Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-18


only that, but there are special ar
rangements of light fabrics set at the
back of the hats and allowed to fall
at will over the back hair. This is a
boon in that it hides the frouziness of
the average back hair, and it is also
pretty-more than pretty. 1t is partic-
ularly summerlike, but from signs of
that the style is not to disappear into
that mysterious receptacle for out
lived fashions, for black velvet ribbon
and other ribbon as well as beautiful
barbes of real lace will take the place
of the present diaphanous materials.
1t is the dropping of the trimming at
the back in veil fashion that is so at
tractive that one wonders how it hap
pened that no one thought of reviv-
ing it before The floating veil goes
so well with the Dolly Warden and
Eugene hats, with their dropping
brims, and both are SO poetic that it is
not surprising that the summer girls
have grown more beautiful than ever.
With a soft and delicately colored
pongee shirt waist suit the very acme
of summer comfort and beauty has
been attained. Pongee itself has been
found wanting in nothing that is nee
essary for an ideal summer gown, for
now that desirable silk is produced
in so many new and attractive designs
and shades of color that it leaves little
to be desired. 1t is firm yet pliable,
strong yet soft, and it's draping quail
tiles are perfect For some occult
reason it takes any kind of trimming
with excellent effect. Lace particu-
larly shows up we'll And a pongee
dress can be cleansed indefinitely and
come out like new every time.
In the illustration is shown pongee
dress of the kind called "shirt waist
SUITS" and really nothing could be
much prettier This is in a soft beige
shade with cardinal dots rather oblong
than round The waist and skirt are
shaped by underlaid box plaits and
these run out' so as to afford the nee
essary fullness for the fare around
the bottom and at the lower part of
the same manner, with the full por
tion below the elbows where they are
gathered into deep cuffs. The cuffs,
stock and belt are all made of or trim
med with black velvet ribbon, and a
row of this is also put upon the hat
Ito bring it out" as the milliners say
1t is surprising how much little
black velvet does brighten or at least
accentuate anything on which it is ap-
piled. do not think it will ever again
be relegated to oblivion. For many
years black velvet ribbon was not
even remembered, but now that it has
proved its value it will become one of
the factors like lace, and so long as
women now understand things better
than they used to it will remain a
standard
The new hats are now being copied
in such quantities that one can form
a fair idea of what is to be worn this
fall. see many of the wide and ir
regular brims, produced in the loveliest,
soft, silky felt, which is almost as
delicate as fne fluff of the milkweed
and softer and more beautiful than
thistledown. Such hats so far are re
markable principally for the scarcity
af trimming. Something rich and
ane. but ve.y little of it, seems to be
the rule. FoIiage is SO beautiful and
initiates nature so closely that ii is
sufficient in itself, and some of it is
so made that it seems to have the very
frost showing on the superb and gor
geous autumn colorings. For instance,
there was bunch of autumn leaves
in all their colors ranging from pale
yellow through all the russet reds and
brown with an underlying tint of green
TO deep purple and all these leaves
softened by this frosty overbloom.
IIENRIETTE ROUSSEAU.