Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-23
THE REALM OF STYLE
PRACTICAL NOTES ON ATTIRE
FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
How to Remodel Old Gowns This Sea-
son-Dress for Everyday and for
Parties-Susgeston for children's
Dresses-Hints About the Hair.

be not the nrSt by whom the new Is
tried,
Nor yet the last TO lay the old aside"
SO the wise virgin who has not al
ready ordered her winter wardrobe. is
now able to take advantage of the
more settled styles.
Unless you can have many gowns,
don't have your winter frock made
with a habit skirt. Choose rather the
latest model, which fits as closely
about the hips but has two box pleats
in the back. The pleats turn under
and are stitched for Il few inches, be-
low which they fall in graceful fan
like folds, quite becoming to the aver
age woman.
1t Is an easy matter to remodel old
gowns this year OF course, the amount
Of work depends on the original cut.
One five gored skirt was made into
habit skirt by simply taking out the
two back cores and allowing the SUI
pertluous soutache braid to outline the
seam in the middle Of the back.
Another skirt which had the but
toned placket in the back was easily
remodeled by simply making IA narrow
single box pleat i'll the back. outside
instead of inside.
A pink taffeta waist was made as
good as new by the addition of few
yards of wide fancy ribbon with a
black edge. The ribbon was adjust
ed to simulate a bolero. 1t was laid
in fine box pleats, starting from the
under arm seam, and following the
arm hole to the shoulder seam, vile e
it was fastened. The ribbon was then
brought in folds fyom the shoulder to
the waist, terminating in Il bow. A
high stock OF the ribbon made really
handsome waist
Speaking of stocks, there is an al
most endless variety to choose from,
beginning with the simple ribbon and
ending in the fluffy combinations Of
chiffon and lace that are so universal
ly becoming.
Most of the ScarfS have very high
stocks ending in points in the back,
while the knot and ends are of vari-
Gus Shapes and materials.
Crepe de chine is the most popular
material for neck sashes made to go
twice around the neck before tying,
while the favorite colors are the pas
tel shades.
The children come in for their share
of tinery and the exorbitant sum
asked by fashionable dressmaker for
single frock of schoolgirl, would
enable many a mother who makes her
own little girls dresses to buy good
outfitsfor the winter.
So 0verdresSed are some little maid
ems that IA few schools have sent out
word that they will not allow their
pupils TO be attired eXtravagantly. For
everyday wear gored wool skirts.
made plain or trimmed with rows of
braid are worn with flannel shirt
waists. For parties, dresses of fine
lawn, trimmed with lace are used, and
the all silk frOcks are worn on many
occasions. A little maid of six years
was critically comparing tan covert
cloth box coat, beautifully stitched
with a red cloth one made with far
ing skirt and broad cape collar. The
little witch knew as well as the sales
woman which was the later style.
Boys from three to six years wear
Dewey suits of navy blue broadcloth,
trimmed in full military style with
braid and brass buttons, and the long
Sleeved, double-breasted coat, cap and
long trousers make them look like Lii
liputian soldiers.
Boys older than six combine many
of their fathers styles with their
knee pants and straight mo more
blousesl tucked waists, leather belts and
stund-up linen collars, which must be
done up" at the laundry along with
papa's are now quite necessary ad-
juncts to the young mans toilet.
But to go back to the grown-ups. 1t
is rumored that just as we have all
succeeded in getting refractory locks
IN the proper condition required by the
pompdaour roll, the edict is said to be
coming from Paris which will insist
upon a woman parting her hair in the
middle. Such visions as this rumor
calls forth none but II woman whose
hair has been rolled back for nearly
two years, and who has tried to get
pretty even, white part can under
stand.
The hair will obstinately persist in
not staying parted, and really the only
remedy which seems to be left to the
would be up to date woman is to go
TO bed with her hair carefully parted
and plenty of bandoline, and then she
VIII have 20 wear something tied tight
around her head, until the refractory
tresses take unto themselves the de-
sired parting.
Long before the pompadour goes we
shall all he wearing poke bonnets ire
spective of the color of our hair or the
shape of our faces, since our American
duchess has brought the quaint shape
into fashion again.
Hers is made of black velvet and
has hand-painted roses scattered over
both the crown and brim. In the di-
rect front of the bonnet, nodding over
the poke, are four black ostrich tips.
There are long streamers of pink Lib