Black And White Effects.

Black and white effects again figure largely in the domain of both fashionable dress and millinery. Black and white silks, satins and brocades just bronght from over the sea are set forth by leading importers. Black and white taffetas, surahs, failles and other fancy silks and liberty textiles appear. Black and white checks and plaids are being formed into stylish spring costumes by the fashionable dressmakers, and Frenchwomen are now wearing black and white satin brocade shirt waistswith their stylish black cloth skirts. Waists of black and white or gray and white stripes or dots are always good style, whether made in the mannerof the cotton shirt waists or with full fronts turned back with white revers over a tucked chemisette of fabric to match. A full blouse of oream white Bilk or satin, covered everywhere with a drapery or veiling merely of jetted black net, often proves the most becoming of , all waists a slender woman of indifferent complexión eau select. Sometimes cream ribbonsTnatching the blouse are the most satisfactory additions she can make to the waist; again, a bow of soft pink or brilliant cerise satin works