Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-27

black velvet points at the front, and down
to the draped white faille belt was one
box plait of faillc, edged with the lace.
On this plait, starting from the neck,
there were five gold and steel buttons,
graduating i'm size from 1 = inches to half
an inch in diameter Very many of these
collarettes are trimmed with fancy buttons.
Almost any clever lady can make herself
quito variety of these dainty accessories
to her toilet. A small bit of velvet, how
ever crushed, may become the motif of one
of these collars. a hot fatiron turned up
side down and having wet cloth over it
will furnish steam enough to make velvet
look like new, if the underside be drawn
along over the wet cloth, back and forth,
until the pile is all raised. Then little
lace is added a few beads, or bow or so
of ribbon, and the thing is done. Natural
ly the needlewoman must see few to have
her mental model ready, and the rest is
easy, for everything goes. One was made
of a straight piece of velvet slashed "a quar-
ter of yard deep, and these slashes were
edged with lace and had a dog collar of
velvet, with u lace rosctte on each side.
This cost $6, but--a word to the wise, etc.
The vogue is growing for fancy aprons,
to be worn in the house They may with
perfect prOpriety be worn by all the young
ladies of the house at high teas, the mis-
tress being debarred by her elegant tea
gown, which an apron would hide. These
aprons are made of anything and every
thing from silk and satin, lace and grcna-
dine to simple null Liberty silk makes
dainty aprons. l}lacl; silks Of every kind
are seen, many of them hand painted.
White all over swiss embroidery is seen, so
is pnhCad dotted swiss. These have in
stead of strings widc si,shcs made of liberty
silk, knuttcd to- ono side or tied in the
back. White null, with two and three
rufilcS OF valcncicnnCs, arc dainty, with
stiff belt of white watcred ribbon, with
bow and ends of the ribbon at ono side
More useful aprons are made of black
sateen and black linen. These have bihs
and deep pockets. Silcsia is sometimes
used also For elderly ladies black silk
and satin, both handsomely embroidered
in colors, are favorites The aprons have
always been in style in England in the
best houses, and it is n matter for sincere
congratulation that it is to be made here
Hats are refining little, think, and
the pretticst of Them show great taste. In
one collection | saw u broad hat, with an
extremely small beefeater crown. The hat
was of dark beaver plush, with u stitching
of yellow SaddlCrS silk all around the
brim, which showed up beautifully against
the dark brown. In front there was a
fancy gold ornament holding a band Of tan
colored plush into small compass. This
widcncd out into two puifs, one on each
side. Two black empire plumes tOppled
over from the crown to the edge between
the puffs in front and two wide loops on
each side at the back. All hats are worn
further forward than they have been, some
of them being quite tipped down. The
straight brimned hats are set quite square
ly over the head.
A very handsome hat was of dark green
felt, with a scalloped bordering along the
edges in chenille. There was wide bow
of tan grosgrain, on which was sewed two
rows of narrow lace This bow reached
nearly from one side to the other and was
held by n fancy buckle. The back Of the
brim was turned up and on it was set