Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15
FASHION WORLD.


Gloves Of chamois are made in styles
costumes
Pongee is a favorite material for max
ing long summer coats aud heavy rajah
or raw silk is made into carriage wraps
and dust coats
Empire and princess lines are ex
tremely popular but sometimes the gir-
die is only slightly raised in the back
10 give the short back effect
Lace jackets in heavy meshes and
those of darned net are fashionable for
wear with gowns of white linen, lingerie
taffeta, pOngee or embroidered net.
Naistcoats, very elaborate, are made
Of lowered cretonne. brocade. plain
cloth and Of heavy linen embroidered in
contrasting colors with the coat while
metallic cord and many fancy braids
are used on some.
Belts of gilt are pretty in the new
beltings, some showing small flowers in
soft eolors. others having design rum
ming through the middle, and these are
fastened with gilt buckles of fine open
work.
Blue is color that is in the front this
season. its shades ranging from pale
azure to mirage, hydrangea and per-
vanche to deeper, richer tones of nep-
tune. delft and new brilliant tint verg-
ing on turquoise and jacinth.
Gored skirts are very fashionable and
smart and they share honOrs with the
circulas ones. but still the plated skirts
are SO becoming and much liked that
they are seen in great numbers with
new ideas in trimming
Nrist-bags that are new have rounded
tops in gold mountings fitted inside with
a small change purse and all the little
YanitIes that n woman carries with her.
The initials in large. glowing letters
should be placed in the middle of the
front side.
Lovely coque boas and scarfs of mar
abou with muffs to match are fashion
able for spring, and are especially pref
" III the new wood brown shades. Some
OF the feather aud marabou scarfs are
flat collarettes and others are round
boas.
Folds of silk. velvet or plain cloth are
stitched on the bottom of many skirts,
which is considered very smart as a
finish and also TO weight down the skirt.
The fold should be the exact shade of
the material and may be from 3 to II
inches deep.
Sleeves continue to be made both long
md short; those reaching well below the
elbow and finished with insertion. lace
or a transparent cuff are seen ON after
noon toilettes and the long ones. which
are now very small with little fullness
gowns.
Shoes with tops that exactly match
their gowns are the correct styles in
footgear, the yamps being of patent
leather and the tops fastened with inn
mense shining buttons. Tan shoes for
every day wear are fully as popular as
last year, and are shown in new lace and
button styles and smart little pumps.
Tailored suits of white mohair viii be
extremely popular for summer and they
are cut on the new lines-circular or
gored skirt with short cutaway jacket,
single breasted and half-itting. Some of
the coats are trimmed with button
trimmed straps and others are braided in
white soutache.
Stocks of the high lingerie order are
much in evidence with the fashionable
coat sad skirt suits. Yet the high linen
collar has not abated by any means.
Some of the handsomest ones are of
striped linen with polka dots between the
stripes done in a dozen different eolors.
Dotted Swiss muslin with the dots
worked in a delicate color are shown
among the dainty materials The plain
white ones show deep borders worked in
some design in eolors. Organdie. plain
and embroidered are exquisite.
Suitings are attractive i'll worsteds of
herringbone stripes and mixtures. the
stripes being a half inch wide of two
coiors on BACKGROUND of another col
or. Some smart combinations are blue.
brown and white, or black, blue and
gray and many tans. browns and grays
are seen in these materials.
Sashes are in the height of fashion
for thin frocks but the bow is fastened
decidedly at the left side of the back in
stead of directly in the middle, that is,
If it is a wide ribbon sash. and they also
fasten at the side of the front, leaving
lntn.r Sfrss IL hat oh h,
hem of the gown. The hip scarfs may be
unbecoming to many an admirer, but
they are shown on some very attractive
gowns and are arranged in "a dozen diff
ferent ways.
Hats with peaked crowns and narrow
brimS have been brought out this spring
and their rival of the immensely wide
hat rather flat in appearance although
some are trimmed high. The broad sailor
shapes are favorites and many of the
moderately wide brims turn up on the
left side. The mushroom has not been
put ont of fashion and is much worn in
modified but not exaggerated shapes.
Foulards are sure to be popular as
they are shown in so many attractive
designs and colorings. One of the new
designs is IL sapphire-bue ground with
an all-over pattern Of white diamonds
and another has a cheyron border on the
same ground There ara chiffon foularls
with borders in wavy lines, the rest of
the material being covered with spots
of varying sizes.
Linen suits and costumes promise to
be particularly favored during the sum
mer months and are made with hip
length or knee-length coats, generally the
latter Blue. green and tan colored
linens are liked and they are trimmed
very deliberately with huge braid but
tons, white braid if the linen is of a
light shade. and embroidered in white
filanet floss Bands of the same material
braided is a trimming that is much liked.
A PHILOSOPHER at Fiphtv-eioht