Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1909-01-07

Jackets or boleros made OF lace OF
heavy passementerie. These dressy
accessories add much to the decorative
feature With directoire modes have
come details almost as important as
the toilet itself. Among them we
find the deep Ellzabethan ruche of
net chiffon or lace. Some are ex.
tremely soft and dainty with only
enough body TO hold them out. the
most becoming ones resting snugly
TO the throat and rolling softly back
from the face.
Mcssaline and crepe de Chine black,
white and COlored blOuses are made
up with Valenciennes lace collars.
yokes and sleeves or with detachable
net guimpes Some of these blouses
bear a strong resemblance to the erst-
while popular jumper, as the silk bod
ice Is deeply cut ont above the should
crs and the silk sleeves barely cover
| the elbows. Rows of tiny silkcovercd
buttons ornament the narrow bias
bands outlining the underarm seam
OF the sleeve and crossing the should
ers 10 the waist at both back and
front
In .one-piece gowns the length Of
line and sIeath effects are the chief
characteristics exploited Both skirts
and sleeves are extremely long In
ultrafashiobale models, but this is not
hard and fast rule, for may of the
handsomest dressy toilets have short
skirts and sleeves Exceedingly mar
row skirts look their best when made
| long. and for this reason the smart
est costumes are found i'm sweep or
trained cut There seems To be no
diminishing in the popularity of the
princess frock.
Dame Fashion has not overlooked
children and young girls this season
and the models shown in the fash
ionable shops are unusually handsome
and becoming Even the ordinary lit
tie dresses for general use around the
house and i'm the playrOom are much
prettier than ever. The line of prac-
teal little dresses in serviceable piquc
and linen is APPARENTLY ineXhaustiblc
and many of the models attain a GER
tain dressy air through the fineness of
their details. though most of them
biN luiAN SAiilBit III ~ 40 w llhNt
the pique and linen models are all
of the simplest one-picce Russian af
fairs or belted skirts and blouse com
binations, usually joined permanently
by a belt of the material or OF en-
broidery, though some of the models
have the skirts buttoning TO the waists
Semi-military effects in heavy en-.
broidery and buttons, such as have
been used for certain smart blouses
designed for grown-ups, are intro
duced with excellent effect down the
fronts and some little oEe-piece frocks
in white pique or heavy white linen,
and pretty jumpers of linen or piQue
have front panels hand embroidered
and buttonholed scallops edging cuffs
and collars.
This embroidered sCallop Is one of
the favorite devices of the designers
for giving touch of daintiness to
an otherwise plain play frock. and
whether the trimming is used in white
on color, in selt-color or in color on
white. II never fails to have the de.
sired effect. The soft blue and rose
tones in linen make charming jumpers
or frocks, with collars and cuffs but
tonholed in white, and the string col
or and khaki linens are both smart
and serviceable trimmed in this way
or with the buttonholing in dark
brown.
Brown is more popular for child.
ren's clothing this winter than In
many years, and one secs many small
girls on the street in coats and mush-
room-shaped beaver or felt hats of
warm brown the rather dark though
not somber shades with dash of
yellow i'm them being specially liked |
Fashion now DEGREES that maids of !
honor must give to the bride whom |
they attend a PAIR of silk or Isle |
stockings of a shade matching the !
wedding gown. On the hens of these |
must be embroidered the name of the |
bride in blue silk, so that the pro |
verbal something blue" may not be |
either absent or too prominent. If |
the bride marries in her travelling cos. |
tune she should have the ultra-fash. |
ionable stockings of ribbed silk in |
irisdescent effects, which are to be
found in every imaginable color
FLORENCE FAIRBANKS.