The Washington herald., 1911-03-03
THE NEWEST IDEAS
IN HANDKERCHIEFS

1t is safe to say that every woman
loves dainty handkcrchiefs and that only
tho lack OF a we'll filled purse prevents
her from buying the prettiest she can
find.
There is no doubt that these tiny &C
cessories. even singIy. can induce. one
to part with a good sized bill. At one
time. not so very long ago. either, only
the handkerchiefs trimmed with real lace
or hand embroidery were comparatively
expensive. while to-day a tiny square of
colored lawn to be worn with a tailored
suit is marked at s. In fact, $ was
the price asked for handkerchief OF
pale pink lawn. 1t was entirely hand
woven in the very fnest threads and was
decorated with pretty hand embroidery.
new idea in decoration is to add ii
after the hem is set in. a design in
embroidered viOlet.s was extremely pretty.
The flowers appeared TO be just laid on
the handkerchief CarelesSly, in a way
that some fell in the handkerchief while
others extended beyond the hem, the
stems only being worked upon the hem.
Among the less expensive novelties in
handkerchiefs the rrettiest to my think
ing was plain white hemstitched lawn,
decorated IN one corner with an initial
set into a straight edged motif of en-
broidery. The shapes were square, oval
and oblong. and the coIorings most at
traCtive, while the needlework was eX-
Quisite. The handkerchiefs were only 80
cents each, and one could choose the
different colorings to match the shades
of ones gowns or suits.
Another pretty handkerchief at the
same price was of fine linen, edged with
delicate Armenian lace. the corners dec
GRATED with drawn work.
This kind of handkerchief is carried
with an afternoon toilet. a more elab-
crate 'kerchief at 81 had two rows of
drawn work inside the hem inclosing a
row OF hand-embroidered dots.
The tailor-made girl will find the great
est variety of smart designs to suit her
fancy, and at most moderate prices, too.
The newest is a Colored square hem
stitched with white and the center sur
face almost covered with lines, dots, or
small figure. in either black or white.
Buff and black in combination is con-
sidered very smart, and black, white. and
blue combined is thought quite uncom-
mon.
Any of these handkerchiefs can be
bought for y cents each, and at the
same price are 'kerchiefs in a solid color.
as pink, blue. green, and heliOtrope, hem
med with white.
Val lace as a trimming is always IN
demand, and fine handkerChiefS, so trim
med come as low as 80 cents, running
up to s. and over.
An exquisite little square of finest
white linen was finished with a hem
stitched hem so narrow that it resembIed
veining. The hem was probably not more
than one-sixteenth of an inch wide. 1t
was marked N.25.
Scalloped borders are still to be seen,
but the hemstitched finish is the pre-
ferred. Women seem to think the hem
wears better than the scallop.
The more staple lines of handkerchiefs
allows little change. The duchess and
the princess laces are still the approved
decorations, the prices running from 81
for a sheer handkerchief trimmed with
lace at the corners to one at IS elab-
orately embellished.
There are new designs in mourning
handkerchiefs. Instead of the black bor-
der, the 'kerchief is all white edged with
a narrow hemstitching and printed in the
corners with a design in black. The black
is much in evidence. For instance, a
flight of dragon flies in each corner al
most met in the center of the handker-
chief. and there were other designs
equally prominent in conventional figures,
dots, &c.
These novel effects are marked at s1.25
each.