The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-05-05
Modern .Fads ana Fashions
SPECIAL TO THE Mali

SPECIAL TO THE MAIL. .-r--
New York. May 4.-Notwithstand.
ing neutrality-suspicious. to the contrary
Diouses Nsal be worn as usual dur
ing Inc coming summer. The plain
ness or the new blouses shown in tho
shops Is particularly noticeable this
year. "A few tucks and frill are
the sole trimming in many cases, or
mere IS simple banding of en-
Droidery- introduced down the front,
but, materials, in the case OF the
pest waists, are beautifully fine, and
some Of these exquisiteV fine blonses
with dafntily run pin tucks and q
pleateu fflll along one side Of the
front are quite as attractive and IN
much better taste than the honey-
cOmbed lace and lawn models of q
rev seasons ago A maruuiso blouse
Tor wear with tailored suits was
made In this fashion, the material
being fine French batise. Half-incb
tucks were run across the front
from shoulder to bust, continuing all
the way down the front as the CEN
ter was reached. The blouse fasten-
ed toward the left. and the edge was
nn1shed with shaped frill Of the
lawn some four inches wide at the
Top and tapering to a point at the
bottom. Down the center front Of
the blouse went a row Of fine Ham
burg embroidery. The. sleeves Of
this waist. in bishop style, were
gathered into cuffs Of tucking and
The upper sleeve was made smaller
by rows Of tucks running from the
top down to about the elbow
- Many colored effects are shown
in the new summer shirt waists and
some OF them are very pretty. A
white batiste waist, tucked across
the front, has a pleated frill border
ed with blue and white dotted lawn,
and the dotted lawn also finishes
cuffs and collar. This blouse would
be very dainty with a blue serge
suit. A pink and white cotton wolfe
blouse in tiny stripes had a plain
pink lawn frill set under the strip
ed one Of wolfe, and pipings Of the
plain pink were used on cuffs and
collar. This model was also shown
in. green and white and was much
admired.
Lingerie blouses, like the tailor
eel styles, show more fineness of
material and less elaboration of
trimming than formerly. Very
dainty models of sheer batiste.
tucked. all the way across front and
back and with three-quarter sleeves
finished with tucked cuffs may be
purchased for very little and by
adding a few yards Of good lace may
be transformed into handsome blous-
es that could not be purchased for
twice the price.
Many women, undoubtedly, will
be pleased to hear that Dutch necks
are still in vogue and promise to re-
main thus during the hot summer
season. Nothing so cool and COM
Portable for hot summer days. was
ever devised, and one pities the poor
masculine folk who may not doff
their horrible linen collars and go
about with their throat - barred to
cooling breezes. The WOMAN VINO
cannot stand the severe test of a
round Dutch neck may have their
high boned stock If she will, or she
may wear one of the coquettish lit
tie French frills, which encirclc the
throat, lying fat like a collar and
finished with pert, becoming bow
of dark velvet under the chin.
Women have not put aside black
with the coming Of spring and spring
time colorings and a surprising num-
| Der Of black street costumes are to
| be noted wherever fashionable folk
oOngr egate.L Many Of these costumes
are in soft satiny black silk and
chiffon, silk and etamine, silk and
cashmere or serge, or all silk, and
they usually take the form Of trot-
ting frock and coat, the coat being
entirely Of the silk, while the frock
is largely Of the other material trim
med with the silk. Often the frock
skirt is Of silk up to where it meets
the coat.
Some exceedingly good looking
tailored models are in black raw
silk, which probably bears the name
Of some kind of pongee, and oddly
lenough several of the smGrtest mod
els Of this type seen recently have
| been trimmed in q black silk Of high
| luster or satin. One model from
Francis, which was particularly trig
and knowing looking was of ar
rangement with a collar of japanese
blue embroidery.
Less sOutache embroidery is seen
than last season, yet it appears eff
| fecttvefy on many of the-most sue
cessful models. Tavernier has a
frock which has been copied fire.
|quently and with various modifica-
tons. In one version it is Of white
crepe, a simple bodice and skirt, the
latter trimmed in deep fiounce Of
| Valcnciennes lace inset with Yene-
| tan motifs. The hounce Is weight
! ed down by wide border Of IAN
tiQue' printed cotton, which almost
loses it's identity by having its de-
isign outlined by fine white soutache.
| The SOutaChe not only outlines the
! design, but is massed in scroll de-
}sign here and there over the surface.
Revers of the soutached cotton are
! on the bodice, which is largely Of
/ the lace. and bands Of tie trimming
finish the short, wide peasant