The chronicle=news., 1913-05-02

New OOSk. May .-Jhr warm sen
Son In rapidly approaching and the
thoughts Of practical women turn to
cotton xoods and other summer ma
teriaIx. The shops display most
wonderful variety OF such soodS ihst
how. ali OF them beautiful and at
tractive but judainE from their tex
ture and the nature OF their weave
II seems extremely doubtful that
many OF these materials would bear
Tubing. They are nominally class
I'd M wash goods but the honest
dealers invariably Inform their GUS
toners that the washing quality of
these goods could not he guaranteed
IThey advise purchasers To have the
materials dry cleaned.
There are. undoubtedly. many ma
terinis which will bear washing In
the tub. hut this can be determined
only after making thorough tcst
with n sample Of the goods. The
solid coiorcd ratine~. eDongcs. vc-
lours and similar materials Will not
soil quickly and. even II Il should lie
found that they will not bear tub.
hing. Il will not matter much. be-
cause II would not cost great deal
% have them cry.s:eaned once In \
great while. rs
There II . great difference In the
ratines. Some have a deep. loose pile
and others rather hard cord finish
with comparatively few and short
'nubbins.' The latter undoubt-
ratincx will give better service. These
ratinex are very good for coat suits
For young women the combination Of
Russian blouse and plain skirt IN the
best model to follow In this fabric.
Some Of the blouse suits In yellow, or
tractivc this year. For an older wo-
man good model was shown In law
ender. II was made with u plain
! skirt and strictly tailored coat. The
only trimming was buttons OF Law
cnder and white on both coat and
skirt.
Iunics are used in n great many OF
the wash dresses. in both heavy and
I lightweight materials. They are he.
coming TO most people and give an
| opportunity for the display of origi.
nality In design and trimming. With
the tunic II Is possible also to have
a forck which seems to he rather
elaborate. yet can he done up by the
average laundrcss.
| The thin materials. such as ON.
broidered batistc. voile, crepe, and
tnousseline. are frequently made uf
In lfounced skirts. The return to the
double or triple flounce Ia indeed one
OF the most conspicuous things In the
summer styles. But these flounccs
are extremely scant. And the lower
one generally has even less fullnes,
than the upper one 30 as to give the
prevailing effect OF narrowncss al
the ankles.
All-ovcr opcnwOrk e.nbroiderie,
also are made up In flounced skirts
They are used. too. for tunics. In
which they are combined with lac,
and are worn over Il foundation skiri
which In an elaborate mixture oi
plain materials. with two or three
different kinds of lace This use Of
several different kinds OF lace is char
acteristic of many of the high priced
imported gowns. As n rule. howcvc.
l'these models are SO elaborate as tt
be impossible for the average woman
both because of their initial cost and
because of the difficulty and expense
of having them cleaned.
i Sleeves in the cotton frocks are
getting full length. In many of the
more iressy ones they stop Just above
the elbow. Necks are almost univer.
sally open: n summer fashion whicl,
deserves to be perpetuated. Some OF
the long neckcd sleeves have fullnes,
which is brought into u wide cuff
but this fullness does not form a
deer pouch. Other sleeves have ruth.
er wide mouth. something like q
child's short sleeve.
Luce or net frills ornament mos
il Of the necks and sleeves. Tiny ruff
les Of half-inch Valenciennes arc