Evening star., 1907-11-09

very tight corsets are permissible. but I
have a great personal sense o. pleasure
in wearing them
Now. Is not this anti-everything we
Americans are taught on the subject of
corsets? But there is lot of good hard
sense in the English girls way of putting
it.
The blouse of embroidered net. with
its harness effect of heavy lace and three
quarter sleeves Of net and lace. would be
fascinating on a we'll corssted girl with a
waist of the hour-glass variety, and the
becoming marabou set. when my lady
walks abroad, would enhance her lowell
ness. The coat model for her small sis
ter. too, is charming. 1t is Of pearl COL
ored broadcfoth. and hangs straight and
loose from the shoulders and fastens in
double breasted fashion. with black cord
ornaments. Pearl gray chiffon velvet
makes the collar and high cuffs, and
there is shield of the cloth to be worn
in cold weather as throat protector
Tabs o. velvet. with buttons define the
waist line just above the roomy pockets
st in both side fronts.
The Materials for Winter.
Brocades are in again. They are US
ualy shown In soft satins. ninons and
grapes for evening dresses and blouses
The embroidered fabrics continue to be
on the increase.
deal. but the newer fancy is for the soft
thick silks.
Needlework and hand painting deco
rate the surface of many of the more
beautiful satins, velvets and chiffons.
Velveteen too, is very popular.
Some of the new brooches are bright
ened with touches of gold and silver
thread. picking out the pattern. and
here and there beautihed with pearls and
other beads.
cashmere. nuns yelling and fine cloth
will be very good, as will also the French
delaine.
Two Safe Hats.
So far there are two entirely safe hats
for a woman to choose out of the medley
of lovely and ungainly shapes offered
her.
These are the modified mushroom and
the cavalier shapes.
The former has little in common with
the common garden style of mushroom
hat that has tilted up like misplaced
cart wheel on three-fourths of the heads
of women until now.
1t is dignifed little imported, bottled
mushroom, simple and dainty in outline.
resting gently but firmly on the head and
suggesting the headgear of lady, not
OF a Caricature.
The second hat. the cavalier shape, is an
OlC ITltnu WHICH tic away D
bring back into style to catch the dis
Content.d ones.
1t is the stormy petrol of the millinery
world. Its arrival in our midst Is always
the sign that queer and dangerous clouds
OF hats are coming over US.
Outfit of Miss Modish.
Because the modern American girl is
a well developed young person and de-
lightful contrast to her anaemic fem
mime for years she may essay the tight
and semi-fitting Jackets Of her elders, and
exceedingly smart she looks In the neatly
tailored garments that reach to just above
the knees or several inches below the
hips for the length of the coat is gov
erued by the height and breadth of the
owner So also is the trimming. Con-
trary to the general opinion the slight
girl often wears an absolutely untrim.
med coat more successfully than her
more stalwart friend, whose width of
shoulder is reduced by bias bands or lines
of braid extending over the shoulders,
front and back. traversing the entire
length of the garment or terminating
just below the hips. This is a good
model in the palmer single-breasted style,
although the double row of buttons is also
used in connection with 1t. A natty coat
OF the close-fltting type is double-breasted
and terminates just below the waist line.
where fitted tunic, extending about to
the knees. Is set on. the joining con-
cealed by hand of braid trimming
Umbrella Hatpin.
The Chinese umbrella hatpin is proba-
bly, the most curious Of the many re-
markable novelties that have been intro
duced in this way.
1t is very large and extremely decora-