Show 11 f 0 EF3IvT THE BOW CRAZE SCARPS ov BLACK MOIIIE MU3 BELLOW LACE Jjuclcle Daws and How Collarettes SiirUuelle T3 ster Creations in Fairy Chiffons and Gauzes I 1 New York women are madly indulging A1 4 in bows but woe is onc more the short lOump womans lot For the prevalent bmv is worn under the chin and is a I regular cosUy broadside of silk and lace extending from chin to the belt line oren < or-en six inches below and reaching ftc qionlly from shouldei to shoulder Whatever else a girl doesnt have this spring the must support a bow and very costly are borne of them Luckily in truth is the girl with the clever knack of tying or arranging make bows It t is bv instinct or a FrCnch art which lea Tiling Americanos takes to almost like lost los-t PariMennes Yho girl who has the true bowtouch in Iwr l f npr tips illl be in great demand awng her friends for these great limpid biws will sadly try the nerves of their wearers who arent blessfd with French maWs or born with the bowknot capacity THK BLACK MOIRE SCARF BOW I The first hint of the new fashion came I I BLACK MOIRE AND WHITE CHIFFON in the shape ot scarfs of black moire an iioue cut bias about eight rr ten inches wide an < 1 over two yarns and a half long 1 including twelve to liftttn m < h yellowish Ince which was gathered on to the eiuU i IIlrll II Rt r tt ee 4 thetr ends were left slanting as the edge F of the silk came when the bias cut was < iMadp To make a handsome tie if this style requires a yard of blach moIre antique ilk cut into four bias strips and sewed together A yard of deep lace will finish i ne tv o ends This was the prophet ai it were of the host of bows that encircle the throats and nestle under the pretty chins of half the girls m New York It is the funniest kind of an epidemic for oner this bow appeared it required TTCcittlv six days for it 10 be duplicated thousands of times It only shows how a 7opular fashion spreads This black moire tie was to put around X toe ihroat and tie in a bowknot of two hort loops and two very long ends SI Sometimes the loops are half as Ion > hen tied as the ends but best form is liort loops and ends hanging to the waist > r below and the tie is worn outside the J coat or capeS cape-S f CHARMING BLACK BOWS 7 hht here it should be said that any of these bows can be easily made at home with comparatively little cost for a hole set designed fur both outdoOr and indoor wear The black and white are especially in hnled for the stret and there are man styles in them Everything however teems to be made of moire An easy way is to talC a yard and threequarters of widt1 mono antique sash ribbon Slant the ends anjl frill on white or cream tinted lace or if rreferred wide black lace for the ruffle I Another style is of narrow riboon or silk cut on the straight Both ends re notched notch-ed and heavy white guipure lace about three inches wide is hewed on without ny fulling Sometimes a row of narrow Insertion is laid on the edge to cover the swing or if the tie is all black A jet sprange band is used for that purpose By a real dispensation there is mad a how which is fastened to the omnipre collarette band which has prevailed for f ronio months and is likely to reign slill longer In this case a high neck band is covered with the moire hooks behind while lime bow itself is attached to the fi out permanently THE SWELLEST ARE WHITE There arc some extraordinarily effective carfs of pure white moire antique cut crossway and finished with very deep lace ruffles on the ends In realllv these are the selcst creations in bows It now looks as if there would soon he c c 4 S 1 1 t SOME OF THE TBWEJ the same distinction in the femanlne iol between made bows fof the street mid scarfs to tie that there is in gentle rncns neckties 2nd that nhile the mad lb l ows in black moire are handiest they areS are-S kaly to be patronized by the great maws lc th lef rbba of vyomeii who hunt for bargains and follow fol-low h other women point the way t THE BOW IN COLORS Many women have not hesitated top to-p colored silk or gauze foundations for street wear and a pale yellow or corn colored moire silk is wrn a great deal In the scarf orUc S In gauze all colors and especially blue Yr < orn color and white are made up with f collarette of the same color There is al J a disposition to < use large buckles on the collarette and these arc randy with enamel or paste stones A pretty bow to brighten a dark frock or wear in tIle evening was entirely of cream color lace over pale silk It was decidedly dlftcrent from anything else lt ten Instead of loops and ends four large loops arranged two on a side were rltached to the collar band with an empire buckle of gold and enamel TIe loops were laid fiat and Well caught in placvr and really lookec more like one fan of lace and pink silk than four loops An exceedingly Quakerish affair was of pure white cmffon over dead white silk It had the made bow fastened to the neck band The bow had two medium sized loops at least eight inches wide and two long ends which hung straight down JIf to the belt and were cut with square ends j Those were finished with a fourInch I v hitechiffon ruffle anduboveit anolher ruffle appeared of the same material i long narrow cut steel buckle figured on yf T cO < g S the neck band of this half concealed among the chiffon folds t THE EASTER SCARFS Among the Easter novelties are a few long scarfs of finest sheerest Egyptian cotton goods that are almost like silk gauze and have lace rutlled ends or ruffles ruf-fles of the material itself There are also shown rather prim black moire collarettes with two loops on each slue of the centre fold These are short loops I and recall remembrances of the ties all great men are supposed to have en dured when young A Parisian favorite is the white batiste as sheer and gauzy as a dream with exquisitely ex-quisitely filmy lace ends and even a couple of rows of lace ruffled on the batiste ba-tiste so that the ends are all lace and the wearer appears to have a breast plate of ruffles One of the Easter visions of this class had point I d esprit ruffles and the effect can hardly be described For a blonde girl in a cool white or gray gown with such a bow the only truthful characterization character-ization is spiritueile Another caprice has a black net collar ette and two six to ten inch very full and closely plaited ends of net crossed with iv o IT three bands of ecru tinted lace insertion in-sertion Where buckles are usedand this seems to lie 1 the coming ideathey are rather I contradictory for while extremely large utter extending onethird around the throat they are never allowed to be conspicuous con-spicuous ana so are rather attractive in the general effect I But the shortnecked woman and she pt ninny pounds avoirdupois of flesh want to steer clear of the bow craze for theres nothing but mortification in it for her CONSTANCE HENER |