The Washington herald., 1911-03-06
NEW IDEAS IN
SPRING BLOUSES.

| The woman VINO ventures into waist
shop this spring should prepare before
hand to yield to temptation, for she will
surely come home the possessor of sew
eral more pretty blouses than she thought
, OF buying.
The models are irresistibly charming,
with their soft, fine materials, their
dainty fit and finish and their delectable
touches OF color-not enough to be trying
or tiresome, but just a rich suggestion
OF delicate tint. or a rich Oriental color
note that relieves the eternal whiteness
OF the summer shirt waist.
The woman with blue eyes should fairly
revel in the Royal Canton blouses. for
the soft, beautiful blue is of exactly the
right shade to bring out all the blue of
blue eyes.
Though the color is borrowed from the
deep blue of the Royal Canton ware, the
embroideries do not closely follow the
patterns on this porcelain Various con-
ventional and floral effects are used, all
done in the deep blue shade, and some
times two shades OF this blue being COM
bined.
q Other blouses show touches OF the
strong Egyptian red. or aviation red"
which is not so fashionable and often
the red Ia mixed with green or deep
Oriental blue. the bold. angular motifs
OF the embroidered design being outlined
with black
These embroideries are done on the
sheer. fine. white yelling or cotton mar
quisette of which almost all the smart
blouses are fashioned. and the embroi-
dered pattern is cleverly emphasized with
outlines and veinings of narrow cluny
lace or the more costly baby Irish.
Handsome Laces Used.
In fact the laces used on the new
shirt waists are 80 handsome that the
have ordinarily considered the proper
cost of a summer blouse. One may
easily pay from S15 to SIS for a simple
waist trimmed with ten yards or so Of
real cluny or baby Irish, with perhaps
a touch OF hand-wrought embroidery on
the front.
But these blouses are so eXquisitely
fine in material and finish-and there
is also the consideration that such
ha adsome lace may be ripped out and
used again-that most women are per-
suaded into buying at least two more
waists than they really need.
Sometimes the color note is added in
motifs of finest yelling or marQuisetteS
in color and these blouses are espe-
cially pretty. though it may be that
the practical woman Wills look at them
askance, remembering the inevitable
problem OF laundering to come.
The color material is attached to the
exduisiteIy delicate-faint pink or
blue, palest buff or the lightest shade
of violet.
The color material is attached TO the
materials Of the blouse with veining or
with narrow cluny or baby Irish inser-
lions. Val. the erstwhile standby for
summer shirt waists, is almost never
seen.
The Way Color Is Used.
Sometimes the whole upper blouse and
top of the sleeve are of the colored
material; touches OF the color appearing
elsewhere in bits of embroidery or in but
tons
Many of the new bouses have rows of
small glass buttons in deep color, which |
have almost the effect of jewels on the |
white blouse material; and of course these
buttons always repeat some color not
introduced elsewhere in the model
Some Of the shops are showing dark |
chiffon and silk blouses to be worn with |
tailored street suits or dark material, |
but there seems a general tendency now |
COWdIO I6SeTNlLi5 tnC uoA n OiSNSO AoA
ter wear and donning with the fresh |
spring suit of serge or mohair, fresh and |
dainty white waist.
And this is quite as 1t should be, for
& the white tubable blouse Is not ideally |
suitable for summer under the coat OF |
the tailored suit, what could be?
There are, however, dark colored chif-
ION Jumper blouses" made without a
lining, and intended for wear over pretty /
lingerie waists, which are practical as
we'll as charming.
These chiffon models are usually quite
simple in design, being fashioned on the
oose, seamless peasant lines, with elbow
ength kimono sleeves, and the neck
out TO show a little of the dainty
neck finish of the underblouse.
Most Have Dutch Necl<s.
Most of the summer blouses have Dutch
necks or very shallow, square necks.
he square outlined by the lace trimming;
,ut there are many models with smart
all stocks of lace. and the blouse mate
ial for the wise woman who refuses TO
undergo the cruel test of collarless shirt
waists under dark tailored coats.
In this way. at really very little ex-
verse, one may secure a skirt to accom-
,any such a blouse. which may easily
,e put together by the home seamstress.
For girls plaids VIII not be as much
avored as stripes and checks with ma