The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-17
FASHION NOTES.

Recent importatiOns of dresses con-
tain new foulards and French organ
dies. ..,
The hardy Scotch tweeds have a fay
ored place among the seasons popular
textiles.
Leather belts are of water-snakc
skin, Brazilian lizard, elephant hide
and alligator skin.
Teel, or apricot, and pale golden,
green are beautifully blended in shoc
and Powered silks for evening wear.
Three rather deep rufties lined with a
different color and fabric appear at the
top of sleeve models
Cashmere house gowns are being
made up extensively. and as trimmed
with lowered ribbon and lace are very
artistic.
Ribbon wound twice around thu
waist in sort of corselet effect Is
deemed more modish than the regular
sash style.
Yellow in evening toilets of diaphan-
GUS nature and yellow in simple day
gowns is a rival to mauye and golden
green this season.
Dark blue flannel striped with
white line, and white flannel With Il
blue line, are the fashionable materials
| for boating dresses.
Old-fashioned silk handkerchief
with plain centers and palm-leaf bcyu-
ers are used for vests to wear with
cloth and piQue gowns.
Piques and linens, both white aud
colored. are made up after the style Of
the duck suits and other heavy wash
costumes worn in the morning.
Some of the handsome white moha'r
costumes for dress occasions have gel
low silk facings On the cot, and the
skirt is lined With yellow tatTeta ST..
Fichus, with very long ends, that tie
and fall low on the skirt. are made OF
airy textiles matching the gown ara
edged with frills of valenciennes lace.
While many Of the new dress skirts
show strong tendency for trimming,
the bodice is still the portion Of the
gown where decorations continue to
flourish without limit.
plumes are the latest hat trimmings,
and the combination Of white feathers
and black velvet ribbon on a cream
colored tuscan straw is the most styl-
ish one in all the varied array Of sum-
mer hats.
Pique appears to be the one formid-
able rival to grass linen. Not only Is
it employed for the making Of whole
gowns but it makes also revers, capes
and collars for silk gowns, and Is Ell
circled by trimmings Of real Irish GRO
chct
Very large Vandyke and sailor col
lars of white silk batiSte are added TO
beautiful house toilets Of French or
CANDY, Powered China silk, lowered
India silk muslin, black and white silks
Of various devices, and similar dainty
gowns.
Silk muslin embroidered with pearls
and made over white silk is the latest
thing for wedding gowns, and VITA
sprays of orange blossoms here and
there it is vastly more becoming to til:
average bride than the severe white
satin.
PiQue and silk is a rather incongru-
GUS combination, but it is fashionable,
and so we must look upon it with ia,
vor whether we like it or not. The
pique is used for collars, revers ana
cape effects on silk gowns, and edged
around with Irish lace.
The most popular bathing costume
this season is made of black and white
serge or mohair, with full skirt and
knickerbockers, q fitted-belted round
waist with a deeply pointed yoke, full
sleeves that barely reach the elbows,
black stockings and an oilskin cap COW
cred with black or tartan surah.