Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-29

FaSn1on 1n tnlS year or grace ue- 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 as though passionately attached to it. and the general effect is wonderfully attrac- tive. While on the subject of mil linery l 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 I saw a beautiful woman wearing Tuscan cloche which boast ed 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 well-deserved rest and are turning our appreciative at tention to the close-fitting mushroom. It 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.
 It is my impression that the time has come to call halt" in the affairs of filet lacesi I do not, for the mo- ment deny the effectiveness of these laces, but it 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 we introduce it on our summer frocks, and undoubt- edly 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 plages in close con nection with white linen and embroid- cred muslin.
 It 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 bun and white stripes, a 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, 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: oth- CTS. 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 narrowcorded stripe or check in it. very like those which obtained some 20 years ago. Alas! that can remember,
 As to the gowns displayed in our large illustration The one on the right displays a dress of rose pink voile with trimmings of flet net, adorned with flowers embroidered in floss silk, fiet net with floss silk em- hroidery being amongst the extrava- Eanf novelties of the moment Fanci- fuI white net and lace make the vest and under bodice. the outlining bands