Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
SEASON FOR FALL
OPENINGS At HAND
Ladies Interested in Costumes For
Winter-Some Of the Latest
Creations.
Creations.

This is the geason o. the year In
which the ladies' of the land are Civ
ing their attention to fall and win
ter costumes. Many cf the members
of the opposite sex, 10. are giving
this matter some thought. for while
the ladies are directly interested the
men have in many cases to pay the
bills and they are interest
ed from a standpoint of beautifica
MON and art. The ladies outhtters
are preparing for their fall openings
and their buyers are returning from
the eastern markets after placing or
derS and taking notes of the styles OF
the coming seasons.
Most of the suits which will be
worm will be made of wide vale
serges. diagonals and broadcIoths
The majority of them will be plain
and strictly tailor-made. The swell
est suits, worn by the best dressed
women, Will be just as plain as it
is possible to make them, semi-fit
ting with long, graceful lines. The
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the suits are embroidered in
soutache braid, making an extreme
ly handsome effect and still carry
ing out the idea of a plain garment.
The coats ere mostly forty-five
inches long but a good many of the
real high class suits are shorter, and
a few longer.
This will be a season of ladies'
~dresses-far more so than any
previous year. The styles are ex-
tremely well adapted to make UP
garments and the manufacturers
have produced many lovely effects
Early IN the eason Il ooked as if
the Moyen Age dress would be very
fashionable but while mere will be
a few of these garments sold to
those who desire an extreme style,
the idea has been modified by the
Paris authorities and an entirely
new idea in a one-piece dress ha.
been produced. This is a decidedly
dressy costume, sure 10 be highly
popular in all grades. Some of the
higher priced garments have the
~cverskirts, tunic and draped effects
ii some ase brought out by means
OF beautiful trimmings. The styles
while not radical or extreme in any
way are strikingly different and will
be sur to appeal to a large elemen
of the public.
In no class of re~ady-made gar
ments has greater progress been
made than in the production of suits
and dresses for Misses and little Iwo
e Particularly attractive among
these new dresses is . two-piece gar
ment designated a the Cold
This dres~ was made especially for
the actress Este Janis. to he warn
in her play, the Far Co-Ed," and
immediately met with such univer
sal approval that the originator o
THE design copyrighted the name
Cold" This garment has a tigh
fitting waist of some Plain fabric
such as fine serge, broad cloth OF
jersey, which comes down severa
WICllto DSlOW Tile Waist THE, llhG tHf
wearing. They turn UP at the bot
tom like q cuff and are faced with
plaid material to match the lilted
skirt.
The millinery this season will
undoubtedly appeal TO every lady.
lor the styles are far more becom
ing than those shown during the
past three seasons. While the hats
r just as large AM are trimmed
just as deliberately as o. yore. they
have a grace and style that is ex-
tremely pleasing. VIII e a good
many of the hats are what is desig-
mated as made" hats, most of tn
high class Paris models al made OF
beaver cloth and trimmed witt
fancy feathers of many kinds, some
with beautiful heron plumes that
cost a fortune. Ostrich plumes, es
pecia ly the 'ong willow plume, will
be used far more than usual and tn
prices seem a little more moderate.