The age-herald., 1900-08-26

dark blue IalLeta appnQueu "lln NSHslidn lace medallions.
 The underskirt was plain one in dark blue 'taffeta. Medallions in the Venetian point trimmed the tunic.
 White. is now considered the smartest Hing It soils easily, but can be ready cleaned with chalk and other substances; and is so neat that it really repays the trouble. There is this too, about white Hing that it matches or "goes well with, au costumes, and is therefore very eco nomical from standpoint of dress. There
 is nothing more garish than coat loning
 of scarlet worn with skirt lined with an-
 other color, showing plainly that the coat
 and skirt were not of suit.
 Purchasing a fall outfit many French
 women adopt the plan of selecting all
 gowns to harmonize. Suppose they choose
 navy blue and bright scarlet as the key
 tones of costume. If these two colors are
 selected they are careful that everything
 else that is purchased shall go well With
 these shades. For the season they tabboo
 pink, violet, and all but few shades or brown. They wear no purples and use lit
 tie black. The blues and the reds and the
 yellow browns are the tones that are se-
 lected for all articles from the hat to the
 train of the gown White goes with all
 and is freely employed.
 Lovely effects are shown in the horizon
 tai trimmings. It is true that the ma
 jority of women should not wear these;
 as the side stripes certainly tend to make the figure broader. On the other hand, by a judicious waist treatment, the lines can
 be brought together and a fat woman can
 be so broadened on the shoulders ana so
 narrowed at the waist that she is beneht-
 ted by the stripes instead of made larger.
 A certain pretty dress had a yoke, vest
 and collar all of one piece with the stripes
 running from shoulder to shoulder Ihe
 material was corn colored cloth with the
 stripes of the narrowest black silk cording.
 The cords were laid close together ln
 groups widely separated woven III the
 silk cord was an occasional bead to Wlhk
 at you, the French modiste graVeV as-
 sured me.
 The skirt was laid in narrow tucks eacn
 tuck edged with a row of the cordinS.
 The oyer-dress was in two parts, body and tunic The body was simple check cut with curved outline, and siashed very low upon the shoulders. It was bordered with a flat band of wood brown silk, with another band of silk set an inch back rom the first one.
 The tunic was cut Spanish shape, long in the front and short in the back u was bordered with bands of the brown silk A curved design in the silk bands extendea down the left side, with each curve ter minating in 6 little knot of brown silk A very striking hat was worn with this costume. At least a foot high in the back it was topped with long plumes that twisted and curved in every direction. The front was low and curved and finished With a knot of the checked goods
 The fancy for trimming the hat with the dress material is becoming popular. And it much be confessed that it gives won derful air of finish, though the milliners declare against it as being inartistic. But as fad it is growing. It may be a knot of checked goods it may be a bow of vel vet: it may be bunch of silk braid twist ed into rosette; it may be a row Of col ore passementerie carefully sewed flat around the brim to match the passemen- | terie on the skirt It may be the silk fac ing which matches the silk lining of the tunic. In such and in many other ways does the hat correspond with the dress. So great is the fancy for the correspond ing hat that mliners are hesitating about making up their creations except upon or der A few are needed for the window display; and then there is always de- l mand for the all black hat and the hat all of white. But, aside from these, it is al- I most impossible to find sale for hats | made up in haphazard colors.
 Pale blue turquoise, tendre, and sap 1 phire are all much worn. Then there is a l blue that is called the Lady Randolph 1 Churchill blue. It is an oldfashioned blue, | pale and pretty It was the color selected l for her wedding gown by the sponsor of | the color and has suddenly sprung into popularity. Gowns all in this color are l very charming. with hat to match, and no I contrasting hue save touch of silver in l hat or belt. Cream roses may be worn un- l derneath the blue hat brin and bunch | of cream silk roses upon the corsage Is l admirable
 The new cotton dress goods are seen in I tiny figures, most of them in the ''novel- | ty'' line One of these, intended for a sum- mer afternoon gown for street or house, l is of novelty goods in grey with pin stripes 1 In blue; lovers knots in black decorate the l surface of the goods. The bodice is laid l in tiny plaits that terminate at the bust 1i,,o fol Y71a nj l and is finished with the narrowest trim l ming of white insertion. The sleeves ter l minate in the same way.
 l The skirt is long and full with deep l ripple around the foot. Bands of insertion 1 trim the skirt This could be carried out
 in darker goods for fall house dress A little yoke of taffeta is worn with this | gown, with high shirred stock and pointed l shirred vest.
 Another pretty gown for house or street l is of old green foulard with swirling fig 1 ure in darker shade of green. The skirt l is trimmed in eccentric fashion, with a taffeta applique, which is put on so as to make yoke upon the hips and a curved design upon the skirt.
 The bodice, which is of pale green taf- feta is laid in little folds in such a way as to come together in a single fastening at the bustline. An applique or lace trims the front of the bodice.
 The prevailing color of the autumn will be green, so the mod1SteS declare. You see 1t now in brilliant and startling contrast to the costume. A veil of green is tied around the hat brim You also see 1t in the polished leather belt and in the gloves and other small articles of dress. But green is coming in as a dress material proper and we will have our gowns of green, our automobiles of grass color our hats of leaf shades and our wraps all of the emerald hue. There is this in favor of green that it combines we'll with itself. You can use several shades of green in one costume without fear that they will
 swear at each other, thing that can not be said of the blues, nor yet of the
 reds, though yellows generally combine
 nicely.
 But green the season will be; and if you are of an uncertain complexion it would be well for you to begin the work of se-