Show S BRAIDING USED TO ADVANTAGE I There i a great run upon all forms of stitched and braided garments A rough blueblack cloth make up into a splendid plain skirt with n decoration save stitch Ing to break somewhat the monotony of its surface Braiding Is It sura Brdng employed about the bodice mainly A blue and gray plaid soft a a doves plumage I have seen I rendered very fierce by broad military braid and frog astrachan mit ad gold cadet buttons From a wide waist band or velvet repeating the colors of the plaid falls a skirt whose only decora ton Is a lao pleat at the back edged with astrachan and the braid ege Wt taa ad te brd Many of the new plaids are In these softer and I more delicate tint avoiding the positive reds and greens that in a ruder posive gre ta i a rde age set the tartan precedent for all tie I |