The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
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careless about her morning toi
let felt the fascination of the caps
when the popularity began and hav-
ing bought one of the attractive things
discovered that it protested violently
against associating with a shabby robe
or sack.
OF course many cap has had it's
proud spirit broken. There are women
who arc fundamentally incapable of re-
gardng wrapper as anything except
a comfortable garment and uu;c over
look its aesthetic side And then there
are the women who yearn for the clab-
crate in ncgligecs and achieve only the
cheaply tawdry. The snowy cheap bou-
doir gown or tea gown or matinee j.
worse. particularly after its FIRST fresh
ness has departed than the most utili-
tartan of wrappers: but luckily there's
q middle ground and year by year the
cult OF the negligee is better understood.
The exquisite and costly sacks and
robes shown in the shops are out Of the
reach of the average woman. but each
season brings better models. a; reason
able prices: and for the woman who has
good taste and can sew a little herself
or who has clever seamstress the
charming ncGligee Is simple and in
expensive matter.
This is especially true in regard to the
matinee or sack. II calls for 81 li';le
material that one can afford eNtrava-
gance in quality. and bargain counter
remnants have alluring possibilities in
this connection. Just now these Coun-
tiers in almost all Of the shops are
piled high with short lengths of ma
terials whose prices have been cut in
half and the woman who loves pretty
house sacks and robes will d. well to
70 hunting among these remnants IL
she needs new negllgces herself or wants
to give one to n friend.
And by the way this satisfac-
tory Christmas gift between women.
fairly sure to he welcome and, provided
tn siver is clever with her needle, not
necessarily more expensive man much
Of the useless rubbish exchanged at
Christmas time. OF course one can
buy the most delectablc of lacks in the
shops, and some of them no tyro could
copy: but ii is possible To buy patterns
OF many charming little models and.
provided materials and color are care
fully chosen and the work is daintly
done. ma ;inee pretty enough for even
the most fastidious Of women need not
b, beyond the possibilities of the anna
teur seamstress.
The great st effect. with the least
trouble. is Obtained by using one uf
the soft satins and trimming II in
lace and ribbon or in lace ard tiny
silk flowers \ lining Of china silk
adds To the warmth. If that seems
Necessary. and one can even put soft
interlinang of French flannel across the
shoulders and chest. though in steam
heated rooms the average woman Will
not feel the ne OF it,
For warmer wear the albatross
sacks. lined with china silk, are always
favortes, and made on the simplest
lines. bur elaborated 10y fancy stitchery
In color and coquettish ribbon trim
mings they have an exceedingly dainty
air White albatross. over soft pink
with pink hand stitching and pink
ribbons. is first choice: but other colors
may be substituted for the pink and
colored albatross may be used. though
II is hardly so effective as the white
over color.
Still warmer and more practical are
the flannel matnees. and in good color
Win eIilIIOlutIN anu LOT
trimming. or even without the embroid-
cry, they may be attractive. though
not so charming as those of silk or
slbatross. Some pretty models this
year are made up in the fine silk
striped nannels aud for an inexpensive
and practical matinee that can he
easily made one of these striped
fannels bound in ribbon and trimmed
in ribbon bows is a thing to he recon-
mended.
The fine stripes are most effective. a
creamy pink flannel of the smooth,
finely woven type, with a narrow str.pe
Of white at sixteenth or eighth of an
inch intervals, for example. These
fiannels come in VIDE range of colors
and have as smooth texture as
albatross, instead of the woody surface
common to other fiannels. This means
that they do not soil so easily, and if
the ribbon binding is omitted they tub
perfectly. White with stripe in color
and ribbons Of the color is particularly
liked
There are sack materials still warmer
than the fanncls, and among these the
zenana cloth Is the most attractive a.
II In the most expensive Because of
lines of the satins and equally light 4
weight materials, but it comes in lovely
colorings and is light in weight for all .
it's cosey warmth.
Ready made sacks in this material /,
are usually embroidered by hand. the
edges Of collar and cuffs being iiluped /
and embroidered even If nothing more
elaborate is attempted. and a collar Of .
white silk embroidered in the color OF ,
the sack Is often used 20 relieve the :
color next the face, lace being too light |
10 hs effective in association with so .
heavy material
Chinese waddcd Jackets and cider !
racks belong to the warm group too |
hut are more comfortable 'han graceful |
or beautiful, though the Waddcd Jackets .
are often beautiful in color and hand /
somely embroidered.
At tho other end of the line one finds .
hlmY matinceS of chiffon cloth. swans
down trimmed and made on graceful, .
lines, hut with tn" utmost simplicity
becoming little garments If hardly utill- !;
tartan, Swansdown edges some of the .
silk crepe and satin sacks too ana is
becoming II not durable,
This season the negliGcc makers have
used ostrich feather edgings ON some .