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S irring and Tucking Are Both Fashionable. ote oe BY MAY MANTO (Written eeluaively for The Wosning World.) UGKING or shirring—shirring or tucking—both are equally fashion Able, so it is merely a question of which {s most becoming that must , be settled before clecision is rendered as to the manner of makinir the gown, Many of the new models give the choice of elther, so that tucks, “Which mean straight lines can be substituted for the dainty fluffiness of | the stirring. The combinations of plain with plaid ar figured materials are once More in voguc and make some exceedingly smart costumes, whic have ‘géditional value for the reason that they serve so well as suggestions for a) remodelling. One secn this weck is of checked voile combined with plain E eolored >joth, the cloth making panels on the skirt, the vest of the cont ant the deep cuffs. a Silks grow more beautiful every week, The very Iitest shown {8 an @xquisite taffeta shading from gold to red, with tiny little rosebuds em- )) broldered in thei natural colors scattered about Shaded or ombre eftvcts ure among the best itked of the season fo: * Many purposes and are shown in both silk and ritbon, Some of the pret- Mest of the later »irasols are inade entirely of the ribbon shirred tu forns three wide frills and arranged over chiffon Never has linen been treated with such splendor as at the present time By far the handsomest costu ‘material in white, heavily trimmed with lace, and inclide little box Etons that are some entirely cf lace, others of the material, lace-trimmed and embroidered. Blouses for wenr with these are some of them of the material itself, es for real warm weather are made of the but more often are of haudkerchiet linen or embroidered muslin, the hand- kerchief linen lending itself to the lingerle treatment with singular success. Accessories of dress ire more nunierous end daintier than during any ; previous season. There is a veritable craze for fichus, and the shops arc: vying with one another in the presentation of beautiful models, finest muil Or Persian lawn en:proidered in the delicate raised French work and finis! with little frills uf Valenciennes lace, mikes the favorite material and is always charming. , Belts are all things fcr all women. They are correct in a!l widths from “the girdle to the narrow band ‘of leather. Some of the very newcat are made of Rajah silk, with the edges banded with leather of the same shade, ard are finished at the front with straps and regulation harness buckles, ‘The leather serves a double rurpose of being handsome and of protecting the edges, so rendering the relts exceedingly durable, while the straps at the front allow of adjusting the size. Green in all its shades has extended favor, but 1s particularly lovely in @ucb lustrous silks as mersaline satin and radium and in such soft w Materials as voile ott Young folks’ frocks are excentionally attractive, ina veh as the smart. b @st-ones combine simplicity with grace. Skeleton and Suspender styles greatly liked worn with the white guimpes that always a-e ch arming, but there sre many other models equally correct. Genuine shirt waist dresses are admirable for the girls of twelve and older, while for the younger con- Cingent there are some very attractive Russian dresses and also some which Guggest the shirt waist idea, but are iess severe, are c a@itogether are more childish in effect. [AO SOY) HOW TO OBTAIN = M ‘ont josed at the back, and THESE PATTERNS. Inclose 10 cents in coin or stamps for each Pattern ordered, and address EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASHIONS, P. O. Box 56 Madison Square, World Uptown Office, City. IMPORTANT — Write your name and address plainly, and always specify size wanted. owe AO OY) The Fashionable Pongee. Patterns Noe, 5000-4703, ONGEE, sage green in color, ts th: P Material from which this smart costume is made, and yery charm: fng and spring-like it js, as well ax snentially chic, The color is one of the Dest liked of the season, but pongee also fg shown in some fascinating blues and * Browns as well as in the natural tan, fwhile the model is also well suited to auch other silks as taffetu and Rajah @md to the Sicilian light-weight wools and linens. Checks and plaids are es- @entially aman, and are shown in al- Moat all materials, but the novelty is to be found in mohair, checked, in two shades, and in tiny plaids composed entirely of varying shades of gray, and for every one of them the design is an Admirable one. The blouse coat 1s one Of the new ones that ta slishtly op the neck, allowing the pretty wais Heath to be seen, and which can be either with or without the basque and Popiilion, The