The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
FASHIONS AND PADS

Satin is the leader among wedding gowns.
 The lingerie waist continues to hold forth.
 There is revival of curls for even ing wear.
 Princess panels are now seen even Sparkling jet buttons are now put on belts in double rows.
 Rabats and jabots are in the height of fashion again. Mauve is one of the favorite colorS in linens for suitings. Pongee in natural color is most fash ionable for shirtwaists. Some of the best tailored blouses come with adjustable collars. Many of the lingerie gowns for sum- mer wear are in Empire style. Tassels are again in great favor up- on evening dresses and wraps. The cuirass effect is seen on many of the handsome imported gowns. New things include cut glass hat pins with, beautiful iridescence. Linen dress accessories are among the smartest of the summer things. White linen parasols, embroidered in eyelet work are exceedingly smart. A quaint revival is the fad for trim ming wash frocks with tiny satin rib -bons.
 The ball fringe finishes the ends of many a stylish sash worn with the summer gown
 Coarse heavy white linen is being used as trimming for both silk and cloth gowns.
 The net or chiffon blouse, the exact tone of the costume. is still modish in Paris.
 Paris costumers are trying to escape from the popular demand for soutach decoration.
 Scraps of black tulle, draped around the shoulders, are very smart for ev- ening wear.
 Cool, dainty little matinees or dress ing sacks increase in popularity to- ward the summer.
 Linen bags, braided with linen sou tache, are very smart, as are also the linen pocketbooks.
 The new foulards with printed bor- ders will figure largely in the making of seaShOre gowns.
 Carnations appear on summer hats, in the softest shades of pink as we'll as in white and red.
 Some Of the three-Quarter lace coats are jetted- They are made with as well as without sleeves.
 The new Olympia cord and Coteline are really the old favorite,. Bedford cord, under new names
 ParasoIs covered with scrim and having elaborate borders stencilled on are among the novelties.
 A white crepe de chine scarf with shirred stripe border and gold metal fringed ends is very pretty.
 Jaunty little tea. coats have gained wild-f1re popularity. They are worn
 
 For every modish linen frock there should be a. pair of linen shoes of the same material and shade.
 Some of the new boleros are so small that it is difficult to dinerentiate them from wide girdle.
 White dotted net over satin of a soft pastel shade makes an exceeding ly beautiful summer gown.
 Bands of croSSwiSe or diagonal tuck ing are used as a. trimming on a tailored blouse of sheer material.
 Very chic are skirts made with long, large yokes all around, from which hang a pleating of the goods.
 A tailored suit of linen or light weight serge or panama cloth seems to be necessary in every wardrobe.
 The Dutch collar vogue allows the neck to be more comfortably dressed this season than for a. long time.
 The craze for the Greek f1llet has led girls to wearing even long barettes across the top of their heads.
 The untrimmed gown is very smart, but the current of the fashionable dress seems to moving away from it.
 Bibs with quaint designs done in cross stitch make attractive and use- full gifts with the small boy or girl.
 Paris is making a great run on high, voluminous neck ruchings, which are mostly white or the color of old lace.
 Some of the smartest clothes for little girls are of white pique and rep. trimmed with nd-embroidered bands.
 Rosettes of all kinds are the fashion this season, from the tiny slipper or nament to the larger dress rosette.
 At the summer resorts this season it is noticeable that almost all the best dressed people wear hats in the even ing.
 A chamois hat has been brought out for men to wear golfng and rid ing It is in natural color and very soft.
 Al new hat decoration, which is really a revival, is to pass around the crown a band of closely packed little fea- thers.
 There is an inclination to desert the Madame Recamier coifrure stules and a continued movement toward greater simplicity.
 higher and bands little wider than last year, but the difference is very slight.
 Cashmere de soie is the latest of ex- pensive materials for mourning. It comes in pure silk and in a mixture of wool and silk.
 Many chiIdren's dresses are being made from the striped and figured dimities, dotted lawns and Swisses and lowered Organdies-
 Navy blue. faded cadet, dull stone green, khaki brown and the brides first favorite-grey-are smart shades for going-away gowns:
 Dead white straw is very smart among the summer hats. especially when trimmed with chaplets of black feathers and black foliage.
 The colored slip of silk or lawn made to be worn under a negligee or tea gown of transparent material is a pretty idea for summer.
 Some of the fashions for small girls are in their way as smart as those de- signed for their elders All kinds of bright colors are used.
 Silver wheat is a fashionable hat trimming, and when mixed with fea- thery fronds of white plumage gives an effect most graceful and pretty.
 Pretty ties to finish the lace collar of an evening dress are made of black velvet embroidered in imitation jew els in the proper color scheme
 Matinees or dressing sacks are, if anything, more in demand than the full length negligees, for they are so convenient to slip on when one is tired.
 Some of the dots that mark the new veilings are squares fully an inch across They are exceedingly trying to tha wearer as well as to the bR-