The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-20
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Fashion Notes.

A very novel trimming eject was
witnessed the other dny on reception
costume of white broadcioth. made In cut.
away coat style with long train skirt.
Inc bottom of the skirt and the cont
were braided In scroll design with black
soutnche and the latter trimmed with
white brondcloth buttons as large as 4
butter pad, half of which were covered
with the black sontache. making one half
OF the button white and the other black,
and these were set In circle of braid.
Other buttons or smaller size on this cog
TUNE were OF white cloth set In black
bone rims. This half and half idea Is
also noticed In millinery, large white
beaver chapeau for instance. being trim
med with huge bunch of white mara
bout spreading TO the left from the
front of the crown and a bunch Of black
spreading to the right. II is novel In
deed. but VIII probably prove nothing
more than fad.
handsome dress simple In the
extreme. worn by q stunning brunette.
IS OF Paqain blue satin made with a
simple straight skirt, gored just enough to
give pretty dare at the feet and Joined
to the waist with an inch wide bias belt.
The waist. perfectly plain. except for two
wide Gibson plea;s on the shoulders to
give a little bust fitness. is buttoned in
the back with tiny bone buttons in the
same shade rs the material. And with
this simple creation. which. by the way
Is finished at the throat without col.
lar. ~ worn round fiat collar and high
cuffs of Venise lace. The white lace Is
beautiful with the blue satin, and the
- 1t
TO any type ,of woman to whom simple
effects are becoming.
II you happen to have beautiful
silk or crepe scarf fringed and emf
brodered Mt the ends and are wondering
what possible use can be made OF 1t,
use Ii as one Paris maker docs In his
latest creation. The centre Is caught to
The walsti!ne In the front with a square
rhinestone buckle. Then 1t is brought
up over the shoulders to form a Japa-
nese drapery aud down again In the back,
where there is another buckle larger than
that In the front, the ends of the scarf
hanging almost to the hem of the dress,
which In the original model is pale blue
satin, aud the scarf blue crepe with sil-
yer embroderles. Various other ways
of using these scarfs equally as good MS
this. may suggest themselves to the In.
geuious holnesewer or dressmaker, once
be used for anything but their original
purpose. that OF draping the shoulder OF
the owner ms separate wrap.
hat trimming which Is at once
pretty and lseryiceabie, as well as ex-
tremely stylish. is the ruche of fringed
silk. Black and all colored silks are
used, but in every instance the silk
should match the hat color. Changeable
silks are especially good in this instance,
green hat seen the past week having
ruche of chnngeable brown and green
silk Prayed out silk about IN Inch wide
may be bought by the yard and sewed
on the edge of ribbon ruche, thereby
saving no end OF time and trouble and
precisely the same effect Is gained. Flat
rosettes OF silk and ribbon conferred with
cabachons are another form of trimming
on medium sized bell shape hats. These
are set very close together all AROUND
the crown. SO that only the top OF 1t Is
visible and give TO the hat the effect of
an Inverted basket
There IL a new material brought out
this season for winter negligecs which il
unusually attractive. 1t is a silk crepe.
stamped to resemble quilting, with
feecy wool back, and while amply warm
+ Is extremely light In weight and lacking
the 8bulklncss Of similar material.