, 1875-11-06
,bout Women's stockings.

The new fashionable silk hose come
in fancy boxes, -four pairs in box from
so to so box. The four pairs are
all of different colors, and each pair Is
embroidered or clicked in a different de
si.n. The artists and designers skill
is seen on every pair. Some are pure,
Others rearl, and others cream white /;
some pale blue, rose color, mauve, ,drab,
brown, IN all shades; red, from scarlet
to Gepp crimson and gray, from the
darkest London smoke TO the palest
lead color. Exquisite combinations,
in strongly contrasted colors appear IN
embroidery on the sides, running half
way up the leg, or TO the the swell OF
the calf above the ankle, and some
times covering the whole lnstep.
Sometimes the embroidery Is OF the
samecolor as the stockings, long lines
running between open lace ike clocks,
terminating in fioriform points half
way between the knee and ankle
The mstep of . pair Of white silk
hose i. sprinkled over with tiny rose
buds and leaves in natural cOlors, the
pure green and red. Another pair has a
beehive on the instep, with bees swarm
iug, in lines that terminate in points
below the garter; another pair is
striped lengthwise in alternate inca
bands OF blue and rose color, each
stripe ending in steeple or raHdyke,
at the same point, defined on a solid
ground Of drab or lead color The
tops Of the vandykes are ornamented
with embroidery in flowers. Again,
another pair j. scarlet, with gold color
or bright blue embroidered cIocking
on the sides. Some are striped hori
zontally in narrow bands OF blue and
rose color, or rose and lead color, in
tersected by leuglhwise lines Of en-
hgoi3ery AK oYaN e'oeSiNg. UlheYs
again are oi ylaiu solla col0rs-Asae,
apple green, rose color. scarlet and
crimson, purple, brown and gray, in
all shades, but knit or woven III ribs
70 form lengthwiSe lines.
All this hosiery is long enough to
garter above the knee. They say
that, in Paris, choice and taStilious
women are having the tops Of their
fine hose trimmed with NaIenciennes,
Cluny, and DucheSse lace. 1t is put
on full enough 10 admit cf being flu
ted. Exquisite garters, with gold and
silver buckles, and some even jeweled,
are shown to 90 with this costly
hosiery. The garters are also trimmed
with roset.es Of real lace.
The Aimee stocking, named after
the enterprisjng little opera boutle sin
ger. who introduced that style, meets
with marked favor among young
women. II is striped leuglhwise, in
bright colors, to the swell OF the calf,
each stripe headed with a sharp van
dyke or steeple, on q solid ground Of
contrasting color or of white. Child
ren's stockings follow the same char
acter OF stripping, but with even greater
variety than IS displayed in that in
tended for women.
OF course all this elaborate and or
namental hosiery is made to be seen,
and with high buttoned boots this
would be impossible. Who would
hide rose buds and butterflies, bee
hives and busy bees under . covering
Of kid and cloth ? SO inventors are
meeting the requirments of the case
with sandal boots of black and bronze
kid, black satin and black velvet, with
straps that button over the foot from
toe to ankle, showing the stocking
with its exqui site embToideries and
cIockings, in the spaces between the
straps. Each strap IS ornamented
with buckle of silver, gold, steel or
Jet, and for full house or carriage
dress, the buckles are nestled in the
centre al a lace roseIte.