The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-10
PADS AND FASHIONS

Stripes are to have another success ful season.
 Magpie effects promise we'll in Shet- land wells.
 Flame color is seen in some of the new evening gowns. Oriental embroideries are seen on the fashionable vests. Taupe is more and more popular as the season advances. The sun-pleated skirt is one of the revivels of fashion Ribbon with picot edge appears on some of the new hats, Corduroy competes with felt in chill dren's millinary for fall. Half and whole belts are being used to a great extent on suits. Steel beads are now combined with white pearls for trimmings. Boudoir slippers of brocade are made | to match brocade tea gowns. Plain gored skirts are much liked for practical and inexpensive suits | Many of the new suit coats have l little fulIness shirred into the belt 1 Fashionable skirts have accordion or side pleating set upon a deep yoke. | One occasionally sees colored linen sacques worn over white wool skirts. Late summer hats in fine tulle 1 have bands and draperies of maline l lace.
 Carved crystals set with diamonds have been lately introduced in jew elry.
 Soft faille silks will be used again
 this fall for combinations and gar l nitures.
 Satin crepes are az great favor1tes as satin charmeuse for day and even ing gowns.
 Very large and very small shapes
 are the two extremes likely to inspire
 winter millinery.
 There is a tendency toward the
 adoption of silks or satins with small l Jacquard figures. Full crowns are seen on some of l the new half season hats. Such hats
 are usually large. We may expect to see winter man
 ties of white plush, white ribbed vel vet and erraine.
 l Creamy net, finely pleated, Is often
 used for collars and turn-back sleeve frills of chiffon blouses. 1 Some women are wearing outdoor shoes of black satin. They have solid | heels and fairly thick soles. l Velvet figures on crepe grounds are an autumn novelty for very rich af- ternoon and evening costumes. | New Robespierre neckfixings have l the kV-front, and the collar rolls or l turns away from the throat. White trimmings are preferred for
 the new black velvet hats. Some of these hats are four-cornered. .t l The artistic Carrickmacross lace is used for vests, fancy collars and cuffs
 and blouses of crepe chiffon. l Moire silk is to have a great vogue | the coming season in coats, tailored suits, trimmings and millinery. Tussor mantle coats draped and held with one big button in front are fa-
 yorite with chic women for travel ing. l Some of the autumn aevening gowns
 have bodice embroidery of very large pearl beads, combined with tiny gold | ones. s Many of the new dressy biouses are l carried out in two shades of chiffon. with metallic trimmings and embroid- 1 cries. fifsH l A double pointed train of panne vel l vet, gathered little where it lay on l the floor was charming idea recent. 1 iy seen
 1 For the all-black evening gown. a girdle of heavy Oriental embroidery 1 in vivid colors is a pleasant and fash ionabie touch.
 } The Oriental note is still in evidence in the combination of dark rich col
 ors with metal effects, especially old | gold.
 | It is expected that the soft imper- ial French serges will be much used for simple draped dresses and pleated
 Some of the new blouse sleeves seen, I to be cut in one from the shoulder and
 finish in wrist band of cclored satin. e,.4 1 Ball buttons matching in color are used in close-set rows on many of the new charmeuse dresses for house or street.
 A taking French fashion is the marking Of the straight white linen skirts with a single row of colored l. On the big velvet----hats- already shown for fall, one sees Paradise plumes with cut ends to carry out the fashionable effect of fatness. " l For holiday wear. some women
 roed coo5sa oeen o9ss sE sRr K she as being the color Of the stripe,- Blouses for the half season and au- tunn days are made to harnonize with their skirts. The most attractive have long sleeves and rufled cuffs.
 charn1euse and velvet coats is that they are quite short in front and reach almost to the skirt in the back
 Parisian women are wearing a great
 many smart, simple tailored suits ol white rep cord, the short coats be-
 ing fashioued in a loose sacque style
 and dark blue in popularity among the suit colors. Burgundy and dark wis
 taria will be seen among silks
 White top coats. three-Quarter length, are now BeInS IHdue WltH Dut-
 tonholes, cuffs and collars piped in
 some light color. with buttons tc match.
 A great many satin gowns, both foI afternoon and evening. have high
 girdles of velvet. Sometimes they are finished with little straight sashes richly embroidered.
 1 The best summer dance frcck foa
 a. young girl is unquesticnably the lingerie frock, simple, but as fne as
 you please. Very charming ones have French hand work.
 Many suits of fancy velour and
 wool sponge cloth will be seen tht coming season. Long velour coats will be trimmed with fur, satin. moire heavy lace or hand embroidery
 One of the most becoming fashions to a, large woman is the cntaway coal
 with the straightest possible lines and
 very long back. With this, o1
 course, the skirt also should have 1 straight lines.
 INJURED ON BATTLEFIELD.
 Albert Hartman, 95 Clinton avenue