Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-17
SHE PRATTLES ABOUT
THE LATEST FASHIONS
Some Delightful Gossip About the Pret
ty Things Dame Fashion Has
Decreed.
By Margaret Mason.
written for the United Press. J

New York, May l6.-Dan Cupid has
turned designer. He has connived with
Dame Fashion to keep wayward hus
bands home nights and love fires light.
ed ON Hymeneal hearths. When curl
papers and Mother Hubbards came to
the breakfast table, Love and Friend
Husband sought refuge behind the
newspaper, Hence sly Cupil has spe.
cialized in negligees. So fascinating
are the results that newspaper are NO
longer digested with the morning egg,
but love feasts of sugar and honey are
the matutinal menu. Who could resist
you in the froth of shadow lace, the
fluff of chiffon, and the frivol of rose
|budsl
A fairy.like model with these three
accessories is built on Empire lines.
The short bodice is of shadow lace veil
ed in flesh colored chiffon. The short.
loose sleeves of lace are caught with
tiny wreath of wee pink rosebuds of
chiffon. A girdle of wide Natter blue
picot edge ribbon loosely confines the
short waist and fastens in front with
long ended bow centered with a rose
wreath. The skirt is ankle length of
the lace finished with two wide ruffles
and an overskirt of the chiffon edged
with rosebuds reaches to the top of the
first ruffle.
In striking contrast with its chaste
simplicity, but equally fetching, is
plain charmeuse of cerulean hue cut on
loose kimona lines, outlined in swans.
down and girded with a tasseled rope
of silver cord. Since all is fair in love
and war, it is fitting that Balkan in
fluences should invade the realm of
the negligee. Mere man will have to
surrender to the varigated charms of
the Bulgarian robe and if you don one
you will certainly be up in arms-his
arms. Developed in oehre, Chinese blue
or myrtle green crepe, the V shape neck
short kimono sleeves, and wide sash
are embroidered in the loose blouse
waist and flowing skirt down the front.
and tassels of varigated silk finish the
sash ends.
1t is a good thing love is blind. If
Eros had finger in the designing of
the new Futurist boudoir gowns, he
would have to be or else resort to smok
ed glasses. Nothing so dazzlingly riot
GUS in color has been seen since child
hoods happy days when you used to
peer at the prismatic glories of your
ten cent kaleidoscope. Loose draped
robes in these cOnglomerately colored
silks have eruptiOns of red, orange
green, blue and purple rosettes of chif.
fon down the front and adorning the
sleeves.
An overflow of Easter egg rOsettes
trim the slippers of bright shirred silk
which match up this quiet little hest
robe. Negligees these days must be
complete from your head to your toes.
Tootsies en- negligee particularly are
sartorial feats. For the Balkan robes
are the Turkish slippers of bright hued
leather gold embroidered and silk firing
ed turban tops your touseled mop.
Dainty satin null in delicate shades
garlanded in rosebuds and Marie An.
toinette mob cap of shadow lace, satin
ribbon and buds add the touch Of Par.
isienne to you, elaborate lace and ehif.
fon negligee.
satin sandals laced with ribbons
round your ankles are made to peep
with equal appropriateness from be.
meath the lace edge flounces of your
Empire negligee of pompadour chiffon
or the flowing draperies of your Gree
ian lounging robe The quaint EN-.
broidered silk slippers of the Chinese
belle are fitting finish for your rich.
Iy embroidered kimono from far japan.
With the prodigal return Of the pet.
ticoat the short breakfast jacket has
taken on a new lease of fashionable
life. The Balkan jocket, shaped like
a Cossack coat with fringed sash in
lieu Of cartridge belt is the only real
novelty in this line II reaches almost
10 the knees and the petticoat worn
with it must partake of the Jacket 3
bright hued color scheme.
fhere is this to say of these Balkan
and Futurist negligees. Though they
nay jar the peaceful quietude of the
nome with their shrieking colors, they
will save you many fat bill at the
Try cleaners. You can't lounge long
in pastel tinted chiffon and I
ace but an exodus from the ink bottle
" even the jam pot will only enhance
he color scheme Of your Futurist or .
Balkan negligee.
If it is true that beauty is only skin =
leep, then verify the new flesh tinted I
.ouses are the acme Of pulchritude In {
hiffon or srepe de chine the yoked /
ronts are laid in iuch.wide pleats and 8
he neck and sleeves finished with flat :
Dutch collars and cuffs Of ecru tinted
embroidered batiste They are very =
'hieast blousns fnr ,.., !n