The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
Matters of Interest to Women

to give suggestion of draping. The lower edge being finished with fringe which extended up each side of the fronts. one end continuing ond up to he top of the seam, accentuated the quaint, old fashioned appearance.
 The bodice gave us another novelty in the shape of d long, narrow vest instead of a yoke. The bodice itself was fashioned with a French back and under-arm pieces, and the sides fastened over the vest, which was of the satin cloth, braided with a sue cession of tiny silk-covered buttons with eyelets of braid. The top of the sieve was cut in one with the front of the bodice. joining the under-arm portion of both sleeve and bodice in a few fine plaits strapped across with braid. Just above the elbow there is a gauntlet cuff four inches deep, dec o ated with braid eyelets and buttons, and below this a cuff which covers the elbow by three inches and is fashioned of alternating strips of yell low lace insertion and dotted net shirred to the bands.
 A great many printed fabrics are going to be worn from now on. This idea originated with a certain we'll known Paris designer early last year, but did not progress very far. Now, however, the suggestion has received an impet from some source, possi- bly, from tse money stringency, for some of the richest garments are be- ing lined with these India prints, and some of the handsomest silks are trimmed with their cut-out figures.
 Hence washable materials figure conspicuously in the fabrics that com prise the Southern showing, printed lawns in beautiful soft colorings, and two or three tone effects, mousselines of even more delicate tintings, and a number of gingham, linens, and ma dras. In fact, the printed effects are quite overshadowing those of em- broidery, however beautiful they may be. Yet. one of the novelties offered is a combination of attractive printed designs with embroidered figures, flower or conventional. completing the pattern.
 For example, fine India lawn has a broad wash line border, designed to cover the hem of the skirt, with diag- onal lines branching off from it form ing squares, each of which is given a small embroidered figure in the cen ter; linen shows hair-line stripes of black on a blue or pink or otherwise colord ground, each line entwined witf dainty vine pattern woven in in sim ulation of embroidery.
 The soft unaggressive colors pre- dominate in wash fabrics of all kinds and, according to all present indica. tions, colored wash fabrics will close. ly rival all white.
 Some bf the most exclusive of tn, costumes fashioned of thin materials either in linens or mousseline effects have just suggestion of color in thei development,yIt may be, that the four inch hemstitched hem is of solit color with the flower centers of tn ,eSseSign above it of the same tint, or as fnethe very sheer materials, the pet als or certain portions of the conven tional designs, as the case may be- ar tinted ever so slightly, so that the col or seems rather q suggestion than reality. Then there are the beautiful printed effects mentioned above, rein forced with embroidered dots.
 In one outfit that is already b'dinl the time for its pretty owner Q hi her away to the sunny Southland. eac article has been selected and design ed with a view to anticipating tn style for the spring and summer sea son for certain personal reason.
 TO begin with the lingerie, there ar two new features, the three-piec
 combination, each of which is cut |
 panel effect, and the gown, which : incongruously enough a combinatio
 of Empire and Japanese style. Tn
 letter Is cut in two pieces, kimon | fashions, but there are undersleeve l ,f all-oVer embroidery that are mad , quite full at the top and gathere closey into a narrow lace band ju. below the elbow, while the body , the garment crosses over in tru l imona style, but is buttoned dow \ the front or. at least for a part
 the way, with tiny pearl buttons b, . ing set in groups of three. The tc s part is of embroidery crossed wit l bands of Valenciennes forming dit l mond shapes, the lower edge givir . the high waistlne being finished vii s a beading through which ribbon I run and tied in bows at either side.
 In the combination suit the pan effects are heavily trimmed with lac
 and the foundation fiounce is ma,
 very full at the point where the pa,
 els fall apart. The lounging robe is
 Ionona cloth, which is by far Il
 most satisfactory of all materials f
 thls purpose. It comes now in a varie
 Of colorings, and in some five or $
 different patterns, and the price, fro
 $2.50 to $750 yard, is not so Q a pensiye, because it is very wide. 1T
 white cloth gown, an sll-importa y item in the Southern wardrobe, is
 broadcloth of deep cream shat
 The skirt has front panel very ns l. row at the top and shaping itself ir
 a graduated fiounce at the bottom. F e tween the flounce and the skirt whe
 it is attached is inserted a fold
 satin, The bodice shows the new Ia anese vest. There is a round yoke
 applique net and below this s tigl ,a fitting vest buttoned straight up
 the yoke with tiny, silk-covered b,
 tons, the edges finished with a sa
 fold like that on the skirt. Over fl 'h meeting 1t on either side in a straif
 line from the shoulders, is a pl,
 shaped bretelle, edged on one s re with fold of satin and on the oil
 by two plaits The outer edge of I0 bretelles are draped slightly. A
 caught at the waist with a rose, i' while the plain portion is brait
 with white silk soutache.
 A jaunty street costume of ds