Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
ny ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

" HE farmers predict a long hot
summer. They can tell from
the way the frogs have been
croaking, the way the apple
blossoms uncurled their petals, from
the way tho ROSTERS crow in the
morning, and the way the COWS take
to wild garlic. that it is going to be
ono "humdinger of a hot summer.
But what care We" The dress
makers seemingly, as well as the
farmers have consulted the oracle
They have been plying busy needles
cutting and shipping and measuring.
frilling, rufling and plating the light
est, fllmiestI- ARREST. tairest frocks
' for summer that have been shown
since-wcil, since the. days following
the French revolution when Il wom-
ans entire apparel. shoes and all.
might not weigh over, half pound.
Lawn and orgapdie for the slightly
bouffant frock: chiffon. and lace for
the draped, orr clinging silhouette,
voiles. ginghams and fine batiste for
morning frocks-silk crepes of all
sorts and taffetas as light as crepes-
these are the fabrics out Of which.
Cn6 lToChS are cut.
Ealenciennes lace and other sorts
of fine narrow lace are used with
old-t time lavishness on frocks of lawn
and batiste. While hand work is de-
srable on such frocks, bear in mind
that there are some exquisite lace
trimmed frOcks showing nothing bu3
. fine machine work. and. on the otheiI
hand. some of the handmade frocks
are to Ire had at low prices. made
from obviously inferior materials.
The use Of fine narrow lace has come
back hand in hand with the use Of
fine tucking.
Add to this that some of these
filmy lace and batiste frocks are
sometimes posed over colored taffet%
slips and you have something ap-
preaching the old type OF lingerie
frock that was such a staple in every
womap's wardrobe fifteen or sixteen
years ago.
These undershps. YOU must haNn
observed, are cut scant even for the
houffant frocks. for the young WON
an of 1929. though she may consent
10 wear bouffant frock,' refuses tti
be or to look bouffant herself. There's
to show the slender lines that are
really hers beneath the outstanding
folds of the frock and this produces
an effect of fiower-like slenderness
that one has to see TO appreciate.
Under some of the organdie frocks
in white or pastel shades are placed
slips Of gold or silver cloth, and now
and then there is slip Of finely
plated colored chiffon that clings TO
the hips and knees beneath the out
standing lines of the frock.
THERE are other important differ
l. ences between the old type OF
lingerie frocll and the new. The skirt
usually carries the burden of the
elaboration. Bodices are left severely
unadorned in many of these lace
trimmed frocks. One charming frock
of light blue lawn shows the use OF
fine tucking and narrow cream lacer
but while not a yard is shown on the
bodice-save to edge the short pun
sleeves and the diminutive collar-the
skirt carries Il dozen yards or more,
producing an effect of bounancy
which if not exactly second empire is
certainly reminiscent of the mid
eighteen hundreds.
1t was the old idea to put the lace
trimmed lawn frock over the taffeta
slip; now we sometimes see the
taffeta placed over the lace and lawn.
one frock of white lawn under taffeta
is, however. innocent of any signs or
lace. but on the contrary is trimmed