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Show ifLatest New York fashions sg E? EDITH BAYMo:NI, jjjjVN'l NEW YORK, Aug. 7. The princess nr rotvn has held its vogue for se'crnl sea- "ftrj ions and thero is only one sign of its Cc0aJ liminisliiiig in fashion for the coining ire ki months. ft (he pointed waist conies i . jack with a rush when fall openings oc- ,1 0rBP)ilk iiir, the death knell of the princess will "a IW i'e heard. Hut the pointed waist is by iofflj o nieans a certainty. Great unccr- mn tainty reigns in sartorial circles. JSo K sensational change of style was evident ""SJiojt it the three great summer races in MhMii Paris, which annually bring out nil that ilft 'i thero is to know about summer styles. ' "jtife- it Autcuil and on Drag day. I ho latter storaa j preceding the Grand Frix. the dress are ' iiakcrs contented themselves with much jho Banie lines in the, models which tlic.v aS rjjif exploited on manikins, that have been scon for six months, and one might say twelve months. A little more breadth of skirt than at one time when the directoiro vogue was at its height there was, to be sure; but the directoiro at its worst was novor a general fashion. Only women who always advocate the conspicuous adopted it in that guise, and (hey do not count. Tt rained on Grand Prix day, but the fnsliionables of Paris do not nny longer wear I heir choicest gowns to t I'm L race. At the other two races, the handsomc-est handsomc-est gowns wcro of chiffon, printed or painted or embroidered. Indeed, guaz fabrics wore more used thnn they have been for some months. One of the loveliest gowns was of chiffon made over a green background that threw them info relief. Tho weather was favorable fa-vorable at Autcuil and the Drag to wraps, and many mantillas and coats of the richest description were in evidence. One of the handsomest and most becoming be-coming coats seen was in the shape of a priest's vestment, without sides and hanging straight at back and front. It was literally incrusted with embroidery, dono in the tone of tti gown. Poulards figured at the Preuch races in Paris, as they have seldom figured before. Some of tho really handsome gowns worn by great ladies were of this once humble' silk. So far as has been learned, not a dressmaker exploited a gown of sensational width. All were i airly scanty and all were princess. A great many tunic arrangements were in evidence. This might, of course, be expected. These styles will last through the summer and well into the fall. Tt is too late now for any sensational tlo-velopincnts. tlo-velopincnts. The French races on tho Brittnny coast aro all tho functions left for actual exploitation of now fashions, and they arc not likely to bring out any great novcltv.The Frenchwoman French-woman is satisfied with " tho present styles. Her petite size .and her sprightly spright-ly character aro well suited with them, and she is not going to give them up without a struggle. Tho American and English women are advocating wider gowns. They consort botter with their larger physical development. Paris is not the dominant power that she once was. Tho voice of the American woman wo-man is heeded because tho American woman paj's the most money for cloths in Paris of all the great dressmakers' clients and her wish is law. A. bib arrangements with a turned up tunic which reminds one of an American washerwoman, but called by foreign writers the "fishwife" style, is tho newest thing in waists and tunics. But the bib is being seen alouo in separate waists as well as fn tho prin-coss prin-coss effects. The more odd and orig- inal the plan of the waist tho botter it suits tho young folk, who always go in for novelties Somo of the newest guimpe waists which are still in high vogue have deep front openings on the order of a man's dross coat, with very much abbreviated sleeves. For tailor suits this is moro trig than the drossier dros-sier round or square neck, tho front opening being- filled- with plnin lace, net, linen or lawn chemisette and the sleeves falling in line in sovero finish. Piquo makes a tailory chemisotto and is bnck again in favor for such uses. Both sides of the low deep y-button on the chemisette and tho buttons of I ho waist below tho opening aro of tho same kind. Pearl buttons are a good deal used. A smart traveling suit which startod for the exposition on the western coast last week was of bluo sorgo, mado with a skirt of lifted waist lino and tho blouse was of shantung in tho samo shade. The waist was perfectly plain but for a Gibson tuck at each sFdo and the buttons that fastcnod it a little to one sido of tho front at tho top and ended in the center of tho front at tho bottom. Tho Gibson plaits were edgod with a double row ot soutache, which, three inches from the bottom, was brought around in jacket stylo and upward before reaching tho front, making mak-ing a hollow spaco which was filled by two( buttons. The sleeves woYe long, ending in points over the back of the hand and finished with soutache. The high collar was also outlined with a double row of soutache. Jacket fronts aro appoaring again in bodices which are en suite with skirts. Ono such waist of princess stylo has turned back lapels of the jacket, which aro heavily braided. Tho open front shows the princess waist cut round below be-low a shallow yoke of embroidery and lace, and a second yoke of tucked not. Ono of tho newest styles of the late summer is tho coat with a peplum that is plaited and that is somewhat shorter than has boon the rule during tho preceding pre-ceding season. This now coat is a re- lief in being short enough not to crease when the wearor sits. Among tho choicest offerings of the season nre the innumcrablo frocks that R&r are so constructed ns to bo Kiiitablc at onco for ordinary wear and for Bomi- Iil formal occasions. In tho August dis- ifl plays it is tho gown of this type that JM figures .most extensively, for tho ox- Hi cossivo heat of these mid-summer days ! renders it an effort to array ono-"s self IB in the formal attire that otherwiso would be domanded. Then, too, under this samo heading there are tho simplo gowns that intermittent cold "spells" IJH make ncccssnry, and which, in consider- IS ation of tho month's renutation, ono " IS is too apt to disregard. These dresses Ifl aro a mode between tho shirt waist Ifl and skirt nnd tho foulard, and they aro IB inshioned of inexpensive materials fl |
