The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-25
PADS AND FAsHIoNs


 Or have bands of contrasting shade to trim them.
 There is a very beautiful wash cot. ton crepe that has silky finish and l a silk-and-cOttOn mixture that is to be found among the blouse materials. Silks perfectly washable and unaf- fected by salt water are offered thia season for bathing suits. They are much like mohairl in texture. and rath- CT expensive This has been a season of coat od- dities. A new sport coat is known of the blanket fabric used by tho 1um- bermen ef the west.
 Sleeves are seen which reach almost to the knuclEles. F1 They are cut bell- shaped, though otherwise tight from the elbow No ruffles or edged trim The dominating note everywhere is q pretty short costume of silk, which has nothing of the tailor-made about 1t, yet keeps the name of tailor-made Tor some unknown reason. Ss Entire dresses of taffeta with sprig patterns have been corded and ruch- ed with pale stein matching partic- ular color in the design One special feature of the present season is certainly the sash. It takes many forms and variations, but the old conventional sash of two plain n. White remains the most popular and modish- of colors. The latest phase of the white preference is in the form of summer frocks made entirely of crepe de chine, crepe meteor or of |4affeta For quite young girls there are nar- row belts of black patent kid, hav- ing at back and front small insets of suede in clam plaid designs and colors and buckles of the trunk type in gilt or German silver
 A present mode that is likely to in. fiuence the coming fashions is the fa- vOr shown the quaint tofle de Jouy patterns, which this season have been reproduced In taffeta, in silk mousse- line and iii chfftons.
 Deep cape collars of sheer linen, em- broidered and edged with a ruffle of pleated tulle, almost cover the entire blouse, and are most attractive to wear with dresses of silk, linen, dim ity or the finer materials
 Many of the smartest dresses of the present season have been made with long sleeves, and almost without ex- ception the sleeves have had the h- mono epauiet and have introduced a little fullness at and below the elbow
 The Apache is a collar designed for summer wear with coat or with the negligee type of blouse or dress. Despite it's name 1t is nothing more nor less than an adaptation of the Bly, ron collar, cut wide in front and roll ing sides and back.
 Because of the vogue of the toile de Jouy effect there has been a sort of reflected vogue for the more showy Pompadour patterns These, in silk and in chiffon are employed for dressy costumes in combination with lace fiounces and pannier ideas.
 The correct belt for the plain tailor ed frock of light weight serge, check ed worsted, coafse-meshed linen or crash is a patent leather strip of from one to two inches in width, which fastens with a colonial buckle of highly polished gold, silver or gum metal.
 The pannier sash is perhaps the one of leading importance at the moment. This only starts from the waist line at the back. where 1t usually hooks on the gown, and drops in two wide loose bands to about the knees, where it is again caught to the dress with an ornament and a line of fringe. These bands are not taut from the waist to the knee, but hang so that they form little loop. 1t Is from this loop ing that the name of pannier is ob- tained.