The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-18
Fresh Features In Mems Dress.
Fr0W Ws Nt1D TOrK MONS OUtHIteF.
The bath wrap is an acquired taste.

The bath wrap is an acquired taste.
The white silk band-bow is a dead failure.
Persian patterns IN heavy mufIlers are
taking.
Watered silk vests, in fancy colors, are good
for masquerade wear.
very genteel shirt bosom Is Of fine linen,
with two pearl studs decorating it.
The genuine twice-round scarf is not making
much headway for day dress.
A few fobs are worn with full dress, but not
by the men who do the swell thing.
Quite few novelties in glove-backs are
shown by the crack stores about town.
Gilt buttons on white vests is q great fad
among the hotel chemists of Chicago.
cute little matchbox is small birds
feather in silver, set with tiny colored stones.
The full-dress shirt protectors should be
very popular in cities where soft coal Is used.
Novelties In umbrella-handles will, as
usual, form big part of the holiday dis
play
Very rich De Joinvilles have dark, soft
grounds, covered with figures soft and bril-
liant.
1t is fad among the Paris swells to sport
an emerald solitaire In full-dress shirt
bosom.
Holiday suspenders are in white and col
ored satins, plain, for the fair danes to en-
broider.
In many quarters It is predicted that the
black silk ottoman will be 'the thing' in
mufllers this winter.
Cream-colored crepes, with silk stripes in
self and bright colors, are shown In neglige
shirts intended for next season.
startling pattern In Turkish bath wraps
is a red and green mixture on white ground.
The design is like the effect In watered silk.
Embroidery is running wild once more. 1t
is seen up and down the side Of ones trou-
sers. Very few men have taken the style up.
Glad of it.
Full-dress protectors are now made with
high collars to encircle the neck, answering
the double purpose of mutflers and shirt front
shield.
Fancy cloth vests, checked and small fig
ured aud double-breasted, are "toneyn for
business men who do not object to front
that is little gay.
A good many embroidered shirt bosoms are
being sold. In the extremely fine trade, the
simpler the decoration the better the demand
for the bosom.
De Joinvilles of white silk, with tiny figures
In bright colors, are regarded favorably by
the "slick'i boys who walk on Fifth avenue
these bright afternoons.
cane of umbrella-handle, with time
piece set in, is a novelty. 1t will prove very
useful on cold nights, when a man does moi
care 10 unDutton MS coat 10 get az MS Watch.
The very sober health shades IN flannel, re-
lieved by white goods, silk striped, arc seen
| In newly-niade blouses intended for ladies'
outing wear. The effect is peculiarly stun
| ming.
Competition among the fancy flannel men
has developed some beauties In the way ol
| cloths appropriate for suits. But many ot
the patterns are simply unique, with nothing
| pretty about them
There can be nothing sadder than the ex
| preston which creeps over the face OF The
man who has on a twlce-round scarf when
some sympathetically inclined individual ask
him II he has sore throat
The dOube-breasted vest, out of the field oi
fashion for long time, has come back to it.
not with a rush, however, for the style Is no
being taken up except by that select clas
known as the limited few.
There is considerable chic about the broa(
puff scarf provided II is worn by the righ
man. Aud the broader II is the more dfiicul
II becomes TO show II of TO the best adVau
ta9e. Its expansyeness attracts attention
and is apt to make the wearer uncomfortable
unless lie Is fellow who can stand bein
stared at pretty hard and yet appear total
unconscious.