The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-02

Fashion in this year of grace de-
mands that our hats and our hair shall
seem on the closest terms of intimacy
i might, indeed, say of affection.
The hat embraces the hair as though
p~assionately attached to it, and the
general effect is wonderfully attrac-
tive. While on the subject of mil
linery / must not neglect to speak of
the new-and especially charming
idea of mixing white and black laces
on hat crowns. At a recent musical
reception l saw a beautiful woman
wearing a Tuscan cloche which boast
ed a full crown Of ivory point d'esprit
inset with motifs of black Maltese
lace. These motifs were circular and
of extremely delicate design, and the
lace crown was mounted on silver
tulle. On the left side of the hat there
were several branches of vivid scarlet
~japonica.
But now that summer is coming to
its full splendor we are giving the
large cloche hat a well-deserved rest
and are turning our a~ppreciative at
tention to the close-fitting mushroom.
1t is, in fact, distinctly an "open-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.
1t is my impression that the time
has come to call halt" in the affairs
Of flet laces! l do not, for the 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 filet lace is really
suitable as a trimming for curtains
and afternoon tea cloths, and for that
purpose only. Nowadays WI introduce
it on our summer frocks, and undoubt-
eddy it is effective, but we can easily
have too much of it, and that is 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.
1t is a thousand pities that it should
be SO difficult to accept a new mode
in moderation. Everything novel and
original is run to death, and this seems
inevitable.
A most effective costume of the very
latest boasts a skirt cut on the cross
made of buff and white stripes, a little
coat of buff 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, !
realize, is immensely popular, SO pop
ular, indeed, that you may buy the
double frill "all alone by itself" and
attach it to any old shirt, when you
may confidently rely upon its passing
muster as new. The frills 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 a narrow-corded
stripe or check in 1t, very like those
which obtained some 20 years ago
Alas! that ] can remember!
AS to the gowns displayed In oul
large illustration. The one on the
right displays a dress Of rose pinl
voile with trimmings Of flet net
adorned with flowers embroidered IL
aoss silk, hlet net with floss silk EN-
broidery being amongst the extraya
giant novelties of the mouent. Fanci