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straw, fancifully trimmed with brown, gold
and green field grasses, a dab of lace and
maybe a knot OF ribbon. The all straw hat.
though, is looked upon as the most distinctly
fashionable head covering one can wear, and
its vogue Is strong with those who display
very fetching organizes, muslins, lawn cross
bars and such like extravagant simplicitles.
Muslin Extravnganccs.
Except a silk velvet dress trimmed with
sable, there is scarcely another costume
quite so costly as an all white muslin, for
muslin brilliante is what the monitors of
fashion have adopted. This is Swiss with a
silk warp, and only the lower half of the
bodice and upper half Of the skirt are ever
made of 1t. The sweet white gown calls
for a deep flounce of tamboured cream net,
and then on the foot Of this must be close
set muslin ruffles, all edged with narrow
soft white grosgrain ribbon. At back and
front the skirt must sweep the floor in order
to bell out like the open petals of a lily.
Tight white net sleeves require showers of
little ribbon edged ruffles falling over the
knuckles, and to cap this modish climax n
big nosegay of white sweet peas should find
Judgment on the left shoulder.
Bcwitching Footwear.
There is always a deep laid plot behind
every apparently inexplicable whim of the
changeful feminine toilet. Whosoever will
take especial notice, at any swarming of
pretty human butterflies. can easily guess
why long skirts have been nominated in this
seasons bond OF fashion. A woman whose
gown is a couple of inches too long in front
Is obliged, many, many times in an hour,
to daintily lift up the front breadths, in
order that she may not trip over. While so
doing she does expose perhaps a trifle more
Of her green or grep suede gypsy shoes than
than one would ordinarily, or thus, by this
artless maneuver, call public attention to
her Venetian slippers, both styles Of foot
gear being eminently worthy OF display and
admiration.
A gypsy shoe is made Of green glace kid,
with a low heel, a square toe and a chased
silver buckle, connecting two straps that
cross high on the instep. Very often n pretty
pattern is cut or pressed into the leather,
| and green silk hose, exactly matching the
shoe, are worn with this tidy slipper.
Venetian sandals are assumed chiefly at
| night, for dances and dinners. Their black
| satin vamps are cut a. low as possible over
the toe, which Is rounded, and the heel Is
| gilded, to harmonic with the delicate geo.
metric lines of gold embroidery that are
tretted cut over the black background. Oc-
| casionally one sees worn with these black
silk stockings, heavily interviewer with gold
threads, but an unpleasant suspicion fingers
that this type of hosiery never can be per-
mitted to visit the wash tub. Nest sensible
and becoming Of all the summer shoes seen
so far are the oxford ties of willow calf.
Women who roast that all summer long
they wear nothing more costly than white
duck and pique skirts and shirts, who cut
Ia. .-II- nI-- A~l ,rLN lo,,n
discarded stiff linen collars for soft pique
stocks, have taken the willow calf shoe to
their hearts as. well as their feet. They ey-
toll its merits far over the virtues Of pig
skin, yellow seal skin and Russian leather
and invariably lace their new ties with
leather thongs, in place Of silk lacers.
Summer eweI
That woman errs who adds to her toilet
by day any undue amount Of jewels. Last
winter mock stones, elaborate belt slides
and fanciful chains and pins flashed forth
from every fair caller, theatregoer or even
pedestrian. With the summer this habit
has altered and though semi-precious stones
are as popular as ever, the cheap pretty
make-believe in an easily furnished setting,
has gone silently out in the dust pan. In
a gathering Of two hundred women on a
casino or country club house piazza the
jewels displayed will only be seen at in
tervals, and those are very apt to be genu-
inc. An exception must be made in favor
OF pearls. The machine made imitation of
the oysters product wreathes many fair
throats, but a small, very white pearl is
the kind usually adopted.
Numbers OF women have a fad for col
lecting and wearing eccentric pearls, that is
in shape or color. These are real, how
ever, and a goodly number comes from our
own rivers in the west. One of the new IA
vorite ways Of utilizing large irregularly
formed pearls is to string three on a very
fine gold thread. The thread is long enough
to pass around the throat, tie under the
chin and have we ends hanging for about
two or three inches. At the point wher,
the thread ties one large pearl is fixed
while two others finish off the ends of tn,
fine chain. A large queerly shaped black
yellow and pink pearl is considered the mos
appropriate combination for such a neck
lace, else for a chain similarly worn on tn
arm.
Almost as lovely as the true gems vomel
wear are the s~equins, cut from pink, whit
and smoked pearl, that glitter on some &
the very new gowns. 1t does not require
visit to a fashion oracle to prophesy tina
shell sequins will command a high plac
in the estimation OF the well dressed u
the months to come. Nothing yet produces
in jet can equal the iridescent beauty O
these small and large disks, cut from mus
sci, conche and oyster shells, highly pol
ished, and fastened to the satin or net b
a tiny hook in the back OF each sequin
: Vita this idealized and glittering wan
| pun, flowers, leaves and fanclful pattern
I are outlined, and on the very ,plendi
, gowns the designs are filled In with head
ing or embroidery. So far only a little G
the shell sequin work has been seen, al
S that, being a direct importation. is enor
mously expensive, but 1t Is safe to recko
that the price will come down as soon O
q a large quantity Of the new trimming
brought over. e..
{ As the vigilant cat observes the hole wher
the mouse went In, so must the CAREFUL
= dressed woman watch the skirts Of her siste
In fashion, in order to be ready for the nes
S demonstration In drapery. A motion is un
4 doubtedly being made in favor of turnin
what are now lounces into loops and fall
o OF material, so soon as heavier goods tina
I muslin and foulard come into use. Eve
the midsummer suits of cloth have braide
. fronts, detached from the skirt and fallin
: from the hips to below the knees In acut
or rounded points. They are chic enoug
In effect, while many OF the yoiles and del