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WO MAN1? VA Bl CD I NTC? KTS SUMMER WEAVES IN VELVETS upas Fabric. Metallic in Brilliancy, Mas Chenille Pile, but I<- Transparent in Places?In Such Lnusual Colors .>> Rhubarb and Cerulean Blue. \I y OST metallic in its brilliancy is a new weave for summer garments. ?ptt*- named "The Waterfall." Like a cascade of water, it seems ;o be e-er catching and imprisoning the sun's beams, then carelessly ir? ? de. It glimmers as does minor \civet. igh of pile and crushable. it is light weight snd in places j^jjjpjr?*' . 'fcuii-e the closely placed chenille wordings which line it are tely ;c;Mtated. Some shrewd person, knowing that many women are at ?heir beat when clothed in velvet-surfaced materials, provided this material , K gowns and wraps. Appealing though it is in white and csh, it is mort so in strong colors, as in a dinner gown of rhubarb. {??ja -.'v daSCOSSred tone was brought out prominently by a black mgt^ot eikng the entire nglu side of the skirt and aptly carrying out ... pangt on of the velvety fabric's name. This cascade draping, when a*aa*thjed 1 ? material perfectly adapted for showing the grace of long ? ?e$j jj uch more dignified than the pannier that is caught up about the '..,.. j: 1 r bach and sides and above the hips in front. A atTOnf touch of color relieves the rhubarb pink bodice. Starting on its niht s:d" from under a wired collar of pleated net. a band of ne?, heavily fr.rroidered in black, blue and white, and touched here and there with yellow ?reads, runs ?o below the waist line, where it is weighed with tassels in blue ???black beads. An oddly attractive detail of the sleeves, which at their ends gy?Jraped over '.vires, is a series of four tulle wrist ruffles, two of them falling he others wired to stand out like butterfly wings. Dinner Gown of Cerulean Blue. A ?o-ran having a long-line silhouette received the other afternoon in itta cr dinasf gown whose Zouave skirt and girdle dropping over the front ?ere in nine green satin, contrasting perfectly with a cream lace underblouse. |ajaj more unique than this most modest of trouser skirts is the coat of the costume. In cerulean blue summer velvet, bordered narrowly with darkest brown ??rig-haired fur, it hangs very straight and long, enveloping the figure at sides ?ad back, while its long narrow sleeves fall far over the hands. The cos tjM arould be ideal for a woman who has the personality to carry it off and ?ho :c clever enough to carry out its Oriental character by wearing the thin ?ja? white silk stockings and silver slippers on her feet and a silver band 1er .'ark hair. e garden party gowns for matrons, since the new velvety fabric ;sr.c. II - ' I Otjng girls, ar; in the various tones of gray and golden brown. Hal to say. the skirts and the apologies for wraps are in the fabric, for the ?aakes ara chiefly a maze of tulle or chifl?n or lace imposed upon an in - foundation verging toward flesh color. Occasionally one of these :?? oilett is encountered at a dance these late spring evenings. In its gamut of pink, blue and yellow, the velvety semi-transparent fabric r - op into short wraps which are beginning to take the place of little capes and taffeta throw-ons. This is partly because the taffeta demands g but chieHy because the newer material looks more exclusive. Coat for the Small Girl. though the velvet-surfaced fabric should not be used for the small : cka, rie may have it for her very best summer coat. This is the one covers her daintiest lingerie frock when she meets the train which ?nags her ?ather each Friday noon, or which conceals the splendors of her frock when she attends a lawn fete, a polo game or a race meet, for children onger barred from the daylight diversions which interest their elders Obviously the child's velvety wrap is simple to a degree, just a long ptt - ? l irred in the vicinity of the waist, and hanging in irregular " the skin, or it is a coa* whose lines are broken near the hips with of heavy white lace, pointing deeply toward the hem. rettiest in white, of course, but when the small girl, shopping with c lother, begs for a best coat in cerulean or cerise, she usually gets it. May Necessities fern Afternoon ?-rocks. Hats. Belts, Collars and Trav? elling Cases. M -ties, so there is need for noon frocks. One type ?-.dy be worn for the dansant or lur.. '.hown on this page. It is of ar; attractive Japanese silk, ?nd, all ugh simple, has good lines, ike skirt has an overskirt of the ??? that tails in pretty folds in ?he back, (aped with green crepe. The as * standing collar of silk laie, forming a vestee in the is fastened by tovereJ * three quarter length Are of white chiffon cloth, ' and finished by small buttons. The waist and skin "? under ?> ?.rushed belt of the ;-trc This model ifl shown in green, JAPANESE SILK GOWN. dark blue, peplum and other attractive colors. Price. $29 50. Hats to Match. Particularly good with a dress like the one sketched on this page is j bat that is being shown by a good .?hop. It is made of white hair straw ?