Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23
Frills, Jabots and Stocks

- w YORK. Jan. z-It would
I'M seem that oil possible changes
had long ago been rung upon
feminine neckwear, yet the de-
signers continue 20 bring out
- pleasing variations upon the old
themes and never were they more delic-
iously dainty than they are at the moment.
Naturally there IL a flood Of coarse mod
els fashioned upon the general lines Of the
fine eckwear and the fad for frills and
sabots and such fluffiness has brought
about a distressing exhibition OF preten-
tious and unattractivo things of this sort,
but even when one cannot afford to buy
the loveliest Of the stocks and frills, II
IL possible to find models which are dainty
ana chic without being expensive IL one
win but exercise discretion and taste.
Good lace and fine hand embroidery are
perforce expensive and the woman who
cannot afford to pay high prices must
content herself with neckwear that does
not boast these accessories. Better a
plated fril Of fine net or lawn, ~untrimmed,
than a frIll trimmed in coarse lace or pre-
~tentious machine work, and luckily there
are many OF the simple though dainty
models from which to choose II one but
had the Judgment to choose wisely.
The cleansing and laundering qualities of
neckwear are also to be taken into con-
BIderation by the woman who must econ
omize and it is often true that an expen-
siye frnl or collar Is cheaper in the long
run than one that costs much less at the
start, because the more expensive article
may be laundered again and again while
the cheaper one, when 1t loses its fresh
Z ness, is entirely out OF commission.
II one is to accept this excuse for ex-
travagance one must make sure that the
costly trifle really will stand much laun-
derlng or cleansing and moreover will not
require extraordinary clever handling. The
laundering of the fine eckwear which
every woman covets this season calls for
more intelligence or skill than the average
laundress possess and the wise woman Is
she who, unless she is blessed with that
rara avis, an inspired and conscientious
laundress, assumes the responsibility OF
laundering her frllls and collars herself.
She may be densely ignorant at the start
but sine will nave more patience than the
laundress and will be willing to spend more
time on the work, and she will know too
exactly how the things should look after
they ard Numbered, which is more than
one can say for a vast majority of the
women who make laundry work their busi-
ness. She will handle the filmy materials
and fine laces more carefully than any
one who has not paid for their filminess
and fineness will. Yes; every girl or
woman whose pocket money is limited
should launder her own fine neckwear and
her W fine lingerie blouses. too, for that
matter, and possibly it is a realization of
this fact which has made the laundry
classes in several OF the Brooklyn and New
4fork training schools so popular. The
writer personally knows OF six girls from
charming h~omes-girls whose fathers have
comfortable but not imposing incomes-who
have this winter Joined a laundry class in
a Brooklyn school and are now Boosting OF
their prowess in the line of blouses and
neckwea and fine underwear and Of their
freedom from the tyranny of incapable
~laundress.
One morning a week does it," said one
of the girls, and there's no heavy work
about those flimsy things, and they do
look SO lovely, and 1 can have as many
fresh things as 1 want, and they don't
break my heart by coming up torn or dis
colored or pulled out Of shape or too stiff,
and 1 don't have to pay awful prices for
sending them out to some one who really
knows how to do them"
So light laundry work may be recon-
mended as a substitute for one morning
bridge club. Women who don't want to
take a course In the art can surely find
some one who can give them the necessary
instruction and a little experimenting with
something not too perishable will give the
knack Of the thing.
And while laundry work Is being dis
cussed a note should be made of the fact
that a little intelligent application OF soap
and water will often save a blouse or stock
and frill from laundering. That sounds
like an Irish bull. but it is nothing OF the
kind. A collar or the cuff or sleeve edges
will usually soil long before the whole
blouse demands Tubing and since each