Evening star., 1918-08-04
FASHION NOTES.

THE corsage flower never really was
out; but 1t Is decidedly "in" Just
at present. 30 far as evening gowns
are concerned. The recent vogue for
tho black evening gown has made It
An accessory much sought after by
women who do not like the avsterity
Of all black. and the smart shops are
showing some extremely interesting
silk and velvet flowers in interesting
shades Of purple and red.
For little girls. some Of the pYet-
test new frocks are figured orEandy
newer than those of voile. They are
prettteSt when made with fichuo and
little turned black cuffs. Some of
them have shirred pockets, edged
with tiny ruflings or pieatings Of
New autumn shoes are showing
cloth tops as q matter of economy
and to conserve leather. With a cloth
TOP shoe may be bought for several
dollars less than the same styls and
grade OF shoe with leather top.
Aside from their advantage in price
they appeal to women now because
Ys
Silk and leather bags are another
conservation fancy. There is 1ust
enough leather In the bags-of hand
bag size-to remind US that once
handbags were almost invariably
made OF leather. Sometimes the frame
is of leather-covered metal. and
sometimes there are little trimmine
straps and flaps of leather. 1t is in
teresting. isn't it, that we got outsof
the habit of carrying leather hand
bags before war caused a leather
scarcity-or at least a demand that
amounts to the same thing.
There are some very smart new
waistcoats Of pongee embroidered
with black or dark brown floss in
coin dots-b.g polka dots These new
DTS OF neckwea- are very effective.
One of the interesting new wells
Is made Of big meshed net. in black
tnreads. edged with a wide double
hem OF chiffon embroidered in black
dots The coin dot Is a very good
pit OF the summers trimming details.
IL appears not only as an embroid-
ereo emblem on many bits of neck
wear. biouses. wells and other ac-
eessories. but is still one of the best
designs on foulards.
Fine checked gingham is now pleat-
ed and f1uted into the wide rufflinva
mat are sold by the yard for neck
wear purposes. This gingham an
pears IN various color combinations.
including including yellow. rose. green and
Georgette crepe. also. is made up IN
checks and In plaids in various color
combinations. Moreover. narrow ap-
piled hens of the checked or plaided
material are put on the straight ruff
f1es Of white.
Unbleachcd cotton is one Of the fab
rics used now for children's frocks.
We have seen this fabric used for
aprons and sunbonnets and other
playtime accessories for little girls
ever since the craze for quilting de-
signs on chfldren's nursery things
came In several years ago. But now
real little frocks, for quite serious
wear, are made of the coarse. un-
bleached muslin. trimmed, Of course,
with bright rose or blue or even
yellow.
Beaded parasol handles. although a
novelty of the moment. for we have
seen them before earlier in the sum
mer. are extremely effective They
are expensive enough so that they
cannot become commonplace. and Of
course that is one reason why thew
remain interesting. Often a design
is worked out with steel beads COM
bined with those Of one color-brteht
blue or flaming-red. The results are
good.
One of the japanese shops has been
showing very attractive lamps at re-
duced prices-of the kind made orig
fnaIly to hold candles. but supplied
with holes through which an electric
cord could be run by an electrician.
Indeed, this Is very good tfme. 10
look about for interesting lamps. for
merit winter. They are not only some
times reduced now. but they are
easier to see because of the lack of
crowds, and now, when the sales
people are bit scarce, this a good
point to consider. The lamps in ones
tfon were especially desirable becausa
they were fitted with globular shades
held out in an enaraeled wobden
frame. Of lovely yellow brocaded silk.
1t wasn't expensive. It was simplv
a very fattering color, which is what
one should always seek in buyinr
lamp shades.
Jabots are shown on many Of the
new blouses, both of Gecrgette and
Of voile and Of batiste. Tney are very
full. some Of them, and often fi,rio1
pleated cuffs to match are shown on