Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

the bottom was half inch band stitched
on in large Greek key design. Another
skirt showed this design much smaller,
starting from the belt and following the
seams of the front cores TO the hem,
and then trimming the bottom of the
skirt.
Some very fashionable petticoats are
shown for street wear this spring. The
newest idea is to vary the shade of the
dress skirt and the petticoats, for in
stance, with skirt of tobacco brown
broadcloth a petticoat of golden brown
should be worn and another of leather
colored pongee. Silk petticoats are un.
questionably extravagant. and SO the oE9
that is fast gaining favor is the pongee
pettlcoat which has an embroidered
fiounce or two of small ruftles They
can be Numbered and will still look as
good as new and an expensive one will
last many seasons. All taffeta petticoats
are not durable, but those with q dust
rutfie of percale of the same shade can
be worn a long time. Every underskirt
should fit the hips perfectly and flare at
the bottom. All the latest ones have
whalebone of some stiffening run IN at
the top of the fiounce to make it stand
out and not crush under heavy skirt.
The new shades that have been brought
out for this spring are being received
with much favor and they bring evidence
that they are here to stay for time
There are, of course, a few old standby
colors, and navy blue is one of them, and
really the one that is best liked There
are new odd shades of green that are
very attractive. Leather and wood
browns are good for street wear and
seal brown has been revived again. At
Inn TO ha a f1
tie as navy and will be seen great deal
in wooden voiles and tussores. The
lighter colors are raspberry, aster red
and coral, making charming costumes.
Embroideries for lingerie are more
beautiful than ever before. WIDE
founcings of English eyelet and bind
derful designs. insertions are used in
two or three widths together on the
finest embroiderieS, with lace gathered
slightly for the edge. Hamburgs are
the favorite trimmings, however, and
are shown in exceptionally fine quality
and designing, so that a bit of hand
embroidery on a garment made from
them does not look out of place. The
Japanese sleeve that has had its day for
evening and day wear, is at the height
of fashion for nightgowns. These are
all the daintiest affairs of sheer ma
terlal ana very attfacIlVely trimmed.
The flowing sleeves are often cut in one
with the deep yoke and are short to the
elbow, edged with embroidered scallops.
Others are cut circular and tit smoothly
into the armhole. Round and square
yokes are seen but the latter seem to
be more generally liked. Some of the
gowns are tucked onto the yoke and
others are made Empire style.
1t is evident that linens will be very
popular in the coming seasons as there
are so many qualities and designs that
are being shown in the material. French
linen with dull finish will be favored
particularly, and the soft loosely woven
solid colors are to be trimmed with hand
embroidered bands of the same material.
There are linens with wide and narrow
stripes in self color and the plaid ones
which show the two tones carried out in
dark lengthwise and light Crosswise
lines. Novelty linens 90 inches wide
come in natural colors shading into wide
borders of darker tints. These are most
attractive in duh green's, blues and
browns.