The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-24
Summer Clothes
Now on Display


same color, or organdie used to make
the trimmings of the two latter mate
rails. There will be series of round
medallions used all around the hem OF
skirt, making the transparent ending
of the skirt by their associated patterns.
There will be other arrangements OF
the folds to hold the beginnings of
floating sleeves. Others will be placed
artlstically over the hips to begin the
fullness of the skirt. Others will be
posed over the shoulders, or there will
be an arrangement of lines about the
neck line and sleeves to provide the
usual sort of finish. In every con-
ceivable way these pieces of hand
work are distributed over the sum
mer frocks, making them entirely new
and inspiring creations for summer
wear.
They will be copied here in one way
or another, but we can never do what
the French women have done so beauti.
fully-firSt, because the cost of labor
is too enormous, and, secondly, be.
cause we have not the patience nor
the time nor the art to put into build
ing beautiful dresses of this sort that
will fade SO soon.
Another thing that is apparent on
these French dresses Is the arrange
ment of cotton buttons or beads as
they call them. They are white and
cream, and they are guaranteed to
leave the laundry as cheerfully as
they enter its precincts. They are put
on In nice little patterns. They are
not gathered together in all-over en-
broideries. as has been the custom
with beads, but they are arranged In
even rows or in series of triangles or
squares, which are repeated often
enough to make an interesting pattern.
Cotton Wolfe in yellow.
More often they are used on
frocks OF cotton voile for it is with
that texture they seem to harmonic
best. There is a cotton wolfe dress in
a clear shade of yellow. 1t is of the
straight, One-piece variety, hanging
from the shoulders. In groups, across
the front and back, delicate side pIeats
are laid, while In open spaces between
these pleats small triangles of the
wolfe are placed to hold the edges to-
gether. And at each point of each tri-
angle there is fastened one of the lit
tie cotton beads. That is all the trim
ming there is to the gown, except that
around the waist Is tied a glowing bit
Of ribbon, quite wide and striped with
yellow and white.
The colOrs are the most brilliantly
attractive of all the features Of these
summer frOcks. We are getting away
from black and pure white, or so the
of fashion tell us. And
once again 1t becomes Jur privilege
to glory In the wearing of colors-cOl.
Ors which, by reason Of the perfected
1yes, are much more lovely than they
have been at any time in the past,
Yellow certainly will be one of the
coming seasons color sensations. And
The yellow must be light and clear In
at all near the gold, but far
enough away from that to keep itself
lear and cool in appearance. yellow
md white is a combination which has
everything to commend it. SO you
who are dark in colOring must lay your
plans right now. in you do you step out
to procure some frock of
Yellow for your spring or summer
1t would be a pity to let
IN opportunity like this slip away. |
Green, too, is good-a very light and
brilliant shade of green. And this Is
particularly smart in taffeta, because
hat material seems to throw light |
rom green which cannot be obtained
n any other way. Then there are gor-
yeous shades of violet, and subtle
ones of pink and blue, which seem
lew because they are really so much
more true in tone than they have
'ften been in the past.