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Cloth skirt, a coarse net applied underneath, and all the edges machine stitched to this, or else a design is cut out in cloth, silk or velvet and appliqued to the skirt and jacket, both by means of the sewing machine.

Leather Trimmings remain in good standing for the walking and utilitarian style of dress. One of the latest conceits in this direction employs leather as a background for marvelous patterns that are carried out in tiny silk cords and metaline threads, that are couched down on the skin instead of being used in the ordinary fashion. A clever blending of colors makes for a wonderful effect in this direction, and as the work is rapidly done, it is a temptation rather than otherwise to plan for several sets of vest, collar and cuffs all to match.

Braids and Braidings are to experience a perfect furore this winter in all sorts of new and novel applications. On cloth and velvet gowns, upon furs, and even upon chiffon, one sees braids of varying types used with a lavish hand. Rarely is one size or pattern in braid alone relied upon; but as many as three or four are deftly blended, so that the effect is one of extreme elaboration.

Belts are more elaborate and extravagant than ever. Embroidered velvets, silks, cloths and braids are well boned at back and sides, to fasten with a buckle that is deep rather than broad in front. Little side slides receive much attention, and the trimming of the back is fully as important as that of the front.

Some New Shirtwaists are made to fasten in the front, with an attached turnover collar of the Byron pattern. A double ruffle of pleating of the goods appears either side of the front fastening, the buttons appearing in the center of the narrow box pleat that serves as a foundation for those Directoire ruffles. The collar and sleeve are likewise finished with this ruffle, and though such blouses come from the best makers in Paris, are all hand-made and by no means inexpensive, it must be confessed that they bear a close resemblance to garments of the negligee type rather than to a smart shirtwaist that may appear on the street under a pretty Eton or bolero jacket.

An Effective Marabout Set.

Charming to a degree is this attractive set in the natural brown marabout, with its many little pendant fringe pieces tipped with white. For the requirements of the between-season weeks, when a wrap is all too heavy, and the gown worn without one seems more or less incomplete for an outdoor appearance, fashion so far has offered nothing that fits in so delightfully as does the feathered and feathery effects that are so modish at the moment.

The stole is one of those straight four-strand affairs, the strand connected at