The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-30
~ ELEANOR HoyT BRAINERD.
-T-~HE girl graduate is in luck this


muslin and its equivalents are ire
mendously popular and frills and
ffcunces and ribbons and simplicity
are tremendously chic the graduation
frcck should not he a puzzling prob
lem
To be sure. there is a deep gulf
fixed twixt dowdy muslin and modish
muslin; but to-day the gulf can he
crossed by cleverness without any
great expenditure Of dollars. and the
elaborate hand embroidery and inset
lace of the old time lingerie frock are
By no means essential to the smart
ness Of the up n date lingerie freck.
Hand embroidery and inset lace
there may he on the muslin frock, hut
even where money is not considered
they are sparingly used, and some Of
the most successful models show
nothing save self trimming. though
considerable hand work often goes TO
the achievement Of this self trimming
Ito the tiny turks, corded shirrings,
bindings, fittings, sc.
One deIeetahle little frock of very
sheer, crisp white organdy has for its
only trimming narrow ruffles of the
These frills are sci upon the full short
skirt in groups Of two, and at inter-
walls all the way up "a the hip curve
The bodice is OF the simplest sort with
bell sleeves finished hv double frills
and reaching only to the elbow and
round neck cut just 1ow enough to he
becoming without being too low for
daytime wear.
This type OF frock. with variations
IN the arrangement of the ruffles and
In small details, is considered very
sweet. but must be slightly extreme
in skirt fare and sportness to have
the prescribed French air and espe
cIaIly liked in the sheer organdy,
which combines sheerness and crisp
ness as no other white tub material
does and so has a character all its
own.
The softer materials are given the
Ynodish skirt fare by the use Of crino-
lined undersklrts or hoopskirts or ruff
fed petticoats. and many girls will
prefer them 10 the organdy Net,
chiffon, Cieorgette crepe and cotton
wolfe are all very popular, and batiste,
null and fire linen lawns are always
used.
Some of the simpler models among
the net frocks are altogether youthful
and charming. and one Of the par
ticuiarIy girlish and attractive models
in this class is the rufiled one Of our
central group. whose wide skirt is ruff
fed all the way 10 the waist, each
narrow ruffie being bound with satin
which Is rolled instead of being fiat
and gives the frill edge sauCy fare.
The bodice, round necked and short
sieeyed has salin folds on neck and
OF; sleeve frills and another satin fold
running diagonaliy across front and
back. above the satin girdle. The frock
is quaint enough to make any eradu
ate's grandmother remember the frivoi-
tiles of her youth. yet there is moth
ing eccentric or oferpicturesque about
it. This same model is made in cream
or white net with satin or delicate
coior-pink. light blue. lemon yellow.
lilac. &c.--but is at its best in the
all white.
Narrow net ruffIes, each edged with
very narrow lace, are substituted for
the satin bound ruffies on other skirts
of r9fied net. and many of the good
looking little net frocks are trimmed
In white taffeta or white satin. set on
in broad bands or folds, frills or
rnches.
White chiffon too often has this silk
trimming, though some Of the pref
test white chiffon frocks are lace
trimmed or ribbon trimmed
A while chiffon model that has
proved successful has it's wide skirt
trimmed in fat satin bands broken
and set together in points at each
side of front and back. A little nose
gay is posed al each joining and there
are tiny clusters too at wrists and
neck. The bodice is exaggeratedly
simple with narrow frills of the chif-
fon finishing the neck and the long
sleeves.
This simplicity of bodice is one OF
the pronounced features Of the sum
mer frocks. Exceptions there are of
course, but the modish model as
rule confines It's assertiveness almost
altogether to it's skirt and assumes
great occurrences above the was ST line
save perhaps in the matter of an odd
or elaborate collar.
And even the collars often lend
themselves 10 the effect of demure-
ness. The high collar. straight or
rolling, though still much in evidence
ss not nearly SO dominant on the
modish frocks as 1t was a little earlier
In the season There are many fiat
collars, some of them of prodigious
depth that recall Puritan or Quaker
garh, others narrow
These fiat collars may lie up closely
against the neck in the hack or may
be only of throat base height in the
back. and are OF various degrees of
lowness in front. The very deep
QUAKER collars are usually of sheer
sorgandy. narrowly hemnred and quite
suntrimmed and the mode seems likely
TO be oyerdone because ii is so easily
and inexpensiyely taken up.
at Many of the narrow fiat collars too
ARE of plainly henmed organdy- as for
THAT matter are many of the high
rolling collars.
Round neck, L neck V neck, square
\ neck, high neck. all are 10 he found
among the dainty white frocks suit
able for graduation wear; so any girl
may find something becoming, and
for the gir Of pretty arms there are
short sleeves, frilled. belled tubular or
puffed. though long sleeved models
are numerous.
These long sleeves are slightly
suiled at the top and drawn into a
{ " Ut narrow tfr deep and are little
trimmed. Net long sleeves are occa-
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