AND FADS OF FASHION belulia Boll omley NM j 4 x UNEQUALED VARIETY IN TAFFETA SUITS from the viewpoint of variety it appears appeals that nothing has equaled the lumber of suits coats and frocks oade of taffeta which have leavo answered the publics demands this season the supply of silk seems inexhaustible haus hauEt tible ible but with tho the incoming of may fay the akmand amand turns urns 0 to o thinner materials I 1 te rials cotton voiles repts and laces or dressy frocks and the heavier cotton coton weaves for the white suits stilts taffeta suits ilive almost kept pace the tha silk in variety of development so BO that there hero Is a style for 1 avory vory one A pretty example is shown in n the picture with a very short and loose coat it Is cut with a flare chica looks as if it might rival that of the ballet dancers skirt it if it were n not 0 I 1 confined by a bilt belt of tho the silk bilk th that at slips through sl ailles cut at the waist line this belt I 1 Is in reality used as a decorative feature and is finished with a flat bow at the front it does not define the waistline and appears to terminate at ane sides the wide cape collar callar and flar flaring tripi cuffs are with parallel rows of white sou tache braid three buttons provide an inconspicuous fastening at the front the skirt is nlaly except for ano bias bands about the bottom attached along their upper edge it Is cut rather long and very full 4 J y q ts Y V 4 R 13 0 FILMY HATS OF HAIR BRAID one of those filmy hats ot of lace hair braid which may go to any length or width it t likes Is shown here it Is a a model for midsummer and its wideness deness wl of brim would make it too heavy it if tile the braid were more than mere threads of lustrous silk fiber woven into the most open of lace patterns it la Is faced with malanes mall nes and there are many similar models with facings of thin crepe or chiffon they pre pro all so BO light that they may provide ri n wide ex expanse panie of brim supporting tho the flowers of midsummer without becoming as aa heavy as hats of more compact braids aralds nearly all the hats made of hair braid are either white or black tho the earne braid is dyed into tints and colors but it Is most beautiful in white often a white hai bat Is faced with a pale tint and this brim treatment to Is liked particularly well tor for hats to be trimmed with a full wreath of ostrich la in a light if tint nt frames made of quo flue covered wire arc used for wide brimmed hats but for smaller hats a few shapes have been mase made of the narrower braids without any wire Bup support port they are pliable but one edge of the braid is ib corded and Is wiry enough to be ba used instead of wire when the model Is narrow brimmed these are made in white and pale tints in ili black the best effects are made by combining the lace braid with black malanes mall nes black paradise feathers or ornaments of malines malanes are chosen tor for such models and they are most beautiful in all black the hair braid Is highly lustrous and this luster seems more conspicuous in black than in white or colors lace hair braid is made mad 3 up into beautiful headwear tor for all ages of wearers bearers wear ers froni from the little girl to grand mamma it to Is fine grained material and everything fine and dainty in up ap parel looks well with li it it is associated in our minds with the most on en lovely clothes that womer women wear in ih the e gracious ditis days of summer