Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-16

the arbiters of fashion is unnecessarily
perflexed. Let her but look about at the
Infinite variety 10 be found on all sides
and then choose the style that best suits
her requirements. This season has wit.
messed no discrimination in the suitability
OF styles-there are fashions seemingly
designed for the sole purpose of pleasing
the matron OF conservative taste; fashions
for the debutante who demands a style
conveying the impression of youth and yet
limiting at maturity enough to remove It
from the school girl class; there are styles
galore for the extremists--the devotees
OF the bizarre-and, most important of all,
styles for the woman OF moderate means
as well as for milady of unlimited In
come
Materials Used.
In the matter of novelties the seasons
materials have kept abreast with the styles
| IN garments. OF course the brocades have
headed the list of extreme novelties. Satin
the favored fabric OF the colonial period
has been close second in the bid for
popularity; indeed, because OF its greater
usefulness IL may be said to lead In popu-
larity. Velvet has and will be, much
used; corduroy is favored material for
| two-psce suits Tapestry has been
prominent among the extreme novelties
and MORE has re-establshed itself in the
list OF fashionable fabrics. Not all of
these materials bear their names by right
OF appearance; not few of them are
| wholly new developments and resemble in
name only the so-callled materials OF past
seasons. Gold and silver cloth have been
widely used for evening gowns, and for
this purpose the transparencies are also
stu quite popular. Lace fur, hand en-
broidery. braiding, flat braids beads bu-
sIes-these are but few of the selections
one may safely make for trimming.
satin suits.
The two suits pictured here are illus
trations OF one Of the many uses TO which
satin Is being put. This coat suit satin
is Of very firm texture and makes up very
effectively In the first figure we have
a very plain, but exceedingly smart, little
coat suit The suit was fashioned Of
electric blue satin. OF all the shades Of
blue which the season has offered none
has proven more popular than this shade,
called electric" The coat of this little
suit was cut very short-some few inches
shorter than "fingertip" lensth-and
hung very straight. The closing was ef-
fectsd with two black silk frogs and wide
black silk braid was used for the shawl
collar and for the cuffs The seven-gored
skirt was made with an inverted side
pIsat at the lower part OF each gore. This
skirt was cut with the narrow lines OF
the season, but II furnished further evil
denes OF the American womRn's ingenuity
at adaptation. The side pleats provided
sufficient width to permit perfect freedom
in walking, and yet being inverted, did
not detract from the straight lines. At
the lower edge there was single row Of
very wide black silk braid.
"scOOps Hat.
The hat worn with this costume was one
OF the new "scoop'' shapes. II was per
fectly fiat. crOwnless plaque and the tot
was trimmed with a center OF black vel
vet On this velvet center was a larg'
wired bow OF pale green taffeta, and At th'
back there was = filling In Of pale greer
nlaIine. This hat and costume we're quit
suitable for morning as well as Afternoon
wear. In this respect the suit differed from
the one pictured in the second illustration
Al Afternoon Costume.
| This suit-while It's construction woul'
cause II TO be elAssed with coat suits
was so deliberately trimmed as TO make
suitable only for afternoon wear II wa
worn at an afternoon reception given dur
ing the past week and excited no end o
admiration. Il was developed from DIV
green satin. The coat was made with
belt from beneath which extended a short