The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-11

Flannel Waist Fabrics-FashiOns In
 Fur Trimmed Gowns-Ermine and
 Seal CleverIy mItated-Luzurious
 Evening Costumes From Paris.
 For indoors wear very soft silks, foulards. China silk, and even silk batista. are being made into what are called lingerie skirts. They are wash able, and are to be commented for this quality. if no other. Wbite and delicate cOlOrs are usually chosen. and many of the skirts are beautified with lace and ribbon trimmings to such an extent that one feels sorry for the laundress. The object of these soft skirts is an -clinging drapery effect much cov- eted.
 A pretty novelty in petticoats is a taffeta skirt with a deep lingerie fiounce. The .flounce is attached to the skirt with heading and ribbon, and can be taken off to be lanudered. It is made of very sheer lawn or batiste and is naturally very much lace betrimmed. For evening wear nothing could be prettier.
 For hard outdoors wear nothing is better than the jersey top petticoats, with silk ruffles. The highest priced skirts of this description have silk jer- sey tops; the medium priced ones have a woven cashmere top, and there is a very cheap cotton top variety which is hardly worth buying. The best of these skirts have yoke cut on a special model, which fits the figure like a glove, and fastens invisibly on the left side of the front gore. This Is most desirable skirt, warm. and yet not too heavy. It will outwear three taffeta petticoats. since it is always possible to renew the silk flounce at small cost.
 The new flannels are very beautiful. Checks, Roman stripes and tartans make up the bulk of them, and the colors are bright and clear, without being over brilliant. A very good fan nel at fifty cents a yard is warranted to wash without shrinking. School girls will wear flannel waists a great deal this winter, and older women will find them most convenient for morning wear. They are made on the simplest models, a favorite one being akin to the riding skirt, with 6 smaii pocket on the left side. Another pretty model has three wide box plaits back and front, and fastens invisibly.
 The tailored waists in taffeta and plaid silks are very smart and dressy, and it is not hard to predict that they will push the dainty lingerie waist to the wall as soon as real cold weather sets in. Thin waists are very we'll in the house. but no woman who values her health and good looks will run the risk of colds by wearing them out of doors. As one trade authority puts it:
 Tt is amusing to hear some manu- facturers give their reasons for advo- eating the lingerie waist for zero weather. One man was heard to say during the week that women should wear it under a golf jacket and a fur coat in midwinter. It takes a woman buyer to realize the state of the frail lingerie waist after being subjected to such usage"
 For dress occasions, waists of all-Over lace are again very much the thing. The rage for so-called baby Irish cro- chet is at it's height, and waists in this lace, real and imitation, are displayed prominently in all the shops. The worst of Irish crochet is that it is imi- tated so well. The machine made lace does not wear very well and it crushes out of all beauty after little. At first, however, it is almost as attractive as the real, A form of lace waist which is seen 8 great deal is the bolero made up over chiffon underwaist. These are usually accordion plaited. A pretty model in real Irish crochet was short bolere trimmed around with inch wide frills of Valenciennes1 and ruches of chiffon. In front, where the bolero showed round tabs on the lower edge, were roses of chiffon ond lace. The sleeves were elbow puffs, the cuff trim med with chiffon and lace. The chiffon