The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

New York, April l1.-(Special) 1.-The arrangement of sashes and scarfs in Oriental fashion is getting to be popular finish on thin dresses. There are numerous ways of draping them but many of them are too extreme to be generally accepted. although they are graceful and picturesque. One very pretty arrangement for a scarf of sup pie satin or silk niouseline is wound around the waist in girdle fashion, fes- tooned in the back and then brought to the front where it is apparently tied with carelessness, yet producing an ar- tistic effect. The ends fall to the bot tom of the skirt and are weighted with fringe or embroidery Wide ribbons are used very effectively and are less extreme in development. They are drawn around the waist, the ends knotted once in front rather low. and finished with weighted sash ends.
 The mushroom hat has proved so becoming that it will doubtless remain a popular style through the season. The brims turn down all the way around. but are a trifle wider than before. Some are wider on one side than on the other. and others come a very little broader in back than in front. but the exaggerated shapes are | not so much worn. Usually the crowns l are completely covered with flowers | or on some straws fringed silk or soft l plumes are used. Although the todue 1 Is not favored by the French nilliner | for general wear still they are shown in the fashionable houses in great | numbers They are made of fancy straw and trimmed with silk. velvet | and soft drooping plun1es. according to the shape of the toaus. The sole trim | ming on some Is velvet and big hand | some buckle.
 There are fhany noticeable changes in the walking skirt of this season . The two new models are the circular and kored skirts, still the plaited ones have not entirely left the aeld, and there are some of the fashionable set who are now wearing them. The ex- aggerated short skirts is no more to | be worn. for the new walking sktrts all reach the ankles, which Is more sensible fashion. They must fiji smoothly and closely around the hips and yet they cannot follow the line slim lines beyond q certain point. The circular skirts with the inverted boS plait in the middle, front and back | have some narrow flat trimming around the foot which is very moon spIcuous and ali other ornarnentstior | is put on the coat ana blouse. pop ular design of trimming Is button trimmed tabs meeting in chevron shape along the seams. It is safe to say thai buttons are the really fashionable trimming on the new walking side oi the front breadth and are rounded ant finished with buttons. In place Of th' one deep fold is one of practically th' same width but are generally hard t'
 ret nArfect and to avoid being unbe coming this fold is in most cases ended at inc sides of the front breadth thu leaving the front skirt length un
 broken.
 A color that will es . particular fav
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 shell--pink, and has hint Of old ros
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