The Washington herald., 1911-07-12

| inches long and six or seven inches wide
at the top, sloping to an inch or less at
the bottom.
Fichus are the most suitable access
sorry that can be imagined for the dainty
dresses and waists Of silk. cotton. voile,
dimity. and bordeTed lawns. Some OF
them are Of expensive type and are
made of chiffon and lace, decorated with
beautiful trimmings, all white. They can
only be worn with propriety on dresses
and waists, never on coats, which mode
Of wearing would spoil an otherwise at
tractive dress accessory. Little linen
or 'organdie dresses with plain waists.
particularly those with surplice or Tapped
over fronts, are the best foundation for
the fichu. Many of the imported gowns
! OF sheer evening and lingerie materials
have the fchu as the prominent waist
trimming. Square and rounded back col
lars shown on the French models fire.
Equently have draped front ends gath
cred up into buckle or fancy pin. Some
times those that close in front are ad-
justed over the left side, usually edged
with a frilling of the material or lace.
There are two methods Of adjustment
Charlotte Corday Collar.
In one case the fichu is placed up to
the neck and the back, but shows a deep
V opening in the front, while the second
adjustment places the hchu around the
shoulders in bertha effect. The Charlotte
Corday collar is in square, round, or
pointed effect, but is always deep in
back, sometimes almost reaching to the
waist line, while the front ends are
usually narrow, meeting in a shallow
" or in some cases not coming below
the neck line.
Sailor and round collars are immensely
popular, and are worn both by young
girls and women of mature years. They
are made of fine linen. sheer lawn, heavy
linen, pique, marquisette, voile, lace, en-
broidery, and variety of other materials
Those Of voile and marquisette are some-
times embroidered with small colored.
white, china, or jet seed beads, or French
knots in cora. Copenhagen blue, or black
silk. Those made OF organd!e are simply
hemstitched with cuffs to match, and
those of other sheer materials, such as
batiste or net. have a pleated frilIins
around the edge. They are seen in every
type and class Of goods. The attached
sailor collar is made Of aIl-over embrold-
-
materials overlaid with the endless styles
OF lace trimmed or hand embro dered coll
lars.
COlOred Embroidery Effects.
The sailor collar often accentuates the
color effects worked out in the embroi-
dered waist elaboration. For instance, If
the waist is embroidered in blue, the
sailor collar Is often made OF all oveYi
! blue embroidery. Or trimmed with blusi
bands, dyed linen lace, or soutache braid
ing to match, and some are of plains
black and blue satin. and pongeS edged
with black satin for linen suits.
Dutch collars are in all widths, not
only for wear as a separate accessory
with waists, but as a regular neck finish
for fancy waists and gowns Of every
kind Of material. Lord Byron collars are
made up in both laundered and soft ef-
fects. Many are edged with a bias band
of black and white stripes, or some con-
trasting color, while others are OF en-
broidery in solid or eyelet patterns. Wind
sor ties in jabot forms are worn with
these collars.