skirt is nine-gored und Me laid in a generous tuck at each seam, Mich ts stitched flat from the upper to Mlounce depth, while below the Wiitehings the fulness provides abundant nd graceful fare. For the medium size will be req Ap® yards of material 21, 31-2 yards BY OF 268 yards 4 inches wite for the cont A-4 yard of silk for belt and 21-9 Of silk for lining; 103-4 yards 21 Or 61-4 yards 44 inches wide for the ft when material has figure or nap; ot We 41-2 yards 44 inches wide jerial has neither Qgure nor dabket pattern, No. 1000, is } from #2 to 43 bust. The iN i fa cut in sixes a THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 13 1905, cy it TENING WORLDS | O shirt wilst ts quite so smart this season as the w one, and {t appears N it its best made afier this very becoming model design Is essentially simple and can so easily be made as to commend itself to the busiest of women, while it includes all the latest features. ‘The material Mustrated is striped Panama eloth, that bein 2 and bes: shown, but the model Is so generally useful that ft can be mad atlable for all washable walstinga and y for sik and wool, as {i admits of being lined or unlined as material renders desirable, For the immediate present the heavier Unens, madras and the dike are exceedingly smart, but later such thinner fabrics as Persian jawn and dimity will be found charming, while linen lawn the merit of growing more beautiful with each jnundering, ‘The tucks at the front mean fulness where fulneers is Necessary, and the plain back gives that trig trim effect which Is always desirable, The sleeves are In regulation shirt style, but with quite novel cufts, For the medium size the waist will requiye 334 yards of material 2, 86-8 yards 7 or 21-8 yards 44 Inches wide, Pattern No, 4951 is out 47 sizes trom 82 to 42 inch bust measure, Pattern No. 4968—Girl's Shirred Dress, NF of the pretty new striped volles was the material chosen for this It would, however, be desirable in any fash- In the case of the model the collar and cuffs are of lace, but tucked: or hiserted muslin always 4s pretty, or the material itvelf can be used with some simple banding as trimming, The shirred round yoke at the walst and vhe narrow yoke of the skirt harmonize to a aleety, while the double pufted slee ‘Phe high neck Is always the more mes two In ope, Inasmuch as it can be made with low neck and so becomingly sulted to dancing school and similar asions, For a girl of twelve will be required 81-4 yards of material 1, C1-4 yards 27 or 41-% yards 4 inches wide, with 1-2 yard of all-over Pattern No, 4963 Is cut in alpen for ele of 8 to 14 years, Attractive little frock, fonable material, . 4794 would be charming made from any pretty summer ma- torlal, with the yoke and trim- ming of banding_or all-over embrol- dery, dotted Swiss, wash silk and Pretty flowered batistes being espe- Clally well liked. Material required for medium size 48-4 yards 27 Inches wide, with 6 rds of banding J or 1-2 yard 18 Inches wide for yoke. Pattern No. 4794 Is cut in sizes from 32 to 40 bust. N/4, 4DB6 Is quite different, It is melo of white Persian lawn, with se? loped banding finishing Une edge, bar in be varled by the use of fow ered or striped materials, Matorint quired for ‘ards 27 or 32 edium Slee 43-4 s wide, Pattern No. 4935 Is cut In sizes from 32 to 42 NO, 4990 allows of the slightly open aeck and is Anished with the Mie square collar, It would be pretty in white lawn, in white China. silk or ia any seasonable material, while the sleeves can be elther loose in ef length or in full length gath- ered into cuffs, as liked. Matertal roquired for mediuny size 41-4 yards * or t yards 8 inches wide, with (if yards for frills. Pattern No. Wi Iy cut In sizes for a 32 to 42 bust NO, A770 Is finished at the front with full Jabots of Ince and {sa gen- uine Jacket, short at the back, longer at the front, with loose, pointed sleeves, while its neck fs finished with the round collar this is fashion. able, Material required for medium nize is 81-2 yards {7 or 82 Inches wide, with 10 yards of lace for frills, Pate torn No, 4779 is cut in sizes for a 32 to 40 bust NO, $964 otlows a choice of an open neck or being worn with a chemisette, and is finished with the Me collar in wl style, Almost everything that ts suitable for the svason {s appropriate, while the che- misette can be of embroidery or tucked muslin as may be liked, and the trimming any flat banding, the season being exceedingly prolifie in that direction. Niwrerial required for medium size is 51-2 yards % or 4 irds 32 Inches wide, with 6-8 yard 18 inches wide for chemisette when that Pattern No. 4964 fg ent 1 es make the very latest of all models, uyeful one, but the model practically