Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-28
DICTATES OF FASHION.
A Few Items of Dress That Are Taken from Authorities on Femin-
 inc Apparel.

The broad collar is the bright star the sartorial Armament. Exquisite lace of every variety, embroidered linen, batiste, swiss and lawn are all utilized for the newest creations in accessories of this sort and the style of 1880 and the subsequent few decades are re- vived, says the Chicago Daily News. On the shorter wraps quite tiny capes are coming in, again, with long, stole-IilSe ends down the front. A very pretty French model was in black satin, finished with a heavy silk fringe and over collar of ecru guipure, which lace also formed the two shoped ends in the front, edged with chenille; these fast ened just below with handsome clasp. Then again some of the cloth tailor made dresses are finished with smart little shoulder capes, merely decor ated with some taffeta and galloon trimming or very important-look1ng buttons. These novelties will be really useful for the purpose of renovating last years frocks-black satin, black peau de soie and cloths all being pressed into service.
 Loop pompons of black velvet ribbon are placed at the back of straw hats. Occasionally they are arranged to rest on the hair and back of the head, at some distance below the hat. In that case the arrangements suspended by streamers of black velvet and is apt to include three or more punches of small flowers set in as the heart of rosettes. These are spaced one on each side and one lower down in the middle of the back. Arbutus, forget-me-nots, pinks and white English daisies and white violets, all small blossoms, are suitable for such decoration. This style of trimming is used by women who still wear their hair dressed on top of the head.
 Blouses are still popular for morn ing wear, but they require to be smart in cut and garnished with a quantity of hand work. Linon de soie, or, as it is sometimes called, crystalline, is 3 favorite material, and it is usually made up with good deal of gauging l and elaborate triming. Pale blue, green l and rose seem to be the favorite colors for blouses of this description, and they are often finished most effectively by "a touch of black. Bird's-eye feulard ] is most suitable for morning wear, 8 pretty model being in white figured with black pin-spots, finished off with
 smart necktie of royal-blue glace. These bright silk neckties are won
 derful improvementto a neutral-tinted
 blouse. One of the simplest yet most popular designs consists of 8 plaited l band round the throat with fan of the
 material pendent in the front. Per haps the prettiest blouses of all are
 made in the new bordered delaines, the fancy edging being cut away from
 the material and stitched on wherever 1 it is thought desirable. The colors are
 very conveniently contrived; for instance, if the material consists of a white ground covered with blue spots l the border will have awhite pattern on blue ground. In making up the gar
 ment band of the edging will be ] placed down the front of the blouse
 between box plaits, similar strip run ming down the back of each sleeve from
 neck to wrist, this giving the long slop- ing-shoulder effect so much desired at present.