The Connecticut labor news., 1921-10-21
IN WOMAN'S WORLD
 uIIINIIIIIIIInFEMININE TOPICS NnIMIIIMIII

for spring reception and party dresses The nets are not white and cream on ly, as in former years, but this season they have been tinted every known tone and shade, and then the laces which are used with them are cOlored the seIf-same tone. Chiffon and laco are combined in this way, the lace be ing dyed to match the tissue.
 A yellow net frock was made with a very full skirt, giving body by means of wide crosswise tucks. Between the tucks a two-nch cotton lace edging was placed, and this was dyed the same shade of citron-yellow. The bodice was simple surplice affair. and the inevitable Organdie flower this time a pale pink camelia-held the pale green ribbon girdle in place.
 Another cotton net frock was dyed a gray-blue, and the skirt vas ons mass of tw0-inch ruffles made of cotton lace dyed the same shade, and put on in wide scallOps or garlands.
 Parisian hats are in full bloom, sd to say. Most of the summer ones are big and floppy and flowery, but there are some small turbans recently im- ported which have a distinction of their own. There are the tiniest of close fitting turbans made solidly of leaves that are cOlOred and lacQuered. It is no rarity for the leaves to be rich, deep brown or a dull and shiny green or rose colOred or, for that mat. ter, any color that happens to strike the fancy of the modiste But the loo oil ic rn6 a veil of chantilly dyed a shade to match exactly the shade of the leaves underneath it.
 Leather as Hat Fabric.
 The French are using leather a good deal. too. for hats. It is soft, Lrapable variety of leather. All the rules of leather have been disregarded and the stuff has been used as though it were the most accepted hat fabric under the sun. sOne large and broad trimmed hat was made of brilliant red leather and it had little steel rivets applied cleverly at the base of that where bow was tied at the right side by way of a bit of trimming. Another leather hat, also of red, was embrOid- cred in black chenille and then twisted into one of those drapery turban things turning off the face. It was the sort of shape that has been popular for some seasons past and to which the French milliner Is capable of al ways giving a fresh twist, if desired
 Lace, too, is still a favorite with them over there. They are making whole picture hats of 1t and using 1t for trimmings on others. They seem loath to relinQuish the grace and the dropping quality of this material which, above all others, has thai feminine look which best adapts it. self to the making of hats. They have used lace for veils and scarfs and bows and for transparent brims, and when they use 1t they take great pains to allow the pattern to show at its best.
 Flowers in Some Favor.
 There are, as always in springtime, many trimmings of ribbon. There is an amusing little novelty in the way of ribbon of organdie edged by a picot in metal thread. In the same way stiff taffeta ribbons are supplied with this metal edge, and these Maria Guy uses in formal rosettes posed on the brims of some of her hats.
 Flowers seem to be finding again some of their lost favor. They lean toward being made extraordinary