The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-27

is the most becoming and the most
beloved. The style will never go out
of fashion, but appears year after year
with variations in height Of crown and
width of brim. The hat pictured IS
made of black Grape with facing OF
iwhite Grape under the brim. The iouG
veil is of fine, sheer Grape and Is nelth-
or Weighty nor warm to wear The
hat and Veil frame the face and maze
"a background for the frock and form
the important note of the whole cos
tune.
Not quite such deep mourning but
oauaUv correct for first mourning
wear. if one prefers not to don long
VEIL is the small turban of Grape with
face veil of open mesh bordered
under the chin with a Grape band.
This deep band below the chin is q
very important detail-it gives the
mourning effect even though the veil
is an ordinary black meshed one drawn
closely over the hat. The pictured hat
has a long veil of black chiffon cloth
which is drawn forward and thrown
around the neck like a scarf; but this
extra veil is not at all necessary: the
turban and borderod veil would be
perfectly correct without the longer
veil az chiffon.
White mourning is, according to So
clal canons, quite as deep" mourning
rs black is: but there is a conspicu-
GUS picturesqueness about all-white
mourning that makes women of re-
fined instinct feel shy about wearing
It in town or at any large public
gathering. 1t is, however, admirable
for out-of-town wear ana may be worn
az any time in the house. White
mourning must observe the rules of
conyentionality even more vigorously
than black mourning because it is so
conspicuous. For outdoor wear one
may have white crepe de chine, white
taffeta, white Georgette crepe; for in
door wear white chiffon, dimity, or
candy or batiste. Lace and machine
embroidery are debarred and hand
embroidery is used only in small seal
lops or dots. White net may be used
for trimming at any period of mourn
ing. This year summer out-of-door
costumes are being made of white
lnen-a soft, dull finish being selected
rather than a glossy texture. There
are coat and skirt suits of white linen
for seashore and country wear. With
them go blouses Of tucked white null
or GeorEette. white buttoned walking
shoes of bucksliin, informal hats of
white panama with white silk scarf
trimming and white silk parasols. This
makes an admirable mourning costume
which may be worn even by the wom-
an who, on more formal occasions,
wears Grape trimmed bonnet.
The white mourning costume pies
tured is correct in all details. The
frock is Of dull white crepe de chine
with a panel front embroidered with
small white beads. This embroidered
panel and the flowing sleeves are of
The small turban of white
silk has q graceful veil of white chif-
-on bordered at each end with white
rape and the bonnet chin-strap is of
,repe. White suede oxfords are ac-
by white silk stockings.
Unless one wears 4 long veil to draw
lbout the shoulders, the costume
'hould always include some sort of
graceful shoulder scarf of crepe de
'hne. Georgette or other material.
such a scarf adds much in grace and
distinction to the simplest frock and
ends that suggestion of dignity and
ormality that a mourning costume
hould possess.