The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
Decrees of Pads
 And Fashions
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Moire silk is used . great deal.
 Bolero effects have begu to appear.
 Most of the new wings are very large.
 Coats are longer than for many season.
 Chamois and castor gloves are much worn.
 The cord idea extends into the ail- silk fabrics.
 In the newest coifrure the front is crisply waved.
 The white lingerie petticoat is the
 All materials for young girls are airy and billowy.
 Amethyst is the color over which Paris Is going mad.
 Pongee has had Renaissance. to- Rether with foulard.
 Shoes lighter than the gown are con- sidered solecisms. Beads of Japanese ox-blood are made into pins and chains.
 Childrens styles are taking more and more simple lines.
 Rose shades are fyuit tones are lead CTS in the shantungs.
 The parasols never have been mora stunning than this season.
 Deep-pointed waist-unes are in evid. ence among evening gowns.
 Tunics worn with evening gowns grow more and more elaborate.
 The amethyst Is undoubtedly the Ia yorite stone of the moment.
 Short skirts are to remain in favoi as the favorite for walking.
 Pretty little rahat bows are made oi coiored eyelet embroidery.
 Skirts gathered at the hips tell tna story, of tomorrow's styles.
 The new straws are soft. highly fin. ished and very light in weight.
 Though skirts are by no means wide as yet, wraps are of good width.
 The motor veil has become one of the most cherished adJuncts of beauty.
 For walking costumes the petttcoat Is made ankle length and very simple.
 There is a new devil" collar, like those of the winter, but made of linen
 The immediate idea in Renaissance Is a marking back to the early Victorian days.
 Paris reports an effort to launch wid. CT skirts, often with pannfer effects.
 There is certainly no falling on In embroidery and braiding in the sum- mer gowns.
 Violent contrasts in colors are characteristic of the styles in evening gowns.
 Bronze slippers, worn with silk hosi- cry of the same hue. are exceeding. Coifeures continue to be very fiat on
  affected.
 Dutch collars of the plain linen. edg- ed with Irish crochet are neat and in- expensive.
 There is a ruunor that hchus and frilis are to be reinstated into girls wardrobes.
 bit as plain and clingtng as those seen during the winter.
 Rose or clover-colored hatpins, fash toned with coral ,sare among the novel; ties this spring.
 The princess skirt with the bib com tinues to be about the most prominent thing in its class. The shantunG gown, while less of A leader this season than last. Is still exceedingly popular.
 For wearing with dressy froclxs the lingerie petticoat is allowed to sweep the ground all around.
 The waist-line has dropped, of course. though coats with alleged emp , backs are still with us.
 Most pleasing, among the really sum nnery hats are straws in burnt tones or in pale butter color.
 Dangers of tortoise shell and studded with diamonds, are among the most popular hair ornaments.
 Gauze and net gowns for the hour are almost always lined with con- IFaBGnE tone or COtVEs
 The fancy for trimming sleeves around at different parts of the arm is a growing one.
 All the pongee weaves are extremely popular. and the material has no end of variety this season.
 Hosts of the smartest little spring gowns are of ths iumper class with net waists of the same color.
 New wool suitings Incline more Co nna-tnuo rnl0rfn0s In rnadtnna ar dark tones than mixed effects.
 Fancy Directoire belts arc made of fine raffia. and are to be had in the most artistic colorings.
 Snowy stocks and jabots of net sug. gest themselves for wear with the lighs wool and mohair suits.
 An ostrich plums, wired and then bent quite double is one of the unusuaD trimmings on the spring turban.
 A gay Beau Brummel fyili at the throat transforms the tailored suit tr- to something very dainty and femi- nine.
 Sleeveless coats with a color con- trasting with the gown under them are in growing favor as the season ad- vances.
 The coarser weaves of tussore. which have the preference just now, look at a distance like a piece of rough can- vas.
 It Is not the woman who spends the most money who looks best. but the woman who knows her type and dresses to suit it.
 Some extremely smart hats are trimmed with really wonderful natural nasturtiums. They are a great favor ite at present.
 One of the oddities of the season Is the introduction of the metallic and spangle effects among the cottons and linens.
 Among the popular fabrics are the new two-tone changeable satins, the face being of one color and the back of another.
 Flesh -color stockings and gloves are to be had and are particularly effec- tive for midsummer wear with the lingerie frock.
 Whatever their shape. coats are straight of line, slab style at the back and show never curve except at the armhole.
 Collars of fine linen. hand-embroid- cred, are sheer enough for the fine frocks, and suitable also for the heavy linens and pongees.
 The wide shirt waists, striped with color matching the gowns with which they are worn. are in great favor with the girls just now.
 An effort is under way to establish the three-quarter sleeve length, espe- cially in connection with three -quartet frocks and blouses.
 Plaits set In at the side and quite around the skirt below the knee sug- gest the returning fulness of this part of the costume.
 The newest hatpins are of enamelled