The Newtown bee., 1906-06-15
THE HOME CIRCLE.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.

GRADUATING DRESSES; MATERIALS; BLACK AND WHITE COMBINATIONS; | BLACK SILKS; LINGERIE HATS; LEG- l HORN FLATS. Correct taste indicates simple dress for the graouate, but unhappily the vitiated taste leads to such extreme ornamentatiOp, that the costume is often entirely unsuitable to the occa- sion. Nothing is sweeter or prettier than dotted Swiss, plainly made, two or three tucks in the skirt, full baby waist and tucked yoke of sheer lawn or muslin. Null is another apprOpri- ate material, but with lace insertion %:sssd IS ss sn Gn sna yoke and sleeves simplicity
 Net, organdy or English embroidery are in great favor: the latter however IS a. conspicuous material, especially when a skirt is of three wide, open work ruffleS, with waist, full bertha and elbow sleeves also of embroidery. Sashes have given place to white satin belts with loops or knots at each side of the front and at the back, and white silk hosiery, low shoes, and long white silk gloves are @ matter of course.
 The prevalence of black and white
 
 tration is in dotted foulards-black dots on white, and white on black. This design Is also popular in blue silks, and charming costumes of both are displayed in the shop windows, the accordion-plaited ''sun-burst" skirt, full round waist with white lace yoke, and of course frilled elbow sleeves. These are attractive to look upon, but few damp days, little wear, and what 8 change takes place. The Princess outline is attempted by braid run around just below at the waist.
 Some of the initiated predict wave of black in the Fall, the advance guard of which is the cordial reception of black and white mixtures. This would be matter of regret as col0rs and combinations were never more beautiful. However the former opin- ion is somewhat justified by the re- markable demandf or the Bonnet black silks controlled exclusively by Lord & Taylor in all their varied textures, whether taffeta, surah, chiffon taffeta grandmothers used to wear-rich and lustrous. A new and pretty mixture of black and white, is white silk stitching on open mesh black silk gloves. In millinery, the dotted rib bOns threaten to overthrow the striped, which has become very con- mon.
 Thanks are due the Nc Call Co.,, makers and designers of Fashion, for handsome illustration accompanying this article.
 Lingerie and leghorns trimmed with flowers, are cOntending for supremacy, !, 0oNh -Nh0 pvvnfnn {r fc 1{o = style. In the former the inside brim is of shirred chiffon, and together with two or three lace-edged chiffon rutfles form foundation over which is laid g frill of English ..embroidery, with cap crown to match. Ribbon is draped around the crown, with bow placed anywhere that is' found most becom- ing to the wearer. Plain satin ribbon is generally the choice, but large bow of Pompadour ribbon at the front gives an air of distinction.
 A Shirred bowl crown is novelty, and also the poke shape, one of which appears in broad striped null. one stripe of Dresden buds in blue, the other in open embroidery, the front composed of lace-edged ruffles. Large roses or small flowers are almost uni versal on lingerie hats, and this season 8 small cluster of flowers or a ribbon bow nestles under the brim, which is quite an innovation. For leghorns any and all flowers are employed, prefer ably large roses combined with foliage and ferns. Wreaths of white lilacs, dotted with rosebuds are stylish gar niture, and in all these beautiful fan cies, one'is free from the wings and aggressive quill.
 VERNA CLARKE.
 The Booth & Bentley Go. of New Milford sell the Mccall patterns.