Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-15
SUMMER FASHIONS
Lace Hats. Lingerie Frocks, Linen
Gowns, Embroideries and
Trimmings Galore.

With the really typical summer
gown there comes the lace hat. This
year shows this particular design at
its best, for with lace in such great
demand with the dressmakers 1t is
only natural that such demand
would be echoed by the milliners.
Hats wholly or partially made of lace
express the acme of chic while the
designs of straw decorated with inn
mense bows of wired lace are equally
in demand and always appropriate for
semi-dressy wear.
/ What has been known as the mush-
room shape is seldom seen among
large hats this season, though now
and again one comes across model
that may be classed under this head.
These are hats with dropping brims
that do not roll, but they are likely to
be of the kind with irregular tapping
brim, or with brim narrower in front
than elsewhere, giving slightly point
ed poke effect, or of the shape droop-
ing low at the sides and running up
narrower and slightly pointed in front
and back.
The big hat turned sharply up in
the back and down in front is with us
again with such sponsors as Alphon-
sine, Susanna Talbot and earlier, and
some of the models are extremely
good looking, but the shape has not
so far found quick acceptance.
Maine is a popular trimming and
as charming as it is perishable, Used
in sufficient quantity, that is, in layer
upon layer, it wears better than one
would expect, and there are lovely
models trimmed in clouds of maline,
cleverly blended or in shades of one
color
Among the newest of the mid-sum-
mer hats are beautiful models in
straw or very fine braid whose crowns
are covered smoothly with dotted mus
lin on the outside to within few
inches of the edge This edge is of
the straw, as is the under side of the
OlItl HdlS arc tHilltil VI AiAN
muslin, but differ from the traditional
lingerie hat in that they are smoothly
stretched and shaped instead Of being
shirred and pulled. OF course, the lat
ter type of lingerie model is shown,
too, and is at its greatest height Of
popularity now.
On the plan of the hats with crowns
of stretched muslins are designs for
outing wear made of mohair braid in
dark colors and white, with the
crowns covered with bath-towelng. It
does not sound very artistic, but the
effect is charmirgly 80 and these hats
when trimmed with a stiff quill or
rosette made of ribbon well wired are
very good looking and decidedly
Frenchy in effect.
Summer frocks lose nothing in at
tractiveness as the season advances.
The models which it is customary TO
designate as simple lingerie frOcks"
are somewhat more deserving of this
title this year than formerly, so far
as appearances CO. although there is
seldom anything about their prices to
suggest simplicity. The practical wom-
an who is clever with her needle IS
getting bravely over the fright she
used to experience at pricing the best
models of the season, for she has
found out how ineXpensively the most
elaborate and costly can be duplicated
in the cheaper fabrics and trimmings,
and with telling effect.
Lingerie dresses of the simple order
may really be divided into two classes,
the first including those of cotton
or wolfe and the second
those of fine handkerchief linen,
French lawn or some other material
of similar texture. Lingerie frocks of
the first class are usually less ornate .
than those Of the second and they !
have more fullness in the skirts, this
being necessary with a sheer fabric
used without much adornment. A good
example of a gown of this class is one
of white marquisette which has no
on the skirt but a couple of
bands of fine vertical tucking set IN /
with hemstitching
There are a good many fine tucks |
over the shoulders, and the other dec !
orations of the bodice consist of some
Irish crochet insertion eXquisitely fine |
of quality, a few little crochet but |,
tons and a side frill of lawn and Val !
enciennes. Marquisette gowns of such |
simple design can be smartened up !
by the addition of bands of black on |
the bottom of the skirt and on the |
other edges. The band on the skirt |
may be three or four inches wide,
and it is best to have the edge of the !
latter embroidered in scallops, so that |
there may not be a straight line OF
division between the black and white. |
On the other parts of the gown the |
bands will be narrower and less con-
spicuous, so that the dividing line is !
not os important. This band of black |
on the bottom of the skirt, II may be |
well to say, is not to be adopted by |
the woman who wishes to avoid TAX ,
ing anything from her apparent |
height. Velvet may be used for the |
black bands, and cotton voile, which |