The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-15
ACCESSORIES OF DRESS
ELEGANT ADJUNCTS WHICH MAKE A
PLAIN GOWN ATTRACTIVE.
Collars, StOIes, Laces, Chains, Bags,
BOas and other Articles Both Cost
Iy and Luxurious.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

OesiSnS, 1reSh ideas greet one at every turn
until the result is apt to be a medley
unless ones eye and mind are trained to
separate one object from another and to
retain each passing picture intact. At the
moment the accessories of dress appear to
have gained special prominence and are set
before us IN most alluring forms. The time
was when garnitures, yokes and the like
had to be made for each and every gown.
To-day We offered all sorts of collars,
vests. Jokes and what-not ready for wear
and so charming and attractive that it re-
quires stole to pass them by. 1t is often
the little touch. the final addition of a
collar, a stock or a scarf that makes the
dliference between a commonplace toilet
and one that is smart and chic These
ready-to-wear adjuncts and the innumera-
BILE trifies in the way of pins, bags, chains
and the like of which 1 am writing to-day.
If carefully chosen, not infrequently make
the costume a success, when without them
it would fail of making any noteworthy i'm
| preston. 1t was shrewd and knowing
| girl who said, Let ne have the accessories
| all right and feel content even If my gown
| be not as elegant as my neighbors."
AS / have stated again and again, 1t is
season of stoles. We have them in every
|
very latest scarf for wear with a coat or
| jacket is in this all-prevailing shape, but
is simple in the extreme, although essen
TALLY elegant. The material is what is
| technically known as Persian lamb Vene-
| tian panne, but is found in all colors as we'll
as black, and is in reality panne so treated
as to resemble the surface of broadtail or
| baby lamb. 1t is cut in lengths from two
| Yards each.
| fiat scarfs, approximately nine or ten inch
| es wide. Into the ends is knotted a deep
| chenille fringe of the exact shade, and the
charming trifie is complete. Black ones are
admirable for street wear. they are dur
| able as well as smart, but white and all the
delicate tfnts of the season are shown for
| carriage and evening use. The scarfs are
! graceful, elegant, attractive and, withal,
mean goodly share of warmth-make a
most valuable addition of the possible SUBJ
stitutes for costly fur. while far from cheap
themselves. Eighteen dollars is the price
asked for them ready made. and doubtless.
clever women could do the work themselves
| Tor less. When one bears in mind the price
paid for fine fur that sum seems moderate.
even while In itself It appears quite suffi-
| Client for passing within. The panne is a
most exquisite material and comparatively
| new. Some of the loveliest opera wraps L
nave seen have been made of it,. and it
makes most desirable material for hats
| and trimmings.
READY-MADE YOKEs.
Yokes Of lace, edged with full falls, are
much in vogue. Most superb specimens
| are shown in lace of all the real sorts
| and also In the many admirable limitations.
| Any one Of them would make a bodice
| elegant, let 1t be as simple as 1t may.
| Not few women buy, or have made, plain
| silk waists and add one of these after they
are complete. They can be removed in an
| instant. They are complete i'm themselves
and can be transferred from one waist to
another with touch. A pretty notion is
cutting the silk away beneath and allow
| Ing the skin to be seen through the meshes,
| or of using lining of mousseline alone.
Stocks and collarettes are shown in limit
| less numbers. Exceedingly pretty ones are
cut on clerical lines, but made of white
| Of silk-covered wire. 1t would seem as If
| somewhere and somehow the clerical idea
must be found. but there all fixed rule
comes to an end; and, as a matter of
course. there are many Of other sorts made
! to match the gowns. 1t is to the separate,
ready-to-wear accessory that l refer in
| saying that the recognized clergyman's
stole and stocks are In such demand. A
charming trifie, that would complete any
| white or blue waist or gown, is of point
| de Venise over mousseline. The plain
| round stock is extended down well at the
| front, this extension including just three
of the heavy figures seen in the design,
| and is banded with narrow strips of pale
| blue panne, studded with tiny steel beads
| The band at the top extends all the way
| round, the one at the center passes in and
| out the figures of the lace, the one at the
| lower edge terminates in two small scrolls
| one at each side of the extension, or tab
Other lace stocks are simple and show
| guipure Cluny merely edged with panne
| or are cut down to deep points at the
front and are finished with three rows of
narrow velvet at the lower edge. set their
own width apart, which terminate in full
loops at the point. A lovely one for evening
wear is quite without clerical suggestion
but is dainty and charming in the ex-
Intf fn
over 1T is drapped plisse chiffon, also white,
caught at intervals by hand-embroidered
medallions. At the front the chiffon is
caught down snugly, below a central medal
lion, held by jeweled pin, then allowed
to fall into broad soft tie ends. Grapes
are everywhere-not always desirable-and
gowns and hats. One of the newest de-
signs for daytime wear Is silk, cut with a
turnover, showing clerical tab at the
center and supplemented by tie of silk
that is tied under the chin. Each end of
the scarf and the tab Is embroidered in a
bunch of grapes. Happily, they are not
all in natural contrasting colors. White
on white black on black. green on green,
are as much seen as are burnt orange on
white and the like. One marvels a little
to see the decoration maintain it's place.
IL is everywhere, and usually when such
is the case really smart people will have
none of the design or the material, let it
be what IL may, but the grapes appear to
dominate and TO overthrow all rule. The
most exclusive milliners show them. The
| smartest designers use them. Yet they
are to be found In many machine-made
trimmings and imitation stuffs. Many times
they are far from attractive, stiff and un-
calmly, but somehow they seem to suit
heavy lace to a nicely and are exceedingly
handsome in both Irish and French crochet
| and many of the handsome Venetian laces
When used as a motive for embroidery
much depends on the material. the color
and the dexterity of the worker.
ALL KINDS OF CHAINS.
| Chains are a craze. From the exquisite
ropes of pearls worn with evening dress to
the simplest beads, everything appears to
be in style. The pearls superb Fol-
lowing them are single strings worn sew
eral together, coral, jet. carved teakwood
and all the multitude of lesser things. Gen.
uine coral is handsome and is seen both
twisted into ropes and of plain round
beads; but, unluckily, the limitations are
many Carved teakwood and jet both are
| handsome and are much affected by the
women who wear black, whether from
preference or because of mourning. Gold
| chains are many. Some are plain, but for
the most part are set with gems with
semi-precious stones. Among the latter
are almondines, baroque pearls and anne
thysts all of which are beautiful as need
be without meaning excessive cost To
these chains are attached watches charms
purses as the wearer may elect. Danglers
of all sorts are a fad One sees chain
purses of gold and of silver depending from