Show Pink Is Still the i Fa Favorite vori te c i Lingerie ingene Color ColorI I Luxury lias marked the wa war of ot Un- Un gerk during Uio tim last twelve months To outward appearances the tho several articles composing feminine underwear underwear under under- wear won 1 have havo been Jeen plain almost under under-I to the point of severity but to the tho initiated tho the apparent plainness and arid Tack of ot I I trimming have been more than corn com compensated com I for in the beauty of or tho the fabrics employed and anti in tho the careful attention to lines All AIl of ol which Is another way of ot saying say say- ing hig that silk underwear has greatly Increased its Us vogue Tho The silk may mayI maybe maybe be of or crepe de do chine of of or orI I Georgette crepe or of r glove silk I Women bave have learned that although I I tho the first cost ma may bo be greater grenter than for cotton underwear with care the silk outlasts tho the latter and gives infinite infinite in in- InfinIte finite satisfaction Originally tho the silk pieces were made only in vests Since then tilen one ono is liable to provide herself with envelope envelope envelope en en- chemises knickers and bodices in the tho knitted silk and in addition to these ono one must add nightgowns and petticoats in Georgette crepe and aud crepe do chine They appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear to spell the tho height of or luxury with ultimate economy as the excuse for present extravagance Pink remains tho the favorite color No longer does docs a woman ask if there is any special reason for fOl the tho popularity of ot pink she merely accepts accepts ac ac- ac- ac copts it and prefers it Originally tho the pink pinic silk sUk undergarments w were were re advanced advanced advanced ad ad- because it was found that they laun laundered ered better than those of white To 10 be sure white whito silk sUk lingerie willo will ivill KO go o through the ordeal satisfactorily satis satis- if it it is done b by an intellIgent intelligent intelli intellI- saus-I saus gent ent laundress Otherwise it turns yellow after the first immersion in I soap suds sudsy water and each succeeding succeed succeed- ing ng visit to the laundry finds it returned re- re i turned n a i tin tiU Th The styles change e efrom from season to season but during the last two o othree or three years there thero has been a radi radical rad rad- rad- rad i lent ical al departure in ill lines The narrow styles which came camo in the wako of oC the sheath skirt were changed a little lit tIe tle to meet tho the demands of tho wider fashions which succeeded them However However How How- ever over not at an any time during the regime of the so called 1830 modes has the tho underwear ever a approached in width of or hem or in quantity of or materiaL material material ma ma- employed that of the dress beneath beneath beneath be be- neath which it was worn It appears that while the women have not been loath to change chango the contour of the outer garments g they have lavo rebelled against resuming the vcr very wide petticoat th the flaring chemise or the undergarment of any type that would add to the tho bulk bull bullof of the figure speaking in a fundamental sense So tJ they oy have insisted upon wearing lingerie of comfortable but by po io means voluminous lines and now that close fitting fashions are about to return it Is likely that underwear underwear underwear un un- un- un will be even moro tailored in In its Us general effect than ever be be- fore forc Some o of the most recent Importations Importations importations Indicate a return of or Irish crochet lace as an underwear garniture Also filet lace is Indicated as a 0 favorite trimming But neither one of or these has lias displaced the preference for Valenciennes Val Val- lace It has been rather difficult to obtain since tho the outbreak of the tho war but somehow or other the tIe lingerie makers ha have vo managed to enough to trim a R good many of tho the articles which have como come over to America The woman who prefers embroidery to laco lace will like the tho underwear from the Philippine islands as well as that which comes from Porto Rico Also lingerie from Madeira is not unknown to 10 American women although its importation importation im im- im- im has been curtailed during the tho last two and a half halt years |