Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-12
DICTATES OF FASHION.
Some of the Latest Designs in Gowns and Waists, Capes, COl-
 lars, Etc.

There IS prebty notaon m Parls now to take away the straight appearance of the collar by little clusters of velvet ribbon at each side toward the front, says the Chicago Daily News
 Gauging is very much used for skirt yokes and many sleeves are gauged on the shoulder and at the wrist. Gauging is becoming only to young and slender figures. Some sleeves have jockey or frill put on half way to the elbow. whence the fullness is gathered into deep cuff.
 Touched blouse bodices have one or two box plaits which are continued on the fronts of the skirts and the collar of bodice is often only a wide band of velvet ribbon with frill of lace all round and deep loops of the velvet rib bon fall over the fronts of the blouse.
 Plain white glue, with a small addi- tion of milk, is devised as simple waterproof cement for marble or porcelain. Plaster of paris or un- slacked lime, n1oistened with white of egg is also ef1cacious in such household fractures while white lead and plain putty, though not so slightly, are most convenient and reliable means of mend ing plain crockery.
 Sleeves are great feature, and here a word of warning: If the least exag- l geration is permitted one looks like a caricature> Small women must be particularly careful in this respect. Sleeves are all more or less flat at the top, they "blow" out gradually and fasten with a long brttoned gauntlet to the wrist; many are buttoned or l laced across with narrow velvet on the ] outside
 Evening bodices have resolved them 1 selves into a corselet belt and the new l pelerine, usually of lace or fine en- | broidered lawn trimmed with rows of ruching or the tiny raised chiffon roses with green chenille leaves. The peler- inc falls half way over the arm. One of the prettiest sleeves for evening wear 1 is formed of two full hounces of some l light material and two very deep frills of lace under this again.
 For visiting wear the dresses are sometimes entirely composed of folds upon folds of soft woolen fabrics, or they are strapped with panne and have large macaroon buttons, with drops and tassels hanging from the center. Shaped founces are headed I with silk strapping, and machine stitching plays great part in dress l just now. Some founces are shaped and put on in sets of five orseven; they end at either side of the two box plaits which form the train at the back.
 One of the easiest modes of capes may be made thus: A Chinese galloon five inches wide is placed round the neck, forming a point at the back and ending on either side with fancy but ton at the pointed edge. A small frill of silk or velvet is placed round this. much deeper founce, pointed like a shawl back and front, is frilled under this again and edged with galloon and buttons on either side. This is not the orthodox fiat pelerine, but it is more practical and infinitely more becom- ing.
 As the weather grows more severe we are returning reluctantly to high
 collars, although some are brave enough to risk influenza for the sake of transparent yoke. The newest neck arrang is the 'stock collar" and all manners of stocks in lawn and lace are shown. The newest collar is really pelerine cape of tucked or embroid- cred lawn trimmed with a fall of em- broidered lace. No bodice is fashion able without a capelet arrangem ent of some kind, and for renovating pur- poses this fashion is very useful as it successfully renovates an old bodice with the help of a couple of yards of velvet or panne.