The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-23
SUGGESTIONS FOR SUMMER.
So Varied Are Modes That Every Woman
Can Find Becoming STYLES.

So Varied Are Modes That Every Woman
Can Find Becoming STYLES.
The most bewitchlng creations In
every department of woman's dress
greet one on all sides. The efforts of
millner. tailor and dressmaker are no
longer tentative. but represent the as
sured styles for the coming half year,
wherefore one may with calmness so
forth to buy. II would be difficult to
make mistakes In purchasing where
everything is so artistic Unless one Is
quite without sense of the require
ments of her own particular type of
beauty.
The close effect to the knees is OBJ
servable In all the new skirts. and be-
low Is n liberal fare, both In walking
and dressy skirts. The Eton and
bolero hold their own. but are some
what shorter than in the winter,
reaching hardly to the waist line.
Closely fitted Jackets, however, have
skirts that extend well below that line.
rhe corselet skirt has added shoul-
der straps of the same material, thus
giving an impression of completeness
when the coat Is removed; but the
fashion, as whole, is not destined
to live long. 1t is too unsuited to most
figures. giving sectional appear
ance that Is the reverse of graceful,
except when worn with just the right
kind of bolcro as an adjunct
One smiles at the shortsightedness
of the prophets who, for two years,
have predicted the abolition of the
shirt waist. 1t never was SO popular.
The richest silks. the flimslest mus.
Iins. the daintlest flannels simply beg
TO be made into shirc waists.
Richness of decoration Is character,
lstic of all the new modes. but richness
subdued by marvellously good taste.
a touch of Persian embroidery-a hint
of gilt-a suggestion of black on Il
light gown, or the reverse-subtle an1
delicate effects everywhere and moth
ing glaring mark the spring styles.
The same is true of the many details
that 20 so far toward making perfec-
tion in costume. The new pocket
books. chatelaines and purses are
adorned with dull gold. semi-precious
stones, or softly hued enamel and an
tique silver. Waist bags large enough
TO hold purse, handkerchief, cards,
vlnagrette, and often a tiny powder
puff and mirror, are seen in delicate
suede or velvet. Girdles and belts are
decorative to the last degree and often
furnish the enc touch of color in the
costume
Fancy braids are used extensively.
The great majority show an inter
mingling Of gilt. tinsel or colored silk,
and many of them are made entirely
of tinsel and chenille or silk In all
widths from an eighth of an inch to
an inch and half or two inches. In
the tiusel mixtures silver is often pre-
ferred to gilt but both are worn.
Every season sees softening of the
severe tailor effect that was so popular
year or two ago, and this spring
even lace and applique are seen. The
lace must be of the heavier. coarser
varieties. such as Russian or irish gul-
pure Gallons embroidered in Oriental
NOlOtl4iSS are cluplO.cu on lallOreU
gowns as collars, waistcoat edges,
coat facings ana belts The Bulgarian
and Turkish embroiderles that have
long been thought highly desirable for
household decoration, in soft cushion
covers, table scarfs and draperies.
have been taken possession of by the
dressmaker and are used extensively
for trimming. The creamy tint of the
canvas ground and the richly dull
reds. yellows, blues. greens and pur-
pies of the silks and woods in the en-
broidered designs seldom fail to har-
monize with any color or fabric. These
embrolderies are effective as facing for
revers or lapels and for stocks. belts
and walstbands.-New York Tribune.