The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-08
PADS AND FASHIONS

 in hats and suits.
 Skirts of the hour are close, narrow, quite short as a rule, but very re- cently-made suits show skirts some wider at the foot, although the straight effect still obtains The lingerie robe is made all in one piece, and sometimes waist and skirt , are put together with lace, sometimes with fine null embroidery, sometimes with beading.
 The tapestry handbag, with a point ed flap, is called an envelope bag" Its edges are bound with linen tape or silk galloon. and it fastens either by button and loop or by a patent clasp.
 Many of the new top wraps are made with tiny Directoire jackets, which have immense revers in front. and slim, scant skirts which are put on to the jackets under a thick satin cord.
 Picture hats are trimmed with heavy bows composed of close circles of CO., nal, topaz or emerald beads; while ca- bochons show checks like a chessboard ol two or four different shades, to correspond with the hat.
 Sake gloves perfumed and pale of tint, long and loose are one of the crazes of the hour. To be sure they but they are liked well and are worn universally; they are chic.
 Many tight skirts are buttoned at the Side-front or over the hip from the waistline down, with possibly a corresponding row of buttons on the opposite hip. The buttons used are as large as a nickel or a quarter dol lar.
 Fine muslin, chiffon cloth and mar quisette are all used to make collar and cuff sets for short jackets. These with eyelet embroidery batiste have taken the place of Irish lace, which seems at discount these days.
 Many broad circular collars are fashioned in hoods at the back. A stunning blue silk suit for young girl had a collar of white silk which dropped into the monks hood and was trimmed with white silk cord and a taSSel.
 The striped coat sets are in any color that one wishes, not necessarily long, deep at the back and finished with an edge of Cluny lace or a hem of colored muslin or linen to match the stripe.
 The sailor collar has evidently ~not only come to stay, but has increased it's influence. The skittish little over the-shoulders effect has now grown to the really stunning waist-length style, and has made its appearance on coats on blouses and on one-piece frocks.
 Among the comfortable hats that have been invented for summer weaD especially when travelling or motor ing is a turban of colored horse-hair The French call this material by the name of erin, and it is woven out of such silken threads that it has prac- tically no weight.
 Braids of many widths from Soutache to the half-yard-wide bands, are still prominent, the bands seldom encir- cling a garment or any of it's parts, but appearing in sections or panels or half-bandS just where they are most useful in accentuating the geod points Of a creation.
 From the heart of a great import ing house comeS the information that many new skirts for fall are showing "bunchings" or drapings in the edges of the gores, some of the bunchings being at each side of the front, or be- low each hip. or at the back-quite in the old-fashion styles of a decade long since past.
 The cordelierre that was brought out on house gowns last summer is now widely taken up for all manner of frocks. It is only suitable for those with the high waist-line. The new est interpretation of it is a series of heavy cords covered with silk or sat in. placed close together. and finish ed at the side of the front with irreg ular ends.
 A style that seems to be passing out is the short skirt for evening wear One sees small trains on a number of new gowns. These are not like the queer little dabs of satin or velvet that were brought out last fall but the skirt which is elongated into a square width at the back. which lies on the floor, is the one which is be- ing taken up by the smart women.