Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-17
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

For evening gowns milk white is now more
stylish than cream color.
Soft gray and shell pink will be a ~favorite
combination for spring toilets.
Spring muf1iers are handsomely made in
combinations of black and steel gray.
Among new ball dress fabrics are to be
seen ribbon-striped nets and gazes.
Novel hues in strawberry, old rose, rasp
berry, mahogany, and rosewood are Promised
for the spring.
Bonnet pins are larger than formerly and
show many patterns of when many are
floral in design.
Sashes fringed with all the colors OF the
gown now come with the new box empire
dress patterns.
Lenten toilets severely plain and ecclcsias-
teal, but very becoming are to be seen IN
the modistes' shops.
Golden brown will probably be the leading
D fashionable color. Another stylish hue is
| golden terra-cotta or ''etrasque."
Cloth waists for wearing with skirts of
dark wool, silk or velvet, have long velvet
revers turned back from Il vest OF bright
cloth.
The new Directoire long coats for utility
uses during the inevitable wet and chilly
days OF the spring season, are stylish gar
ments.
For second mourning silvcr-shot black
silks are novel and quite effective. They
will be trimmed with jet and silver g%alloons
| VI CutSltci pdoSCulcHtcIic.
TIL short velvet Jackets now worn with
dressy home toilets require full toreador
vests OF embroidery in soft wool, and of a
| delicate contrasting color.
Hats just out from Paris have crowns so
low as to be almost invisible from the front.
AS a make weight there is more than IL Whls-
| per of the chignOn'S revival.
The stately cloth circulars, or Connemara
clOaks, are likely to have Il still greater
lease of popularity than ever this spring,
and especially for travelling wear.
Charming little party dresses for sweet
sixteen have straight full housemaid skirts,
wide empire sashes, with novel bodices that
button on the short shoulder seams.
Silk and wool costumes are exhibited with
plain wool skirts and long Grecian over
dresses finished with a very deep hem, and
with cloth jackets TO match the skirt.
No steel circles are now worn in under
skirts. Their substitute is the very small
Louis XIV. cushion of black or colored satin,
filled with down and trimmed with lace.
Low bodices of evening dresses are to be
seen IN a variety of forms. Some are cut en-
occur, some in oval shape, some square, and
large number in the prevailing Y shape.
We seem to be fast approaching the classic
outlines of Greek dress in our most elegant
and fashionable attire. Long softly flowing
folds appear upon artistic gowns designed
more especially for teas and grand dinners.
The hat OF the moment is the low, soft.
crowned toque. For morning IL IS made of
cloth to match the suit; for afternoon driy-
ing, receptions or the theater, OF fine pale
velvet or else black, with a tuft of violets
nestled in its folds.
The hustle has gone and the designer Of
new wraps and jackets are hung consider.
able trouble in accustOmiug themselves to
the new state of affairs. Nantes will now
have 10 be shaped SO that no terracing at the
back will be required.
Many novel printed tissues will form q
portion OF hands )me spring toilets. Eolienne,
with large bouquets, Is one OF these, flow.
cred bengaline another. The colors are
mest varied, prominent among them being
aurore, old rose, terra Gotta, water green,
and pale raspberry; and quite large flowers
and foliage are fayorite designs.
A very pretty little house dress suitable
for a girl of sixteen Is made with an open
Spanish jacket Of old rose velvet, lined with