Evening journal., 1912-05-30
FASHIONS AND FADS
BY Maude E. Cllley.

Basques are gradually creeping into
favor for blouses and bodices of sum-
mer frocks, but these are good only
for women who are really tall and
slender.
With the collarless blouse, which
is to be very popular this summer, is
worn a broad band Of velvet around
the neck, the inevitable cascade of
lace coming from beneath IT,
The very newest thing in the fab
ric bags are the ring bags, which
are really a reproduction, on an en-
larged scale Of the ring purses of
twenty-five years ago.
The popular Shetland finish wells
arc still in strcng favor. The newest
arrivals in these lines are the pale
pink complexion wells that are so
vastly becoming.
Not so many frocks are seen in
fQulard as might have been expected,
efen the pretty bordered specimens, of
which so much was hoped. being sad
ly neglected in the new fashions.
Novelty wells combine two colors in
arranged I'm designs such as squares
and diamonds, or in line effects, Ell
ther horizontally, vertically or dag
onal.
In silk goods crepe meteors are
much favored. and so are radium
stripes and satin meteors. while in
the finer sorts chiffon, silk voile and
grenadine are even more tempting.
ferred: but the rich oriental mate
rials and tapestries of the past season
are now being replaced by soft taf-
fetas and the fashionable corded silks.
In the new belts the patent
leather variety are great favorites.
Pretty suede belts in both black and
colors will be very fashionable and
new variety combines leather and
dress materials.
Belts are again coming into vogue.
Even the dressy gowns of satin, crepe
meteor and similar fabrics now have
the tailored belt finish, made slightly
dresy by the addition of a bow.
Very coarse lace is being extern
sively used as trimming on gowns Of
linen and casemant cloth. Strips Of in
sertion are joined by herringbone and
made up into overslips for the plain
silk waist
Small and rather Fat pleated ia
bots. which are only sufficiently large
to fill in the neck opening of the coat
are being worn, and there Is a fancy
for fiat lace bows with fan-shaped
falls of lace.
With the coming strong white
vogue. naturally white bags are much
in evidence. and these are Of hand
some embroidered linen or white silk
overlaid with pretty lace. the baby
Irish and the princess laces being
favorites.
The extreme vague of black-and-
white for the coming season is beyond
doubt, and the rich white diagonal
silk, with a raised black cord should
be one of the prime favorites and give
opportunity for the use Of the many
new colors that are used as trimming
The girondin is the newest hat
shap to make its appearance in Paris
Narrow velvet ribbon, which is ex-
ceedingiy fashionable. encirclos the
crown and is tied in a small bow al
the back, while in front it supple
mented with an outstanding District
lplume.
some OF the newest Wells snow the
novelty of a light embroidery in both
gold and silver thread. The founda.
ton of the veil is a pale biscuit-col-
ored tulle or fine net, patterned with
motifs Of floral sprays in white silk
with the outline in very fine metal
lie thread.
The ever-popuar leghorn hat, lined
with darker shade is prominent OF
the list of correct headgear. An attrac-
tive model is swather with attractive
green tulle. while nesting between
the filmy folds is a wreath OF small
pink roses. making a lovely contrast
to the bright green of the tulle.