The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-09
FASHIONS AND PADS.

ANCt 3S CSO1 y WASAC IO tIlO 4OA AS'
 Most of the new linen suits are lace-trimmed.
 For dance frocks tulle with chenille dots is new.
 Many of the new Swisses have em- broidered colored dots.
 A new fad is the handbag made of cloth to match the suit.
 Felt hats are entirely out with the exception of silk felt.
 Bedford cord is again in fashion, though much softer in weave.
 New bracelets expand and contract with the movement of the arm.
 Variations of the Russian ideas are recurring from time to time.
 The longer, supple, dropping aig- rette has come into its own again.
 Very many of the best dresses are made of mousseline and lace and fur.
 Three or four varieties of lace fre- quently appear on the same frock.
 Handbags covered with raffia in elaborate scrolls are very fashionable.
 The latest necklaces brought from the Far East resemble flexible snakes.
 Feathers are of the weeping willow fashion and measure about a foot in length.
 The regulation size for scarf is three yards long by a good half yard wide.
 Lace, which has been so long out of favor, is making an, effort to re- gain its place.
 The pearl is again the queen of precious jewels, with the moonstone as her understudy.
 Box pleatings around the lower edge of skirts is one of the late Paris revivals.
 Brown as we'll as black chantilly lace veils are being seen more as the season advances.
 11I2 I.f+ dresses the French women are wear ing gaily colored stockings.
 The time-honored black lace shawl hangs from the back of many mag nificent evening gown.
 There is 9 tremendous vogue of gold and silver in the realm of nil- linery, blouses and laces.
 An extreme novelty of the season is the heading of hatpins for evening wear with Irish crochet lace.
 Fashion has decreed that short coats are smart, and the newest gowns from abroad show the ab- breviated coat. A
 Ivory and gray satin, stamped with a good design, also green satin, are on the modiSh list for evening wear.
 A cluster of silver tearoses, gem med with mock dewdrops, is high in vogue for the evening dress of today.
 There is no doubt about the attrac- tiveness of a military cut in coats and wraps for the majority of women. Some of the handsome Japanese corded silks are being bought by women who like clothes little un- usual.
 For dressy wear, black satin slip rers are always in good taste. They are. too. more economical than many others.
 Gold, silver and brass buttons, with insets of semi-precious stones, are made in order to carry out the color scheme of a costume.
 For the foundation of blouses over which dark chiffon falls, Persian silks are artfully utilized by many of the best dressmakers.
 Nearly all evening gowns and the majority of reception gowns are a-glitte~ with beads, gems, sequins, steel ornaments or jet.
 Silver filagree, frequently modelled after the old Italian button, will serve as fastening and as jewelry at one and the same time.
 The most exquisite little fan that has appeared for some time is tiny affair with mothar-of-pearl sticks about three inches long.
 It is correct this winter, as it has been in the past season, to have the hat pins alike; if not in shape, the stones should be the same.
 Among the mourning ties are those of net trimmed with folds of crepe. They are hour-glass shaped, one tab hanging over the other.
 The late full toques are made of the same material as the stole and not of similar fur to the coat. Naturally the skunk toque takes the lead
 Many filet and bandeau ornaments accompany the new cultures, strings of pearl and gold and silver gauge being twined in with the braid.
 Ornate wraps have five or six inch bands of lynx, skunk, tailless ermine or mink in addition to the usual fringe, the embroidery and the ca bochons.
 Narrow bands of skunk, mink and another fur that stimulates sable are used to border the beautiful scarfs that are worn with low-necked even ing dresses.
 The waist-line is now normal, but it does not appear so on account of the size. The reason for these waists is the effect of the cor-ets made at present.
 Sable skins on chiffon or soft satin arranged in scarf effect are consid- cred very smart, and the beauty of