Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-06-18

on the skirt and horizontally placed
on the fiounce, which is either killed
or plainly hemmed or decorated with
medallions of black lace. Another
good silk petticoat is made in shot
silk with double-klted flounces cut
into Vandykes at the edge, no other
trimming being youchsafed. These,
too, are particularly suited to the
serge dress. For the wolfe gown
would recommend the glace petticoat.
1t has a hand-embroidered lawn frill
put on at the top with beading
threaded with ribbon.
For the economical l commend the
petticoat of double-width alpaca in
black and white check, with a shaped
fiounce trimmed with three graduated
rows of black velvet ribbon. 1t is nee
essary to buy the very best quality al
paca and then / would guarantee it's
wear for three seasons. The same vir-
tue, l regret to say, cannot be ac-
credited to any known make of glace
silk, nor accorded to any tried bro
cade or stripes.
And, writing the word stripes, l am
tempted to insist again upon their
amazing popularity. Not alone are
there striped tweeds and striped cash
meres and striped silks, but there are
striped voiles and crepe de chimes,
these last looking their best in black
when the stripe is of satin, and is real
ly new edition OF our old friend the
satin-striped grenadine, but exhibiting
much improvement from the softer
fabric with which it is allied
1t cannot be truly said that the
fashions lean amiably towards the de-
sires of the thrifty, whom would ad-
wise to remain faithful to the tailor
made cloth coat and skirt until the
summer is quite established, when un-
der clever home directions plain voiles
may be successfully treated in com
bination with vest and undersleeves
of ecru figured net, special trouble be-
ing taken to secure the wide armhole
of Japanese style, which is, indeed,
easy enough to achieve, and is like to
enjoy a continued run of popularity
AS l have previously said, it is not
difficult to manipulate, and will con-
ceal in its hanging folds a few of those
defects without which the amateur
made costume is never quite complete.
Minor matters which are just now
receiving special attention IRE belts
and buckles, the newest of the latter
being Of filigree gold raised almost in
dome shape and decorated in the cen
ter with a single large jewel, anne
thyst, or Divine for choice. The belts
are of leather of all colors, soft or
shiny of surface and the elastic belts
still intrude in every conceivable color.
the newest elastic being of gold and
of gold and silver interviewer. The
plaid patent leather belt is perhaps
more novel than attractive, and to the
really slim waist no belt is more be-
coming than that contrived from
wide piece of ribbon pinned into the
center of the back and drawn tightly
through chased silver or gold buckle
in the front. But these are particular
w suited to the voile or silk frock, the
cloth coat and skirt of our immedi-
ate desires call for sterner stuff, and
for these leather and kid l would most
highly recommend, holding a special
brief for those which are shaped
slightly in the center at the back and
possess only one buckle, that one
buckle being set in the front.