The Washington herald., 1908-04-22
FASHIONS AND FADS OF TO-DAY
Fewer pumps are seen.

Fewer pumps are seen.
Fancy stockings are prophecied.
There is a craze for touch Of color
| in all summer shoes
An innovation is the wearing OF tan silk
gloves to match the tan stockings.
In millinery the two most insistent
spring shades are taupe and pomgran-
ate
Ostrich feathers are still employed on
all OF tne most costly hats.
The Merry Widow" hat threatens to
reyolutlonize the construction OF street
cars and doorways.
One of the touches characteristic Of
some Of the French millinery Is the
presence Of huge loops of lawn ribbon.
The latest in gloves is the long chamois
with the buttoned strap across the wrist.
Stripes are on nearly everything, stripes
are even trimmed with stripes, there are
striped cloth shoe uppers.
For the enormous sailor there now
comes an equally enormous veil with
spots the size Of dinner plates.
New shades Of brown are corfu. terra
Gotta, diayolo. and chaudren New in
fections Of gray are Mouette souris. and
taupe.
Late colors include volga, a new sill
ver-blue-green, vert de girls. a mixture Of
blue and gray, and bistre and drab
shades
Cretonne. the most adaptable Of all
fabrics, trims hats. covers buttons, and is
introduced in parasols
Paris = mad aver ho Tr-iIa and eaIrFr-
tive sash that swathes the hips and
waist and Is knotted at the bust.
With princess gowns Of white lingerie
or with the cOTselet skirt Of white serge d
sash OF cherry color or turquoise is worn
Fancy cuffs have entered the domain of
shirtdom- One very popular one is the
turned back gauntlet cum.
Stripes and pleats are the ruling COM
binatiOn in the new shirts Colors are
blues, tans. corn, slate, helie, and green.
The embroidered and ruffied shirt,
which has been borrowed from the
French, is now worn with evening clothes
by many.
Brown promises TO be the prevailing
color for mems suits this year.
Mirage is one Of the most fancied Of
the weaves of the new summer silks.
The stout woman should beware Of the
bordered silks. unless she arTanges the
decoration lengthwise.
Stripes will be much used IN the quar-
ter-inch and in the hairine.
Polka dot silks are more popular than
ever and they require but little trimming
Nearly all the Partisan gowns have
sleeves without the fulness at the top.
a popular sleeve device is TO simulate
the wide armhole by band OF material.
Haz haff eh4 q t,..s
it remains to be seen whether they will
dare TO wear them.
The tongue of the evening slipper is
much longer than last year
The very latest coihure ornament is
one which may be repeated at the Slight
est cost It consists solely of two gilded
quills which are set in the hair like
antennae.
By wearing her famous double string
Of pearls diagonally across her bodice
over one shoulder and under the other
Cecile Sorrel the beautiful Partisan ac-
tress, suggests a way by which the pos
SCISSORS of cheaper necklaces may give an
artistic emphasis TO the new tunic gowns
The latest automobile veil from Paris
is a cage-like affair which falls away
down over the shoulders. By means OF
a ribbon run through a putting at the
hem this veil falls into a bagy loop
at the back. for all the world like a
Capuchin hood. The ribbon is tied in
dashing bow which falls away down the
back
One OF the very latest millinery fads
is the wreath Of sparrows which has
the somber brown of its plum
age, and now wears brilliant hues that
might do honor to a cockatoO Another
novelty, even more striking, is that Of
among the feathery grasses
of the new hats, sprigs upon which
are poised shimmering little humming
birds.
The traditional lauguor Of the ostrich
plume has this year been transferred
into spTightly ereetness. In order to
produce the height, which is the ne plus
ultra Of the new hats, the plumes are
now stiffened with fine silk wire The
ostrich feather has rather forsaken its
original character by consenting to be
cut and used as a pompon, which forms |
the base Of the stiff effects in aigrette |
and heron
The enormous pearls introduced into
some Of the stole designs, and the huge
,abochon emeralds which, though inlita- |
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