El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

~ I'm a DlEk bluE SIN AOHLEEs
with valenciennes lace, which formed
the skirt
That she was a devotee Of the fad Of
fancy shoes, one could easily guess, for
her pumps were the last word in style;
the heel, back and vamp was Of patent
leather and the upperS OF white kid to
match the white silk stockings Be
side the low chair, q garden hat care
lessly- dropped, glistened in the sun,
for it was one Of the new dark blue
shiny Etraws- The crown was circIed
with tulle with pond lilies beneath and,
like all other broad-brimmed garden
hats, il had black velvet streamers at
Jached to the back these sprawled on
the grass as If they were tired Of their
voyage through the wind
The guest Of honor, an artist Of fame
who is making the best Of a war en-
forced exile, was a credit to the maker
Of the clothes she wore, what could be
smarter for a woman past 80 than
symphony in black and whittier Again
the coatee was the chief detail of the
costume; this time II was a short Zou-
ave jacket Of exquisite batiste, heavily
embroidered It opened as she lounged
IN her chair, showing a waist of plain
batiste. Elouncings repeated in the
sleeves and skirt yoke, and a lower
skirt Of plain batiste, cut circular that
IL might flare the more, needed only
the black and white, blazer striped
g1rdle to bring out its STYLE so per
4ectly was every detail worked out.
The skirt cleared the ground by
about four inches; mature women have
all adopted this length as more becom-
ing than the extremely short skirt
Below the skirt trim white buckskin
tie laced in black could be seen. Her
Milan straw, medium size, with brfm
flaring just enough TO soften her face,
sported a bow of the blazer striped silk
and her slender handled parasoI, rest
ing open on the back Of her chair COM
pleted the picture Of an uptodate
woman well dressed
So diverse are the effects. gained with
these jackets, it is hard to believe so
many frocks have the same feature.
Here, is a cOatee Of robins egg blue
taffetas fitted through the body, hav-
ing Garing tails, and leg O. mutton"
sleeves set in with narrow friIls re-
ViVed from Victorian STYLES. This is
worn with a VoIuminous skirt of net
There is a frock Of cotton crepe, en-
broidered and hemstitched in pink with
cOatee Of pink linen; while a model Of
vOile and filet lace has a jacket of
black faille cut on the bOlero order.
Indeed there is no end to the mate
rails Dolly Warden taffetas, deep old
world pink and brilliant blue taffetas,
failles and moire silks make quaint
coates for crinOline frocks and not a
few of the bOlero effects are fashioned
also lace material, lately launched on
the market. for dresses of this type, the
texture like a fine wolfe embroidered
with garlands in pastel shades.
Aside from the fabrics, accessories
are so attractive, they in no small
measure account for the success of the
lingerie dress, for there is many a
maiden who buys a frock that she may
have the girdle that goes with it. Al
though, It is an acknowledged fact,
waists are gradually growing smaller,
the girdle still follows straight lines.
Loose crush girdles OF taffeta, moire
silk or primly lowered belts of narrow
grOsgrain are pretty finishes for filmy
frocks-
The handkerchief bag IS another
fancy, demure as the daguerreotype
from which it is taken. Usually, the
bag is made of material the same as
the dress, cut in a half circle. shirred
an inch down from the top and hung
from the belt with cords or ribbon.
The hand bag, too, takes on a mew
beauty Soft gathered models of flow
cred, MORE and striped silk have silver
tops that stretch like a bracelet, white
leather bags, flat purses and gold kid