-nd. though severe, can be worn witn HAT WITH BEGONIAS .. g? iwn i : ia relieved b) bla< I i gonias that are placed around the irown of the hat, which makes it suitable to be worn with a light dress. Price, $1250. Chiffon Petticoats. Chiffon petticoats are one of the ac? cessones of every woman's or girl's wardrobe, and ?.hey ate all so fasci? nating that it is hard to choose amon? them. The one we illustrate is madj ot chiffon of an excellent quality. It has two flounces?an under one of ac? cord?on plaited chiffon and a top one CHIFFON WITH FLOUNCES. TOOLS AND PITTED BASKETS POS HIE WOMAN GARDENER. USEFUL ACCESSORIES FOR AMATEUR GARDENER I rom the Basket of Green Willow Lined Leather to the Ornamental Candles the Selection Is Bewildering in Its Fascination? for Artistic as Well as Practical Are the fools of the Woman Who Gardens as a Summer Recreation?Even the Flower Props Are Beautiful. FOR the woman who likes to ga den the shops are this ye? showing a tasrinating colle tion of gardening tools and 2cce sones. So many women of wealth ar leisure have become personally inte ested in their gardens that the deman for what one might term ornament, gardening utensils has increase greatly. Ornamental baskets in man gracelul shapes, some in natural coloi ing ot willow or reed, others staine green, are equipped with all the ute:i sils that an amateur gardener needs and it is quite the fashion for ever; woman to have her own special bas ket or box of gardening implements. Garden Basket do Lux?. One very attractive garden baske is ot green willow lined with greer leather. It has a handle so that il can be easily carried. Leather straps fastened to the inside of the basket ir loops along the upper edge, form con? venient places in which to put scissors, of fine shadow lace with little ribbon toses around the flounce and up tin sides, where it is slashed. At the tor of the flounce in front is a bow oi pink ribbon. This charming petticoat ?.an be worn either in the evening or ??fternoon with sumer dresses or with the graduation dress just mentioned. It comes in white and blue and pins for $25 50. Another petticoat, which though in? expensive is very well made, is of nainsook, with a deep flounce of bhad cw lace trimmed at the top by a pin!; bow. This is a practical skirt, which will wash and yet is unusually pretty White with different color bowa.$?;s. trowels and the various other impli ments included in the basket equi] ment. A partition divides the basket int two compartments, one of which ma be used at this season of the year fc seeds and bulbs and the other fc loose tools. Later, these two corr partments are very convenient to holding different sorts of flowers. This basket contains what florist agree upon as the indispensable uter sils for an amateur gardener. Ther is, for instance, a fern trowel whic! has a leather sheath, so that after i has been used the basket may not b filled with sand falling from thi trowel. It has also a dibble, a shar| pointed steel stave used for makinj holes in the earth preparatory t< planting. This dibble is used for thi larger seeds that have to go deeper like sweetpeas and canna. Contam? Spool of Wir?. Then there are a weeder. a prunmj knife, and, of course, scissors. More over, this basket contains a ball of twine which will be found useful for tying flowers, while fastened on to a little peg at the top is a spool of wire, which may be used for this purpose or for all sorts ot fastening purposes in the garden. These little garden kits come not only in basket form, but they may be had encased in neat boxes, which, of course, are not so easy to carry ?round. Indeed, the baskets seem, all in all, especially suitable for use dur? ing the planting season. The most convenient flower baskets are those mounted on slakes, at the end of which is a piece of pointed ??teeL This can be stu^k into the ground so the basket can be planted, so ??? speak, anywhere, and one neither lias to carry it about when gathering flowers nor stoop to put the flowers in when they have once been cut. R .--' on Stake Convenient. Where many flowers are being gathered, the cut flower basket on a stake is more of a convenience than the long handled flowet basket intended for carrying over the arm exclusively and having no standard Arm baskets, however, are corre? spondingly less expensive than the standard baskets. Those designed for long stemmed flowers, such as roses, fo:;glovc, tiget lilies, poppies and hollyhock, are made in many and va? rious shapes, with wide, flaring ends, and some of them are artistic in the extreme. The woman who likes to gather flowers, even if she does not go in much fot digging and planting, should have a pair of the new flower clips, which serve the double purpose of cutting the flowers from their stems and holding them until they are placed in the basket so that one does not need to handle the flowers at all in gathering them. This is a gteat i?n provement on the ordinary scissors, from which, as every one knows, the flower will fall immediately upon be? ing severed from the parent stalk. New Clipa Hold Flowers Also. These new clips ate especially ser v.ceable in gathering sweetpeas and nasturtium, those favorite blossoms which every woman who has even | few square feet of earth for planting is a'.rr.'jjt suie to have about her house. Among the ornamental gardening accessories which have been popular during the last year or two are the painted stakes, designed for flower supports. These have ornamental tops in various designs, as illustrated, and are designed to serve as supports to tall and slender flower sprays, such as roses and gladioli, which may be too heavy to support their own weight at the height of the flowering period. Newer than these, however, are wire supports, shaped something like a fork, the end of the fork being two pointed pieces of wire about six inches long, which are put into the earth and are united above and are then twisted to gether to form a support which is much more flexible than wood. It will give in the wind and allow motion to any stalk tied to it without allowing it to fall to the ground. Wir? Flower Support?. These flexible wire supports come in several sizes. They have loose bits of wire twisted in at two or three places up and down their length, these always being ready to twist around the