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Show I Of Interest k Edf Readers n : - ff PICTURE GOWNS jf NOW THE STYLE. . The Quaint Fashions of the Earlie Part of the Century Have Been Revived Charmingly Lace Coats Are In Style. Paris, Aug. 1. Were you to spend an hour at any of the- little shore resorts, re-sorts, whore fashionable folk congregate congre-gate during the heated term, you would decide that fashions had turned toward the picturesque, not slightly but w ith a vigor that left no doubt of their inten- lion. Revivals are always picturesque and the resurrection of the sleeve of 1S30 leaves nothing to be desired in point of artistic and antique beauty. And so with the Watteau sleeves; in fancy you , see those wonderful Shepherdesses with ! their crooks, stalking after their well behaved sheep, while their marvelously graceful garments never lost as much as a fold or a tint, by the exposure and the broiling sun. Since the fancy for the tight waisted gown departed all women look alike in 5 . figure. There is no strong point of dis ci similarity- between the lean and the fat: ! the hour glass waist has departed and i with it went the awful meal bag figure, f; The box fronted corset has taken the ; place of the tight waisted one and the ! figures of women have benefited. is The lest ladies' tailors do not advi.- j ti . the box corset but prefer a rath- :j straight one that can be well pulled) i ' dow n in front, leaving the bust high ' i above it. Over this can be drawn the h pointed waist; and the result is better Is than in the perfectly straight box front jl m which, if anything, made the waist a I ' trifle tqo large. T11E LACE COAT. The particular novelty of the moment i Is the summer coat. Its name sounds s warm but the nature is cool. The lit. I tie coats are made of lace, of tulle, of muslin insertion, of unlined taffeta and ; net. The object of the thin little coat is to give the finish which a coat always al-ways give a gown and to take away the shirt waisted appearance of the toilette. One of these little coats was j cut in blazer fashion, with the fronts ' well open and finished in points caught ; together by a lace strap. The sleeves ' were rudimentary affairs with only the tiniest lace epaulettes upon the shoul- I der. The entire little garment was of I net lace, bordered with silk embroidery, and figured with appliques of silk.. I Another of these decidedly novel little I . ? coats was of white embroidered taffeta, cut bolero style, with very tight fitting I sleeves to the elbow; the front was fas- 1 tened by a bow of black tulle with a I buckle in the middle. I One that was much admired was of I . white pique, cut cadet fashion, with f two tiny points extending below the j belt line. The front was slashed to make a very effective finish, for. I through the slashed front, could be ? drawn the ends of the big bow which 1 was worn at the throat, i Nothing could exceed the picturesque beauty of the neck bow which, since ) it has readied such proportions, is known by many names the most popu- i lar of which is the "chiffon." One of i the most decorative of these chiffons consists ot a strip of heavy lace net embroidered in black silk, with scalop-" scalop-" ed ends. This is brought around the 5 neck, tied under the chin, and so dis- t posed that the ends fall nearly to the f foot of the skirt in front. They are ! held in place so that they do not float in the wind with the straps that eon-i eon-i line the little blazer coat. It is very chic to draw your streamers f through your strappings to keep them from that blow-away appearance so j! . ' noticeable when long veils were worn a J few seasons ago. For these long neck arrangements all kinds of thin materials mater-ials are employed, tulle and gauze net taking the lead. The manner of arrangement, ar-rangement, too. Is varied, but the fashionable milliners who sell the chif-; chif-; fons along with the hats advise the big I bow under the chin with its long ends. I Attention once more concentrates up- I on the bodice which is as varied as pos- sible. It is the two-part bodice with Mouse and jacket both as delicately X fashioned as possible. The blouse, as I all bodices are now called by the ran- I distes, is again suh-divided and has its I own vest. I THE LITTLE VEST. i ' . Vests are delightfully fancy. They I are made of washable goods and are I carried out in piece lace and satin rib bon, white , being the best color. For a vest nothing is as serviceable and as fashionable. as the strip of fine embroidery em-broidery with its band of satin ribbon alternating with the embroidery. They set the. bands' in the-vest diagonally,, a 1 band of . ribbon and a strip of lace. They also made the vest in pointed de-' sign, the points exactly in front. Striped material of the exquisitely thin fummor goods is used .and to accentuate the point a pointed yoke is outlined w ith a narrow ruffle. A .very simple yoke can be made of figured mull. The middle of the front is shirred at intervals of three inches and a band of black velvet is fastened across the shirring. The ends of the velvet may be finished by a tiny buckle. In-bodices many new materials are seen: it would seem as though the -supply were inexhaustible. Just as you think you have seen every variety of new goods, behold you find something that is a novelty. The manufacturers have been turning out new designs all summer, and the dealers have had a Pf 1 Wi W I If YACHTING GOWN OF RED CLOTH WITH BANDS OF DEiiP BLUE; DEWEY HAT AND TIE. I constantly renewed supply. The trend is still toward the very thin goods made for bodice purposes, over a heavier material. Among the most elegant of the new fabrics are those of ochre guipure over a. silk lining, or of white or cream silk over which sprays of flowers are painted in water colors. This last style is the latest cry of fashion, but unless you paint the llowers yourself it is an extremely expensive one. Your correspondent has seen white taffeta over which a few sprays of roses or lilac li-lac were painted, sold for four or five guineas a yard, which certainly seems rather extravagant. For half the price and less, 'you can have the most beautiful crepe-de-Chine in the softest shades of color, and the most lovely Venetian point over faille or peau-de-soie. , - THE SOFT SILKS. , Soft silks, such as eolienne or benga-line, benga-line, also make up extremely pretty blouses, and silk crepon is particularly suitable for the purpose. So much : i l l Vi1 . The new soft fronts for blazers and reefers are made ol a variety of pretty goods. These fronts can be worn not only with summer dresses but with fall gowns until very late in the autumn. You can see from these pictures exactly how the little fronts are fashioned. j ! -1 ' ' I for dressy blouses; simpler ones are made of fancy delaine, or better still at the present season of washinsr materials, ma-terials, such as pique, zephyr, cambric and batiste. One of the prettiest novelties of the summer is fancy batiste, with patterns simulating narrow tucks or open-work designs, fancifully clustered and arranged, ar-ranged, form a variety of patterns particularly par-ticularly suitable to the purpose. As to trimmings for skirts and waists embroidery still reigns supreme, but this season's embroideries in no wise resemble those of last year, or even last winter. There are a variety of new-styles. new-styles. One of the newest and most unique is that formed of "paillettes" of various materials, chiefly pique, fancy tiny circles resembling "confetti, " of white or colored pique, cut out by machine. ma-chine. These circles are employed just like paillettes, being fastened on either by one stitch in the middle, or by being sewn on one side only at the edge, so as to be able to be '-ai.-;ed up on the opposite side and overlap other similar circles. Very effective patterns are thus composed, com-posed, and not only of pique, but also of cloth, silk, velvet or panne; but, of course, only materials of a firm texture can be employed in this way. otherwise the edges would soon become unraveled. unrav-eled. Cloth and velvet paillettes com-! bined make up extrem ?ly pret ty at- i terns-of flowers in pale tints. fhe leaves and stems which complete the patterns are worked in fine silk cord, chenille, or very narraw fancy silk galloons gal-loons of several shades of color, and sometimes in open-work patterns. Some of these galloons are plain, and some waved; most of them can be made to turn and twist at pleasure by merely drawing a thread let in at one edge for the purpose. |