Show CAP AND APRONS New Styles For Housemaids This Summer I There is onq problem less in the vexed servant girl question The statement is made and housekeepers testify to its tuth that the oldtime prejudice among maids against wearing a uniform uni-form while performing duties is rapidly dying out The really uutodate mai has no objections whatever to appearing in a regulation costume her only demand is j that she he allowed to adjust said costume to the prevailing style adopted by her fellowmaids In ev < ry wellconducted establlsh meat the correct dress of the waitress or parlor maid is a matter of distinct importance but aside from the few castiron rules as to the cut of dress cdor etc the ihaid is privileged to follow the very latest fashions in collar ad tuffs and cap and aprons The maid of the fashionable household is as particular about the length of her arron the size of her cap and the width of her cuffs as her mistress is of the rut of her tailor gown or the latest caprice in Parisian millinery The fashions this spring arc all for light material rather elaborately made up The slimy starched irish linen so fashionable a year ago is no longer aA j worn either by parlor or nursery maid and in the newest display of expensive I goods for maids wear muslin and even cambric are rarely shown Lawn is the preferred material this season for the snowy apron and dainty capThe The most expensive beautiful and durable aprons are cut from linen lawn These reach to the bottomjof the frock are very wide and carefully sewed by hand Thejsixinch foot hem and the threeinch hem at the sides are deftly hemstitched The ties which always measure the width of the foot hem are also hemstitched If there are tucks in the apron they too are put in with the same display of pretty needle work The maids cap which must never be confounded with the large mop cap worn by the cook or with the narrow bands with large streamers which are the nurserymaids dainty insignia is a tiny coquettish bit of lawn and lace set well on the front of the head This year there are two distinct styles one a fourinch spuare of lawn and inserting In-serting edged with a smart quilling of lace and the other cut like an uneven triangle that is with two sides four inches long and one seven inches long the latter side fitting about the coil of I the hair The second design is also made of i lawn and valenciennes and finished with the same narrow stiff little frills i I c rr t e t f L rrstl iz lw e 1 N t iJ i y t C 5p I M c ijt eftjee 4 1 4itc NIKOLA TESLA WHOSE ELECTRICAL CONTRIVANCES MAY STAKE A PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE MA-CHINE A REALITY There are no ends worn with the maids cap v > It goes without saying that this truly french bit of headgear niust always be immaculate in its freshness and worn over wellsroomed hair neatly arranged and if it does not cause an entire collapse of the domestic economy the maid should be requested to do her hair in plain bands without curls or frizzes An average head of hair parted and drawn smootly back into a braided coil is becoming to any fresh young face and is an attractive setting for the white frilled cap There is a distinct change in the fashion for collars and cuffs this spring The old style of flaring linen bands exposing the front of the throat is entirely en-tirely superseded by the new turnover collar an inch and a half wide attached at-tached to a small chemisette which holds it neatly in place The collar fits close about the tnroat ana is lasieneu with a single small stud Turnover cuffs match the collar exactly ex-actly and fit close about the wrist of the long rather scant sleeve Fine hemstitched collars and cuffs are sometimes worn to match a fancy apron but the perfectly plain bands have the preference for both morning and afternoon wear |