The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-27
FADs AND FASHIONS

040eS are 8I0ouaAly CTeeplu8 lHtO favor for blouses and bodices of sum mer frocks. but these. are good only for women who are really tall and
 With the collerless blouse, which is to be very popular this summer, is worn broad band of velvet around the neck. the inevitable cascade of lace coming from beneath it.
 The very newest thing in the fla br1c bagB are the ring bags. which are really approximation on an en- larged scale. tho ring purses of twen- ty-nve years aeo:
 .rs rA st Dass s :ss ss fnssh ss nesss ysi's ayrivals in theoe lines are the pale pink complexion veils that are SO vastly becoming. Not % many frocks are seen in foulard as might have been expected. :. even the pretty bordered specimens, of which 70 much was hoped, being sad- 1y neglected in the new fashions.
 Novelty wells combine two colors in the weaving of the dots, which are nrrangsd in designs such as squares er horizontally, vertically or diagonal.
 Tn silk goods erape meteors are much favored. and SO are radium stripes and satin meteors, while in the finer sorts chiffon, silk voile and grenadlne are even more tempting.
 
 fetrod; but the rich oriental materials and tapestries of the past season are now being replaced by soft taffetas and tbe Fashionable corded silks. variety are great favorites. Pretty suede sbelts in both black and colors win be very fashionable, and a new variety, combines leather and dress materfals.
 Belts are again coming into vogue ~F meteor and similar fabrics now have the tailored belt finish, made slightly dresoy by rhe addition of bow
 Very coarse lace is being extensively used as trimming on gowns of linen and easement cloth. Strips of inser- tion arc joined by herringbone and mode up into overslips for the plain silh waist.
 snaII and rather flat pleated jabots, which are only sufficiently large to are being worn, and there is a fancy for flat 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 faces being fa- vorites.
 The extreme vogue of black-and- white TOT the coming Sed9On IS De- yund doubt, and the rich white dia- gonal silk, with a raised black cord, should be one of the prime favorites and five opportunity for the use of the many new colors that are used as trimming.
 me girondin is the newest hat shape to make its appearance in Par is. Narrow velvet ribbon, which is exceedingly fashionable, encircles the crown. and IA. tied in d small bow at she back, while in front it is supple mented with an upstanding ostrich plume.
 Some of the newest wells show the novelty of light embroidery in both R6ld and silver thread. The founda- fion of the veil is a pale biscui-color- ed tulle or fine net, patterned with motifs of floral sprays in white silk, with the outline in very fine metallic thread.
 The ever popular 1eghorn hat, lined with a darker shade, Is prominent on the list of correct headgear. An att tractive model is swathed with att tractive green tulle, while nestling be- tween the filmy folds in a wreath of small pink roses. making a lovely rontrast to the bright green of the tulIe-