The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
Chic Gowns for
the Warm Days

/ The first warm days often find us
quite unprepared In the matter of
clothes. This is especially true after
cold, late spring such as the one just
passed, which offered little incentive
to buying thin frocks. So, If we have
delayed in our shopping, writes
prominent fashion correspondent, 1t
| means that we confront real prob
| lem-that of getting a suitable warm
weather wardrobe together quickly.
We are realizing more and more the
need Of the practical combined with
beauty In our clothes. The sensible
woman. however, never sacrifices
| beauty to the purely practical. In the
dark georgette crepe frocks we have
this combination. No fabric has yet
been able to supplant the good, sub
stantial navy blue georgette crepe for
wear on hot days, offering as it does
the advantages of GOODNESS and light
ness.
There are those who, in their desire
to help reduce the high cost of living,
| talk Of the economy Of Bingham, but
| a Bingham dress is never. an economy
rather it is luxury to be enjoyed
| In the country. In the first place, ging-
hams are anything but inexpensive,
| and, furthermore, frocks made from
them require frequent and careful
laundering, which under existing con-
| ditions means constant additional ex-
pense. Even with the best Of care they
| never look quite the same after visit
to the laundry.
Real Organize Flowers.
Although we have seen great deal
of taffeta during the last year, its
glory has not yet been dimmed. We
have had it combined with organdie
in an infinite number of ways, but no
lovelier union of these two has APP
peared than is seen in the models
made entirely of silk and decked with
huge white organdie flowers applied
with long, loose stitches of dark thread.
The flowers are not cut from fiat
pieces Of the muslin, but are twisted
deity and shaped so that they are big
and puffy. The pieces Stimulating
leaves are veined with the dark thread.
In dress Of this sort the white ap-
pears also in the bodice in the form of
front which extends over the skirt
and is bound with the dark blue taft
feta. A white organdie bow at the
back Of the neck also is bound with
blue. The short sleeves have a tiny
turned-back cuff of organdie worked
with blue in loose long and short
stitch.
To wear in the late afternoon or as
an informal summer evening dress
nothing could be more suitable than
the embroidered batiste robes which
have again come into fashion. We have
on these both solid and eyelet en-
broidery. The frocks themselves are
just little straightline affairs which
tend to show of the beauty of the
needlework. A great deal of care is
exercised in the selection Of sashes for
such dresses. Wonderful ribbons are
chosen. q
The embroidered batiste robe is
given further elaboration by the intro
duction of lovely square mesh lace.
A remarkable ribbon is used for the
girdle. 1t Is about an inch wide and
OF three shades of blue, one running
into the other. giving the appearance
of three separate ribbons stitched to-
gether.
Another method of introducing
bright-colored ribbon into an en-
broidered batiste robe is seen in
frock having cherry red satin rib
bon with rough surface starting at
the neckline in the form Of panels,
Slipping through medallions at the
waistline and continuing down either
side of the front until they are caught
under the hem.
Another frock shows ribbon again
featuring as the distinctive note. This
is interesting as simple adaptation
of the Egyptian style, which many