Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1931, Page 45

Rustic Weaves in Sports Clothes, S A dress of pale flesh-colored English evelet embroidery is trimmed with self- covered buttons and a belt with prystal buckle. House Must Look And Feel Cool ‘The neighborhood reading club was due to meet at 3 o'clock at the house of one of its members on one of the hottest d2ys of the Summer. “I'm not going to another one of these meetings this Summer,” fumed one of the members as she got into a fresh thin dress after her bath. “I'm going to ask the girls to vote that we adjourn until September this after- noon.” All over the little town other mem- bers were thinking tre e thing as they tried to make them: able in fresh thin clothes. too hot to try to be sociable. But at the end of the meeting the club had planned to meet 2fter the customary two-week interval at another member’s house. “And.” sald that member, Rosalie ‘Trent, to her Fusband that night, “I'm It was just going to make the next meeting just | as big a success as this one. Our house is just as attractive snd just as really cool as Sarah's—every place was hot this afternoon. But Sarah just made us feel cool and I spent some pretty good minutes finding out how she did it." Sarah's secrets, that Rosalie found out about, sre worth pasting on to other women. The actual temperature of the house may be lowered to some extent, and the apparent temperature may be much more greatly lowered by a skillful housewife. Actual lowering ean be accomplished in several ways. One is to have up- and-down as well as crosswise ventila- tion. Heated air rises, naturally. If there are open doors from cellar to at- | tic, and windows open in ‘the attic, much heated air will rise through the house and make its way out of the attic windows. Tre cellar windows should. in this cas2, also be open, so th°t the Ives present- | White organdy evening patent leather belt. have tiny sleeves this Summer. Lo el Dots Are Still i In the Fashion Polka-dot chiffon is made into som: | of the most attractive aftarnoon dresses | for Summer. It is made up over a slip | of crepe de chine in the color of the chiffon. | Eyelet-embroidered batiéte in colors | | is used for some of th> loveliest Summer | | atternoon and evening dresses. It comas !in black and brown £nd red, as well as | In lighter shades. It is made up with matching ‘slip, usually, although some- | times the slip is white for the dark colors. Daisles are in fashion's favor. They | | are worn for corsage flowers most ef- | fectively. i | White silk jackets are wom with col- | | ored cotton frocks, as well as with white | |ones. The dresses under thom are | usually sleeveless. Short slesves appear on many of the new Summer evening dresses, but many daytime dresses sre slzeveless and depend on coats of one scrt or another to cover the arms. ‘White bucksiin shoes, called spectator sports shoes, will doubtless prove very | popular for Summer wear. They are | made h brown or black bullt-up | leather heels and with tips and mmni of the same color leather. | Flannel jackets are worrsblor sports, | |and for other Summer inormal use. | They are unlined, often decorated with | rows of machine stitching. | Hand-blocked linen sleeveless jackets | |and vests are worn with white skirts | for actual or spectator sports. Shaded silks—ombre, they are called in Paris—are again in good standing. | rising air will be fresh. An attic door | They are used for evening gowns—-the | lett open g nizht does much to keep the house ‘cool, even though at night the windows on the lower floor may be of necessity closed—for the rising hot | air, pulled out of the bed room floor, | so. | instead of being a layer of hot immov- | goes rushing out the attic windows. able air on top of the house, the attic becomes a sort of fan to suck out the hot air from the floors below. Much can be done to cool off the air of the house if the hoss is played gen- | erously on roofs and wa'ks o ¥ v,Jli"“‘\‘l"-'r u 2 4 At the extreme left is a dress of white linen and silk fabric, with a The belt is of grosgrain ribbon in chartreuse white and ‘IeT', with @ nickel buckle. Next to it is a dress of dotted pique, which may mesh dot. had in white or colors, darkest tone of the shade at the bottom | of the skirt, the lightest at the top. - | Cotton knit pull-ons are among the charming things for Summer wear. They are made in all colors. White ones are banded at neck, and waist with color to give character and snap "to their design. o i i { Bummer clothes, | tweeds gown with ruffled skirt and red Many of the sheer cotton evening gowns The sleeveless blouse above is handmade of ecru batiste. Below it are shown a white linen purse trim- med with brown patent leather and lined with brown, white washable cotton gloves, hand-sewn in black, and tan washable cotton gloves, with brown hand-stitching. Fashion Snared By Novel Fabrics Sports and resort clothes of every type are practical this Summer, chiefly because of the stuffs of which they are made. No one need carry an electric iron about, for the Summer at least, nor is it