The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
Bewildering Variety of
M Coquettish Novelties
:.s.to Supply the Chic
=. to the Quaint New
I" STYLES
" ELEANOR HOyT pnAINERn

Every day brings forth rew things
in shade hats. parasols. glrdlcs. col
lars, &c. and description falters when
one confronts the varied coquetry
Zone must see the colors. the little
details, the "je nc sails quot" that
makes the difference 'twixt the COM
mohplace and the chic before one can
truly appreciate the charm of the
little things that have been provided
to 60 with the quaint new frocks.
<Parasols are especially in evidence.
The,Victorian maid Is a parasol maid.
She lcares for her complexion. One
can't quite see her tripping across
the lawn without a broad brimme
shade hat dropping over her face or
. parasol held daintily above her head.
Perhaps 1t was "A vision of her that has
inspired the parasol makers. spurred
Them into producing sunshades more
attractive than those Of recent years.
There is nothing particularly new in
the sticks. though shapes and color
fpEs are interesting. and the, stubby
little ferrule which appears on SO many
Of the silk parasos is new.
Taffeta IL to the fore in paraso,s
- In frocks. and in plain co.ors with
0csoloped edges or frills. ruches plain
q fringed, and untrimmed smart
Shapes II is TO be much used. The
striped silks too are popular. particu-
larly in the broad stripes running
around the frame and black and white
- .favored in this connection.
Dainty Powered silks Of quaint d.
sign. corded and shirred at the edge.
are offered and some exceedingly smart
sunshades in black. sombre when
closed. reveal when opened Innings OF
very gay lowered silk.
The Canton parasol. on Japanese
lines. nat in shape and many ribbed,
ID made in bright silks of plain color
and with either white or black ribs and
stick, is very effective.
Plaid silks are used for par,sol
covers. some of them in the gayest Of
tartans--a French tribute to the High
ianders who are fighting beside the
French troops-and little shades OF
tartan are carried in car and carriage.
In the province of the dressier para
aoi there are particularly delightful
things. many of them fiounced and
frilled after the fashion of the frocks
with which they are to he carried and
fluffy as the skirts Of the tulle and
lace dance frocks.
Lace and tulle are tremendously
popular for these parasols but fine
lingerie stuffs are used too-mul.s,
batiste, even organdie.
Some simple but lovely models in
lace have the lace cover falling plainly
over a lining OF soft silk or perhaps
Of flesh colored chiffon. and in place
Of a ferrule or hiding the short ferrule
II there is one is prim little set
bouquet Of small flowers,
Other lace parasols are formed Of
three overlapping lace fiounces Of
equal width on foundation of net.
chiffon or silk, and many net and
soft silk models are made after this
same triple fiounce fashion.
Another triple layer effect is
achieved in silk. the topmost layer
being much deeper than the two others
and each lying smoothly on the
foundation but attached TO it only at
the top. A finely plated frill OF net
faals from under the lowest layer Of
silk.
Fine white null or batiste is gath
cred to form the cover of parasol
which is bordered by a dropping band
Of Heavily embroidered null, and EN-
hroidered null or batiste is used also
for triple layer or full parasols.
plain white silk parasols have eX-
duisitely painted floral designs on only
TWO of the cover sections and on some
plain silk models padded silk flowers
arc, posed while still others have
striking bead embroidery motifs on
one or two sections.
Silk shirred in lines around the
frame at two inch intervals and bor-
dered by frill of the silk covers
certain gay parasols in bright green
and rose and cerise and blue. Equally
gay. though offered also in white and
in. black. are the parasols covered en-
tirely in overlapping frills of narrow
ribbon.
And then there are the fur trimmed
parAsols which exploit the Partisan
liking for paradox in the shape of
fur, associated with summer finery
We have had imported frocks of sheer
lingerie materials trimmed in narrow
hands of fur. and now We have para
soils of transparent black chiffon bor-
dered narrowly with all white erminc,
psrasols OF white satin trimmed in
narrow bands of brown fur. parasols
OF, null bordered in white fur.
For morning use in the country
come parasols of block print linen in
Vicnnese or toile de JOuy designs.
And. apropos Of these printed linens
tho milliners have pressed them into
service for the making of shady
brimmed hats faced with fine supple
straw in the predominating color OF
the printed design or in the ground
color of the linen. These are particu-
lariy good for country wear of an
informal kind and have little or NJ
tpimpl,ogs. usually narrow band OF
heavy silk or velvet ribbon or some
sort. Of clever little ribbon cockade.
Striped linens are used in the same
way and often in tn gayest colors
blue and yellow and white stripes. fol-
example. being faced with blue straw
and trimmed by band of narrow
blue corded ribbon encircling the
crown almost at its top.
Once in while one of the wild,
brlmmed hats of printed linen viii
sport wired bow and floating stream
erh~ of narrow ribbon. but the sim
pier trimming 10 rather more salts
factory,
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