New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-04


,rou,ysr ono may tire OF striped fabrics.
.,.v must necessarily be submitted to this
xoason. for stripes arc seen in all sorts Of
Materials. and often they are extremely
.,,v and refined, as in the case Of the
bedford cords. finely striped in gray and
nhi,e which are being turned into walking
,os.umes. The prettiest have coat facings
=, nure white Bedford cord with white COW
l,sd buttons. and false buttonholcs Of coarse
ALTA cord With some gay color. such as
,erse empire green or French blue, con-
,,ntrated in the parasol and belt and stock
,nss which I'm some way or other are GER
,oin 10 assert themselves, such costumes
are both pretty and correct.
pacentlv returned from the land of has
heens" are striped silks in a great variety
~ designs Some have plain stripes %
.,yonc color; others show deicately flow
cred stripe in contrast to a pale tinted one.
and others have irregular stripes in the
ola fashioned Chine" effect separated by
narrow black lines. These when worn with
ri,tIo coats Of black silk or satin are charm
ing Pale yellow silk striped irregularly
With fire clustered black lines was used
for ono Of these dresses, and the making
= vac In harmony with its old time assoc,a-
atoms The skirts of such gowns arc fuller
8 than tailored skirts. and this one. mcasur-
ing three Yards at the hem. was gathered.
,;,hout eoring. into round waist line and
senarated from tho little corsase by a high
vrinkled belt Of black satin \ thick
,,che Of the striped silk finished the hom
If The skirt, and smaller narrower frills
le-rned the short omen sleeves and trimmed
into square. Culned point d'esprit
shaved a gllirro and undersleeves. and
black satin ribbon kept in place an M
Standing frin that finished tho neck. \
loose unlned coat of soft black taffetas
trimmed with little frills with saw teeth
eszes turned this prott, gown into 4 street
= costume
Lace is used much less m the ornamen-
.stion Of gowns than plain white linen and
English embroidery. or white linen covered
with heavy raised embroidery. When lace
&c used It is generally as an underdress
seen dimly through q transparency. Gowns
made entirely Of white English embroidery.
done IN an excessively open design and
worn over a slip of black satin. have OK
traordinary, chic. Belted with black velvet
ribbon or with long fringed sash Of black
silk they are quite devoid cf color. except
in the accessories OF parasoi stockings etc.
Last season collarlcss gowns and chem
iset-ss were found 50 ccre"ally unbecomn-
and their uso was so abused by tasteless
persons that this season we'll gowned wom-
y on show a tendency t0 avoid them. High
collars OF fine. transparent. unlinod mate
rails. curving closely about the cars, fire.
quently replace tho collarless neck.
While few long. tight sleeves are seen
on especial garments. generally the short
one obtains and With its adorable little
un6arseeve softening the elbow and shsd-
ing the wrists t. is wonderfully pretty
New sleeves show an inclination 10 enlarge
al the elbow. after the manner of the Old
lcu sleeve In this case the undersleeve is
pufed into considerable fulness. or the in
side Of the little bell is trimmed with tiny
lace frills The mandarin sleeve IN its i'm
proved form has become such favorite It
IS still used in outside garments. and in the
oorsase n composed OF extremely thin,
perishable material on account of the easy
avoidance ~ seams.
house famous for the beauty Of its
lingerie gowns uses quantities Of the finest
possible tucks set i'm lengthvise rows.
These tucks are used in wonderfully in
ventive ways, and their value is astonish-
ing In the narroVest bands. often meas
urng less than half an inch across and
framed In narrow rows of fancy open
stitching. they form wide borders on the
skirts and perhaps compose the entire cor
cage. Wider bands-perhaps measuring
several inches framed in lace entredeux,
alternate with bands Of plain Colored ba
uste on white batiste gowns. \ gown OF
inch wide pink and white percale with &C