The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-11

in sufficient quantity, that is, in layer
upon layer, it wears better than one
would expect, and there are lovely
models trimmed in clouds of maline,
cleverly blended or in shades of one
color.
Among the newest of the mid-sum-
mer hats are beautiful models in straw
or very fine braid whose crowns are
covered smoothly with dotted muslin
on the outside to within a few inches
Of the edge. This edge is of the straw
as is the under side of the brim. 9th
er hats are entirely of the muslin, but
differ from the traditional lingerie hat
in that they as0 smoothly stretched
and shaped instead of being shirred
and pulled. OF course the latter type
Of lingerie model is shown, too, and
is at its greatest height OF popularity
now.
On the plan OF the hats with crowns
Of stretched muslins are designs for
outing wear made of mohair braid in
dark colors and white, with the crowns
covered with bath-toweling. It does
not sound very artistic but the effect
is charmingly so and these hats when
trimmed with a stifY quill or a rosette
made OF ribbon well wired, are very
good looking and decidedly Frenchy in
effect.
Summer frocks lose nothing in at
tractiveness as the season advances.
The modes which II is customary to
designate as simple lingerie frocks"
are somewhat more deserving of this
title this year than formerly, so far
as appearances 60. although there is
seldom anything about their prices to
suggest simplicity. The practical wo-
man who is clever with her needle is
getting bravely over the fright she
used to experience at pricing the best
models OF the season, for she has
found out how inexpensively the most
elaborate and costly can be duplicated
in the cheaper fabrics and trimmings.
md with telling effect
Lingerie dresses OF the simple order
may really be divided into two classes,
the first including those OF cotton mar
nuisette or wolfe and the second those
Of fine handkerchief linen, French
lawn or some other material OF sim
liar texture. Lingerie frocks OF the
first class are usually less ornate than
those OF the second. and they have
more fullness in the skirts, this being
necessary with sheer fabric used
without much adornment A good
example of a gown of this class Is one
of white marquisette which has no
trimming on the skirt but couple Of
bands of fine vertical tucking Set in
with hemstitching.
There are a good many fine tucks
over the shoulders, and the other dec
orations Of the bodice consist of some
Irish crochet insertion exquisitely fine
of quality, few little crockett buttons
and a side frill of lawn and Valen-
cienne Marquisette gowns of such sim
pie design can be smartened up by the
addition of bands Of black on the bot
tom of the skirt. and on the other
edges. The band on the skirt may be
three or four inches wide, and 1t is
best to have the edge Of the latter
embroidered in scallops, so that there
may not be a straight line OF division
between the black and white.
On the other parts of the gowns the
bands will be narrower and less con-
spicuous, so that the dividing line is
not so important. This band OF black
on the bottom of the skirt, It may be
well to say. is not to be adopted by
the woman who wishes to avoid taking