necessary t6 have much ressing done. The iron n sent on a vacation for the time Meshes -of all sorts are rampant in from underwear to shoes and hat crowns, Starting at the bottom are the shces, pumps, oxfords and strapped ‘sliopers in that lovely linen mesh that looks like coarse lace. They are trimmed with leather, either brown. black or white. . Underwear in cotton, linen and silk mesh is made to fit smoothly by means of bias cutting and gores. There are none cf those antiquated gathers and elastic bands. to le the fit of trim dresses. - More intelligence .is shown in the cut of resort and country clothes than has been evident in & time. Pleats are at the minimum. with gores and straight flounces supplanting them. Non-crushable ma'erials are not confined to the meshes. There are the sheer nubbly woolens and the lacy tweeds for gray days at the seaside, and the woven silk-shirtings, used so | being imuch in Praunce, for skirts and dresses with gay-colored contrasting jackets. ‘The rough-finished shaniungs and the Chanel linens of coarse weave also are we ‘have been using in Spring clothes. Evening dresses with jackets for re- sort wear are of printed romain in the mos: _indefinite of all-cver patterns in paste]l colors. Here again is the pa tical in evidence in a dress for our | evening that does not wrinkle to extent, and therefors does not require in | yourself to hal laces of heavy frequent these impartance are new lusteriess threads that give ance of linem " Following the appear- The dresses of white pique. embroidered with brown dots. The but- tons on the shoulder are clipped on and may be removed when the dress is laundered. HIS Summer sees the cotton dress | glorified. Th> silk dress, like | | the poor, we have always with | us, but cottons are fashionaoie | cnly periodically. One of the | | periods is Summer, 1931. A béautiful plece of work has been | done in styling cottons, which show as | widef a range in texture and patterns as do silks. And the-cotton dress has every | style point that the silk dress has. Rustic weave describes the surface of the new sturdy cottcns for sports clothes, taking their inspiration from the fabrics of Algiers and Morocco, those French colonies giving so freely of ideas fcr feminine dress just now. Many of the bright colors of the cottons are from the same source. Mornings in town or country see the suit or dress cf cotton tweed or jersey. On the beach the cotton pajama stalks | about. Have your pajamas of terry cloth, if you like to be at cnce smart and prac- | ticAl. Another choice is the printed or striped cotton pajama. Fair gardeners, and it is smart to be & gardener this Summer, do their work in the gardening overall or cotton print, wearing & polo shirt of cotton mesh under it. Golf clubs and tennis courts see the dress of cotton jersey, and the sweater, | loosely knitted, of mercerized cotton | threads. | il FTERNOON suns shine on “tailored | cctton sheers”— a term we hear at | every turn in the shops. And puzzling | enough it is until you know what it | means. Then you come to the conclu- sion that it is ‘a beautifully concise way | of describing those tailored dresses and., suits made cf cotton net, dotted swisses and the like. At the Ritz at lunch time the other day we saw a nice “taflored sheer” of | dark blue swiss muslin, pin dotted in | white. It consisted of a one-plece dress, with lingerie collar, and a very short cardigan jacket. It impressed us as be- ing well suited to almost any time or place on a hct day. % But_the lights of evening reflect the high light of all cotton fashions—the organdy dress. In plain surfaces, print- | ed in floral patterns, or embroidered with eyelets, it challenges chiffon and | BY MARY MARSHALL. ' | UMMERTIME for the children is always vacation fime. Whether they are hurried off to the besch | or mountains the day after school cloges, sent packing off to camp, or left to their own devices at home, July and August are holiday months, and the clothes that they will need dur- ing these weeks are practically all of the holiday or resort sort. fact does much to Jimglfly the problem .of selecting their clot) e;o%nd makes IDOY- ing for 4-year-old , for 8-year-old 1l and 10-year-old Barbara consid erlsfbly easier than shopping for your- self. For even if you do spend the two Summer months of July and August off at & Summer resort, you must have clothes that will be comfortable and appropriste for hurried business and she trips back to town. And the houuwl’o who stays in save for the two weeks of her husband’s vacation needs to wear clothes of the conven- sensible enough to permit her children to wear beach costumes, sun suits and rompers most.of the time. * ¥ k¥ HOPPING for the younger members of the family this Summer proves to be a real pleasure, Instead of having to scour the stores, as mothers did 10 or 12 years ago. to find suits and dresses that -’re at the same time veally com- foriable and good looking, the difficulty this cozson 15 in deciding which of the many charming models you will take. M you have decided to get Betty two new dresses, you will be tempted