Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], May 22, 1910, Page 5, Image 49

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MAY 22, 1910.
day-out business suit for summer
wear is mohair. This fabric is light
and cool on the moist, unbearable mid
summer days when a wool suit of any
sort would be Intolerable. Mohair
does not crease or muss easily either,
and may be worn a season through
without traveling to the presser more
than once. Navy blue English mohair
of the finer grades makes a delightful
summer business suit. The gray mo
hairs in Invisible check and stripe ef
fects are also most satisfactory and
with these gray mohairs a hat in any
color may be worn.
Linen suits are of course the Ideal
wear for the business woman—and in
fact for any woman who must stay in
town in summer time; but a linen suit
demands a close companion In the way
of a hot flat iron, else it soon becomes
bedraggled and unsightly. The elec
tric flat irons are most satisfactory
when the business girl lives where
there is electric lighting. Otherwise
a small iron and gas or alcohol stove
will be an Immeasurable comfort. The
dark linen suits have to be pressed
quite as often as the light ones, so
there Is no particular economy in get
ting the dark suit If a model of nat
ural linen or a light, pretty shade Is
preferred. The business girl In her
monotonous existence must be allowed
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THE SPECIAL COBTUMK FOB IIAIJ HOIJDAYS
THIS pretty frock of pink linen was patterned after a French model of exorbitant
price. During office hour* the owner of this frock can remove the Russian tunic,
beneath which will be worn a simple blouse of plain tucked batiste. The band
trimming on tunic and skirt Is In shades of pink and the cord fro«» are dyed
the same color as the linen. The belt Is of black patent leather and the hat Is all
black. With this smart afternoon costume are worn gloves of pink silk embroidered
In a conventional pattern In black.
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some cheerful gayety of uttire, surely,
and If she can get real Joy out of a
smart golden brown or wood violet
linen suit, who shall say her nay? Pro
vided always that the serviceable blue
or gray mohair hangs ready In the
closet for uncertain weather.
Next to the business suit there comes
the shirt waist question. There are
three unalterable rules In regard to
the business woman's blouse: It must
be refined In style, It must be unfail
ingly immaculate and It must not be
made of too thin material. Peek-a-boo
effects are not for the business office;
neither are a multitude of fluffy lace
frills.
The girl who likes tailor made ef
fects will have half a dozen shirt
waists of white handkerchief linen—or
If she cannot afford this delightful
fabric, fine and not too sheer white
lawn may be substituted; and these
waists will be made in mannish style,
with tucks up and down, stiff cuffs
and a neckband for a starched linen
collar. This is the ideal dress for the
business woman to whom It is becom
ing. Many women, however, feel most
uncomfortable in a stiff linen collar and
cuffs —and to women past first youth
the uncompromising linen collar is
rarely becoming, unless the face is
round and full; in which case the
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WM 1 V the trip to the office is rather a lonir one and one is away from home
nearly twelve hours out of the twenty-four, a smart and serviceable utility coat
is the reliance of the business woman. Such a coat may be slipped over a cool
Httle frock of dimity or lawn when the morning Is warm and sultry, yet there
Is no telling what afternoon will brine forth In the way of weather. The coat illus
trated is made of shepherd check mohair and shows all the very latest details in man
ner of buttoning, collar, cuffs and belt strapped across the back.
neck Is apt to be so plump that the
stiff collar is most uncomfortable. In
this case a "tailored" blouse of soft,
tucked mull may be substituted.
These tucked mull blouses are very
fashionable this season and they are
made to fasten in front, the opening
being finished with a frill of pleated
mull. The business woman may use
a little —a very little —cluny banding
in her mull shirtwaist if she strongly
desires trimming; the stock collar be
ing perhaps made of strips of the
cluny alternating with strips of tucked
mull, and the wristbands being made
in the same way. The high but soft
stock collar should be neatly feather
boned, or may be worn over the cool
featherbone foundations which are eas-
ily removed.
It Is all very well to say that low
necks are out of place in the business
office, but In these days when all wom
en are wearing Dutch collars or the
fascinating litttle frills around the top
of rounded out blouses, there seems no
reason why the business girl, on hot
days, should be swathed in a tight,
high stock collar unless she prefers it.
Some business women wear the trim,
featherboned stocks through the street
with the business coat and skirt suit,
substituting a comfortable frill or
Dutch collar when the office is reached.
For the very warmest days in mid
summer there should be one or two
cool little lawn or dimity frorks, not
too light in color, and made most sim
ply with tucked skirt and bodice at
tached at the waistband and elbow
sleeves and round neck daintily finish
ed with pleated frills. Or there may
be a high collar of tucked net and long
sleeves which unbutton at the wrist so
that they may be folded back during
the day at the office.
A pongee, mohair or light serge util
ity coat Is of inestimable value to the
business woman who has to travel in
and out from the suburbs, or is com
pelled to go a long distance to her
place of business. Such a coat may
be carried easily over the arm and if a
change comes in the weather may be
slipped over the thin frock that looks
too flimsy to go home in a rainstorm.
There are often occasions when it is
necessary to wear something especial
ly smart to the office—on Saturday
half holidays and when there is a
prospective "little dinner" in view at
the end of the day's work. In such
event a white frock may be worn if
it is not too elaborate in style to pass
muster during the long day. The mar
quise dresses of white lawn and ba-
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