The Washington times., 1915-08-20


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NEW YORK. Aug. 2O.--Butterfies Of
fashion ought to feel at homo In the
net. Perhaps that Is why they are
adapting 1t to garments for strictly
home wear Certainly tho new net
nightes are honey without being
homely.
Time was when the nightie was a
garment to be mentioned with bated
breath. only in the privacy Of the bou-
doir. as 'twere. Now they are openly
discussed in the very best families.
They have to be openly discussed. be-
cause they are oil open work. You
can't make veiled illusions to 'em even
though they are made of wells and illu-
sion themselves. The net result Is that
these new net nighties are being very
much talked about. In fact, everybody
Is talking about them.
Just at first you might imagine these
net nightgowns would be an awful
bother to MOSQUITOES. but the altruistic
designers have had insect interests at
heart. They have created one model
of net robe de mutt that is slit from
the ankle-length hem to the waist
where 1t is caught together with soft
bow of pink ribbon that is run through
a shirring around the waist. second
pink bow ties the slit skirt together
at the knee
Boon To Mosquitoes.
The waist Of the gown is made Of two
wide panels that taper to mere straps
over the shoulders, forming a low V
shaped neck and no sleeves or under
arm covering. This nightgown will un-
doubtedly prove a boon, indeed, to the
festive mosquito.
I forgot to mention that this garment
IS also further heavily burdened with
n row Of pink feather stitching around
;hc ankle-lcngth hem up the sides of
;hc slit skirt and outlining the strap
Ike bodice.
Another net model has wide ruffe
of pleated net around the round baby
neck wide plea:cd ruffles around the
short elbow sleeves. and deep full
plcateG ruff1e around the bottom of the
the ruffies are headed with irch-wide
yellow satin ribbon run through q
double fold Of the net and the yellow
satin ribbon run through n shrring
Here's one garment that the fat wom-
an can wear with impunfty. She
doesn't have to be thin to wear net
nehtie because it's thin enough itself.
almost cool to the point Of audacity.
For more conservative sleepy heads a
nightgown Of pink silk null IS offered
cut on exactly the same lines rs the
nightshirt Of the old-fashioned male. 1t
has the same high neck with 4 neat
little turn over collar. long straight
sleeves and buttons over the chest with
the same neat little seton flap. Briar
stitching in white outlines the collars.
cuffs. hem and the fastening flap, and
a bit of white shocking on each side
Of the front gives the necessary full
ness.
Changing the Ring.
And now then you can ring the
changes by changing the ring. BY that
| don't mean complete change OF
ring is necessary. You can do the
trick by taking g few jeweled scrolls
off dinner ring and leaving it a less
ornate circle, bedisht only with It's CEN
tral setting. Or If you are wearing a
green frock today and your rings be all
set with rubies you can deftly slip out
the ruby settings and stick in an emAr-
aid or two Just like that.
This change of ring may smack some
what of a presto change, but 1t really
Is as easy as Dne. two, three, provided,
of course. your rings are built on the
1918 model with all the new improved
modern plumbing and adjustments and
provided also as a mere detail that
YOU possess varied assortment OF diff
ferent colored gems to act as UNDER
studies for the original settings.