The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
VELVET AND FUR Is
SMART COMBINATION
Other GIeaninss Of Fashion Gathered
in Washington Shops.

Velvet is much used IN combination
with fur, and velvet NUTS edged with
] fur bid fair to prove as popular az fur
I NUNS edged with ruffies OF velvet. One
effective velvet takes the form OF a VEL
vet chain made Of loops Of velvet cord
formed by rolling a two-inch or three
inch strip of velvet. The loops of the
chain measure two or three inches across,
And the chains are festooned across the
face OF NUTS or else used to finish col
lars.
| The butterfly holds its own in spite OF
the fact that II is a summer-liks symboI.
On beautiful mum OF seal two butter
Mes OF leopard skin are perched. They
are stif, with wired, outspread wings
and they are fastened securely to the
mum.
one OF the new hats. Of black and vel
vet Is trimmed with punches of raisins
IN raisin shades OF mar Don, mauve, and
brown. They are made Of a silk that has
The texture Of raisin skins. The punches
are arranged irreguIarly in a band about
the brim and crown.
Scotch plaids are fashionable for chill
dren- Real little kilt suits OF WOODEN cloth
In the plaids Of the different clans are
shown for small boys. Scotch plaid sTIk
Is used for trimming coats and frocks for
little girls. And for the very small girl
there are little velvet hoods of scotch
plaid velvet, with n ruching about the
face OF fine pleated lace and with silk
strings that tie under the chin.
A new feature on bodices Of lace ana
velvet. which are part Of a costume
with velvet skirt. is a collar Of velvet
and lace. There is a band Of velvet rib
hnT hat akr Al.
ems snugly in front. This band is about
two inches wide. To the top of il is
fastened lace about three or sometimes
four 'tnches wide, slightly gathered in
the shape of rundown collar. The vel
vet upright collar Is fastened to a lace
bodice, which shows touches Of velvet
about the waist and sleeves.
In a really beautiful evening coat ot
deep. soft red velvet there is an interest,"
ing yoke and sleeve arrangement The
sleeves, which are long and voIuminous,
are cut in one, with a small yoke in each
front and with n deep pointed collar IN
the back. This deep pointed section can
hardly be called collar. Below the
yoke line it hangs free Of the skirt Of the
coat, but 1t reaches quite to the bottom
Of the coat. where it IS finished with a
heavy silk tassel 1t is edged with silver
embroidery.
The bow at the back OF the neck is az
usual now as the bow at the front. In
an interesting rest robe OF pink and white
chiffon and tulle, there is a wide, rolling
collar Of tulle. Under il. at the back OF
the neck, is big bow of pink satip. stiff
and outstanding, which holds the tulle
up and out.
Cotton fabric gloves that have chamois
or doeskin finish are OF much more salts
factory quality, even in the cheaper sorts,
this autumn than ever before Many
women, whose hands are naturally warm
lament the havoc brought to kid gloves
held within mum. SILK gloves are some
times used in the winter, because the
moisture from perspiration does not hurt
them, and also because they are cooler
than kid gloves and do not make the
hands perspire so readily. But silk gloves
are too thin for comfort, even when a
mum Is carried. for occasionally one
hand must be drawn out to pay car fares
or hold up the skirt over a muddy cross
Ing. Cotton fabric gloves are ideal for
wear with a nun. They are made now
in white, all shades of tan, chamois
color, oyster shades and gray. The heav-
Ter ones, more durable, are of double
fabric, and wear enough longer than the
thinner ones to make their bigger price
an economy.
The collar of a heavy, tailor-made suit
hoes not look well directly next the skin
of the neck That much has been proved
since cool weather has brought out win
ter suits Thin, light summer suits looked
We'll enough, so far as their collars were
concerned. In fact, most of their collars
we're Of white or other light material.
But tailored blue serge collar makes A
hard and ugly line against the neck. and
he collarless blouse now worn. unless
I is fitted with an outstanding rouche.
ioes nothing to soften this line. The net,
ligh-boned collar used last winter broke
he line and put a sufficiently wide strip
II white between coat collar and neck
o give soft finish about the throat
fhere are many small white collars that
an be worn over the coat collar to gain
he softness and finish desired Those OF
Inc net interfere the least with the line
md effect Of the coat collar. Those OF
white null, finely embroidered and edged
With hne Valencieunes lace, are also
FOOD with the tailored coat. Some, OF
let and lace and embroidery combine5.
lre too elaborate for wear with the
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