to buy six or seven, and if you have limited & dozen you will feel inclined to buy a dozen, After all, they inexpaiisive this A G l:zn those that Shopping for Children Youngsters Are Expected to Dress for Sum- mer Fun—Simple Problem of Selection is Presented—Bathing Suits Needed at All Resorts. - | be quite a different matter if I set tional urban sort, even though she is | tos. | Cotton Dresses Gain in Style Prestige—Dotted| Swisses Register in Town Suits—Eyelet | Influence Spreads in Organdies. satin. Slim gored lines in skirts, drip- ping capes and short nipped-in jackets, all are part ¢f the organdy evening | gown. No sweet old-fashicned ways of making the muslin dress have been re- vived for cotton’s use, and the word quaint is crocsed out. A cotton dress is made just the same as cne of a more sophisticated stuff would be made. * x % * 'HE shadows of evening linger pleas- ingly, too, on dresses of old-fash- foned cross-barred muslin and flowered voile, and the breezes cf June nights flutter the long skirts of dresses of cot- ton lace. One such gown, seen this week. was shaded from deep rose to flesh pink. and there was a contrasting s of blup silk. Laces in fishnetmesl: Algerian colcrs are among other color- ful cottons. Eyelet embroidsred organdies and bat'stes are made over colcred taffeta slips for afternoon wearing. Brown is o favorite cclor for the underdress of a white English eyelet embroidered or- gandy. There is & nice fashion, too, for linens this Summer, especially in the lnen | suit, tailored as cloth is tailored. In dark colors, these are worn about town, or for the short trips back and forth from the country place to town. Linen | dresses also are made up in the sime styles as those used fcr silk. The method of making a linen dress, if designed for the same purpose as a silk. differs in no | way from that of making one of flat crepe or crepe Ge chine. i * k% ¥ ATS, shoes and stockings, all con- | form to the cotton mesh idea. | There is the crocheted cotton hat, and | the turban made of many little loops of | narrow cotton ribbon sewn so close to- | gether that the hat looks as if it were made of rough straw. Once upon a time | every dainty woman bought herself a | Hingerie hat each Summer. The fashion for the lingerie hat has been dead a long time. This Summer sees its rein- | carnation in the organdy hat with lace | trimming. Mention must be made of those trig little sports hats of white and bright- colored linens and the cotton sports hats | :hm. large cotton purses that match em. first-class materials, 1f you have a generous supply of play clothes and washable afternoon dresses your prob- lem of keeping the children looking neat and clean will be greatly almglum. One practical young mother of our acquaintance consistently provides her children with more Summer clothes than they can possibly wear out in the course of the season. “It isn't a real extravagance,” she tells us, “because there are sure to be mothers next Summer who will be more glad to mccept these er clothes for their own children. It would about buying myself an unnecessarily large supply of evening dresses which be of no practical value to any fter they had ceased to be fash * kK K YOUNGST!R.B nowadays do not have to go to the seashore or lakeside to need swimming suits and bathing . They don’t even have to have a river or an old-fashioned country swim- ming hole. There in the city where they can learn to swim, and even a city backyard offers spage enough for & small paddle pool, or at least a canvas arrangement full | ered ‘water that vides excuse e) gr e h’.’“ suit. or boy who likes to wear a bathing suit sre the new outdoor showers. They are made of iron piping with a broad shower that stands more than 6 feet from the ground and can be put into operation anywhere that a garden hose is available, And so whatever your plans may be fsr the Summer you really must pro- vide your children with bathing suits. Postibly you may decide to let an ab- breviated bathing suit or sun suit of light-weight Jjersey gerve as the are parks and pools | nine a .« 8 Especially interesting to the little girl heer Muslins for Evenin Ry A white tucked net evening dr belt with strass buckle. The diagon are a style feature of the mon Above is shown a blouse of tucked pink net with short sleeves and a_box-pleated frill about the neck. Below it are shown two of the new lisle stockings which are ap- pearing in_greater numbers each day. One has a plain round mesh, the other is irregular in pattern with baguettes. The white linen pumps are_trimmed with an applique of white_pigski foundation garment for their playtime outfit. Over this may be worn a linen or cotton sleeveless play suit or jumper | suit. * ok ok K . | THER!.' is a big demand now for the two-picce camp suit for girls. It 18 made with a slecveless pull-on over- blouse extending to the hips, worn over i)l shorts that should end their brief caicer 4 or 5 inches above the knees. For several years dresses of this sort, made of blue or green or brown cotton broadcloth, were in demand among gir! eampers, but this season they