Show SWAN SONG OF SUMMER FASHIONS autumnal nature suggests the tinte for tae melancholy days to come ehll hato tere only found on ithe manufacturers advertising sheets no striking oranges Ob anges are owed Was bable materials more stylish than silks for children handiwork tol ids of ewins and old this Is the season when summer begins ito sing her swan song and already ithe advent of certain toll designed tor late august that her hour of glory ils over that is as far 03 the biot strictly summer wear Is conceded conc emed tor QS long as a cricket and gentle zephyrs blow iche airy flummeries flum meries and delicate flower tints that distinguished the season will bei worn amt the melancholy days are coming and beven at this early date fashion as beginning to turn to autumnal Autum mal nature for her colorings though we may mot count on those preliminary 03 anything more than tentative efforts to test the taste and tide over a dull moment however itley are admirable beginnings auel after all do we not get OUT lessons from mother nature A TRIO OF STUNNING GOWNS A pair of stunning gowns just completed by a smart dressmaker vie with the maple kageo themselves in autumnal splendor the first costume Us of vivid red serge altia black blows the possible continuance of the eiband trimming found so universally deboor a jovo when black in employed on color Taff efta ellk cut on itne bias and over thin crinoline forms this stray rEng as usual tho skirt Is in laree alera the two lower sec tlona beio shaped after the manner of the flounce and put on in the same way the top skirt Is gored at the front that it may cling to the figure li gathers slightly at the back a stitched girdle of the bias taffeta taff eCa bell sleeves imitate with their theoa ithone of the skirt and under ithe trim is worn a corsage of black floured net oter ted aila the hat woich Is de ono of the new models ls coatse shaded TJ straw a crown ot in the palest it lifts at tho left to show a long narrow ivow of black velvet against the hair THE COMING one Is continually hearing that under balm trimmings are going cut but the winds of autumn are i certainly not blowing that away anything that tends to softening alnea and enhancing ch itma is too valuable to bo done away with and since many of the anew hat reproduce the jaunty side cock found so enla season it stands lo 10 reason there must ibe some flimns in for the dundei space but donit start out at tills on a still ihunt for your chapeau dau loane as yet it exists only on the tainted plates which the manufacturers rs are sending to dealers when they are on aih market you will know it and EO also will the poor man who pays the milliner but to return to brocka A charming rig tor afternoon driving or visit ins is carried out in novelty wool la wallflower yellows and browns A beautiful skirt and bodiee decoration of ahls Is a floral of gul pure introducing afta ifta rich ivory walto a cord cf cott c ott brawn chenille abo art dead leaf of fhe wailing season velvel of the bame shada borms torms the cloeo etmus an 1 narrow girdle as well aitho bands that hold th bishop sleeves at the wrist the gown in the group Is more summary in than the foregoing two ivory white clouch realized this vision which bora tho stamp of and an air of ex simplicity despite dihe toll chat had been lavished upon t for a blouse and flounces had abeen made of the cloth treated to the french system of an blab oraid out iby band to imitate the vagaries of this waa ill opened opined with black ellk which 1 t 0 v wll showed solidly under itile pleats ot the little jacket the sleeve bands and collar were likewise of the cut cloth 1 with black tha former putts of white liberty satin clock velvet girdled the waist and in narrow bands striped the white satin parasol ELEGANT As I 1 said summer is singling her h er swan songs abut you know it is the babbit of this extraordinary ard to pipe his sweetest at the last so it comes about that itaho fluffy of tho dos days grow more entrancing iab the period lor their approaches 1 never were summer costumes more nearly ideal than now all the transparent laces and gauzy con toward a whole a ao elegant tho of materials were never more felicitous and if extravagance has ibena the thing eo also has been simplicity take or that very garniture black velvet clibbon ailt has appeared upon the most expensive gowns and what could have been more modest then silks have coma within the reach of all and the fad for combining flower tinted foulards fou lards with airy has rendered many of them bewitching rivals of the all thin frocks an afternoon costume for a young matron shows one graceful method in which mack silk muslin and white russian lace may be employed with com yellow foulard the little maiden beside it Is arranged in a wash frock of india lawn embellished with much fine handiwork in the chape of hair tucking between vertical stripes of leather bone baitch delicate materials stand the test of soap and water are more in favor tor children than the silks and un wal haible gauzes ance used and since much handiwork da displayed on them the manufacture of the dainty toilettes toi lettes afforde an agreeable diversion for the fond mother with tastes and skill A superb evening cloak of pleated ivory taffeta doubled with rose is shown in the last cut lace picked cut with black chenille realizes the handsome yoke collar and sleeve caps all dark edges are of black velvet ribbon which likewise fordce the two slender trailing bows at the front the low sleeveless frock is of bl aali point velvet spotted cu and chantilly MAHY DEAN |