Show The World of fashion HAND 1 O IE UMMER GO WN 1I 1 I Luxuries of the Blue Serge and Fine Linen WHITE TALLOEMADE GOWNS t HOTT to Cut and Use the Bordered e Fabrics I Confections of Cambrics Laces and Ribbons Rib-bons Mora Distinctly Feminine Than Ever Before Petticoats and Right Robes Correspondence ol THE HERALD NEW YORK May 29The tailor made matron has a new costume for her especial es-pecial enjoyment She need no longer confine herself to white vests for pique is quite as correct in an extended form and the natty little Eaton suit summer girl will not be obliged to array herself in blue 3s r y r rR I 1 1 0 + t o s J y o t a J i o o c l o ill m r sit 1 s-it 0 0 ° t 1I r C l a e I1 r e e r + t a a P a 1 r1s J PIQUE GOWN FOR HALF MOURNING serge because she has nothing else to wear made in just that same style Vhite pique suits are going to be very popular especially with the people who have good laundresses or patronize the cleaners For two seasons costumes made of real old tlme pique have appeared for women and young girls But only a very few have been worn because the clear white surface caught every bit of dirt it rubbed against and showed it off as if it were a faithful mirror Alfso pique requires special s-pecial skill in laundrying and while many laundresses can successfully manipulate F manip-ulate tucks puffs and ruffles the pique surface troubles them THE CHANGE IN PIQUE This season however the figured pique has come into sight The designs are very tiny geometrical figures dots little squares triangles fleur de Us and other single simple figures outlined in blue black and brown with now and then a red pattern They are very dainty and while the figures rob the goods of its spotless sheer whiteness it preserves the fresh appearance appear-ance long of the gown about three times as Pique has always been peculiarly J propriated by the English and the styles in which a majority of the dresses brought out are those England has given which are so popular in serges There is no trimming except a few row of stitches or ones in a while a bias band but even these are not in high favor I GOWN FOR A BEACH STROLL One of the prettiest of these pique gowns I r looked lust fit to wear for a stroll along I I a w 1 l i p > I I r t L GOWN OF WHITE BORDERED GOODS the beach on a warm summers day The I skirt was plain in front only slightly gored ana the fullness of which there was only a moderate amount was gathered gath-ered into the back The vest was a low doublebreasted one fastened with pearl buttons that were held by rings on the wrong side and could be removed like those on mens vests The collar on the vest was broad and plain The little jacket was short with flaring notched revers anda row of buttons fin l l 4i i rhl It 4 a r f = t i j tl i a < c I PIQUE GOWN FOR BEACH WEAR ished each side The medium large puffed sleeve was finished with a wide plain hem or facing and several rows of stitching as well as the collars and edges A stiff little standing collar and cuffs of white went with the suit very appropriately appropri-ately but a soft mull jabotted front and collar would look exceedingly pretty and be very good form + Another suit had the Eton jacket with a little blue silk blouse PIQUE IN HALF MOURNING Still another suit had what appeared the oddest accessories It was evidently intended for half mourning The white pique had little black figures The collarless col-larless vest was of plain black pique wo stitchedpretty pattern The edges were stitched A black and white figured collar front and cuffs with black silk tie went with it The stitchings were all in black also SUIT WITH VEST AND COAT Another good pattern and one that women of very good form will select has a collarless vest finished in the regulation I style just below the waist line in two points and fastened with only a single ow of buttons The jacket or coat is quite long and has a number of pleats in the middle and second seams of the back The notched collar reaches the bust line where one button fastens the coat Some of the suits have long coats and skirts without vests to match instead there is an assortment of vests of dark blue or plain white to be worn au plaisir DRESSY SUITS A very few piques are made in more dressy designs and very heavy embroidery embroid-ery is used to trim them in a quiet way a little on the collars and at the hand to form cuffs Some pretty pieces of pale blue pique are made up with white or dark blqe in sailor suits for girls who are almost but not quite out Another pretty shade for such girls Is tha leghorn color pique which is woven in very pretty patterns self colored But the real popular summer costume for young women who are looking for a change from the long reigning blue serge will be the same styles in white The suit is not confined absolutely to pique Duck is also used White cotton cheviot woven in stripes or checks or in plain canvass weave will appear once in awhile a-while in the mountain resorts where a dress for practical wear is wanted These are much more facile in the hands of the every day laundress than pique but while a number are made up for mountain and seashore wear they are not so spruce and trim in tailor made styles as the pique gowns and are not worn at the dressiest resorts HATS FOR WHITE PIQUE It is quite good form to wear your white pique Eton blazer or jacket suit on the city streets and on such occasions the I f i r 1 r BRETELLED CHEMISES regulation street hat is accepted by those who object to sailor hats worn indiscriminately indis-criminately in town But for the country and seashore wear the real clever girl who has an eye for appropriateness ap-propriateness in hats tops her white pique tailor suit off with a low flat topped visor cap made of the same loth as the dress was cut fromthe hatters charge but one dollar for makingand with a white cord fastened above the heavily stitched visor with gilt or white enamelled buttons she has as neat and also as economical ahat as anything in the whole line of headgear Of course all styles in sailor hats are adapted to the white tailor gown AS TO GLOVES AND SHOES Gloves and shoes are no small details of the white costiime You may wear this year about anything you chooso but Ito I-to be in taste the shoes and gloves do well to recognize each other Tan shoes with I tan suede cloves or white shoes with chamois or undressed gloves or black shoes with pearl or white gloves stitched e f G in black are most seen However white gloves white hats and white parasols are I the most charming worn with these suits i = e JULIA GILLIES |