The Jersey City news., 1906-06-05
BEL IS HOLD SWAY
They Are Of So Many Differ
ent Varieties They Can
not Be Briefly Described
LEATHER AND LINEN IN USE
BUCKLES OF ALL SORTS ARE
sEEN-TINY SUIT CASES FOR
CARRYING SCHOOL BOOKS.


dresses and the corset skirts, belts are
distinctive feature of the summer cos
TUNES, if the Importance of such thing
can be gauged by its beauty and the ef-
feet expended upon it. The belts TINS
year are. of so many designs tnat, the
space of anordinary article is too limited
for their description. Some of the sue
cesses of last year reappear with perhaps
some slight change justifying the word
novelty. The plain crush belts of soft
leather in black, white and colors. Inc
silk crush belts and girdles are all here
again with their round or square or oval
buckles of brass, silver, gun metal, leath-
er or mother of pearl.
The glace and ooze leather belts with
seams running along their moddle, ieay-
ing the upper and lower edges to stretcn
and adjust themselves to the figure, are
another holdoyer and are found m the
cheaper belts this year, though last sea
son they were novelty and brought
higher prices. The wonderful new shad-
ed and pompadour ribbons and buckles,
give fresh interest to the crush ribbon
belts and girdles, though the shapes are
little changed. But there are new things,
-. host of them. and noticeable among
them are the girdles of soft leather, very
wide in the back and handsomely en-
bro;dered in, natural colored flower de-
siens-some are studded with steel beads
70 throw the design into higher rellef.
Belts of leather and silk combinations
are to be had in all colorings and IN
MANY widths and shapings, but the gen
eral idea of all is the same-a smoolh
foundation of silk over which are strap
r;nss or c,rt "a designs of leather in
same color as the silk.
The belt may be straight one OF toll
erable width, bordered by band OF
leather and with several narrow bands
Of leather running throughout its length,
with silk cleaning between. Or the pefl
.,- he narrow in front and broaden to
= c;rala with rounded points top and bot
tom i'm the back. There is again the
stitched border of leather and single
hand of leather runs along the belt mlo-
die dividing the back to form diamond
baned fie11re in the center of the broad
pirdIe and following the same hnes as
the latter's outline. Again one sees
n,aip straight. rather narrow belt OF
leather cut out in the conventional deslgH
and made up over silk. In white or
cream these cut work belts, mounted on
duly lustrous white or cream silk, have
somewhat the effect of bas-relief carving
on ivory, and in some instances the erect
is heightened by a slight shading OF the
leather. merely enough to throw the de-
sign into higher relief. These leather
and silk belts though exceedingly supple
and moulding readily to the figure, are
not usually of the crush belt Glass;
+bonph fhere are exceptions. In white
+4,oy ara at their best, but in black they
are more attractive than the average
black belt. and in light blue, rose, fruit
real browns of all shades, dull greens ana
pastel pink, they are very delightful:
Buckles of all kinds are used for such
belts-kid, plain metal, pearl, art noveau'
ieweled. and many of the models, buckles
or slides at back as well as front. Ihe
art noyeau designs in shaded golds anu
imitation precious stones are often beau-
tiful. ard remarkable color schemes are
achieved in the metal work combined
with leather and silk. Methods OF hold
ing the back of the belt In broad glrdle
shane are many, and to these devices "a
v,,aio,i+v ovf the belts owe their original
;ty. In large number of the new mod
a1s tbree narrow slides of metal, plain or
set with little jekels, and long enough 10
hold the soft girdle to its full width, are
set close together at bottom and spread
ing out fan fashion toward the top; wniie
at the front the belt narrows TO tne
width of a small buckle harmonious WITH
the slides.
Folded girdles of soft leather deep an
oronnd set with stell points along the
ton and finished in front by long steel
buckles, folded girdles moderately deep
n +be back and held there by three oval
slides. but narrowing to the width OIL
email buckle in front; silk girdles, plalt-
ad into the broad fan-shaped backs and
finished by fancy buckles in 'front.' are .ln
every shop, sometimes extensively con
structed from plain silk with plain metal
buckles, sometimes made of the exquisite
fo,rad ribbons or silk and beautifed py
vary handsome buckles and slides; ana
there are belts fashioned from silk bands'