Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-21
SOME LITTLE NUBS OF
FASHION NEWS.

Of a sleeve. the hooking of a skirt and F
waist together. the styIe=o of a but ON
or the shade of the trimn ing. any one
Of these if not jus exactly so may
ruin the most costly gown, And ali
for the want of lii le know how
Collars. by the way. are t ndjn@ 10
ward the two extremes. Fi her tha,
are very high or III gown is marked
by the absence of any collar Wi1ai
ever. Where lhn collar t. dlSn ns0
with altoeether a necklace ct on ot
the oId-tin.e velvet nechbands take~#
its place. OF course the presence or
absence Of the collar will dencnd en-
tirolv upon the effect which il h7-
upon ones general appearance :h.
more youthful gladly eleefiAe .e FOL
10y the ST Cecolia style whiIe thnn
elders will don the now abbreviated
band.
The vogue OF sif1les ana sashes
may be really said 10 be rampant The
costume that does not show this fea
ture in some one form=e another is
rare Quite fad il is for the simple
house frocEs and yelling 10 have
several sets consisting OF craFas and
girdle to match. these fashioned upon
featherbone foundations. and eligible
for wear with lamost= any so5 ln.2.
Indeed, such a craze has tic o11Gi=
reached that one might tluthfully de-
scribe some of the evening hodlta = as
belt and bertha. for The bel II 1lr-
dla=part ofttimes reaches almoS1 to
the sleeve seam, and the bertha is
so frilly and fluffy that and 20 wide
extending that one loses sigh of the
fact that there is boned and fitted
wais lining beneath. Long and broad
sash ends are a dressy feature OF
manv froeks. and lace and malines
are used TO frill the edges and fringHs
are literally applied on the ends.
In sleeves, those beacon lights OF
current and passing styles. there is
a very decided liking evinced for the
half and three-quarters length. OF
course. the girl who follows the fash
ions already knows that all the full
ness is pushed above the elbow in the
new frocks. She knows, too. that the
slOpng shoulder has Eeen declared
+l,$ thar
are daily arriving at the customhouse
as models for the American trade
are ali of them built out on the
shoulder, little whalebones or feather
bones being sprung on the sleeve
Inning. or else a fluffy BIZ of princess
haircloth, light as fea her, is deftly
dlaped on the forearm, between lining
and outer sleeve.
With the incoming Of the Drectoire
styles there comes the fascinating
lace jabot and wrist ruffles. These
are among the luXuries that com
n.and lace and often disproportion-
ate price in the shops and which the
girl with nimbe fingers can fashion
for herself for a fraction of that price.
The bcs1 shops have always odds and
ends of fine lace that they are very
glad to close out for next to nothing,
iand here is the noed!cW9rkCr's Op-
pCrtunity. Facngs for the levers
that are making such a furore abroad
are another home production that can
I've made dainty and artistic at little
cost, and the girl who paints can have
hand painted silk that royalties com.
mand in their state garments and ap-
ply it to her smart velvet costume
with the most exquisite effect
Vests with cuffs en- suite are very
smart worked in Kid or suede of deli-
cHte tint. The od-fashioncd nalheads
il all sorts of colors are often used
with spansles between. and every
.Erown kind of embroidery from the
lines flo to the ribbon encrusted en-
broideries of the Marie Antoinette pc
riod are in the highest kind of vogue.
The thinnest and sheerest of hand
kerchief linen or batiste is used for
the chemisettes, and cuff bands often
accon pany the design. Little floral
Strings and sprays are done in th
finest of white linen thread. all the
tucking is hemstitched, and the old
time veilinss add to the fairylike ap-
p@arance Of the finished article.
Beaded bags maintain all of their
vogue, this largely, one suspects, be-
cause they are in5rinsically expen-
sNe productions, and the machine
made imitation can be told at a
glance. The old-time patterns that
are determined by the sequence of the
beads in Strin9ing are still favored