The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-27
The Fashions.

are vying with plain and fancy muslins
in popularity.
Ribbon trimmings of every descrip-
ton are still in the highest vogue, and,
according TO indications from Paris and
seem likely to remain 30
during the entire autumn season.
When this means of decoration finds
in ruches or pleated frills,
1t has much to recommend it, particu-
larly in black or dark satin of narrow |
width.
A matter to make a point OF is the |
constantly increasing admiration for
the ubiquitous color.note of orange yell
low, this striking tint obtaining promi-
hence in hat or bodice trimmings on
quite third of the stylish gowns worn
at noted watering places. Not only is
orange combined with cream, black,
gray and white, but also with blue
(either pale or dark), violet or msuve,
green, brown, and crimson or bright
cherry.
The patriotic accessories introduced
early in the season have been taken up
with great enthusiasm, not only by the
million, but by the elect four hundred.
Old Glory effects are as rampant at the
most fashionable watering places as at
Coney Island. Soldier caps are worn
by cyclers, yachtsmen, and golfers;
gilded eagle-stamped buttons trim
blouses, jackets, bathing suits, and
costumes Of army and navy blue serge.
Red, white and blue hat trimmings are
universal; the tri.colors appear on
both day and evening gowns, and even
belts, sashes, bows, neckties, scarfs,
and parasols show the brilliant national
colors.
On smart summer gowns, for trim
ming capes, fchus, skirts and bodices,
great use has been made of Lierre and
Venice point laces. Some of the de-
signs are rather heavy, resembling gui-
pure, and are in widths of from two to
ten inches. There are also pretty new
edgings with insertions to match,
which will be used on autumn evening
toilets. Some have purled edge and
are finished with an entire delsr or head.
ing through which narrow ribbon can
be run.
This season there has been an un.
usually pretty variety of durable cotton
and linen braids and fancy gimps for
trimming chambraYs, zephyrs, piques,
French ginghams, linen lawns, etc.
Especially useful are the fat-threaded
gimps overlaid with slightly raised
woven flower devices in white or COL
ors, which give the dainty effect of fine
silk figures done by hand. The hand
some woven all-overs are in very beau
tiful color effects and patterns. French
gimps in pure white have close back
ground with silky-looking lattice de-
sign of white cord crossing it, forming
scallops either round or pointed.
In spite of the fact that all sorts and
conditions of skirt decorations, drap-
cries, overdresses, and overskirt eff
fects, both long and short, produced
by countless methods of arranging
frills, pipings, ribbons, gimps, etc,
have been developed, there will be a
rather general adherence or return
next season to the plain, perfectly
hung and simply trimmed tailor skirt.
These complicated and fussy furbe
lows and other cut-up decorations are
effective and appropriate on airy sum-
mer textiles. AS for cloth, heavy silk,
brocade, satin, and all other weighty
or protective materials, the palmer they
are made, the richer aud better they
look, and the less garnishing do they
require.
All skirts are heightened even for
street wear, and every fashionable
gown at all dressy in style has at least
a demi-train. Most of the long skirts
are cut this year to hang very grace
fully, and some of the newest French
models have front and side breadths
long enough to allow of very slight
drapery on each side, just back of the
hips. Pink and gray, separately or in
artistic combination, are marked favor
ties among summer colors, these rival
ing the melange of green and white,
and black and white, on both day
gowns and evening toilets.
The latest fashion news from the
jewellers is that in Paris and London
lapidaries are making history repeat it.
self in the setting forth of earrings;
not the little drop screws and knobs 80
long worn, but the pendant, Victorian
ornaments, such as her Majesty wore
in her young days, and still elects when
it pleases her. These barbaric-looking
accessories are no more likely to sue
coed on this side the water than the
Victorian bonnet, which was donned
by 80 few women that wearing it rem
dered them exceedingly conspicuous.
Nearly all the dressy toilets this sea-
son display sash worn at the left side,
directly in front, or in the center at the
back. Chiffon sashes accompany many
of the chiffon-trimmed evening gowns,
but the worst of these airy and graceful
sashes of transparent textiles is, that
after short wear, especially at the sea.
shore, they get into stringy condi-
ton that is anything but decorative.
Sashes of Swiss, organdie, and other
muslins, as we'll as those of sheer grass
linen, are open to the same objection
In their perfect freshness lies all the
charm of such materials, and much
greater care is necessary to keep these
in an unrumpled condition than the
more familiar sashes OF satin MORE and
faille ribbon.
After study of the subject, lasting
we'll into the summer, conclusion is
reached that it is well to avoid the eel
like sheath effect 80 very conspicuous
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