The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-12
FASHION WORLD.

For the girl to whom they are becom
ing these yellow shades are most de
sirable this season. for they are beauti
full in themselves, modish, cool looking
and stand laundering well. Relieved by
white, the linens or the buff, corn anG
yellowish biscuit colorings are charm
ing and a touch of black sets off this
color scheme admirably.
10 produce the very fashionable
| changeable effect modish women have
taken to wearing one pair of stockings
| over another. Of course both are of the
| sheerest silk and the under pair is usual
| ~ of brighter and more vivid color
! than the outer.
Many women prefer the shirtwaist eff
| feet in their bathing dresses, high stand
up collar. tailored waist and gored or
plated skirt, Joined by belt. The
| sleeves are frequently long with band
cuffs and white embroidered turnover
collar and cuffs are worn. This appeals
to the woman who has some considera-
ton for her complexion and is distinct
ly conservative and nice looking.
1t is still an undecided question wheth-
er the princess dress cut in one, worn
with woven wooden tights, or the bathing
dress cut with boomers and waist in
one and the skirt buttoned on, is the
wiser choice.
A most economical notion is that of
having two or three separate founces for
the same petticoat top. Every one who
packs a suit case for short visit knows
how bOthersOme it is to have to take
petticoats in various lengths for various
frocks. The summer girl now packs one
petticOat, top made Of lawn and care
fully fitted over the hips, and three
f1ounces; rather short one, rather
plain, for the linen morning frock, a
pretty embroidered one for the after
the evening dress. The top has a bead
ing along the lower edge and each
dounce is provided with a similar bead
ing. 1t takes but a moment to run the
beading together with a ribbon, and
ones petticoat is ready TO wear.
Some of the most attractive of the
summer hats. are of soft leghorn lined
with figured foulard. These accord with
semi-dressy gowns and make the cos
tune complete for tour of the shops
and the inevitable 50 o'clock"
Strings, usually not serving any prac-
teal purpose, but caught up and knotted
in some graceful fashion, appear upon a
number of the most picturesque broad
brimmed hats this season.
bangles and beads and fringes of silk
and leather were never so popular as at
the present moment among the leathern
girdles and shopping bags.
Hats of the sombrero type are growing
in favor with the young girls. They are
trimmed with a soft fold of satin, and
finished with a corded rosette and a
quill or two.
Each season the Paris women of fash
ion invent or adopt some characteristic
feature in their costumes, sometimes only
peculiar note in the ornamentation of
the gown or the blouse, or some strik-
ing note Of color. This year the Partisan
women seem to have dyed every bit of
sheer linen they could lay hands on,
and to have dipped all of their laces,
mulls and eyelet embroideries, with the
result that the blouse as the Partisan
woman wears it is a c0lored garment
matching its own especial skirt and coat.
Notwithstanding all of the promises
made for the return of this garment and
the joyful reception in America of the
white blouses for the tailored suit, Paris
dips her own in dye pots to bring her
costume into the semblance Of a one
tons of linen and lace with dye.
That the colored linens are taking the
lead this season instead of the white,
cannot be denied. The reason is not
hard to find, for the colors that are now
modish are extremely beautiful and are
brought out to the best advantage in
heavy linens. In addition to that there
is an unusually wide range of weaveS
among the fax textiles this year.
Some of these linens initiate pongee to
perfection, though without the gloss they
might be mistaken for hand-woven linen,
which in the machine work of the day
is not far from equal to the old-time
hand-loom materials. The machine
woven materials in silks and linens,
Of hand-loom stuffs, have lost, to a great
extent, the crude appearance which they
used to have in former years.
The new linens, initiating pongee, come
in a complete range Of the seasons fash
ionable colors and are eminently suited
for tailor mades. Many such suits are
being made with plaits in the skirts,
some are pleated all around, but more
have pleats let into the front and sides,
and the front pleatS are repeated in the
In the Paris shops now one may pur-
chase separate stocking feet of white
Isle thread or cotton and these stocking
feet are intended to be worn inside the
silk stockings to prevent the warmth
and moisture of the foot from helping
to wear holes in the delicate silk hose.
The white stocking foot fits snugly and
daintily and is not high enough to show
at the edge of the tie or slipper.
A good many short coats are making
their appearance this season, but the
majority are still quite long and cut at
all angles In linen tailor-mades the
ones with shawl-points at sides and back,
dropping well below the hips, are among
the most graceful shapes. There is a
very stunning new style for linen suits
of the simple class which is cropping out
now and then, and which on a girlish tig-
ure is charming. 1t is the baby frock
with wide pleats at the back in sort OF
indistinct outline, and loose enough not
to define the waistline. The pleats at
the back are frequently stitched all the
way down, while the sides, with let-ln-
pleats, are left loose and flowing. Di-
rectoire revers are often used to finish
the sides of the front, which is sure to
be of lace, or open embroidery with lace.