The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1902, Page 10

10 THE SUNDAY CALL. 2 The Watest Charming Creations in Megligees # BGLIGEES! What woman does WHaE ‘ — = T adore them? What woman - = not feel that she looks her 1 a dainty soft dressing 1, a swell petticoat and » together, you know; without the other. matinee, raicany M OEPSES somethin wrong W They are as essential ) we appiness of ordinary g outing suit is, o be e. but it is way as which the laws K se dim past, when a loose wrap- e ves to a was considered awfully action which : £ one’s room, but now you e knows. run a ut the house with perfect -~ o € aring of some one and feeling t you x w. In fact the ma- J s : hem as soon N afier any kind of an F:P =] son { s cal t6 almost people, very few and t le and stil Letw a se sacques are not fe coming tc And becomingness should be d look short these lovely c cm F: Pt part of it is aside and get not ma one at home i . alrthie Bk Thiu Fhat & all sorts and con- ditions of ea gow There seems to be a kink : = LI , ah kimonos, & robes and ] | a host of mean prac- kinds ¢ new materials tica he neglige but s » filet mesh is -y K!monos ar £ flowered silk this s nothing prettier, It ! browns and greens and in a lghtes r nly it softer sbades. They & and full of a luster P b2, z and with the = e e solid color R i ezl u. ruoning about lown to front is fu . oy the feet. But the sleeves are different. e e e WLUR CrEP OB cHing. PiNe PILET MEs WiTH ECcRU LAacE f point de Venise lace run- They are tucked from the shoulders al most to the elbow and are not nearly full as the Japanese make them. That itself is a great recommendation to many people, as the sleeve is many times de- cidedly in the way. | For a more fastidiqus woman there is ning about the bottom. The back re- 7 W minds f & ledder. There are rounds ~ y rounds of insertion and just a few . . N PEAU scattering tucks here and there., One LEVANTE y yoke and it'ls met in back - WATH PALE f ke and it is in ba s P oo — R —— TN i nt by a tucked cap that falls over WHETE the elh eves. The effect is what House g G 2 ~— p / 3 — a smart gown of white epangle. It s the g sweet,” and really no other A R N Y i word seems to describe it quite as well until the question arises in one's mind vurg long and very clinging and likewise The lace, by the way, is always ecru. It has the luster of peau de scle. i it . which fold will get there first. A Dl'*': \Pn”lv‘l'mrwu‘mva . extend over the seems to be under a ban, while &dmirably suited for entire frocks and ‘ of chiffon comes just under the armpl !‘w\- ders and half way to the walst, but equally =o for any kind of a home waist. and crosses to the front, where it meets that is the only trimming save some A fit jacket is made fin exactly six se lace and some black and pleces, the back, two fronts and two sette. white insertion. There are six squares sleeves. That sounds most terribly sim- The jackets may be as dressy or as that run down the front, and between ' ple and homely, but the rea 14 quite simple as one's fancy. dictates, but the each one there are thres rows of the different. In the ‘first place the fronts really elaborate onss cannot boast of black and white. The underslesves are are cut on the bias and the fullness is more daintiness nor of more durability Of lace, while the flowing top sleave is of cut, not rewed in. The neck is high in than the platner es. the epangle, which ends at the slbow. back, but i slightly low in front. Ieated The frilllest and, in fact, the most ex- Plack Is seldom used for a house gown, pensive of all 1s made of gray crepe de Dut batiste is going to be popular ia all | d the darker color are flourish the other side and ends in a fluffy ro- point de V prettiest one 1& made of pale chine. The entire garment and falls in careless folds e is fastened on a tiny yoke that place. It falls just below the where it ends In a billow of inser and point de Venixe lace. The iy chiffon Is put on in perfect billows, ; g b e < i e sorts of frocks and used in all sHade tden of fullness iy carried There is a happy faculty in ehoosing ool | A collar of plain crepe strapped with ors that look well on one, and some givte | sertion and edged with the lnce runs Tl (hall wary g e about the throat and makes a V in front have snapped their fingers at custom and where a Nuffy bow of blue holds the mat ordered black or biack and white house oo together. It is just the most fom- gowns. o, girlieh thing imaginable A swagger tea gown {8 entirely ao- cordioned, The pleating s sewed on & yoke the fullness falls here and there in a careless fashion, A round collar edged with ecru tabs is the sole trim- ming, and yet there is a style about it that a more elaborate gown would en- t k. Tt is delightfully plain, pre and practl three good points. While it is ratk extreme and slightly in the way of an innovation. it is not in bad taste at all, In selecting anything remember but one thing, the becomingness, for therein lles the attractiveness of woman. The Italian Violin. TALIAN violins have net always held Poau de wole s another favorite for rnoon wear. The silk s woft, ana while 1t Aoes not cling closely, It stayvs here it in ploced, An exquisite jancket made of a delieate pink. The cut is mplicity itself, but the wwell offect mes in from the combination of colors. here are rows upon rows of ecru inser- tion put on perfectly plain. Not a par of fullness In 1f, excenting the lace, which rune down the front and all about the skirt effect. The lace looks lke a myriad of small tabs chasing themselves and down The neck is round and the makes it desirable for a person who 1s not blessed with a plump throat. The ceves. ae usual. are albow and are made somewhat after the fashion of the kim- Ia »y they now enjoy. It was 1 th beginning Wthe nineteenth century that they came ifto vogue to any ex utside their native land. Previously J b Steiner (1621-83) was the favorite maker, and his high model had been almost exclusively copied by his fel and different mak- ers mn France and England. When the elder Corvetto, whé had been a merchant before entering musical profession, came to London in 1738 he brought with him some instruments by Stradivarl. The result of this endeavor to introduce Ital fan work into England fills one with pa- thetle wonder; it s almost beyond be As he could not get as much as £5 (325) for a vi ello, he was obliged to send the instrument back to Italy as a bad sp ulation. Five pounds for a “Strad.” and not a T o inc d v iffeta is light and delightfully cool. In L oo that seems to be the trouble with it for winter wear. Tt is crisp and has o it that only taffeta and a starched material has. Gray is a color not only wears well, looks cool and refreshing. but. the very quietness of it homelike. A sacque of a gray is always an addition to one's wardrobe. A neat’ way to fashion it is, haps, a little old, but it is quite as as any of the newer .ones. The is tight fitting, while the front is se. A large collar of the silk, gener- rather ltke a sailor lly to it. A three- Valenciennes lace all about the scal- lops end that forms a cascade down the t 4 which extends all about the takes away the plain effect and eeds admirably in dressing it up more than a little. It is the simplest one of the entire lot, but by no means the most ordinary looking. The names that go with the materials are numerous this year. For instance, who knows what a Peau levante ig? Probably not one out of 100 peopls, Just to ease public curiosity, which I know full well abounds, I'll tell you that it s @ something between & gros grain and o taffeta, but heavier and more silky than v , never realising t either. The grain is more preminent and sonarity.— ke O makes it 1 single purchaser to be found! T fncident in itself furnishes sufficient tes- timony to the slavish following of the great German maker and the strong prejudice of the violinists' of that pe- riod.in favor of the high modelo. It is, indeed, the players who are most to blame for the slow adoption of the flat model, for the creator must make what Is neces- sftated by the demand; but the elghteenth century fiddlers, at any rate in England, France and Germany, seem for th ‘go_ 4 art to have been content that thel - ns sheuld possess a snall sweet ton: lack® of power and BCRRU POINTY B WERNIER ..