The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-08-21
FANCiES IN NECkWEAR.
Modish Women May Select From a
wide Variety of STYLES.

MOd1sh Women May Select From q
wide Variety of Styles.
It seems to me that everything now
runs to new things In crayats and 9th
er fancies in neckwear. The fall goods
are yet in course of construction, and
all that can be done is to invent some
thing novel to put around ones neck
or to devise a fresh style Of trimming
a dress around the neck and shoulders
Which will deceive everybody except
the ''other women into thinking it is
another dress. There are so many
things in this line that only few can
be noticed. The leader Of all the neck
wear in the way of beauty is the Marie
Antoinette fichu, which is susceptible
of so many different ways of arrange
ment. OF course it is not new, but it
happens just now to be put forward as
the prettiest and daintiest of all the
neckwear.
It is made of any and every thing
that is thin and transparent, even in
organizes, to match dresses and of lace
where the gown is made of lace, but
the edges always have a full ruff1e, so
that when the ends fall they take the
form of full jabots and cascades. If
the fichu proper is of organdie or any
other dress material, there is a ruff1e
Of lace more or less wide around the
entire garment.
In the illustration there are two of
the very prettiest of these dainty ac-
cessories of the toilet. One is made of
dotted net cut in a long oval so that
the points meet at the bust line, with
long ends of the same AS these are
surrounded by the lace in lavish guam
titles, 1t is no wonder that the fichu is
a dressy thing. The other is simply
made by sewing six ruff1es of lace to
a tape, all as full as the tape will hold,
and these are left to fall in natural
folds. To the tape, which extends
below the waist line, there are two
rows Of lace set as closely as the
other and left to fall in cascade to
the bottom The Marie Antoinette
fichu is always long enough to go
around the waist and tie at the back,
but this is not necessary now, as the
preferred manner is to let the ends fall
as the boas have been doing.
Fichus of fine linen batiste with
full hemstttched rtlf1e are very stylish
and by some good dressers are prefer
red to lace ones, which are SO very
,,~oA+x- oYA fn no dom
ger Of growing common. | saw one
Of cobwebby linen batiste, with faint
blue hem of the same material hem
stitched ON to the white. This was
extremely novel and effective.
Another dainty fancy is the ribbon
and chiffon or silk null floral orna-
ments for the corsage. Liberty satin
ribbon is employed for the roses,
which are made by twisting the ribbon
SO that bias edge is brought to a
center and sewed fast round and round
to form the flowers. The leaves are
simulated by rough bows Of the same.
In some cases there are several ends
of narrow ribbon, each Of which has
a tiny bunch of violets or picayune
roses at the end, and also a bunch
at the top. These are Of ribbon in
different shades and make very pretty
ornaments. Generally they are for the
front of the corsage only, though often
one piece is worn at the belt and an
other at the bust and neck, or even on
the shoulder. This last style is only
used for very dressy afternoon occa-
sions.
Frequently belt is made by sewing
narrow ribbon over the featherbone