The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06
That Woman Hard to
Suit WhoC Cannot Find
Something to Her
Liking in Wide Assert
ment Offered
=, ELEANOR HOYT BRAi>ERD.

* moro important than . usual
- this season. They show even
more than their usual variety |
too and the woman Is hard to please
uho cannot by diligent search find the !
blouse she wants.
That "by diligent search" is meant
FOR a warming. and the woman who
goes forth to shop for blouses will do
vel to heed ii and key herself up to
patient optimism, unless of purse
economy need not be considered and
she car pick and choose without re-
gard to price.
SO many Of the pretty blouses are !
Impractical or unbecoming or fright !
fully expensive that the fastidious
shopper may look owe hundreds of
models without finding Just what she
wants. though what she ants is fairly
sure to he waiting somewhere. The
collar is usually the point OF difficulty.
Blouses otherwise satisfactory are
quite likely to have collars unbecom-
ing. difficult of adjustment I o varying
neck sizes or too easily crushed and
6emoralized to he practical for wear
, coat or for general use.
heir efforts after originality the
iers have strained collar posi-
:. and where they have lodged
danger they have too often
I'd into the epidemic form OF
or low Arrangement. which is
'ule~ thoroughly successful neither
nor low.
| a vet. as has been said before.
;htful blouses are many and some
ne delightful models are compara-
.ly inexpensive. for the elaborate
.,and embroidered blouse inset with
lace is not much exploited even among
French hand made models, and 1t is
easier to obtain modlsh effects in the
domestic machine made blouse than 1t
was a few seasons ago.
The daintiest models. even of the
simple type, are naturally hand made.
and al certain Fifth avenue shops
where only such fine hand made
models are shown there is temptation
for any oma OF good taste. but IL
she will turn her eyes away and go to
shops further down the avenue or on
other streets she will find balm for
wounded desire.
For example, there are the blouses
Of our central sketch. carefully made.
smart. distinctive. OF good material.
yet all Of moderate price as compared
with the hand made models of the y
clus!v- shops. Not actually cheap,
any one OF them. One does not find
the combination Of design. material
and finish in the very cheap blouse,
although there are aston!shingly at
tractive models at prices as low as
Q dollar fifty: but smartly simple
houses ranging in price from s. to
81? are reasonably priced according
10 avenue standards.
A touch OF color enters into a large
lflIfllNuEt Oh IIt hlOulsti blpuS'S NiAs
year ard admirable results are oh
tanned through it, although the wisely
economical woman realizes that moth
Ing gives quite the satisfactory SER
vice an all white blouse will. The
laundry is not so likely to work
havoc with it as ii is with the colored
blouse and II car be worn with all
sorts u skirts without regard to color
harmony. But the blouses in white
md color have a great appeal and
admit Of great variety, so there is
reason for their popularity.
Striped and crossbar effects in lines
Of color on a white ground are adj
mirable for blouse purposes and are
made up in all grades Of material
from the cheapest Of cottons to the
finest and most expensive Of linen and
ri,ken stuffs.
one shop is showing a simple model
In pink and white or blue and white
striped cotton with fine white pique
collar and cuffs for $1.95 that is un-
deniably smart looking and dainty
How we'll it will tub and wear re-
mains to be seen: and, as a general
thing. II one wants color In a tub
blouse II is the part of wisdom TO
buy a good quality Of material.
Tho ring dot linen lawn or the
house figuring in large group
nnswers this requirement and has a
trine more individuality than the ia
vo;cd stripes. The material is beauti-
fully fine and sheer and the ring
dots are in delicate color, while the
front fri,l and the fri,ls on collar and
sleeves are Of sheerest white.
FrillS and jabots have come into
their W once more. though they are
by no means universal, and a more
da!ntily feminine finish has yet TO be
invented for the summer blouse. but II
il difficult To keep frills crisp and m
maoulate as they should be, and some
women pass them by because they
crush 50 easily under a coat and add
IN laundering problems. one blouse
maker who is partial to frilled designs
CO... promises in many cases by making
No fms quite separate o the
'o.sr and h~uttoning or swapping on.
T. house may be worn with or with
ol, the fr.li and several frills may he
i'Jy.l,l for ore blouse II the Gus
.ner want, them.
The ,ouhle frill Of the ring dot
blouse VIDE on one side OF the Central
pat narrow on the other, might cas-
~ he arranged in this fashion. as
night the effective white frl.l that
I'm m" front Of "A fine gray linen,
This lat r is a wide AFFAIR cut All in
me piece and laid in tiny croSSwis"
'lcH, down the middle, tiny white
WASH buttons being set at the ends Of
Zach tuck, In this way a double frill