The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-17

wear it for innumerable purposes. but
when she orders her tailored or semi
tailored costume she will order a blouse
to match and will confess that. however
lovely the lingerie blouse worn with
such a suit, she does not feel herself
quite dressed in II.
1t is true. there are some half and
half affairs this spring upon which she
may compromise If she will The idea
of combining silk, chiffon or silk mus
lin matching suit in color with fine
white lingerie material has appealed to
some designers and has been worked
out verv happily in some cases.
The yelling OF openwork or other en-
broidery on linen or batiste, with color
ed chiffon. Is of course familiar, but
the new idea is shown in charming
model fashioned of dark blue mousse
line de solo below the bust line, while
the upper part of the blouse was of fine
white linen embroidered In openwork
design and trimmed with frills of the
openwork embroidery and with little
bands of the dark blue mousseline fine
| 1y tucked crosswise.
| Another blouse OF dark etamine over
white had an oddly shaped yoke and
sleeves OF embroidered batiste. and
1 there are various nOueiS III SILK WIFI
shallow yokes of lingerie stuff con-
tinued down the outside of the sleeve
in band and sometimes, as in sons
charming models seen, running down
the front of the blouse as well. Deep
cape collors. sailor collars. Dutch col
lars of embroidered batiste or linen
appear upon many of the colored
blouses in silk or sheer materials and
| some exceedingly good looking models
are of silk. chiffon. silk mousseline or
etamine combined with white or cream
batiste embroidered in color matching
| the silk.
| There has been a slight reaction IN
favor of soft sheer but not transparent
silken blouse stuffs this spring, and
one finds more pretty things than usual
in the fine crepes. radiums, etc, but
when all is said and done chiffon,
etamine and mousseline de sole are tn .
materials most often chosen for the
smart costume blouse Jumper arrange
ments in these materials which may be
worn over lace, lingerie or net guimpes
are offered in very pretty styles and
are labor saving devices though aside
perhaps from some original touch in
embroidery the jumper seldom has
much individuality and one gets hearth
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effects. For practical wear Is recon-
mended an overblouse of chiffon match
ing the suit and rising quite tic the base
OF the throat. so that only close high
collar or a little Dutch collar of lace or
lingerie is in evidence, and the ques-
ton of guimpe cleaning becomes less
puzzling. Under sleeves or cuffs tic
match the collor are usually adde, but
IL these can be made adjustable. sc
much the better. The oyerblouses may
be trimmed handsomely with hand en-
broidery or. merely have an attractive
line of trimming finishing neck and
sleeves.
Blouses quite as simple and little
newer but too youthful in air to be
suitable for all wearers have no guimpe
and are finished at the neck by sailor
collars of white or contrasting color
chiffon, hemstftched on the edges ant
usually falling over an under color o.
the blouse material. good, simple
overblouse Of chiffon or mousseline de
sole is made on the usual lines, with
kimono sleeves. and has for it's oni,
trimming wide bands of fine transverse
tucking running from shoulder Ie
girdle. crossing front and back and
continued down the shoulder lines and
the outside of the sleeves.
Never have striped materials beer
used to greater extent than at thi;
season. They are employed In al
kinds of materials ad in most cases
with very happyresults. Probably the
black -and-white effects are the mos
. noticeable in fabrics for suits or sill
dresses. In tweeds the stripes are no
; decided, and this new weave is mucf
mora satisfactory for tailored suits
Serges with pin stripes are emphasized
in the openings of many of the Pari.
' couturiers- The white serge suit, wits
fine stripe in either black or blue, /:
r frequently trimmed with satin to mattel
, the color 1t is one of the fabrics fol
dressy suits or for cool summer days
and recommends itself to buyers from