flower stalk and hold it gently y-t firmly in place. Mention of the artistic new water? ing pots which every garden lover must have as an accessory in her wors should not be omitted in any refer? ence to new garden utensils. Some ol the new designs this year are in coo? per and some in brass. Many new shapes are seen, some of them very graceful. Quite as effective as the pot models which have been mentioned are those finished in enamel. Almost any colo? that one can wish may be had in thes? enamel pots?yellow, old blue, lighl blue, gray, etc.?and some of then are decorated in very attractive, con? ventionalized colored desii?ns. These are principally for us? about the house to water urns, porch boxes and win? dow boxes. Ornamental Garden CaneJIss. Ornamental candles mounted on tall colored stakes and known as giant candle lanterns are very much in de? mand just now for country estates. These are made in effective designs, and even where an estate has ground! fitted with electric lighting the giant candles are exceedingly serviceable for lawn parties and for special occa? sions. To match them, also, there are lantern candelabra for al fresco banqueting. JlRE APPARATUS FOR THE HOME - Inexpensive and Easily Manipulated Safety Devices May Be Bought Which Will Minimize the Danger in Dwellings. AMONG the many problems whicl confront the owner of the coun try home is the very importan one of adequate fire protection. lires seem to have a predilection .'or starting at night, and in many in? stances gain amazing headway before ?he occupants of the house awake to ?heir danger. Some, learning by experience, have installed safety devices; others less wise still trust to the local f'weright er:?. However, the simple protective devices now on the market are so effective and so reasonable in price that the owner of any sort of ?.summer home may well afford to in? vest in the more important ones. For emergency use on upper floors there is a new steei chain ladder, which is constructed of weldless non kinkable links, with steel chain side fupporters to which are attached in i strong and simple manner at 12-inch intervals steel tube rungs 15 inches ' long. The ladder collapses into a , metallic case, which is fastened to the baseboard beneath the window. It has a tensile strength of 2,000 pounds. One of the ladders at either end of a long hall would furnish a path to safety in short order. For hall use there is an extinguisher which throws a 40-foot stream from its nozzle and reaches places where pails, hand grenades or powders would be useless. There is another good extinguisher which throws a steady stream and requires but emu hand to operate. The fluid it carries is very effective for extinguishing burning gasolene, benzine and other cleaning agents. Another use for the extinguisher is to spray a set table before lighting the candles. The fluid is not injurious to the most delicate fabrics and leaves no stain or odor. The portable hand searchlight is a valuable addition to the list. It is of aluminum, weighs thirty ounces and its ray.4 penetrate thirty teet of smoke. For the garage or stable the safety tank, containing three self-filling buck? ets and holding thirty gallons of water, is good for emergency use. If these ?imple "first aids" are used promptly loss of life and property will be min? imized and far less damage result from their use than one often suffers at the hands of inexperienced firefighters, no matter how zealous or kindly their efforts may be. j The "ounce-of-prevention" theorylj may be put to use by keeping greasv* or waxed cloths in a galvanized buck et outdoors, so that in case of spon? taneous combustion little damage is done. Matches should be carefully placed cut of the reach of children end mice. Defective kitchen and fur? nace flues, imperfectly protected pipes or improperly insulated electric wires. arc the cause of many "unexplainable" fires, and regular attention should be given to these matters. MRS. EMILY PRATT GOULD RICHMOND HILL. N. Y?, WILL BE AT THE WALDORF-ASTORIA, NEW YORK MAY 18.19-20 with ? ditplay of new waist and dress patterns, suitable for ? warm ?uirimir morning, styles that are modified but in keeping witb the present fashion?. Also draped negligees in silk and wool, and ? new idea in tb? daintiest corduroy bath robe imaginable in pale shades of pink, blue and violet. If you are looking for novelties suitable for a gift to mothers for tha new baby we have some unusual ones. A few choice real lace collars. - ~,??-?-!- r i?unir a??a? New York Tribune Coupon Saturday, May 16, 1914. Thi? coupon ?nd Si cents cgFh. pre (., atad at The Tribune Ofrlc?, will en i.t'e the holder to a coi?y of THEODORE ROOSEVELT An Autobiography. The hook, handsomely bound In cloth, ?rltll gold ?tamped decorated portrait cavar, consist? of 121 larg? t\r? l'ai??s and contain? ?$* Uluatim? ?**? oonatd?r ?:r*eiv?? Fortunata te be ahie to offer tins book to o ;r r? ,ii| er? for a llTited time for on' '?t cent?. Add IT canta for fio.?' i??? ai.?J :... dling ' t'OOr. :n to be iruilcd. "A BOOK THAT SHOULD BE IN EVERY AMERICAN HOME." " THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, 154 Nassau SI. ?? IKNTS for tti? Bv.ik 6.' I a WOMAN'S PAGE BINDERS. As many of the articles on this page will be continued from day to day, The Tribune, for the convenience of those who may wish to preserve the pages, has had made an original and unusual binder. This binder holds sixty single newspaper pages, and will be sold at cost, thirty cents, postage prepaid. Note.?On receipt of a self-addressed stamped en? velope The Tribune will furnish the names and addresses of the shops from which the articles described on this page are taken.