Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-21

| outing occasions. But with these things
Its opportunities are very nearly at an
end. 1t is abused If worn too often.
Little Touches Of Braid.
"In fashionable hotel dining room the
other day at luncheon there were 200
women. over 10 wore white shirtwaists
with black skirts The result was not be-
coming The remaining fifty were becom-
lngly gowned In shirtwaists adapted TO the
| costume. One woman wore a very hand
some gray skirt with apron suspender eff
feet coming up over waist of tucked
! linen and lace. 1t was charming.
! Another woman wore a skirt of violet
! braided with soutache. Her waist was a
violet taffeta with her initials in soutache
/ upon the arm. This made something of an
| innovation and becoming one at that.
! Still another woman wore a shirtwaist but
| it was pale apple green cloth. with some
| embroidery upon the front, while the skirt
was princess in apple green. coming up
well over the belt line This made very
/ becoming gown for luncheon.
II regard the shirtwaist as a blessing"
| concluded this modiste, III worn well. But
worn at haphazard it is a thing to be
dreaded. l would advise every woman to
make a study of her face and figure and to
make sure that the separate waist is be-
| coming before she tries it, 1t Is becoming
! to so very few and these are almost all
| of the slim type. But when comes to the
! big full figure dressed up In Tho white
waist a little too short in the b. tine
the line should be drawn sharply srween
! what is pretty and what is not
! The belt problem is one that is rapidry
| finding solution and belts are being ,navsi-
| fled according fbafr MI -
station. The belt is more than ever a
necessary part of the costume. And the
won an who wears 1t finds 1t both useful
and ornamental Or at least it 49, -
such.
! The best belts are those that match the
| costume. But rarely is II that a woman
sees fit to follow this hint. True, with all
the better class of ready-made suits there
! comes girdle or belt or band of some
kind to go around the waist. But it is sell
| dom that a woman goes further and spe-
! eially designs a belt to match her gown
Yet she should In every case do this
| The old-time idea of buying belt be-
cause it was pretty and cheap is outlawed.
All belts must match now, and the more
closely they match the better The woman
with bureau drawer full of miscellaneous
| belts might as well throw them away as
| far as any utility is concerned. The
trouble is that, being bought for no partic-
ular purpose, they look we'll with nothing
at all. They should be remade and ar
ranged to suit some particular gown and
kept for that gown and that gown only.
The belt question thus becomes one that
is within the scope of every woman to
solve. She should have as many belts or
girdles as her gowns require, and she
should keep each one separate for its own
particular costume. 1t simplihes matters
much for her if she will do so.
| The belt which stands out conspicuously
this week is the one that is made of elastic
trimmed with gilt or with steel One very
pretty belt Of this description is made of
violet satin 1t Is studded with steel nail
heads put on in a very pretty design, and
It is fastened in front with steel buckle,
II is not more than thre inches vide and
the buckle is placed upon the front IN
slanting fashion to give it tho rcc1'el.o
curve to fit the belt line. This IS wo ~ with
| with a gown OF pale violet broad r'0t,
| chiffon weight, made up over witt tpTcta
! into girdles this season and finished in
| The lowered ribbons are being made up
pretty ways There Is a certain girdle
made of figured ribbon shirred on each
side. The front and back widen a tribe
| and strapped with peacock blue vel
vet. very narrow. Little steel slides are
| upon the velvet. This is worn with pea
| cock blue wolfe dress.
One of the new belt shapes is pretty but
trying. 1t is pointed in front and narrow
in the back The fastening is in the mid
die of the back. The belt is perfectly
plain and Is made of either kid or satin
over a stiff foundation. The point in front
is long and low while the back Is slim and
narrow. A buckle finishes the back and II
matches, OF course, the jewelry that is
worn
BELT, Stock and Small Fads.
1t would be worth while for the woman
who is going to dress becomingly to take
sufficient time, thought and money to fit
herself out with the new style belts. Moth
ing is more noticeable in costume unless,
indeed. it be the stock, Nothing is more
abused. At least dozen Handsomely
planned girdles, belts and Wristbands in
the new styles should be in every ward
robe They cost little and they make
mighty big showing
There is a generally prevalent idea that
the rich have many gowns and are wildly
extravagant in the purchase of the ward
robe, yet many women of the wealthy
class have comparatively few gowns
Scarcely enough in truth. to carry them
through the season. But they accomplish
miracles by clever manipulation of their
dresses They know how to make and wear
them to best advantage And this is one
of the great secrets of good dressing.
There is fashionable woman in society
who goes to Europe every season as much
TO get ideas as to get the gowns. Her dress
allowance is barely sufficient to enable her
to move in the society to which she is
accustomed And she accomplishes her
dress results only by most careful study
and personal application to the principles
of dress.
This season one of her gowns is a navy
blue serge, very fine and very smooth,
looking almost like broadoloth, except
that y has less lustor. The navy blue
serge = made into an Elton suit And at