Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1907-12-29

New oYrk, Dec. 2S.-There are fads
in fashions. Just as there are in other
domains of life. They are the things
that make each season distinctive
from the preceding ones, that give
those up-to-date touches so much
sought after by the we'll dressed Wo-
men OF today. Fads are not cheap
touches either Oh, no, not by any
means. The fads Of dress are often
the most expensive part OF it in pro-
portion to size. for gold and silver and
precious stones and laces which are
worth small fortunes, embroideries OF
wondrous workmanship, wonderfully
wrought leathers-all these are used
In the fads and frills OF dress.
Take the new belts for instance.
A piece Of white leather embossed and
colored in beautiful flower design,
As dellcately tinted and shaded as q
bit Of water color. was used for one,
tho leather itself is very pliable. al
most as soft as panne velvet and no
bulkier than silk. As with most OF
the belts the buckle Is the chief piece
Of workmanship: and the very latest
idea is the use OF animals or birds
heads, such as cats, dogs, eagles or
some other creature Of earth or air
or water. Quite popular notion is
the use of an emblem Of a club or So
ciety or an idea that has some SYM
bolic meaning. A woman, whose hus-
band is an enthusiast in a certain
hunting society, wore buckle in the
shape of a dogs head to represent a
water spaniel's head done in natural
colors, as her own water span1elS
had several times taken first prize at
the dog shows.
The most popular widths in belts
just now is about seven inches, never
less than three, but the tendency is
all toward the wider varieties. When
the buckle is birds head or head and
body usually the belt decoration is
in flowers Or some very dainty con-
yentional design, while the decora-
ton with an animals head is more
generally in the conventional or in
tricate braid patterns.
A material, perhaps the prime ia
vorite just now is the lowered elias
tic in the faintest tints and most fas-
cinating designs. for these buckles
of china are provided, not the old
fashioned hand painted buckle, but
far more delicate enameled affair i'm
ported from the Paris manufacturers,
who seem never to have been surprls-
ed in their craftsmanship.
All the old materials are still used
as materials for belts, all are embroid-
cred or painted or braided or Unset
with some design, while buckles made
of silver, gilt gun metal or gold tinted
and worked up with bits OF enamel
are popular with the less expensive
materials.
Linen belts are still favorites with
wash dresses, the cotton shirt waist
and shirt waist suits Even the linen
belts are often works of art, for they
are embroidered in silk, gilt and sill
YER threads, inset with medallions
and emblematic designs of lace, While
the wash belts are hand embroidered
in white Or coors.
A new idea is the use OF cretonnes
for the belt, the flowers or designs OF
which are outlined in silk, in gold or
silver braid, or done over in long
stitch. Often the flowers are cut out
and laid upon satin, silk, velvet or
linen and appliqued to the materials
in the colors of the cretonne.
Another fad that has become eX-
tremely popular is the waisteoat. The
dress is extremely plain perhaps and
of sombre hue, but when the jacket
is opened, which is often during THESE
warmer days Of the winter season,
there is to be seen the waistcoat en-
broidered in the gayest colors. 1t is
most effective touch to the plain dress
and as a rule very becoming. Waist
coats are made Of many other mater
ials also, such as the Dresden Silks
the brocaded velyets. the filled in
filet laces or those CT Irish crochet
over satin Or silk, all most gorgeous
ly embroidered in many colors.
II you wish to be altogether up to
date about your furs especially those
intended for evening wear, they must
be in fat shapes. must be lined with
tucked chiffon or peau de sole and
beyond which fur extend little puffs.
and the little puts. two Or three are
quite in evidence at the opening Of
+ho mum Ynanv are finished with q