, 1888-12-06

opossum. Srotted leopard borders and
revers are liked for young ladies' cloth
jackets and redingotes.
As THE SWELL GIRL
goes down Broadway. fur.trimmed ana
soft as to visible surface. q chink-chink OF
metal is sometimes heard. That noise 70
made by the impact of her bead'embroid-
cred stockings. Il IL q new freak to have
onr hosiery heavily ornamented with steel
beads on the ankles aud calves. Now
don't 90 TO Suggesting that we might
wear circlets OF something just above our
hoofs like those put on horses TO keep them
from ''iAterferiuR." We want TO inter-
fere with the heart OF man. Many time
have you read In novels how the frou'frou
ious draperies have set Q chap TO futtering
seutimentally. Well do we know that
nice little assaults on the masculine ear
draw the masculine eye. Well, that Is the
principle Of the blinking stockings. IL 4:
as yet q genteel device. OF course It will
be quickly vulgarized, az the metal-heeled
Qaiters were, and there are women In New
York naughty enough 10 put not only bells
on their toes, but castinets on their ankles
and cymbals on their knees, II thereby
they could command attention.
Certain new designs In stockings have
shells alternating with ribbed stripes:
The stocking 10 OF dwarf-like size until
drawn on. when the shells expand and re-
semble the handsome lace made BY the
nuns at Fayal. Newly imported silk
stockings show q broad Vandyke Of con-
trasting colors. such as yellow with black
for the, lower part. Indian red on pale
green and SALIVA on either light or indigo
blue. New Isle thread stockings are
black at the foot and ankle, the upper part
having stripes of many shades, like no
man ribbons. Plain black silk hose are
considered the most stylish, although the
upper part of many display the most In
tense colors, such a. Japanese blue, coral,
p. 'sy, purple and orange.
A LADY's TOILET
would not be complete without reference
TO the silk underwear and hosiery. The
fashions this year are mostly In vertical
stripes In every com bination Of color. In
hosiery black prevails, also open. work in
sandal laces. They come in pinks, blues,
green, Richelieu rios with black feet and
green uppers. ylolets, cashmeres. slate, tan
and orange. Some stockings, to wear
with low slippers at home, have Q bright
of light pink. The roguery OF that de.
vice IL evident. However, open.work
stockings are not 90 fashionable as once
upon time, but Louis XVI. stockings,
fringed with fiounces Of lace, are coming
into favor, to match the Directoire and
sixteenth century dresses. Square-checked
stockings in two decided colors, such AZ
black and orange. or white and red, are
in vogue, but don't admire them, because
they look like checker-board. As to
the founced hosiery, it suggests the
''panties" that our grandmothers wore
when they we're girls. They are horrid.
Moliere shoes of black velvet. Handsomely
arched in Spanish fashion, and upon
which are set slittering, oblong buckles Of
silver, set with brilliants, are worn with
gray, Roman red, or black silk. The heels
are only moderately high, but the shoes
are perfect in shape. Yellow Swedish kid
shoes are shown, to be worn with dark
dahlia or moss green stockings,
in pale-gold silk, and golden
brown and dark terra Gotta satin sandals,
ornsmented with large silver buckles.
With these, silk hose of pale violet or
golden brown, embroidered with little
silver stars all over the instep, are worn.
DARNING STOCKINGS
~ we'll as mending underwear, is pro-
posed by benevolent New York lady as
suitable work for INDECENT women to do
for gentlemen. She means to take the
matter in hand with q view to creating
yet another employment for women who
,au not seek intellectual work. Most of
The work could be done at home by the
members employed. but she suggests that
L should be possible to have trifing re-
pairs done at moments notice if neces-
,arp, and, therefore, that one or two
should always be in the Office
ready to undertake such orders. Bachelors
Are, perhaps, the persons who should be
most Interested in this scheme.