The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-29
Simple Dancing Frocks in
Soft Thin Stuffs = Col
ored Embroidery Worn
on Soft Lawns and Fine
Linens in Many Unique
Patterns.

soft and artistic effect. Pompadour
roses of grayish pinks and blush yell
lows are used to trim the fllmy gowns
and one gown Of this cloudy style seen
the other night at the theatre was OF
gray mousseline over rather bright
yellow and all around the neck and
sleeves, the high waist line and the
foot of the skirt We're garlanded roses
of diminutive size in all soft tones or
rose and gray and silvery blue and
pinkish yellow. The effect was strik-
ing and very pretty for all it's oddly.
Lingerie gowns of black and black
and-white are very much in vogue in
Paris and some of them are combined
with yelling or silk. A gown of fig
ured mousseline with a black ground
b a design of figures and flowers,
Snewhat hazy and blurred, that Is
supposed to represent old china. 1t
is trimmed with black chiffon bands en-
broidered with rose tones. These bands
outlined the neck and sleeves, but at
the foot of the skirt was a broad band
of black voile-much more serviceable
than chiffon or mousseline would have
been. The belt of this gown was of a.
curious shade of rose-hued velvet, and
there was big hat of transparent
straw to be worn with it which was
trimmed with cloud of black malines
and some velvet wall flowers most
skilfully made and wonderfully coll
ored.
The same effect of old china is
shown in blue and white and such q
gown would be amazingly becoming
worn by a fair haired woman.
Linen gowns in white embroidered
in black are very piquant and one
destined for the French racing season
was made with boilers of black and
white heavy lace and had an under
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sounds, and yetTt was linen gown
and comes properly under the head OF
lingerie, meaning anything that may
be washed.
Several kinds of lace are used on (
some of the elaborate lingerie gowns
and lace and embroidery on the same
gown is not considered at all incongru-
Gus. A French gown of cream linen
with insets of white lace. appliaues of
cream lace and dots of black en-
broidery, was seen the other day in
collection of very smart gowns ana
was looked upon with many admiring
eyes.
Colored embroidery on gowns of soft
lawns and fine linen is much in favor.
Blue and green and shades of purple
are the most seen, although Oriental
combinations Of color are very effective.
Sometimes two-thirds of the skirt is
enriched with large design in en-
broidery and very little is seen on the
bodice. Again it is the other way, and
the bodice will be mass Of needle
work, while the skirt will be almost
perfectly plain. A pretty fashion Is
to have little embroidery on the
neck and front Of the blouse running
to point toward the waist line. The
waist is then defined by embroidery
that describes point above and below
the waist, giving the effect of a corse-
let. The skirt is similarly decorated
around the foot with a point coming
up in the front. A gown of white
linen ornamented in this fashion was
seen recently and has a cachet all its
own, although it; was made with
tailored simplicity and with a scant.
plain, straight skirt and a slightly
bloused bodice fastened in the back,
without a frill or furbelow