The Meeker herald., 1907-11-09

Fashion in this year OF grace de-
mands that our hats and our hair shall
seem on the closest terms Of intimacy
II might. indeed. say Of Affection.
The hat embraces the hair ~ though
passionately attached to It. and the
general effect IL wonderfully attrac-
tive. While on the subject OF mill
linery must not neglect to speak OF
the new-and especially charming
idea Of mixing white and black laces
ON hat crowns. At . recent musical
reception saw . beautiful woman
wearing asTuscan cloche which boast
"a full dyown Of ivory prlnt d'saprit
Inset with motifs Of black Maltese
lacs. These motifs were circular and
OF extremely delicate design, and the
lacs crown was mounted on silver
eulle. On the left side Of the hat there
were several branches Of vivid scarlet
5aponica-
But now that summer II coming TO
it, full splendor we are giving the
large cloche hat = well-deserved rest
and are turning our appreciattve At
tsntion to the close-atting mushroom.
It 10, in fact, distinctly an "opeu'air
hat" and It looks best when very
simply trimmed with immense choux
Of Pompadour ribbons at either side.
or with quillings which completely
hide the crown.
II IL my Impression that the time
has come to call halt" in the Affairs
Of nlet laces! I do not, for tho mo
ment deny the effectiveness Of these
laces. but 1t seems carrying the mat
ter too far to make nine out Of every
ten women look As though they had
taken down the best curtains from
their windows and draped them round
their graceful selves! OF course.
fashion" must always be omnipotent,
but even Fashion cannot blind our
eyes to the fact that nlet lace II really
suitable as q trimming for curtains
and afternoon tea cloths. and for that
purpose only. Nowadays we introduce
1t on our summer frocks, and undoubt.
eddy 1t il effective, but we can easily
have too much of 1t. and that IL why
I suggest that halt should be called.
otherwise we shall have an epidemic
to filet lace at the PLACES in close con-
nection with white linen and embroid-
cred muslin.
It is thousand plties that 1t should
be 30 diflcult to accept new mode
in moderation. Everything novel and
original il run to death. and this seems
inevitable.
A most effective costume of the very
latest boasts a skirt cut on the cross
made Of buR and white stripes, little
coat Of bun colored cloth displaying
facings of white cloth bound with
black silk piped with cherry color and
white. In front of this from neck to
bust appears a double-frilled lawn
shirt; that double-frilled lawn shirt, l
realize. 10 Immensely popular, 80 pop.
ular. indeed. that you may buy the
double frill "ail alone by itself" and
attach It to any old shirt. when you
may confidently rely upon Its passing
muster a. new. The frllls are usually
made Of white lawn, hemstitched; 9th.
ers, too. there are of spotted batiste,
and others again of striped muslin.
which reminds me that amongst the
new plain white gowns are some made
Of white muslin with narrow-corded
stripe or check In It, very like those
which obtained some 20 years ago.
Alas! that can remember!
AZ to the gowns displayed in our
large illustration. The one on the
right displays . dress Of rose pink
wolfe with trimmings Of hlet net,
adorned with flowers embroidered in
floss silk, Alet net with floss silk en-.
broidery being amongst the extrava-
CANT novelties Of the moment Fanci-
full white net and lace make the vest
ssA under bodice the outlining bands