The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-11

est in costume blouses is on the de-
cline. The vogue of the blouse en-
suite with the coat and skirt of wool
or silk has endured SO long that even
the most ardent admirer of the hinge
RE blouse will not accord it the place
it once occupied in an outfit She
will 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 cub a suit, she does
not feel herself quite dressed in it.
II 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
lingerie material has appealed to
some designers and has been worked
out very happily in some cases.
The yelling of open work or other
embroidery on linen or batiste, with
colored chiffon. is of course familiar,
but the new idea is shown in charm,
ing model fashioned of dark blue
mousseline de sole below the bust line
while tn upper part of the blouse was
of fine linen embroidered in open
work design and trimmed with frills
of the open work embroidery and with
little bands of the dark blue moussel
inc finely tucked crosswise.
Another blouse of dark etamine over
white an oddly shaped yoke and
sleeves of embroidered batiste. and
shallow yokes of lingerie stuff contin
ued down the outside of the sleeve in
band and sometimes, as in some
charming models seen, running down
the front of the blouse as we'll Deer
cape collars. sailor collars. Dutch col
lars of embroidered batiste or liner
appear upon many of the colored
blouses in silk or sheer materials and
some exceedingly good looking mod
els are of silk, chiffon, silk mousseline
or etamine combined with white OF
cream batiste embroidered in color
matching the silk.
There has been a slight reaction In
silken blouse stuffs this spring, anG
one finds more pretty things than us
ual in the fne crepes, radiums, etc.
but when all is said and done chiffon
etamine and mousseline de sole are
the materials most often chosen fol
the smart costume blouse. jumper
arrangements in these materials which
may be worn over lace, lingerie OF
net guimpes are offered in very pref
ty styles and are labor saving devices
though aside perhaps from some orig
inal touch in embroidery the jumper
seldom has much individuality and
one gets heartily tired of the beaded
embroidery effects. For practica
wear is recommended an over blouse
of chiffon matching the suit and ris
ing quite to the base of the throat, sc
that only a close high collar or a lit
tie Dutch collar of lace or lingerie il
in evidence, and the question Of
guimpe cleaning becomes less puz
cling. Under sleeves or cuffs to match
the collar are usually added. but il
these can be made adjustable, 81
much the better The overblouse maj
be trimmed handsomely with hant
embroidery or merely have an attrac
tive line of trimming finishing necl
and sleeves.
Blouses quite as simple and little
newer but too youthful in air to be
suitable for all wearers have M
guimpe and are finished at the necl
by sailor collars of white or contrast
ing color chiffon, hemstitched on the
der collar of the blouse material.
good, simple over blouse of chiffon o.
mousseline de sole is made on the us
ual lines, with kimono sleeves, and hal
for it's only trimming wide bands o
fine transverse tucking running from
shoulder to girdle, crossing front ant
back and continued down the shoulde
lines and the outside of the sleeves.
Never have striped materials beel
used to a greater extent than at thi
season. They are employed in all kinds
of materials and in most cases will
very happy results. Probably the black
and-white effects are the most notice
able in fabrics for suits or silk dress
es. In tweeds the stripes are not de
cided, and this new weave is mucl
more satisfactory for tailored suits
Serges with pin stripes are empha
sized in the openings of many of thu
Paris couturiers. The white serg,
suit, with a fine stripe in either blacl
or blue, is frequently trimmed will
satin to match the color. 1t Is one o
the fabrics for dressy spring suits O
for cool summer days, and recon
mends itself to buyers from this fact
that it can be continued into the mex
season.
With black-and-white striped mater