The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-15
FEMININE FRILLS.

Attractive fancy silk waists button III
the back with Il row Of small brass but
tons. Black waists huttoning in the back
more frequently have a blind opening.
4 light silk waist has closely corded
er straps goInE over the shoulder, Of
silk corded and stitched in the same man
ner. These straps are fastened a little
below the shoulder i'll front with small
fancy buckles, and the collar ana belt
are fastened in the same way.
One may be polka dotted from head to
foot. literally. this year il one cares 10
carry out this popular fashion to such IN
extent There are innumerahle dots for
hats, black on white and white on black.
ana Of different sizes, the greater mum
her small, for hats. There are biz, littl"
and mrdium-sized polka dots for gowns
ranging from those nearly the size of n
baseball to pin-hcad spots, and the same
diets may he found on stockings, not
quite MS large perhaps hut looking not
far from it. Stockings with white ig
urrs On black are popular, and a number
of different small designs of dots on IL
stocking with narrow open-work lines
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cents.
Very stylish examples can be found in
the chryinl ties, the long, soft ones, with
only !; Iii Of soft canvas in the front To
hold the stock in place. These scarfs ii"
into the ascot or tie only once and then
fall nearly to the waist. They are III
beautiful. soft colors, greens, and blues
1 and pinks. and some with yellowSh
effect. Some of the soft shades have Il
stripe Of bright coloring throughh them.
They arn new and very attractive. They
J cost 81.
For the Girl who does not care to wear
wash tics with the tllln-down collars and
| likes black. Int not the plain black bow.
| there are soft gaiiZe scarfS that come in
| black. the gauze crosS-barred with silk il
trite thicker These are stylish and. last,
but MOI least. very becoming. Very good
ones can lie found for 80 cents. With II
| Shirtwaist in some of the brilliant colors
| that are 10 he seen, these soft black
scarfs M" particularly appropriate. They
tie simply in an ordinary bow.
|
Little ends appear to be the feature or
dress this Spring. One charming jacket
If silk which has the sleeves short and
slaShcl 70 show deep frills Of lace gives
the effect Of combining these by narrow
ends Of velvet ribbon. These ends are
set some distance apart on either side
Of each Sleeve and tie into bows with
hanging loops ana ends. There are two
Of these loosely tied bows on each sleeve.
| $50
New gifts for strawberry fetcs and par
ties are strawberry pincushions. They
say at the Woman's Exchange that
these ar, among the most popular of the
smaller articles they keep on hand. They
are made On the same principle MS the
nld-faShionrl strawberry emery. hnt the
pincnshonS are about three inches III
length. There is the same green top
hut the indontations on the sides Of tho
berry are marked in the pincushions with
pins. Two small strawberry emcrics
hang from the top Of thc large pin
cushion berry. These cost 81 each and
sell well III" year through.
Little .'rhoosc Your partner" cards
painted.hy clever girl for the Exchange
illustrate the Mother Goose melodies
Little Miss Mufet is on one card eating
her cnrds and whey. On the mate card
there came Il large spider and sat dowl
beside her and frightened Miss Muffet
away" An interesting fact about thns,
cards is that the girl who paints them is
hoping one Of these days to do moro elah
crate work. She is in business. and SUP
ports herself by her own efforts in that
way. in the meantime studying art in thu
evenings and doing work of this kind fol
pot boilers" 10 help her along until I'll,
time when she will feel confident that sht
; can set mp studio.
j The most charming things In thin bIacl