The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-02
PADS AND FASHIONS


 | used on afternoon and evening dresses Chantilly lace is used in wide bands on afternoon dresses of foulard. Glass porcelain or bone buttons may now be bought to match almost any | color.
 Black -and-white striped linen suits | will be the favorite tailored model for | morning.
 French organdie will be worn this summer, and may be had in exquisite | colorings.
 | Fabric hats are the summer innova- | tion They are trimmed with flowers | or ribbons.
 Even yelled fabrics are frequently 1 to be seen done in the approved tailor made effect.
 Blouses of white muslin usually show a pleated frill-wide or narrow, l but always a frill. The new cobwebby crepes are lovely l for evening wear, and come in every | delicate shade.
 Tiny buttons of colored enamel met l new b!ouses. Garnitures of crystal beads and jet | are much used on evening froclks of 1 chiffon and satin. ! Quantities of French laces-called shadow laces-are seen on some of ! the smartest models. Lingerie collars, jabots and berthas | l ies of this seasons models. Large flat hats are lined with col 1 ored cotton crepe sometimes stenciled | in pale blues and pink. ! Ball trimming of either Irish cro- l chet or beads is one of the minor de- l tails of dress this summer 1 Many of the hats are weighted with l odd close-curling ostrich plumes, as | unlike the willow plume as can be. 1 Some of the new blouses are made wholly of bands of shaped pieces of 1 embroidery, joined together with lace. Silk. and satin roses are much in l evidence for corsage decorations and | finishing the girdle at the front or | side. I English eyelet embroidery is having | a continued favor and is tremendously i popular for tunics worn over satin 1 skirts. Berthas of fine null or batiste finish cd with three tiny ruffles of Valen- ciennes are extremely becoming to the slim figure.
 Dots stripes and odd figured designs are based on tussore and foulards. Most of these silks are combined with plaln bands of silk.
 One waist handsomely trimmed with Irish lace had discs of Helen" pink scattered along the lace here and there with pleasing effect.
 Some of the new parasols are edged with narrow OSITicn 16dluSIS dIlu lIo1N . big bow of ribbon on the handle, al- so edged with feathers.
 For a satin slipper nothing IS so ef- fective as a small round buckle or rhinestone. through which is inserted satin or velvet ribbon.
 The all-white hat of fine straw, trim ned with white wings and faced with Nlue or black velvet is the new oHerlns
 or afternoon wear.
 The scarves Of sheer lbatiste or null 7aintily embroidered in fine tracer1es,
 ombined with eyelets. are immensely popular for the thin summer frock
 Bags of white satin striped in black Ire among the newest features in this inc. he handles are of twisted silk md are much ShOrted than formerly.
 Jabots of fine linen, trimmed with jaby Irish, antique or Nalenclennes es lace are modish and add a decided touch of elegance to the plain blouse or waist
 Little morning frocks of linen show l simple lines. emphasizing the kimono short sleeve the collarless bodices, the high lines and perhaps a touch of hand embroidery.
 ! silk rnarouisettes. voiles and grena- dimes have taken the place of chiffon to a great extent this season, and all | these materials are closely copied in i cotton fabrics i Hats are not trimmed exclusively ] with roses: there are buttercups, ane- mones and all kinds of meadow and marsh flowers. being considered more | truly smart.
 Parasols are offered in many new combinations and colors - velvet 1T I combination with ruffia; moussellne banded with velvet; lowered crepe and two-toned satins.
 Tailored costumes of serve and 1 broadcloth have short silk or satin sasheS with fringed or tasseled ends
 which are worn hanging at one side or directly at the back. The craze for striped and border ed effects has extended to the most plebeian of cotton materials-and very pretty domestic cotton zephyrs and ginghams can be had for trih- ing sum.
 Black velvet ribbon in eight and 10-inch widths make striking sash es, either tied with upstanding loops or in butterfly effect; CT again in on- Il ly a knot, caught perhaps with a buckle.
 Many tailor jackets have a, little finish of white inside the collar for the double purpose of breaking the | hard line of the cloth, and to act us a protection for the fine lace of the | bodice.
 Skirts are no longer plain, but show double tunics or contrasting 1 bands of black at the border edges The hanging panel at the back is almost universal, and buttons arc now more usually steel.
 Colored striped muslins are now considered smart-the red and white peppermint stripe being a favor ite, although blue. and white, black and white. mauve and white and yellow and white are worn also. 1 High lace and net collars are, in !, many instances, encircled by a band of very narrow black velvet, finish ed in the front with a rose of sat in-Afrom which a few green stems and tiny buds extend down the front of the corsage.
 Many of the new negligees show practically the same characteristics as the dresses themselves, the more elaborate being in empire and straight-line effects, with peasant sleeves and draperies and tunics o1 GiaphanOuS materials. :. Parasols of imported hand en- broidered linen, with scalloped edges of plain taffeta silk, are charmingly original. One model of soft black taffeta has an outer cover of white