Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18
SUGGESTIONS FOR SILK AND WOLFE REMNANTS

IF YoU have taken out Lest ysay's
silk dress or the frock Of Q light
weight fabric and have found that
II 10 decidedly back-numbsred. do
NOT grow discouraged and rscklessiy
throw 10 away. Look q the suggestions
from Parts before you They show .
modish exploitation Of remnants. Either
foulard or wolfe can be frequently
bought in short lengths. The fve-ysrd
remnant can 30 combined with Nst
years dress to your advantage.
Over in the center Of things fashion
able there 10 Q decided vogue for ffocks
W contrasting material. The fivs mod.
Sis show how attractive this idea IT,
There 10 Q HIM In each one Of these
dresses. The figured alk looks well when
combined with plain. The plaan vo4le
needs figured s,lk: the contrasting plain
shades are excellent Background Tor
braid. buttons. fringe or hand snabrold-
cry.
DARK navy blue foulaed 10 the old
1rsss Of last yeae. out On straight lines
for the skirt and made over a lawn
foundation at the bodice. which you SEQ
b still the peasant type. There il .
round collarless yoke Of ecYu lace. ana
ehe half-lensth sleeves arc edged with
deep cuffs Of lace.
Over this 10 . tunic Of foulard In
white. with blue ooinspots. This u
ths new remnant OF bordersd silk. The
bodice has large armholes with q slight
b raised waist line defined by Q silk
cord. The lower part Of the tunio
reaches TO the knees. The border Of
larger coinspots outlines the top. the
arTnholes and the lower edge Of the
tunic.
In the second design fouiard In .
bright natter blue is yelled with tho
same color IN figured wolfe. The bodice
has q Tapped collar Of white lace and
q yoke OF the same. The plain sleeves
are three quarter length. failing over
undercuffs OF lace. Braid and siik-cov.
each side Of the front. very narrow
silk strdle heads the slightly full skirt
Of the tunic. This latter has q modified
lower line. bound with plain silk and
trimmed with buttons and braid
Your checked silk In black and white
can be combined with q new piece of
gray foulard. wolfe or chiffon. The
central figure shows the attractive re-
suit Here there is used a shirred yoke
Of gray net. trimmed with small 1eweied
buttons in any favorite color. The
bodice OF the tunic II cut round and
trimmed with a bias band of the same
material. There IL the favorits fasten-
ing at the side. emphasized by braid
w. oti ~ hA INV -
Q straight line. the other curves toward
the front This tunic has short sleeves.
under which are sleeves OF checked silk
bound with gray. There are many color
IDEAS that can be carried out by you
from this suggestion
A reversal Of this idea IL shown IN the
next model. that places the figured tunic
over the plain dress. The foundation ID
Of old rose colorsd silk made quite
simply. Over this Is the tunic Of
checked wolfe In black and white It
70 crossed at the front and fastened at
the side. A two-inch band OF silk out
lines the overdress. while black satin
girdie finishes the costume.
Last OF these charming dresses shows
the tapestry blue silk that Is allied with
black satin. The bodice shows a shall
low pointed yoke headed with coffee
colored lace. Black satin cuffs finish
the kimono sleeves. The tunic of blue
crosses in a curved line, fastening at
the side. It's lower edge is trimmed
with black silk fringe. A double row Of
embroidered dots in black silk is used
20 outline the tunic's side lines, and
black silk girdls defines the raised waist
line.
Just one paragraph abous the hats.
There's a small one, with a high black
satin bow placed at the front The
fabric hat OF lace over silk and trim
med with plumss Is another type. Wings
are much used. as the fitted toque OF
fine straw shows. The large linen shape
rolling away from the face is trimmed
with a foula1d scarf. and the straw
hat at the right shows velvet wired
and mounted high on the oval crown
With remnants constantly clearing
up stock every American woman
should be well dressed at little cost