, 1889-01-03
FROM CLARA BELLE
Fashions In Feminine Hands
and Their Uses.
How the Dear Girls AdrOitly
Avoid Awkwardness.
Beform Nonsense in the Matter OF wom-
ems Dress-The Latest for
Children.


hands. I don't mean in industry, but in
idleness. The instant that a man Is left
with nothing in particular to do he either
sticks them in his pocket or else is afro &.
eiously awkward with them. you were to
dress an average man in feminine cos
tune and set him forth for observation,
he would instinctively go fumbling in his
hands, and, failing to find them, would
probably have ht then and there Now,
graceful woman prepares against such
dilemmas of embarrassment, writes Clara
Belle from New York. She
DoEsN' LEAVE 1T TO THE DEVIL
To find something for her idle hands TO do.
She employs them all by her angelic little
self. So sure is she OF that matter that
she adorns them until they are conspicuous.
See the bracelets in the first picture. for
example. One holds watch, which fur
nishes an excuse for her to frequently raise
her pretty gloved hand to see what time
Ii IT,. The third design Is a bracelet pro.
vided with detachable comb, so that 1t
can be worn either on the arm or in the
hair.
Now, this is sketch of what SAW in a
streetcar. She wis one of those profes.
sional beauties who do just enough acting
IN burlesques to advertise themselves for
the conquest of moneyed male mashers.
Let me assure you that she isa
TYPE OF THE MOST ARTFUL CREATURES
in all New York. Well. she wore Il fur
Goa, one end of which she held In her
hand. toying with it as though thought.
less, but all the while using it 40 as TO
draw attention to her shapely hand and love-
ly face. Three fellows we're directed un-
awares by the manipulation ct that boa to
al admiration of the girl. She was SIM
MI n I'M hut hun IN tnk tn
At the Patriarcbs' ball ] noted partcu-
larly the sweet thing in debutantes that
have here portrayed. See how neat and
simple is her attire. Nothing in garb
could be more becoming to the social
novice than that unadorned gown. IT.
showed only modest proportion of her
bosom and arms; it had no fripperies or
Properties; it displayed her straight, 1.-THE.
youthful figure to the best, and it seemed
an expression of
DARLING SIMPLICITY.
But that dear, innocent, unaffected girl
had planned something for her hands.
In one, you see, she carried a rose, while
the other worked big, striking fan,
which not only relieved her of the gswki-
ness, having nothing TO handle, but
served TO attract attention to her.
For bridesmaids hands. flower muffs
are carried this winter in preference to
the loose bouquet of cut flowers. These
are charming additions to the toilet, and
they are frequently utilized as a receptacle
for the fan and lace handkerchief
handsome flower muif was recently made
of yellow and white chrysanthemums,
these arranged at either enu of the muff;
the center OF moss supported spray of
yellow roses and maiden-hair fern placed
arosswise. There were no flowers on the
side of the muff that would rest agsinst
the gown, only moss. BY a graceful ar.
rangement OF greenery made to resemble
fringe around the sides of the muff the
absence OF lining of any sort is not OBJ
served. Muifs from the nilliners are
made OF dried green moss. These are ex-
pensive and do not compare with the
lovely ephemeral muffs composed of maid
hair fern, American ivy and rose leaves.
IN COSTUMES OF THE HIGHER GRADE
the corselet commands much attention,
and is frequently made of velvet and plush
to be worn over gowns of soft silk, gauze,
or even light woolen fabrics. The upper
part of the bodice is made of the dress
material laid in fchu folds which cross
upon the breast, the edges being concealed
beneath the corselet. Tho latter. in its
handsomest form. is made of cut.out em-
broidery, or the very popular chainbraid
passementerie, which has the CLINT and
glimmer of metal beads. These are shaped
perfectly t. the figure. and are joined so
@cleverly as to fill one with wondermeut as
to the adjustment thereof. One of the
graceful features which finds special favor
in full evening toiIets is the arrangement
OF cream tulle on the corsage. known
az the 'Recamier Bertha" This
lis draped like "A veritable
cloud about the top of the decol-
lette corsuge. The airy scarf is carried
across the front and back being fastened
down once in the middle and ou each side
of the shoulders, tins making a billowy
--puf over the shoulders that formed all the
sleeve there is. Up to this time the point
OF the fichu was supposed to have its legit-
innate position on the middle of the back.
Now some imaginative individual has hit
upon the idea of bringing il round to the
middle of the front, and 10! the effect is
eharming. A gauze or crepe liss or lace
-nchu is worn In this wise, draped up some.
what in platron fashion, with one end
fastened by jeweled clasp in front Of one
shoulder and the other attached with
ribbon bow behind the other shoulder. 1t
10 noticeable feature among the
GOWNS RECENTLY DESIGNED
For the best occasions that the most at
tractive are the very simplest. II is made
OF thin. white llama cloth or wool crepe
over plain, full skirt of Nagpore silk.
The upper robe is all in one piece, and is
shirred at the neck to the depth of q round
yoke, beginning at the top of the collar
band. Below the yoke the fullness is laid
in soft plaits, which shape in ut the waist
and then fare little over the hips. The
drapery is then caught mp here and there,
held by fine mother pearl buckle The
aioovoa uro futi ar tho shou ldars ond Rr;oh