The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-11-03
Fashion Notes.

The Russian blouse craze is likely
to continue through the fall and win-
ter seasons.
A smart hat is composed entirely of
red currants, with blackbird nesting
in the midst of them.
The large black velvet hat, with its
dropping plumes, is the most favored
style in feminine headwear. !
Black silk stockings have medallions
of fine black lace set over the instep.
They are for wear with fancy slippers,
and are very smart and dainty.
Princess Beatrice, who still wears
deep mourning for her husband, Henry
OF Battenburg, always wears the usual
widows bonnet, with its Marie Stuart
point in white and long crepe veil.
The military effect on the tight fit.
ting coat is good this season, especially
where the garment is all black, though
we see tan, green, blue and violet COM
bined with the black ornamentation in
this way.
Bands of embroidered velvet are
worn as trimming for gowns and coats;
some of these in black, with steel
pailletes or with golden thread and
tiny colored beads, are very rich and
handsome.
A cloth dress is made with skirt
in about thirty tucks. The waist and
sleeves are similarly tucked. The
effect is desirable enough, but the
weight of the garment is simply past
enduring. The lady for whom it Is
made finds it impossible to wear it
without great fatigue.
Corduroy waists are making their
appearance. Some of them are made
entirely of corduroy, with plaits at the
front and back, and high rolled back
collar, inside of which is collar of
silk of the same color. Other models
have belt, collar and cuffs of plain vel
vet of the same shade as the goods of
which the waist is made.
A stylish dress of dark blue broad
cloth is made with plain skirt
trimmed with rather an elaborate pat
tern of the finest military braid and
fine cord. The waist is in Eton jacket
fashion and is almost covered with O
handsome design in cord and braid. It.
is lined with cardinal satin and wd
over q waist of black and cardi1
tatfeta.
Prettiest among the street costumes
are the cloth gowns, made with braided
skirt and blouse jacket, with little
basques. The braided design is in
tricate, but light in effect, and covers
the whole of the skirt in the front and
back of the jacket. Sometimes the
jackets have tiny revers of embroidered
velvet or astrakan, or of the cloth
braided. The basques are very short
and are very jaunty and becoming.
The fronts of most jackets are to be
adorned with military frogs and braid
ing; style very becoming to those
who drea the severity of tight fit
ting jacket. Elizabeth collars and
belts of embroidered velvet are to be
worn. A handsome coat of dark pur-
pie cloth has two bands of jetted black
in front; an Elizabeth collar of black
velvet jetted and bow of black velvet
under the chin give very rich effect
to this winter garment.
Poplins are looming in," and both
plain and figured patterns are to be
seen. Bright plaids, checks and
stripes are exceedingly effective, and
look as though they might be very
durable. All the Scotch plaids are
fashionable, and many new plaids have
been recently designed. On dark
brown, blue or black background the
bright colors stand out clear and
sharp. They will be made up in
skirts to wear with plain short coats,
for school frocks, and win be greatly
used for combining with other mate-
rials for vests, sleeves and trimmings.