Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-06

shades of one color is the best In that
case the skirt, the full portion of the
bodice and the sleeves are of the darker
shade, while the yoke, scarf and ruching
are Of the lighter. I can not say l alto
gether admire the full unlined sleeves of
tulle, which show the entire arm as below
thin veil. Occasionally they are so ex-
aggerated as to stand out like the wings
on pantomine fairy.
In the warfare against hats at the
theateF there seems to be no truce, and
those advocating no hats have a strong
ally in Mrs. William Vanderbilt, who
will, it is said this season be more of a
social queen than ever before She lately
appeared at matinee bareheaded and as
she crossed the sidewalk to her carriage
gave rise to considerable surprise to those
around.
AT Daly's in New York there is to be
a once week performance that is to be
extremely fashionable and select. One
of the devices was to issue an appeal to
the subscribers that their ladies should
come without bonnets or hats, or else re-
inquis them to a custodian in the cloak
room. Thus far this has not been entirely
successful, few only of the ladies ap-
pearing bareheaded, the majority COM
growing in popularity at the theater,
owing largely to the persistence of a
pretty girl in wearing one that soon made
her an object of much coveted admlra-
ton
AS a sort of summing up, one may say
that good dressing depends much on
other accessions of the toilet, for how
ever handsome the gown may be its
beauty cannot atone for frayed collar,
soiled gloves or ill-fitting shoes. sim
pie, well-fitting dress of any all-wool
fabric, set off with dainty boots (no, my
dear, don It call them Shoes) well-fiitting
gloves and well~laundried !collar, will
give to the wearer that indefinable air of
true gentility which can never be at
tanned by snowy materials and neglect of
what may have been enormously consId-
cred unimportant adiuncts.
NOTES.
Crimping instead of f1uting is used by
French modistes for the frills on dresses
that have accordion pleated skirts.
Wool dresses remain in great favor for
day use, Notwithstanding the presence of
rich toilettes of brocades, bengalines and
velvet, and novelties in cloth gowns are
constantly sought after
The latest novelty in imported station
cry Is charming. 1t consists of clear
sheets of thick smooth paper in shades
of gray and Gobelin blue, with white let
tering, small, distinct and slightly
raised
The best dressing women in New York
do not employ many changes of COS
tune, and a handsome dinner or visiting
dress lasts them q: least two seasons and
is put to some practical use afterwards
Other most graceful wool gowns are
made of the widely bordered camel 5
hair stuffs, with the border at the foot of
the very plain skirt, which is made
round, with great deal of fulness in the
back, where it hangs in natural and
graceful folds.
Knife-pleated silk muslin in white,
cream and, the dark colors, old blue,
rosewood, or bright scarlet, is sold by the
yard to add as turned-over frill to the
neck and sleeves of dress waists, also to
form the large iabot or cravat now in
vogue down the upper part of the front
of the dress.
The exquisitely sheer muslin cravat
lace edged, which was also q feature of
masculine dress after the Restoration, is
worn The ends, however, are not eIon-
gated as they we're at that period, but
are hardly longer than the bows .
Both bows and ends are a quar-