The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-01
PADS AND FASHIONS
Tailored skirts are wider.

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 Long sleeves set in the armholes, says Paris.
 The new lace blouse is often collar less.
 The waistline question seems to be settled-normal.
 Separate wraps mostly all are to be three-Quarters long.
 Foulard frocks have met with 1m- mediate success.
 One-piece frocks of black tAffeta are decidedly smart.
 For tennis and outdoor sports the blazer jacket is worn.
 Cafe-au-lait and old-gold colored kid gloves are fasahionable.
 Separate coats for girls loosely belt ed. are made of whipcord.
 Patent leather shoes with white or colOred tops are worn by every one
 A new veil worn at present Is of the finest woolen, resembling chinchllin lace.
 Two-tone straw hats are extremely popular. The facing is of the darker shade. k
 Directoire styles in coats, bodices and neckwear have, promise of an 1n- creased vogue.
 Tea gowns of barbaric splendor are worn by those who fancy the bizarre in dress.
 Evening slippers of satin, lace and brocade were never so dainty nor ex- pensive as now.
 Very smart for street wear is the London pump. in tan or black calf. with metal buckle.
 Silver ball buttons of different shades are used to trim blOuses o1 white or colored material.
 Evening gowns still feature the slashed skirt, displaying the dainty ruffles of lace worn beneath.
 Check cloth is used to fasten the collar, cuffs and revers on some ot the smartest tailored suits
 Heavy veils with a large open mesh are popular, and the quaintly pattern ed veil still holds it's own.
 The "poiret" tunfc is quite an in- novation. The Persion idea is close ly followed. for it is short and full.
 Evening coats of barbaric brocades trimmed with gorgeous bits of em- broidery, are seen here and there. l,
 Spotted silks will be largely used for the little frocks for mourning. In most cases the spots are quite large.
 Large bags of stamped or repousse leather are now more favored than the embroidered ones of last season.
 Evening coats of taffeta broche in orange are seen everywhere. trimmed with black satin or chiffon or both.
 A new idea this season is the pump in green or red morocco, with plain silk bow. It promises to be great success.
 The pannier is softly growing in fa- vor, and looks best when the medium employed is soft and pliable. as chif- fon or. tulle.
 Ratine, so much worn for the last year or. two, is procurable now in cot- ton in almost every shade, and is in great demand.
 Pumps of green and colored leath- CTS are to be had in the shops, to- gether with wonderful silken hosiery of every hue.
 Bordered crepes and chiffons are much worn; in polka dots and in gay -colored floral and Persian designs they are charming.
 Cotton .crepons, Swisses, foulards, linens and muslins. taffetas. pongees bordered patterns.
 There is much present use of broadcloth in tailored suits as we'll as in separate coats-and the broadcloth skirt is always with us.
 Buttons are to be seen everywhere and especially smart are the large ones of cut crystal, very often the sole trimming on a gown.
 Lace is being more and more used for evening and afternoon toilettes some of the gowns being entirely cov- cred with delicate shadow lace.
 Ordinary. parasols, g trifle more cupped than usual, are made of bright-hued silks and trimmed with bands of velvet ribbon or embroidered flowers.
 Hat trimmings grow higher and higher, and on one hat seen recently there was a tall lattice work of climb ing roses placed towarad the back of the crown.
 Parasols of surprising colorings, pa goda-shaped and small, in oriental colorings, though quite useless as sun- shades, add a picturesque note to the smart costumes.
 Summer tailormades in cafe1au-lait and other light colors are new and pretty, trimmed with a bit of black satin and perhaps touch of1bright- colored embroidery. A distinctive feature of many af- ternoon gowns is the little taffeta coat which accompanies them. The dress is often of entirely different material, trimmed with taffeta.
 Wired sleeves-made so that their gauzy folds extend away from the an entirely new innovation appearing on some of the new French fashions for young girls.
 Large iower-laden hats of erin will be worn in midsummer. With the gown this season one must wear a three-cornered or four-corner- ed hat to be in the fashion.
 A pretty fancy, seen on several of the newest evening dresses, are the tiny posies of flowers, set on the un- derdress, the mignon overdress yelling