Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
VOGUE OF LINGERIE BLOUSES
Never Were They Prettier Nor More
in Demand.
GENERAL LINES ARE UNCHANGED
Sleeves Shorter and FriIIs in High
FavOr-The TailOr-Made Models
Touches of COIOr-sOme
Dutch Necks Used,

NEW YORK, March 5.-If any one has
an idea that the cult Of the lingerie blouse
has waned let that Ill informed person
make a round Of the shops that cater to
woman's vanity and revise his ideas.
Never. so the dealers say, were fine lin
gerie blouses more in demand, and surely
never were they daintier or p%rettier. What
is more, much Of the daintiness and the
prettiness is of a possible sort.
There are still exquisite blouses, all hand
embroidery and real lace and intricate de-
sign, blouses before which tho average
woman stands with hopeless longing in her
heart or upon which she turns her back
with melancholy resignation or cheerful
philosophy. They cost such shocking
sums. those lovely things, and many an
extravagant woman puts into one or two
such blouses more money than the or
binary woman spends upon her entire sum-
mer outfits.
So there's really not much use in talking
about such blouses. Those who~can af-
ford to wear them, or who wear them
whether they can afford 1t or not, know
where to find them, and though each model
has It's individuality there is no radical
change in the general character of such
elaborate models.
The three-quarter sleeve or elbow sleeve
figures prominently in the blouses, though
1t is to be hoped women will escape the
bare elbow pest OF a few seasons ago.
Shoulder Jokes appear in may of the
elaborate models as in the simpler ones.
But on the whole, the theme is a IA
miliar one. Fine Irish, cluny and valen-
ciennes, countless hand tucks. seams set
together with veining or lines of Irish
crochet, all these are conspicuous as they
have been before. Sometimes friIls are in
troduced along with the other elaboration,
and much is done with colored embroidery.
But Il is to those possible blouses that
one turns with relief and hope. Some of
them are high priced. Their simplicity is
Of the fine material and hand made kind;
but one feels that they might be copied at
a reasonable cost. Just a little hand en-
broidery beauties some Of them, but It
is not embroidery OF appalling intricacy.
One might learn TO do It with a little eff
fort ard patience or one might a It
done for no exorbitant price.
And the cut OF the models is not beyond
understanding, not even beyond accom-
plishment II one is a clever seamstress.
One can remember the model and tell a
home seamstress about It. For so much
hNhS ooANgt NINE la NAouef many llhllk5s
The fr!l, plated or full. but usually the
former, is frequently the dominant note
in these simpler blouses and is the detail
that gives cachet to the model, softens It's
severity, feminizes 1t. The modern YER
SIGN OF the tailor made blouse is a delight
full thing. It's severity Is Of a coquettish
sort.
1t may be simply tucked, but the ma
terial is dainty and sheer, the tucks are
fine and often put In by hand; and then
there Is the frill. simple. double, jaboted,
tabled, whatever It may be in form. a de-
liclous feminine touch designed to delight
the buyer and outrage the feelings OF her
laundress.
The side frill has a tremendous vogue
and where. as is very often the case now,
the blouse fastens in the front. this fril
may be a separate accessory buttoning in