Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-05
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sacque or short eton The half-itting sacque models are more generally pre- ferred, the skirts with these suits. which are often entirely without trim ming, showing a close side plating and narrow plain apron.
 Many a coat fits the body without a shade of fullness at the back, and as the effect of these with their short and rather narrow skirts is skinny. huge fur sets give the look of rich ness required. .
 Vast fiat muffs hanging with soft tails will be carried by girls as young as 16, and to give the hand warmer due prominence. a soft liberty hand kerchief only will sometimes be fold ed about the neck inside the coat Walking gowns along fashionable streets give many ideas for the buyer of ready-mades, as the wearers gen. erally display the best things in fash endom. A charming frock worn by q slim maid of IS or perhaps less was a heavy English cloth in blue and green Scotch plaids. With this went a big fur set of Japanese fox. whose iron gray set of the gown most hand somely. The hat was of gray-white felt with a sprawling bow covering the crown of pale blue satin ribbon, and a fancy blue feather cutting over at the back.
 Red is par excellence a maiden color this season, and some charming walk ing frocks are seen in it. One in a deep copper tone showed collar and cuffs of black astrakhan, a white hat with white plumes going with this. Most often the maiden gown in cloth has only stitching for ornament, If one may exclude the elaborate plaitings of the skirt and the dainty laces, embroideries and wide belts which begay the bodice.
 But sometimes there are bias bands put on in ornamental ways, or bands of velvet or silk, and with a fur-trimmed skirt may go little jacket all in the same pelt.
 With gowns in white, pale prue. gray and old rose, ermine or white astrakhan or saracal will be used ef- fectively. Soutache braids in the gown color may likewise edge the fur trimmings and ornament the jacket somewhat, but there is no more love ly combination even for the younger girl than white and black
 As regards evening dress, the maid enly frock Is generally designed with an eye to practicability, for. of course, there is rarely more than one strict ly evening frock. Such soft or girl ish textures as respond to shirring, tucks and frills are much used; lib- erty silk. messaline, silk muslin and chiffon are prominent among these. the gowns being in white or the faint est tints, and showing no fussiness whatever.
 Some degree of decolletage is used for the bodice, and puff sleeves vary in length till the elbow is reached. Skirts never train, even when a girl has reached the age of 20. but fall short of slipper tops or else barely touch the floor. A round sweep. which is sometimes facilitated by 2 light featherbone wire at the skirt hem. effects the look desired.
 In our larger illustration We show two very handsome costumes for the fancy dress ball. which will prove suggestive to young women who want to have something in original design for such occasion. One of specially unique and beautiful design repre- sents a basket of roses. The effect is carried out in pink chiffon with silver braid plaited to initiate basket work for the corsage and real roses are used for trimming. The other is a costume representing winter. It Is of white net spotted with swans down for snovfakes, and is adorned with holly and mistletoe which ar, peculiarly suggestive of the winte' season The costume is completed b. eTmine berthe WITT ard caD