Show I r > WIULEo rJil1 TeA arws The corselet skirt with bretelles or shoulder straps and no jacket at allis all-Is being worn a great deal for athome gowns Light material voile cashmere cash-mere henrlettn eollcnno and similar fabrics are used Charming little short coats of lace and muslin are shown for the babies They are not for wear outdoors but are intended to be slipped over tho infants robes when It Is carried downstairs down-stairs in state to receive visitors A charming empire coat of light brown cloth has the waist outlined with a band of the cloth tucked In very fine tucks pressed flat and inset in the cloth of the coat the bands crossing in a surplice and extended around the back of the waist The same bands trimmed the sleeves above the wide flaring cuff To Be In Style Wear Velvet Velvets which until a few short years ago were considered the material mate-rial of kings and queens have come to be very generally worn not only by people of wealth but by those of mode mod-e t purse as well The chiffon velvets are tho direct result of the manufacturers manufac-turers efforts to get the pliable quality quali-ty of the cotton fabrics In their silk weaves Velveteens of today are as pretty and as lustrous as their silken relatives rela-tives and this season are brought out with the added virtue of being fast in color thus assuring the wearer that her lightcolored dainty blouse or delicately del-icately tinted gloves will not be smudged New Flower Pots When you buy a potted plant from a florist nowadays he does not send It home in the ordinary red clay pot such as has been In use from time out of mind The plant Is delivered In a receptacle of the conventional shape but It Is covered with fine straw bound around with raffia that Is either painted paint-ed a soft green or a dull shade of red These bindings are fashioned In some pleasing design and are varnishedso that the whole thing Is ready to stand as an ornament just as it is These plants may come high but there Is one economy In buying them You do not have to purchase a jardiniere to put them InChicago News Trimmed Muffs Fashionable What might be called trimmed muffsthat is with tails and heads of tho animals as ornamentation are fashionable just now As they are so large they seem to need some finish fin-ish white lynx tails of the animal and the small heads relieve nicely tho c 11 wide flat surface Lace and flowers always seem rather Incongruous against fur but they undoubtedly give a richness of coloring which Is effective to a degree Ecru lace against sable Is exquisite and Imitation Imita-tion gardenias with a touch of color In the green leaves render chinchilla more than over charmingly pretty Full laco ruffles soften the wrist holes In the majority of muffs for reception wear Lace on All Kinds of Gowns Lace Is to bo a great deal worn upon winter gowns and oven on street dresses one sees it very much In ono of the shop windows there Is a very handsome cloth dress trimmed around tho neck and down the front with a tan colored lace jabot Set in the jabot of lace there Is a strip of black fur The muff is mado ot black fur with a trimming of white lace along the upper part and at each end Bows of velvet are sot In the lace I Small Empire Coat No one need think that the fashions of the first empire are not as becoming becom-ing to tho little maid as to her mother moth-er it Is unusual to find a stylo which Is so universally becoming and tho little coat shown Is quite as becoming becom-ing on the little girl as the same mode Is on her mother What could be moro adorable than a demure little lady in this coat The short Eton part fits easily while the lower attached portion por-tion flares gracefully about the bottom bot-tom Velvet Is very soft and rich in tiny coats for winter and the pretty collar and cuff facings of white broad r w h I e I I 1 I cloth on this one renders it all the more charming by contrast The coat closes in doublebreasted manner with six largo crystal buttons which also trim the cuff of the sleeve Any seasonable sea-sonable coat fabric may be used in this design For the medium size tho pattern calls for four yards of 22Inch material New Wrinkle for a Muff A new wrinkle for a muff is to sew a full ruffle of about threeInch ribbon on to the ends of tho muff All stoles and boas and ruches should be short that Is just to cover the shoulders and with fur tails or velvet loops asa as-a finish at either end These neck arrangements give a pretty finish to any costume and are rather becoming if properly worn AIr r s + w I r V 4 ii I tT i 0 0 l t F r N L I 1 f i i 5 4 I Ruby velvet gown with Irish Mauve broadcloth with shirred chit crochet yoke Toque and boa of white ton yoke and lower sleeves or darker fox velvet cravat effect u |