Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
NECLIGEE MATERIALS IDEAL
New Charm in Tea Gowns and Bon.
dour Attire.
PRETTY COTTON GOODS ON HAND
Cheap NeEIigees Improved Even More
Than the Costly Creations
Models of Lace, Net
and Chiffon.

NEW YORK, March I2-The soft cling
ing materials OF the present day are ideal
for the negllgee designers purpose. and
perhaps that is the reason why tea gowns,
boudoir gowns, etc, grow lovelier and
loveier with the passing seasons. II seemed
last fall that the makers had reached the
limit Of their possibilities, but here again
this spring comes a flood OF new models,
each prettier than the last.
And one Of the fortunate things about
tho situation is that the cheap neglgees
have improved even more radically than
the costly creations Or course. one can
not compare a simple cotton deshabie to
an elaborate confection Of shimmering
crepe and silk mousseline and lace, but
I'm its own way it can be a very charming
thing and 1t will be OF use to a thousand
women where the more elegant garment
would be OF use to one
The supply Of delightful cottons for neg
iigee purposes is large, and the only trouble
confronting the shopper is an embarrass-
ment OF riches. Some OF the dimities make
up charmingly for summer neglgees, par
tlcularly the flowered designs, which are,
by the way, prettier and more varied than
ever this season. Good and simple little
model sacks and long negligees shown in
NOIuo Oh lu6 huOps are Oh WnlLe OlfnlJN with
wide bordering bands Of fowered or dotted
dimity The figured dimlty too. is bordered
by plain white.
Dotted swisses with tiny floral sprigs are
dainty materials for the inexpensive sum-
mer negligee and are furnished this sea-
son in delectable designs and eolorngs
often slip of china silk in white or soft
color is used under the swiss and greatly
enhances the charm of the model.
The challies are another line of ma
terials which have grown In grace as the
designers and dyers and weavers have
grown in skill, and though challie is in
expensive It is by no means material to
be desplsed nowadays. Many women prefer
It to anything else for the summer negli-
gee, for while cool and light in weight and
adapted to laundering it has little more
body and warmth than the cottons and is
more comfortable on the gray, cool days
which do come even in summer time.
The bordure challes are particularly
good looking this spring and come in many
attractive colorings and designs the main
body OF the material being usually OF some
very small conventional design, while the
border introduces bolder designs and more
striking colorings. The border on challie
is seldom very wide and this makes it
saw, a day or two ago. a delightful little
chailie negligee built up more or less on
kimono lines.
The gown was of white ground with
water dots of turquoise blue encrcled with
lines OF dark blue, and there was border
in which dark blue played the most promi-
nent part although turquoise figured
largely This border ran around the bot
tom of the gown, up the front and along
the edge of the great softly draped collar,
which lay out far over the shoulders and
crossed In front to fasten the left side
at the waist line, with a shirred and corded
chous Of turquoise blue silk around a dark
blue center. The sleeves. short and loose,
were edged with the border and little puff
undersleeves OF net matched the small
shirred tucker. which filled in a part of
the left by the low, rolling collar.
Bordered challie negligee made much
like the lingerie model which appears
among the sketches are dainty and pretty,
the sleeves being cut in one with the body
of the gown and forming, when out
stretched, straight right angles with this
body.
This lingerie model is, by the way, a
very attractive one and high in price be-
cause OF its hand embroidered and other
hand work; but women seem to have edu-
Gated themselves to negligee extravaganza
and now pay for such garments prices
which would have been considered scan
dalous only a few years ago.
The French women lay even more stress
upon dainty dlshabllle than fashionable
women here do, and go to all lengths in
attaining their object, not allowing their
fancy to be hampered by practical consld-
erations. Mousselne de sole is one of the
favorite materials for the Parisian neg
ligee and is. of course made up over silk
and wonderfully elaborated with inset
laces, embroidery, etc.
A pretty model OF what the Partisan
might call simplicity is in rose pink
mousseline de sole over pink China silk
and is trimmed in many inset rows OF
Valenciennes insertion, alternating with
beading. Wide Valenciennes beading Dor.
ders the fronts of the bodice and the short
sleeves and forms the slightly short
waisted girdle, and soft pink liberty is rur
through this beading and knotted on fronts
and sleeves.
Lace or embroidered net over chiffon
which is in turn over soft silk or crepe
forms the scheme for many OF the mos
elaborate negligees on the tea gown order
and the summer tea gowns are mostly II
these yelled effects or in lingerie stuff'
rather than in the thin, supple silks and
crepes which have been so much used dur
ing the winter still there are some lovely