Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

| veniently round and three inches deep.
another shallow in front and at the Shout
der line and deeply rounded at back, the
! third quite shallow in back and runs in
/ long points over the shoulder to the arms
and dips down in front. Whichever one
| is becoming is the one for you to choose.
| for whole garment is marred by the cut
of collar.
! There is decided falling off in the
wearing of linen coat suits. The place OF
| this fabric has been taken by the heavier
| grade of Chinese silks. especially shan
/ tung and rajah. The reason for this given
/ by the dressma kers is that the fashion
! for extra thin brocaded crepe de chine
swept most Of the other thin fabrics out
| of the shops during the spring buying.
No matter where one goes, one can count
+. half dozen of the latter suits to one OF
| any other kind. This Will make the ma
| iority of women sorry that they INDUCED
! in the fashion before their suit has really
given sufficient service for the money in
volved.
! The material is SO good looking that 1t
should not cause a regret In any one. II
is moderately thin. and with china SIR
; lining it is comfortable on moderate DAYS,
but it has none of the cooling effect Of a
wash fabric when the days are warm.
| This Is not a serious error to a great
number of women who have adopted the
fashion for thin one-pieee frocks to such
wide extent that they only need one
coat and skirt to serve them when the
weather is cool.
! Muslin is not the only fabric that is
adopted this season for simple gowns.
| The revival of crepe de chine. plain and
| figured has solved a problem for the
many who are not anxious to have their
closets filled with only wash garments.
Foulard is another admirable material
for q one-piece frock. and is the coolest
silk known except the thinner Chinese
Weaves.
Satin in all colors has been taken up
for one-piece frocks. and the fashion con-
tinues for not RELOCATING it to evening
; wear, but to use it in the morning, and.
in fact, during all hours OF the day. as
one does foulard and shantung. There has
been attempt to introduce a thin satin
serge into coat suits for summer wear,
but the early hot spell made women fear
full of any kind of cloth that must be en-
dured through July and August.
The manufacturers have been exceed
ingly successful with all the different
kinds of supple corded silks, but as the
| ma jority of talors insist upon putting a
lining into them they can only be worn
! on days that do not make one misera Bile.
What is known as faile is the most pop
| ular of all the suit materials, and 1t can
be got in several weaves; there is no
doubt that the heavier kind with the
highly raised cord is not only more du-
rable but better looking than the thinner
weaves: the latter IS the more sensible
choice. however. because it is thin.
No matter what kind of coat suit one
wears the blouse that goes with it is de-
cidedly sheer; women have gone to ex-
tremes In this phase of fashion. Unlined
white net blouses with little trimming
and turnover collars of the material are
worn with coat suits at any hour of the
day. and the heavier blOuses of striped
muslin and dimity are usually kept to
wear with white wash skirts.