The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-18
HE SUMMED Of MUSLIN FROCK BUT 1T ISN'T DEMJRE
Neither Is the Maid Who Wears It of
the Clinging Variety That Tradi-
ton Associates With the Goods

forming a deep scallop ut the bottom
a'u THESE sections are set together
WIN me beading. The underskirt,
narrower than the overskirt, is An
ished with a plating of the organdy
and the bottom Of the overakirt and
edges OF the coat bodice are trimmed
IN very narrow plaitings.
ono might multiply instances of or
CANDY frocks by the score and most
OF them have charm, but this ma
terial demands skilful handling and
d%aintiness of finish. Carelessly made
and bad in line. an organdy frock
Is a failure. and only when such a
rock Is crisp and immaculate Is IL
charming: so, for general utility pur-
poses. there are wiser choices.
FINE handkerchief linen is probably
the best wearing of the fine lingerie
stuns. n though comparatively ex-
pensive Is much used. both in white
and In color. Simply made with a little
urable lace for trimming, the ali
white frock Of handkerchief linen is
as serviceable a thing as enc can have
among ones tub frocks.
The flet laces are much liked in
band insertion and motifs and both
Cluny and Valenciennes are in de-
! mand. The combination OF heavy de-
mand and a supply greatly curtailed
by war conditions has complicated the
lac problem this and though
merchants have been able to meet the
emergency with fair success for the
one season they are prophesying a
decided shortage in fine laces next
season. The situation may lead to a
revival of Irish lace, which has been
on OF the running for the past few
seasons. and women may have a
chance to use once more the quanti-
ties or that lace which they acquired
when 1t was used to such excess.
The striped handkerchief linens
stripes Of color on a white ground
are having a trem ndous vogue both
for frocks and blouses and similar
linens In plain bright or light colors
are also much used. with. as a rule.
collars and cuffs OF white bordered
by tiny hens Of the color or en-
broidered lightly in the color.
HI white organdy collar appears
on every and any kind of blouse and
frcck and is in all sizes from the mar
row standing or rolling shape to the
big Puritan and Quaker shapes and
the still bigger cope and square back
collars which the season has brought
forth. The Quaker and Puritan
shapes are overdone, but they have n
very considerable charm in the crisp.
sheer white organdy with only tiny
hens for finish, and when thy are
immaculate these big organdy collars
certainly look fresher and more I'M
maculate thar anything else one can
wear. tnluckily II Is not altogether
easy to laurder organdy so that II
will retain that crisp freshness which
is its distinguishing charm. but some
laundre sses do succeed in doing 1t.
II IS hard 10 get away from that
subject OK organdy. 1t hobs up in
every discussion OF the summers
clothes. There are adorable b!ouses
of it. as severely simple and un-
trimmed as the chic organdy frocks.
but cleverly cut as to collar and sleeve
and eNquisitely finished. There are
others deliberately trimmed. but, as
in the case of the frocks. the material
seems to lose cachet by elaboration.
There are whole hats of organdy,
trimmed In scarfs and boas of the or
CANDY. or in ribbons. and there are
parasols of organdy. but to return to
our muttons. or rather our handker-
chief linens. Some good looking little
French frocks Of sheer handkerchief
linen in white or plain color have col
lars n cuffs with stiff white linen.
the collar standing. but open in front
and turning down at each side of the
chin in deep, sharp points. One pretty
mode Of this sort, sketched here, was
in pink linon, with white collar and
cuffs, inset bands Of white lace and