Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-15

and band of lace forms the yoke of the
bodice. back and front. The neck is cut
square and is trimmed with lace. There
is a girdle of white satin which is fasten-
ed at the back with hooks and long
sash ends.
Another frock is of fine linen trimmed
with Irish lace and hand-sewn tucks.
The original was In old rose and the skirt
opened down the front with crochet but
tons. Buttons also trimmed the sleeves
to the elbow. There was a large lace
trimmed jabot at the front of the sleeve.
The skirt was trimmed at the bottom
with a group Of inch-wide hand-sewn
tucks.
The embroidered voiles. batistes and
crepes which come in forty-five-inch
widths are excellent for June gradu-
ating frocks. and many charmingly
ready-to-wear frocks are shown in
this style. The border is used around
the skirt and in a deep surplice shaped
broidered crepe frocks have three
fiounces of the border material-used
without fullness to give straight. mar
row skirt lines-but as one must pay
der to secure the border along the
edge. great deal of material Is vast
ed in these frOcks and the cost is
rather high. II single line OF border
trimming is used. there should be
tucks above and perhaps an insertion
OF cluny or f1let lace, for reaching we'll
above the knee. This is the modiste
arrangement on all summer frocks of a
ceremonious character
One new frock Is made Of embroid-
cred batiste and filet lace The skirt
Is trimmed with alternating bands of
the embroidered batiste and filet There
Is girdle of white taffeta and at the
neck where the girdle fastens there
are tab shaped ends edged with a mar
row plating OF white taffeta.
A second frock is made of cotton
marquisette trimmed with ball fringe
and filet lace. The bodice is made with
er edges OF which are trimmed with
ball fringe. Across the bodice under
meath the transparent surplice drapery
Is a broad band Of filet lace The skirt
Is made with tunic trimmed with ball
fringe. The underskirt is trimmed with
a deep band of filet and ball fringe
embroidered net graduating dresses are
lovely, but, OF course, a silk or messaline
underslip is required. and this brings up
the cost considerably. Dotted swiss is
dainty and girlish, but it is rarely as
dressy as plain. sheer batiste much
trimmed with lace and pin tucking
French dressmakers make great use Of
pin tucking-or. as II Is called over there
princess tucking. Broad insertions Of
the fine princess tucking. set between in
sert1ons Of lace, are most effective on the
skirt. and quantity of this dainty tuck
ing-especially IL 1t be done with hand
INCONSISTENCIES a note OF ais
tinction to lingerie frock.
Sashes are the sweet girl graduates
own particular privilege. and this year
it will be the exceptional graduate who
does not wear a sash of one sort or an
other. While satin and taffeta sashes
with tab-shaped ends referred to in one
OF the above descriptions are particularly
stylish-sometimes the tabs are edged all
around with tiny silk roses-pure white
of course. for the correctly dressed grad
uate never wears anything else. And q
cluster of the white roses with spray of
maidenhair fern may be tucked against
the front Of the sash. little to one side,
and another rose and pnaidenhair cluster
be worn in the hair.
Broad white ribbon sashes have loops
and ends extending up and down, rather
than standing out in butterfly fashion,
and often four or five fiat loops rise one
over the other above the waist line as
many loops, much longer, falling over the
skirt.