The age-herald., 1900-07-01

are stitched The tailor-made dresses are decorated along fhe hem with handsome flowers in stitched desgins. The most ex- pert stitchers use the natural colors and the result is a border of flowers in stitched design, along the hem of the skirt and upon the waist. Heavy silk is used for stitching, but no attempt is made at em- broidery or other fancy stitching. A rapid stitcher will complete a tailor-made gown i1 three days and the result will be ex- tremely neat.
 A decided combination in materials is af- forded by the new methods of using jet, steel and gun metal as yokes Entire yokes are made of these materials, sewed upon a foundation in tiny pieces, in such way as to cover the yoke completely. This is worn over dress of thin sub stance, even over tulle and other trans parencies, and thus the armor becomes part of the transparent waist.
 THE SINGLE ROSE.
 The single rose has appeared as a fash ionable trimming. Many are the hats of tan colored and corn colored straw and of straw in its natural shades that are trimmed with tulle, put around the crown in the form of big soft roll that com pletely hides the crown. At one side there is a big nodding rose of pink or red or white standing high upon its stalk with a leaf or two.
 The rose is used upon the back of the stock and it is also seen upon the belt and on the parasol. Four large handsome roses of silk or velvet are used for this purpose and often you will find them scented with a powder which is concealed in their stalk.
 Large bows of new ribbon are used in connection with these roses. The ribbon is of satin brocaded with velvet flowers in their natural colors. In silk ribbons you see flowers of cashmere set in and very natural they look with their dull hues; all tlza.- are few materials that are not mingled in with the silk and satin groundwork of the ribbon.
 A LACE NOVELTY.
 Another novelty of the season is the lace braid which is used for trimming many waists. It looks like lace, but is much coarser and is generally in the form of an insertion. It comes in cotton and silk of all colors It is of renaissance pattern, and is used for sewing upon the waist be- tween rows of tucks. This lace braid re- minds you, in some patterns, a little of the old-f shioned torchon which in its day enjoyed such a popularity.
 Among the transparent materials that are new this season Is a crash so coarse that the lining is visible Threads Of the crash are drawn and ribbons run through. In this way neat shirring is made for the yoke. Ecrue colored crash, over lining of pink, is very pretty, especially when worn with a sash and stock of pink and an ecru hat with nodding pink rose.
 The functions of pink have been increased this season by the many new shades Many of these have familiar names, like the Lawson pink of a couple of seasons ago. The Dewey pink is very pale pink; while the Empire pink is rather deep. Brunettes can aspire to all these shades, unless 1t be the deepest of them, but the blonde must be careful. It takes very little to make a fair complexion muddy by the side of ripe pink Better choose the fair shades, even though they fade little during the summer
 The plain colors will not rule this fall; it is to be brocade season; and the bro- cades will cunningly mingle velvet and silk, lace and cotton until the prettiest of results are obtained.