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Show Mdlg Sub BD(t amid Bonslkks T. ilIE well dressed woman spends a largo part of her dress allowance upon accessories nowadays, and If sho has a tasto for pretty bolts sho . may Invest a surprising amount In that ono ilom of her wardrobe. fjS!nj For certain costumes of severe tailored typo tho plain leather belt i --?7 Is the thing most deslrablo, but oven hero It one demands Hinartncss ono must pay for It, and a plain belt of flno qunllty and with a good bucklo la novcr cheap. The new bolts of this class Just placed on vlow In tho shops show great variety In width, color, bucklo and shaping dcsplto their limitations, and particularly pretty effects aro obtained In tho colored moroccos. moroc-cos. No othor leather lends Itself to tho dyer's purposes so readily as does morocco, mo-rocco, and In consequenco It Is In this lonther that ono can find hells of almost every color plain, rather narrow bolts with unpretentious buckles ot burnished bur-nished gold. For the wider belts softer leathers aro usually chosen, or at least this Is true ot tho wldo belts which fold onco In tho mlddlo as moat of tho chic models do. Hero, too, ono finds a surprising varloty of color, though tho smooth dull finish leather and tho Btiedo or ooze leather generally solectod for bucIi belts do not tako the colorings so richly as does tho morocco. For those wider crush belts largo buckles are used and ofton slides or ornumonts of somo sort nt tho back, but a certain sevorlty characterizes oven tho largo metal buckles whon they are associated with leather, Ilucklen covered with soft leather and studded or trimmed with steol or other metal aro used for somo i ot tho wldo lonther belts. In while or light colors, but tho very ornato buckles are usually reserved lor silk, ribbon nnd clastic belts. Patent leather Is more used by tho belt designers thnn It has been In recent re-cent seasons, but Is more often combined wtth other leathers than omployod alone. Vory good designs nro shown In whlto leather ond black patent leather, theso belts usually being rather narrow by reason of their consplcuousnoss. Whon ono cornea to tho subject of fancy buckles and ribbons or silk belts, description falters, for tho buckles of the day aro legion nnd aro of all grades ot beauty and value. Many handsomo designs aro turned out In old fashioned cameos and In coral nnd soml-precious stonea, and Imitations of theso stones ; aro used In ovory Imaglnablo way. Amethyst, topaz, tourmaline urn! chryso-praso chryso-praso are particularly liked by tho dcslgnors, but of courso a vast majority of the designs nro turned out In cheap Imitations of theso stones. |