The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-03
FASHION NOTES.

FASHION NOTES.
The toque is TO be one of the favor
ties of the coming season.
Jet birds having wings of celluoid
scales or pailettes are very Frenchy.
Small bird effects are preferred,
whether they are quiet in color or
brilliantly cheerful.
A rain-proof velvet will prove an
excellent trimming for an everyday or
"hack" hat or bonnet
Very large spreading bows of FIVE
inch ribbon or piece velvet will orna-
ment the fall headgear.
A touch of magenta or cherry in
black, brown or green hats will be
quite the correct finish.
Haircloth and alpaca skirts, made
with three ruffles up the back and
steel in the bottom, are prophetic of
a crit oline scare.
Moire ribbons in delicate colors and
chine patterns are in use for trimming
black dresses and giving touch OF
color to white crepon gowns.
The newest waistcoats for wearing
with open coats are made of brown
holland, thickly embroidered down
the front with fawn color and white
fax threads.
An excellent black dogskin glove,
with four buttons, is made of the same
skin as the tan driving gloves, which
are said to last two years. In light
gloves the specially is the cinder.col-
ored glove, plain or with black stitch
ing.
The newest parasols are in moire,
with either jet or cream guipure car
ried up each rib and a vandyked pat
tern between each. Also those COM
posed of crimped chiffon, with guip-
ure trimmings. These are made up
to match special costumes.
The newest thing out in straw hast
for women are the Panama hats, never
before worn except by men. The
straw is left in the natural tint, which,
is yellow, with tinge of brown, and
the same straw dyed black is used in
some pretty hats as lining.
The newest vests are of thick ribbed
cloth in fawn or bright tan shades,
made with extremely large lapels.
showing considerable amount of
shirt, usually accompanied by a tie,
and the double breast fitted with very
large buttons of fancy bone or smoked
pearl.
All the best dressed women are
wearing white petticoats of the most
elaborate detail, founced with lace
trimmed with insertion and with rib
bon. Some of them boast accordeon
plated frills, others have innumera-
BILE beadings run through with differ
ent colored ribbons.
Sets of three gold and silver butter
flies inflagree, with some decided
color shading in the center, are sold
for the waist, the top of the shoulders
and the hair. There are some of the
most fairylike flowers, such as pink
mimosa and the tamarisk, made in the
same filagree thread to be used for the
same purpose.
The newest guipure lace has a renais-
sance design with net groundwork,
the patterns often copied from the
finest Spanish and Italian designs ;
but, besides this, a great deal Of
coarse, thick-patterned guipure is in.
troduced on to dresses and mantles,
and is fashioned into tapering battle
ments and deep vandykes, so that they
are introduced between plaits of the
material. Insertions of all kinds are
placed horizontally and perpendiou-
larly on the mantles.
Chiffon is the favorite trimming and
decorates the throats of all the fash
ionable cloaks. No costume is COM
plete without its rufie. They set ou.
round the back of the neck, but sep
arate in front, leaving space about
three inches under the chin, and they
terminate with plated end on either
side. which hangs to the bust.