Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01

dinner, ball and opera, and house and 5
O'Clock tea gyms.
Women desiring to enter the London
Society of Lady Dressmakers nave to fur
niSh testimonials of their social position'
as well as of character.
Mrs. c.. II. Moore, of Philadelphia, wears
the most costly diamonds of all the society
women of the Quaker city. Her jewels are
said to be worth about 100000.
Miss Jenny Flood, the daughter of the
tifteen-millionairc, is an excellent business
woman, and personally manages her own
snug little fortune of IS, 0OO, 600.
"Wistaria' is the name of a new color
which is a shade between crushed straw
berry and violet. Rosy heliotrope would best
convey the idea of its particular tint.
Plain corsages are no longer seen. There
is trimming on the waists of all the spring
dresses, principally in the form of a long
narrow vest of p~lastron with revcrs.
Crushed strawberry is q color that is de-
signed TO be as popular as il was two years
ago, when it was the rage. This shade will
appear in costumes rs warmer weather adj
VanCes.
1t is fashionable to have gloves and shoes
to match, but as Suede slippers increase the
apparent size of the feet, bronze slippers and
brown silk hosiery are most used with tan
colOred gloves.
Washington rivals Philadelphia in tall
NDii'is ~ ihiN llio a lll'NN olN
feet tall; Speaker Carlislc's wife IS five feet
nine inches, and there are many more women
of about the same height.
Gradually we are returning TO larger
shapes in hats, and low crowns and broad
brimS are once again di"StinguIshing features
in millinery. it has now become quite the
fashion to turn the natty sailor hat up at one
side or in the back, instead of leaving il
straight all around.
For evening dress nothing can be prettier
than those fashioned of crcpaliue. This ma
terlal of course resembles Grape, but il is far
softer, and really more dainty and clingiug.
White, pale almond, rescda, sea green,
golden terra Gotta, lilac, and pale blue are all
favor, tctints in this material.
Some of the new fans have rs many as
nineteen ribs; those studded with silver arc
novel and the designs, with q TOW of ribbon
down each rib, ending in n bow, are OK
trcmely pretty. Some Of tho gau2e fans have
a row of pansics painted along the top,
which is scalloped out III the shape of the
flower petals.
Among pretty bits Of jewelry from Partisan
is "a brOotch IN the shape of a golden CUPID,
! with diamond ring, perchcd ON n jewelled
branch Of pearls and diamonds. Another
idea, less pretty, but quito Of odd, is a re
production Of a MEDIEVAL gargoylc in the
shape Of . lions head, from which issues q
| stream of diamonds.
The combinations IN spring costumes Corc-
ing from Paris are most charming. Thus
O!c rose tai.le is COMBINED with mastlC ladies
cloth; pale blue wool with embroidered
/ stripes opens over a bronzc-grccR skirt of
taille or MORE, f5mbroiderics AMI GALLONS
trim everything and help 10 harmonic APP
parently !iTecCncilable tints.
The sole tenant Of a lonely miners cabin
that stands on the summit of Geld Hill, op-
| posite Buena Vista, Col, is Mrs. Mary MAJ
! len, noted throughout the west as The only
woman miner in the state, Sic has lived
alone ~ the mountain for several years,
spending her Tina prospecting for gold, but
thus far without apparent succesS.
The latest impor;ations Of hcngaliEcg for
spring wear are figured IL ''set'' designs,
printed on grounds Of the various new col
Ors, and the sclvagos on one side arc in block
| patterns OF colors That repeat those of the
fabric. These ~sclvagcs are made to form the
| borders Of skirts an draper!es.
Many sleeves arc full 10 the elbow and
then finely plcatcd 20 form a deep, close
cum. Basque fronts are frequently sil.rred
o. the shoulders, drawn to the waist and
tGGn laid IN fine plCats TO the point or disap-
pear under a pointed girdle, which is a fovor,
tic decoration coming from the side seams.
New ginghams, s~ateens, psrcdle ana print
ed cotton goods are being made up for the
next season in very pretty, simple STYLES with
| iull pleatCd Oversklrts oyer under lupes, The
| drapiag being effected from Tie waist Inc,
and gIuep easy sweep ~ a slash IN the over,
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