The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-19

Serge is again immensely popu- lar.
 Coat sets of heavy lace remain in good favor.
 For elegant costumes one notes the use of silk ottoman.
 Recent advices from Paris speak Of the return of the skirt with a yoke.
 A touch of cerise appears on many of the blouses of white crepe de chine.
 Louis XVI simplicity bids likely to have a tremendous vogue in millln- cry.
 Large draped hats of changeable silk have a single rose of some bright hue as the only trimming.
 The Pierrot fril1s are popular with the younger SC, and are being worn both stock and stockless style.
 Taffeta in changeable effects has al- ready taken it's place among the de- sirable fabrics for suits and dresses.
 All manner of frilly neck and sleeve ideas are considered good style for the simple frock of foulard and taffeta. A highly favored gown material is lowered mousseline de soie in tones of blue. cerise and violet, brocaded in dull gold
 Large hats have towering pyramids of feathers, while tiny bonnets are trimmed with masses of plumes at the back.
 Foulards in lovely shades of blue and rose are to be much in favor for the one-piece gown, so practical for spring wear. ..
 For cuffs and collars on dark suits and dresses of wool silk or linen, the washable ratine is very useful and stylish. Dresses show slips of pale blue, yell low, pink or lavender, with embroid- cries and ribbon touches to match in the trimming.
 Feathers are favored beyond all other trimmings for the dress hat. No | price seems too extravagant to invest | in these hat trimmings. | The tunic is apparent in skirts o1 | cloth, while for those of silk voile and | other materials there are many delightful draped ideas. Red is in pronounced evidence just ! now, but more particularly in mill | linery, parasols, belts and wrist bags than in the costume itself.
 The big triangular jabot of 1as' season is considered passe, the correct one being rather narrow and incon | spicuous and made of very fine ma l terials.
 Tn jeweIry beryl is much in favor | at present and the fashion some wo men affect by wearing single uncu ruby, emerald Or sapphire is mucf admired.
 All the old favorites, such as em | pire green, kings blue, coronation red | geranium and sulphur, appear in thu | trimmings of the accessories of ths | new garments.
 The threequarter- length sleeve i: | approved for all manner of garments from the demi-tailored suit if clotl ! to the lingerie gown of shadow ne Or illusion.
 Sheer white linen, elaborately em
 broidered in eyelets and trimmed witt ] black velvet ribbon, made one of thu | prettiest frocs seen at a recent Frencl
 fashion show.
 For thin dresses a little fullnes
 in the shape of gathers or fine tue about the hips is desirable. Sleeve
 are short, and the collarnesss necl
 is considered good style.
 To cause a plume to wave careful, away from the hat, as. if detached
 seems to be the desire of all designers
 Other hats show plumes wound mostl. around the crown. For thin dresses there are charm
 ing ottoman cords, cotton cordroys
 cotton crepe and grenadfne, printe
 net, bordered gingham. crepe linen
 and linens in tweed effects. Among the newer laces may D
 mentioned bohemian and an odd lac
 that may be termed agaric lace. be cause it has a rough raised motif tha | rics.
 This is to be flower year in tn realm of the small folks. Nothin could be more appropriate to ador ! the frocks of little girls than gar lands of roses or festoons of forget me-nots.
 Sashes remain in good standin among fashionable accessories of tn | summer gown, and by way of trim | ming there is a wide offering in clun faces. in the val. variety and it fls | venetian.
 ! Bands of trimming are laid on tt
 sleeve anywhere from the shouldt . to the wrist. in most cases, however | the upper arm is most favored. ar the trimming is straight, around ( diagonal.
 Each season has it's fad material and the fad of the spring and sun
 mer of 1912 is found in the rough-su,
 faced material called ,various1y eponf
 agaric, Terry cloth and Turkish toV
 cling.
 The revival for plain and carve crystal buttons, large and small. IS (
 in earnest. The pure white and co ored crystals are equally favored, a
 though those boasting of a color al
 more unusual.
 The Russian inclination is seen
 the Cossack blouses. the ''bluf | coatees (of bright-colored taffeta
 satin) to be worn with lingerie dress
 and in the separate coats of taffe ' or voile. There is one color that will be mo popular than another. White ar
 cream lead in the serges, whlp-co1
 and in the linens and other wash ia
 rics. These are trimmed with brigl
 touches on the collars and cuffs. ! The newest effects in neckwear a
 not unlike bibs of fine net and la'
 plaited to a stock and maintaining |. fiat shoulder by means off a broad la