also are worn by the stay-at-home girls who like to be as comfortably dressed for play as their brothers. Then there are white gob trousers for girls. They are especially useful in preventing excessive sunburning of legs and ankles. Every up-to-date little girl this season should have "a few of these white “longles.” [ Dance rompers made of checked ham are also extending their use- lness and have become & popular sort of play costume for girls of 8 or 10, who would have idered m- selves much too old to wear rompers a few years ago. * Kk x *x 'HEN there are afternoon dresses, for even in the carefree days of Summer Betty and Barbara must con- form to the formalities of doffing boyish play clothes and donning more femi- dress for the late afternoon. These, like the more practical sort of pl clothes, must be seen to be appreciated. They are made of plain and embroid- lawn and of dimity, terials. The: too, but the tendency this choose solid tones, especially m::‘ girls—pink, light blue, yellow in favor, with green following Hats play an important part in the 1's Summer w: be, and lest they might be overlooked, they are often inclu ‘with the dress with which | Summers are hot. | and are worn as lon, \ g A dress of white voile, embroidered in dots of two shades of blue, is bound with dark blue and belted with ribbon in two shades of blue. ess has a turquoise velvet al effects of tucks and cus Fashion Cable Paris, June 11. Gala night at Ambassadeurs marked by a number of dresses of English eyelet embroidery in white end pastel shades with vel- vet girdles in bright contrasting colors. Unusual back decol- Jetages in suspender, cross- latched and ladder effects. Nov- eity sleeves, made entirely of strass and reaching almost to the shoulder of a white romain frock, gave the effect of solid diamond bracelets. Elbow gloves of Irish crochet in black end dark brown worn with white and light col- ored frocks. Georgette and satin outstanding favorites. Only one printed taffeta and one printed mousseline worn. Chiffon in layers of contrasting colors ac- cepted as an indication of chang2able effects for Winter. White Coats. necessity, even when Sudden cool days come. Sudden chills follow refreching thundershowers. This year white coats are much in the vogue, and nothing is more attrac- tive for Summer wear. They are made in every sort of fabric. wool is a good general choice—unlined, so that it is not cumbersome or too heavy. White taffeta is made into useful lit- Coats are & | tle jackets to wear with Summer after- noon or evening frocks. These give just the warmth necessary over bare arms and necks when a breeze springs up. M;ther-of-Pé;rl. PARIS () .—Mother-of-pearl neck- laces are the newest fad for evening wear. They are fashioned of linked flowers, similar in design to pansies, g in back as they are in front. The linen suit a! the extreme right has a ski Moths Get to Work Without Any Delay Moths are busy in Summer. They are busy in Winter, too.. But Summer or Winter they don't get in much work on clothes or other articles that are ex- posed to air and sun. No matter how carefully the Winter clothes may be put away, moths may | still do harm. For they may get into & Spring suit tkat is hung away through the hottest weeks, or a Spring coat, {hung in the back of the clothes closet | in mid-June to wait until early Septem- | ber makas them welcome again. | The best way to také care of clothes that are not in constant use is to put them securely away in paper wrappings or cedar chests—in any tight container. But they must be cleaned first, so that they will be entirely free of eggs or motks. If you can, send them to be cleaned at the dry cleaners. Or m least brush them and air them and hang them for a few hours in the sun. ‘When these things are put away it is en extra safeguard to put some sort of moth preventive in their storing place with them. If it isn't worth while or convenient to put ciothes away, then be sure to | hang them out in the room once & | week, where they will get plenty of | light and air. Better still it is to hany them outdoors for several hours one day a week. Thin white | Beach Colors. | By the Associated Press. Gay colors will run rampant on beach umbrellas and broad-brimmed straw hats as smart members of Cap- ital society flock to thie beaches. While cabinet members’ wives mav forego the gaudy bathing suits. they | plan to avail themselves of the cooling | shade of almost foot-wide hat brims. | The swing back from mo brims to |111 brims is already meating with favor | for almest every occasion from lunch- |eons to garden parties, and the gayer |the big bonnet for beach wear, tye better. Most of them are decorated with ga- |signs ranging from flowers to_djving | maids. Sometimes, however, a flappag \broad brim_{s very dgl;.\n and }ms cnough style for a gare party. Gay t which bu'tons at the center front. It is trimmed with peir! U+:tous.” The linen golf dress next to it has pleats on the side, bot" jra end back, and is trimmed with colored linen buttons. On the left is n sports dress of wwhii broidered with blue 1 and belted with the