cost her a pretty penny, which she
perhaps cannot spare from those more
important items of Wear-her hats and
her tailored suits.
There is nothing more becoming than
she negIigee garments OF the day. IL
half reveals, half conceals it's wearer's
charms, until sometimes 1t seems q pity
that It must be kept for the bOudoir,
end cannot SO on parade
The klmono is a very satisfactory
standby" garment If one may can it
20, but 1t is neither so pretty nor SO be-
coming as those hunier affairs which
had their origin En- France. hut which
arc carried 10 a high degree Of per
lection in this country.
The combination lingerie garments
hich made their first appearance from
Paris a year or so ago have taken fem-
mime America by storm. So great has
become the demand Tor these WeII-ft-
ting comtOrta Die articles That now all
the white sales OueT corset cover and
drawers OF corset cover and peLticOaE
combinations tOr little more than dol
lar. Very dainty combination under
wear IS made OF Cr0Ss-Darred dimitys
simply trimmed around neck and arm
holes with narrow edge OF lace and o.
Tlhbon-Tun embroidery beading. Joining
lie upper and neither garments.
Embroidery Beading.
Embroidery be%dng, though more
troublesome 10 set ia than the lace sort.
and somewhat more expensive in first
cost. is always niue more satisfactory
in the end. Tor the umsy lace beading
IS usually the first pert oil the chemise
or corset cover 10 give way.
All pettiCoats for wear with summer
gowns Eill be made Of the sheeresr and
softest materiaIs-batiste, muu or anest
uaiEsoolz-trimmed with embroidered
noUnces. also OF very sheer materials.
and there will not be any more gathers
"a these than are absolutely uecr rearE.
Tor every cxpedieut FOR reducing bulk ln
clothes is eagerly seized
The newest OF the hiI-eliminatiug de-
vices that arc now flooding the market
SIS a corset which comes TO the knees.
lut it IS really not as startling as one
might Suppose. The excessive length. is
only Do the soft fabric the six bones
which form the C2ly stineuiug- stopping
Il few inches below the waist line. The
fabric extends downward. completely
covering The hips, and eight short gar
tiers Cour 10 "a side} hold IL fast To the
stockings.
This is. Of course. death 10 hosiery.
but once laced and stTauued into IT, IL
IS said, The figure really feels more
comfortable than lu the ordinary stflg-
h1ued corset.
A novelty now appearing Lu tHe shops
Of the habcFdasheTs rs leather neck
Lue- II is or narrow fuGE-iu-laud
shape and is made Of the s0lte-t suede
Dutch blue olive. and wine color The
ties are lined with satin. and are sur
nriEiuEly trsg and neat when worn with
linen collars TO match the leather ties
there are uatty bolts with gilt buckles.
Cotton Crepe Waists.
Cotton crcpes for waists continue tu
ne popular. and are coming In iu new
effects and prettier suaaes every day.
They range BOO price frou % cents fu
81 = a yard IT Is predicted that they
VIII be very much used for little sum-
nler gowns. and they are particularly
valuable from the fact that they do NOT