Evening star., 1908-01-11
A MODE is only consistent in one


thing at present-her love of eX-
travagance and luxury. For the
IL rest she has availed herself Of the
feminine privilege of changing
her mind many times already this season.
In the matter of sleeves she inclines to
the long. tight-ftting shape for day wear,
though by no means abandoning the
elbow length. and for evening the favorite
is the floating angel sleeve from a W'de
japanese shoulder piece connected across
the decolletage by broad band of rich
heavy embroidery. under and above which
are to be seen fascinating glimpses OF
lace or tul!e under-bodice. The heavy
fur bands which have made their appear
ancn at the foot of cloth or velvet skirts
are only suitable for dressy afternoon or
evening toilets. and are quite out of the
picture for walking gowns. Nothing IS
uslier than fur caked with mud or drag
cled with wet A novel trimming for ar
afte rnoon frock is band of coarse. thick
black tulle lined with narrow widths of
fur and for these bands skunk-or In
more polite terms. Alaska sable-is much
used Indeed this fur is enjoying quite
a new lease of life, owing. no doubt. 10
the new art of curing the skin. Whlch
does away with its ob1ectlonabie ooor;
jump but the millinerS have managed 10
bridge the chasms and they have recently
turned out many smart models lot the
spring trade. The picture shape Is an
early suggestion of what we may expect
in spring millinery. 1t is a made shape
of silvery white novelty braid, with sugar
loaf crown and draped trimming or orr
entail silk and braid. while mainette IS
svatned in the space between drapery
/ and crown. An ostrich pompon and
hign aigret indicate that we are returning
to high back trimmings. As smart
| head covering with white serge or linen
suits for the south or first hat for spring
/ in the north the little modei SHOWN Is
, decidedly attractive.
| IT is a medium size shape of White nea-
politan. with low crown, wreathed Win
| white coque. The brim, rolling sharpiy
| oyer the left side of the crown, is caught
down with a plated rosette of black vel
| vet ribbon centered with large velvet
| button Loops of white ribbon cover the
back of the bandeau. The mushroom hat
| is to be with us again, and this Is the
| latest variation The narrow front and
| sides of the brim are perfectly straight
while the back droops even more than
| any of the earlier chopping- Shapes
! Pale green velvet folds are softly ar
ranged about the large, low crown. and
| they form rosette base for the bunch OIL
white roses and green foliage perched on
the top of the left side OF the CROWN
| Among the harbingers of spring millinery
i
| sojourners is the odd little chapeau of
coarse, shiny straw that looks for all the
world like a Scotchman's cap. All the
| trimming is posed fiat against the hlgn,
| dented crown. Brown satin ribbon folds
| softly around this little toque. which is
| bent up at the right SIDE where brown
| and white ostrich aig-et and paradise
| plume sweep backward from brown
| and white straw buckle. Leghorns, too.
| are to he popular again. Broad-brIfnmed
| flats with medium crowns are bent to be-
coming angles wreathed in flowers and
bowed with soft, lustrous ribbons.
To Make the Tight Skirt.
Many women who like to have some of
| their gowns made at home must be quite
| puzzled to achieve the desired effect in
the new, tight-itting skirts. How to get
the necessary Fuckers III just the right
place without a ,oo-drawn appearance
| or too much fullness above seems a diff
| cult matter. After having closel! ex-
! amined a new skirt fresh from great
| house a woman solved the mystery of this
| particular cut Across the front breadth.
| reaching to the hips. the material Is laid
| in the tiniest of pin tuckings to depth
| of perhaps nine inches. growing shorter
| as they near the sides. Then the cloth
| is adjusted and drawn tightly. the Fuckers
thus formed hiding the ends of the tucks.
1 The object of the tucks is TO dispose pret-
| tily of the unnecessary fuilness just below
/ the belt.
To Renovate a Fur Coat.
/ The fur coats are very rich and very
handsome this year. but they are SO high
! in price as to be beyond the ordinary
purse. Still they are worth their money.
| for they last many seasons, and if
/ well selected they keep their style. A
half length coat of chinchilla was one of