The San Francisco call., 1904-10-09

Will see that these shoes do not ac-
cumulate too rapidly IN his ward
robe.
All Of the dealers are making a
speciality Of boys clothing this year
and the little girl who has hitherto
usurped everything feels quite neglect
ed by comparison For the little girl
there Is long fur coat. cut Russian
style, with a white enamel belt
Make Your Own Trimmings.
Those who are always on the lookout
for new trimmings should learn to
make "cretes." To make a crete take
a frill Of silk and scallop both edges.
Now shirr 1t a little way from the edge,
until the frill is moderately full and
set it upon the skirt
This will make the edges stand out
like narrow rufies each side OF a
full puff.
And there are different ways Of max
ing cretes. They take silk and cut II
In strips and double it Both edges are
now pinked or frilled. frayed. or seal
loped. The frill Is now shirred over a
narrow cording and the cord Is pulled
until the frill is just full enough. It Is
sewed on the skirt, or the waist. upside
down, so that the edges viii stand out
IN the smartest imaginable fashion
There are such varieties OF small
trimmings this year. One who does
not follow the styles can have no idea
of the number and the diversity OF
tiny decorations that come for gown
trimmings. One sees them upon ho-
tel piazzas where the women sit and
work. And one sees them IN the work
shops Of the modistes. where the dAin-
tiest possible accessories OF dress are
being made.
One very pretty style OF THINNING
calls for a button mold covered with
silk. A mold about the size OF sil-
yer quarter Is covered with gray taf-
feta and over the top OF 1t there ara
drawn long threads. criss-crossing IN
pretty style. This button mold Is now
set in the middle OF q shirred rosette,
the edges Of which are frilled out.
This makes a very pretty decoration
for the trimming Of gown
They take button molds and cover
them with silvered gauze or with tiny
bits OF cloth Of silver. These make
beautiful trimmings for dinner
gowns They can be worn also upon
the DirectOire coats. They are used
TO give the double breasted effect and
two rows OF buttons are also at the
back OF the coat The same Is done
with gold buttons and with buttons
that are covered with 1etted cloth.
Nor does ingenuity stop here.
One very enterprising dressmaker
is taking round glass buttons and COW
ering them with cloth thickly studded
with tiny Jets. Thus she makes a ball
which looks precisely like Jet ball.
And she takes the common nat pearl
buttons OF large size. covers them
with silk and sews them on with blue
sewing silk, going up and down
through the button as though Il had
not been covered with silk.
'I wish to impress upon my pa
irons" said a Fifth avenue dressmak-
er. "the value of the novelty laces.
A great deal can be done with a lace
that costs a comparatively small price.
Very often such a lace Is really better
than a more expensive lace.
Take the cheap silvery laces. and
there are many, and note how i'm
mensely effective they are upon eve
ming dresses. One Of my patrons who
wears a rope Of pearls around her
throat looping 1t over her bodice and
winding 1t around again and again.
owns a gown which is trimmed with a
band Of silver lace around the neck
and around the yoke. This sets on the
pearls exquisitely and makes them look
softer and more like the real"