Evening star., 1907-10-26

cloth and other materials are now being
made UP in costumes, by the time winter
comes the plain cloths will be IN the as
c-rdant When the season opens with
plain cloths the fancy materials come in
ate. and vice versa.
This winter there will be costumes hav-
.EE sleeves of different material from the
c-st of the gown. VI lvet being chiefly en-
noYed. with velvet to match used as a
decoration elsewhere on the gown or not,
Just as the fancy dictates. 1t Is not like
Y, however. that many of these odd
sleeves will be ssen. but those who like
them can have them.
The woman who has not a fortune to
spend on her gowns will # wise. pur-
chase plain materials or costumes of plain
fabric for late autumn and winter wear.
Heavy Coats and Thin Dresses.
London is getting extreme this year, II
fashion reports are to be credited. First It
is learned there is q revival Of the corset
With the tiny snap-in-two waist which
may cause tho eclipse Of the ample,
straight up and down athletic girl. Now
comes the news that heavy coats and thin
dresses ara the garments IN which fashion
nas decreed that its votarLes must clothe
themselves. The useful coat and skirt
OF the same cloth that women have chung
10 for years are relegated to the back
ground. All the new coats for walking
rs well as evening wear reach to the heels,
are tight or sernI-tght fitting and are al
carried out in the warmeat possible ma
toylas and go heavily wad led that they
would be decidedly cumbe rsono II worn
over dressas oe the oriinGry winter fab
rics. Leading modistes are using the
llghtest material for walking costumes,
and the bodices are made in style to
which women generally cay farewell In
October. for they have traT sparant sleeves
and yokes Of nno lace or embroidered
chiffon.
Fashion DEGREES Larger Hats.
II WAS all II mistake about womar's head
shrinking. Really, II is growing bigger
instead OF smaller, and the reports about
less elaborate hairdre5s!ng and smaller
hats are being dlsproved by the sale of
millinery OF enormous siaa in fashionable
shops abroad. Il is fact that the ultra
fashionable hat today Is three times as big
as the fashionable hat of ten years ago.
1t has twice as much trimming and its
feathers are mors costly. Osprey buying
has become Il fine art, OF course hats
have expanded in prics as much US they
have In size, Everything must be Of the
5ast. and tbs women buy in just the sama
way In Ostend, Paris or Monte Carlo.
Americans do not buy expensive hats gen
orally. They perhaps buy on8 good one
and half doZen cheap ones,
Expert Enlbroiderers,
In Roumania the woman who cannot
sew Is much looked down upon. Every
spare moment the RoQmanians have is
spent in making some of their exquisite
o,,b ,b.-oI1 u-hfrt theU m
thing they wear Upon fets days the
garments worn by both men and women
are marvelously hand worked in designs
which take an enormous amount of time
and patience to accomplish.
Not only do the Roumanian women en-
broider. but many of them know how to
weave a beautiful wash silk. This is made
of various qualities apd is most rich and
graceful made up into gowns.
The peasantry of this faraway country
are desperately poor. in spite of the efforts
of the king and his beloved queen. Car
men sylvia, who. by the way, is herself
an exuart needleWoman and understands
the wonderful medieval embroidery. She
inlays her work with precious stones and
gold thread. and some fine specimens Of
her work are possessed by the churches of
her country.
Knitted Purses.
Tiny knitted silk purses, to be tucked
into the bodice of the evening robe, are
quite necessity in these pocketless times
They are receiving a great welcome In
France, where 1t is now quite modish to
possess a little silken ''bourse."
Some are modelled like purses, others
like pouches. and others are quite of the
old fashion-finger shape, with tassels at
each end and mother-of-pearl or gold
rings at the ends to keep the money in it's
place.
Value of the Room Robe.