Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19

Lave seen anything SD neat and sensible
They are made of anyi hing that comes
handy believe, for saw them i'm flannel
cite, serge, cloth, box cloth chrviot. rib
bed velutina and tweed. and believe some
other things also. They are all short, all
are extremely simple. and none has
trimming beyond two or three narrow
lines of soutIche Some of them are
shaped in the back slightly. some are
slashcd, and others have three guAct Ulaits,
but all the fronts are plain REFER shape
Some have pockets with and others without
flaps and some have no pockets They all
have medium sized leg q mutton sleeves
Some are high at the throat with plain fiat
collars, and Others lap and have quite
wide and sometimes fanciful rcvcrs or oc-
casionally II velvet collar But these are
not as serviccable as the plain tailor stitch
ed ones Dark russell red jackets have
black or very narrow gold braid The blue
ones have black, gold or white braid when
any is used The buttons are sometimes
gilt but more often they are of plain bone
All but those of very thick material are
lined with light silk These REFERS are for
girls from to rs years of age 1t will be
n REFER season for them The colors run
from white to the darkest gray, brown
blue. dark green and rcd Cardinal and
russell reds are the only suitable shades Of
that color
While the young folks are lndulging in
REFERS the older ones are coming forward
with Il wide choice of capcs and mantel-
cts Those have recently mentioned,
think There are many new ideas in capcs
for middle aged and elderly ladies Some
of these arc of rich beaver cloth, some of
fine broadcloth, some of black camel's hair
and Others of eudora cloth Some are made
of silk, MORE, satin duchess and black
brocadcs Indeed there is scarcely any
thing in black material that cannot be
made use of. given taste and judicOus
choice of trimming For elderly ladies
jet and lace are the only permissible gar
niturc aside from black hand embroidery
and IL little ribbon rs a finish These may
be applied with Us lavish hand us one
may desire Bright spangles and white
lace are obviously too frivolous for any cid
erly lady of fine taste
a model of II cape for an elderly woman
was made of the heavy quality of cudora
cloth and was fitted rounding to the
shoulders In the back it was laid in two
hollow plaits and down the center was
small trimming Of beaded passcmentcrie,
ending with Il fall of silk guipure lace. In
front there were TWO plnits, each having an
opening for the hand Down the center
there was an elegant pattern of fine beaded
passementcrir, ending with II fringe Of
large beads with piquets The revers and
collar were edged with Il narrow but very
fine trimming, and around the neck was
a full ruff of black lace and ribbon. There
Is nothing 50 becoming to II lady who is
past the first freshness of youth as these
lace rutfs Ostrich boas and collars are
also becoming, but lace is more 50.
The time will soon be here when wraps
may be laid aside, if desired and for those
who prefer such costumes there are many
new designs and models saw one very
rich street costume made of fine black
whlpcord, the skirt cut medium in width.
Down each seam there was narrow ma
pies blue satin ribbon thickly scwed with
long black Jet beads The waist was slight
~ pointed in front and had short pos