The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-28

lace. that results in a stunning effect,
entirely removed from the bizarre. The
softening treatment is indisputable in
its beautiful effect on borices and sep
>arate blouses. Brilliant patches of
tolor can be applied to undergone
by means of paint. embroidery in
set pieces of silk, and If properly veil
ed the effect is harmonious.
Gold and silver tissues are yelled by
lace. gauze or net in all the accessories
which. this season. will be the impor-
tant features of spring outfit. Bags,
purses. slippers. have come in for their
share of the yelling. The attractive
theater hats are generally yelled.
thereby doubling their beauty
Hats of brocade, satin, silk and ta-
pestry are yelled with net. gold. silver
or bronze gauze with great success.
Net hats are OF one color. still, yelled
by another. Huge bows of broeade,
net lace are yelled with other trans
parent fabrics, that will increase the
glistening effect and double the color
value trimming.
The plain chiffon gumpe. with or
without high collar, which has been
popular in Paris throughout the win
ter has gained still greater favor this
spring and is emphatically prominent
for the first time here. 1t was de-
signed of course. with the aim of de-
tracing as little as possible from the
Dutch or French neck effects and yet
Disgusting a neck not altogether fit
ted to court close scrutiny under the
bright light of day. and it serves that
purpose admirably. but it has its dis
the soil more quickly and insistently
than lace or net. Unless it fits per-
| fectly its wrinkles are rather more
! Objectionable than those of the other
| guimpe materials. and the collar stays,
of whatever kind they may be, do
/ seem to loom up more aggressively
under the plain chiffon than under
any other sheer stuff.
The modish figure has waist en-
| larged to decrease the apparent size
! of the hips and TO give approx
| mate straight and narrow silhouette
While this idea is not carried to an
extreme in all frocks, as in some of the
strictly first empire or directoire mod
els and in a majority of the models
| launched by the sensational Poiret, the
old trim waist has certainly disappear
ed, and a small waist of we'll defined
curves looks oddly out of date.
Sleeves have not been radically
| changed since last autumn, though one
finds good many fioppy draped ar
engagements along with the ubiquitou:
peasant and kimono sleeves. The dra
perry is of the simplest kind. often &C
complished merely by catching up
| corner of edge at the sleeve bottom
turning it up in cuff fashion and at
| taching it to the sleeve in such man
| ner that some soft irregularity o
folds movement will be attained
There are long sleeves of chiffon. too
fulled little along one side or boil
sides and caught in loosely at tn
| wrist.
Dressy, tailor made coats usual,
have sleeves broadly open at the bot
tom after the peasant style an
reaching a three-quarter length
majority of these coats are quite shor
and very loose, but the chopped OF
effect consequent upon cutting the fig
4 ure so nearly in the middle is usual
mitigated by the long lines of big col
Il lars or revers, running to the bottor
or almost to the bottom of the Goa
fronts. Where this is not done tail
ored hip length coat is likely to
unbecoming to any but the slightes
figure, and it is merciful dispense