The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-04-25
SPRING BEITs AND SAsHEs.
Crystal and Gilt bangles Combined
with Yards of softly Fold
ed Ribbon.

Small and inconspicuous girdles
have been the fashion during the
passing season, but with the coming
OF spring we are to grid ourselves
conspicuously with broad, soft rib
bon, pulled in big bows at the left
side and finished with ribbon stream
ers of unusual length. AS many as
six yards of wide liberty satin, panne
faced or Louisine ribbon is required
in the betting and draping of some of
the early muslins and foulards, and
while the popularity of ribbon girdles
has returned, the vogue of the fancy
buckle and ieweled tags or points has
not waned in the least, says the
Washington Star. Nine in ten of the
streamers that float from a fanciful
belt are terminated in dull gold points
from three to five inches long, and it
is the fashion to slip over the ribbon
a couple OF gold balls or rings above
the point, and also to sometimes split
the end of a wide ribbon and adjust
two crystal points tipped with gold.
Crystalpoints are among the spring
novelties, to be used with crystal but
tons and buckles in the decoration Of
light silk and cotton gowns, but the
wonder over the bigness of the buck
les themselves.still grows. Those used
for belts are larger, more elaborate
in design and heavier than we remem-
Der to have seen them before, and a
mighty serpent of gold twisted into a
belt ornament measuring nine inches
in length is one of the longest seen.
Another beautiful imported Partisan
of an ivory face, about which
was blown a cloud of gold hair and
blue eRameled ribbons, was exactly
rs large in circumference as the sau-
GER of a breakfast coffee cup.
The new stays that have heightened
the waist line of the twentieth cen-
tury woman, and the growing fashion
wearing these extensive orna-
ments rather at the side and in the
than at the back, are the essen
ial reasons for their growth.
Women who wear only the final in
ipiration of the leading dressmakers
ire having their new foulards (made
Up for appearance at the southern
~esorts) built with doubled belts that
re finally fastened with drapery on
he bust. Such a belt calls for a
'~lorious and almost abnormaily big
ear buckle. and a sketch is given to
how how these draped belts are ar
anged. A length Of goods and some-
ines of chiffon serves as the girdle,
is pinned down close in front,
assed ito the back and through a
uge circle of rhinestones or colored
swels, then drawn up under the
rms, and on the bust is knotted I
laborately, to let fall the end Of the .
bbou, or a jabot-lIKe drapery, nearly {
} the knees. Z
Stitched and braided belts of goods Z
} accord with the body of the gown Z
re the rule with all the spring tailor
seen so far. These belts are not
arrow, and they are all shaped care
lily to accept the lines of the figure,
Id hook in front in a broad. Ratchet,
edge or diamond-shaped piece. Some
them are trimmed smartly with
Of tiny bright buttons. One
es in the gradual influx Of many
oddities at this point where
e fashions of one season are giving
ace to those Of another. The ar
and adoption Of black single
ced velvet and panne ribbon is no.
d. A belt Of this sort should be
Ily five inches wide. crush in mar /
WY about the waist. and the ends
the ribbon but just meet in front.
vingsmall paste or enameled clasps
fasten them together.
The young element among the we'll
sssed women wear in the morning
It's Of dull black or patent leather
which small cabochon stones Of |
ny colors are imbedded. and their !
are g~em-studded nuello silver
gun metal.
ID