Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-19

than that indicated. It Is to be fastened
| with two large headed shell hatpins.
Something New In Belts.
Parisians are wearing very elaborate
leather belts, the leather being much
fooled and gilded after the fashion OF
| old bindings, having solid gold buckles.
With an ingenious eye for effect many
women are wearing them back to front.
the deep buckle coming in front, while
the narrower one, with its holes for adj
justing, goes at the back. This plan gives
a pretty sioping line to the waist. The
striped leather belt is very fashionable
suede, and the stripes about half an inch
wide, run across. These have nothing
at the back and are fastened in front
with wide square or byzantine buckle
of bronze or gold.
Girdles for the Stout Woman.
Whatever the dictates of fashion, large
sleeves should be invariably abandoned In
favor Of those Of modified form, the ideal
evening sleeve, from the stout woman
point Of view, being that of the angel
description while any tightness, in the
matter Of the tailormade nanche, is
equally to be avoided Tight collars and
cuffs, as we'll a compressed waist, tend
to redness of the face, while accentuating
rather than detracting from the size of
the wearer. tight collar frequently pro-
ducing the appearance of a double chin
where none exists.
If possible. a belt ''pur ct simple"
should be avoided altogether. but even
the stout woman can hardly be expected
to abandon the wearing of the ever use
full blouse, and with such a form of gar
ment the belt is, of course, the natural
sequence.
A dark colored or black belt should,
however. be invariably chosen, the mar
rowest and most pliable material being
used for the purpose while however
great may be the temptation to indulge in
the broad fancy belts and wristbands
which are so important a feature of mod
err dress, there is only one word to meet
the case-the word which dogs the path
of the stout woman, in season and out of
season, and follows her as persistently
as the gadfy followed Io-viz., DON'T
An inexpensive Wedding Gown.
Here is new design for simple bridal
gown Of plain brussels net: The under
skirt has deep ruffie edged with smaller
ones, finished with narrow. inexpensive
lace, mere edge, nothing more. Over
this the net skirt is evenly gathered to
the belt and made quite full by a wide
circular ruftie attached to a two-inch
band of German val lace 1t is edged
with two-inch band of white sat tin.
The hem can be omitted if desired and
the conventional one of net used instead
but the idea will be carried out on so
many gowns this season used for various
purposes that a bride-elect may think it
worth while to put the little extra money
in it.
The skirt is not usually long for it
would be too much trouble to cut it off
for social wear afterward.
The bodice has a front panel of silk
darning down the center of back and
front. This is easy to do and requires
none of the skill that ordinary embroid-
cry does. On each side of this are two
inch bands of lace, inlet from shoulder
to belt, ending in sharp points. There
are narrow, plain strips of the net be-
tween.
The sleeve is wrinkled by gathering it
to a strip of lace down the inside and
outside of arm. A simple ruff1e finishes
1t just below the turn of the arm. The
stock is Of lace, boned and edged, with
a ruching at top, and in front there Is a
wide bow of tule The belt is of white
satin in narrow folds cut slightly lower
in front than back and fastened under
three fiat bows.
This design can be carried out in any
muslin, and IL one prefers this fabric get
organdie. unless the price is an objection.
Whatever you pay, choose sheer ma
terial.
The advantage of such a frock is that
it is never too "dressy" to wear to any
little affair in the winter and is ready for
next summer One can make agreeable
changes in 1t by wearing eolored muslin
slips with belts to match.