, 1888-12-06
FOR WOMEN ONLY.
Clara Bellies Interesting Chat
About Fashions.
Variety in Undergarments and
New Uses for Furs.
spicy Gossip About Marriage and Dress
The Latest erase In Doss-Ths
.1tt worth Bustls.

i saw 100 Rlkt yost0xuoy on DkVsN"Sys
writes Clara Belle from New York. She
wore velvet hat and dress, and around
her neck, across her breast, and winding
around her waist, was long boa Of fur.
Behind her, too. was exactly the old dufier,
40 shown Id my cut. II beauty draws ~
bys single hair" she might be said to
pull him by about hundred thousand
hairs OF ugliness-ior the boa, which vas
evidently f'4f
THE THING THAT CAUGHT HIS FANCY
wss made Of monkey skin. There's heaps
white one, wound like an elongated arm
around pretty girl, and taking all man
ner Of gentle liberties with her. adds
heap TO tho fetching power OF proma-
nader. Fur has never before been used
more adroitly. =.
Speaking Of fur. reminds me Of girl
who has ~. ,'h w., W. es =
TOO nuoH OF 1T ON HER UPPER Lrr.
She is dark brunette, and pretty. too.
shading her lip. She has bad tho hair
burned OF with acids, plucked ont with
pinccrs, shocked out with electricity. but
II Isn't any nee. They oil grow In again.
Now she has taken TO shaving. She has
provided herself with dainty razor and
: love Of lAthsr cup. Every week or 20
she covers her lip with the soapy froth.
wields the blade deity, and 20 keeps as
smooth an upper lip IS anybody's. Now,
vhy shouldn { every brunette with an IN.
welcome mustache follow her exampleY
But was GOING to record dialogue.
'Whakever made mustache Atart out
ON me can't imagine" said Bess, rueful-
"; ''my mother hasn't one-nene OF my
sisters hAve-it 10 singular"
perhaps you caught itP" Jennie sug.
eested.
"What do you meanY"
Haven't you exposed your.elfV'
II shouldn't wonder. And II you have
ever touched your lips TO any fellows
mustache that may have been the way you
contracted It."
Look here" said Bess. with slew em-
phasia, ''if each kiss Of q mustached man
started hair on girls lips, every moth
er's daughter Of Ne would have mustache
like John A. Logan used to wear"
Going back from theory to practice, in
HAIRY covrRrNos.
Lst me tell you that stylish boas are round
and Of long, huhy fur. and should be
chosen long enough to reach the foot Of
the dress; they may also serve ~ the
trimming for the fronts of the long red
inRotes, and. with round mum larger
than those of last year, they constitute the
fashionable set OF furs; Two kinds Of
merely as borders OF long fleece on short
fur, but In combinations OF two kinds OF
short fur In one garment; for instance,
sealskin shoulder capes have collars and
shoulder points, or epaulettes, OF Persian
lambskin, and this arrangement Is re-
versed. the lambskin cape having seal
a. ei.;a. a.. f'; ~ ,,Iast.no o c"i.sd ths
Medici, and Is arranged with reversible
collar, which can be worn either lying
fatty around the neck or in an upright
position. II is, without doubt, one Of the
most charming and becoming novelties
ever introduced. Deep cuffs and muffs
are produced to match, and they are
manufactured in SEAL mink, sable,
chinchilla. beaver, fox. astrakhan and
all other fashionaole furs. Only
y very. few have been imported az
vet. Auhs a. . rule: are small,
pocket muf, which contains purse and
pocket handkerchief cleverly inaertAd in
one side. Other muffs are made Of the
dress fabric, and are much trimmed with
ribbon. Long furs and short furs are both
used for trimminRs this winter, but in
most varied wsys. the long heeces forming
lengthwise rows and border. on garments,
while shorter furs arc inlaid ~ vests,
yekes or pIastrons. and are shaped in
revers, IN pointed girdlea; as caps fSr
or inner sleeves, and are used n side
breadths of redingotes or Of skirts while In
some French garments applique figures of
plush or cloth are added to decorate the
fur, narrower band OF fur being applied
to the selvage OF the cloth for drapery.
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