Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-01

cut and finish and is exceptionally rich
and handsome Illustrated here will
be seen such a suit The skirt is cut
quite plain with only a trife of flare
at the bottom, and is tailor finished A
waist of the same is often furnished,
made tight fitting and generally with
small positions al the back and some
arrangement of vest in front These
vest fronts are very dressy and usual
~ very becoming. But there are wom-
en- who prefer the soft blouse waists,
and these are going to remain with us
for the rest of this season at least.
Speaking of the velutina reminds me
of the new fad for the crushed velu-
tinas, or, as some call them broadtaiI
velyets Broadtail in fur parlance
means a sort of wavy effect On the
black furs. 1t is very rich and used to
be called MORE astrakhan. These velu-
tinas have very thick and close pile,
ard this is crushed il the finishing III
some way and makes a new material
out of an old standard one The new
est colors are Il sort Of eoppery. red and
deep yellow with golden brown
cast. i'll some lights almost metallic
The coat belonging to this suit in
question has a plain front and the
back is made ia TWO styles, one being
plain in box shape and the other made
rather wider all the way down tine
back and then held in with a strap
across the back at the waist line This
fancy for straps ii the back is one that
has gained quite Il large following
forgot to mention the velvet cuffs and
fiat collars that are always found on
this style Of coat Sometimes they are
Of a darker shade and again Of exact
II the shade Of the melton, which
makes it appear very different in some
lights. Half a dozen plain black but
tons close the front. which is always
double breasted Some have plain coat
sleeves. While others have them made
more or less fanclful This style of
costume is to be very general this sea-
son In this connection we may speak
Of hats, as the hat is when possible
made to match the gown ard coat In
Ills lJstt LIZ tltli NtlSC LIE lidt - VI lAt
felt of the same red shade and is trim
med with small, close loops of red vel
Vet ribbon, set around the crown like a
wreath, while another line Of the loops
lies against the hair on the right side
to tilt the hat sharply to the left, which
is against all established precedent.
Covert doth in all sorts of unusual
colors is among the favorite dress
goods, and it must be admitted that it
is very neat and ladylike. Crayenettes
in gray. fawn, russell and dove gray
are seen in The bandsomest made up
street gowns. some with jackets and
others with longer coats. some even
having regulation rain coats.
Velvet is 50 very much the rage this
season that no one viii be entirely
happy until she has d gown or at least
coat Of chat superb fabric Hats also
are very rich aud elegant made Of it
and wrought into shape By the feath-
erbone stirring piping. The edges are
generally left so fhat they form ruiiies.
the featherbone being run i'll two or
more pipings about half to three-quar-
tiers OF an inch from the edge. Long
and rich plumes of ostrich or ms.de
pIulnes trim them
Among the pretty new fancies Is that
OF having sets Of black velvet ribbon
made into necSbands and bracelets.
They are very becoming The way to
make them is TO take a piece Of inch
wide elastic md ribt0f one-tlirg long