Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-21
FIVE DRESS NOTES FOR WOMEN.
The Dude Costume-Gresn tho ROp-
ular Color for Spring.

l Ihe Du0e COstuhe-UHoeh so "
ular Color fer Spring.
The smart girl who likes to create
sensation, says the New York Sun. may
initiate her English sister and appear a
the first fancy dance to which she sgoeI
the "Dude." The costume consists
of very finely plated skirt O
black diagonal cloth that reaches
half way between the knee and ankle
There ia an exposing expanse OF piqut
Shirt bosom, over which low-cut WALT
coat OF white brocade is buttoned. A
d1rectoire coat of black satin, with Ions
narrow coat tails, wide revers, and deeE
cuffs, properly decorated with cut stee
buttons is then assumed. The collar ia
very high, and stock of white lawn il
worn. Black silk hose and patent
leather shoes, with paste buckles dresf
the feet, while the hands are hidden
under black undressed kid. A stick oi
natural wood with some fancy and exag-
gerated handle is carried, and the mono
Gle is worn in a way that would delight
the heart Of variety actress, and is
swagger enough to suit the most invet.
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Whether the chemise is in fashion er
not, Mrs. Langtry wears one. And cef-
tainly hers don't make her bodice fit
badly, for if ever there was 8 WON n
whose clothes did fit as if she were
melted and poured into them she was
the happy creature. Her chemises were
Of the finest lawn in rose, mauve or blue,
with tiny white spots upon them the
neck was shaped to fit her shoulders,
and an elaborate lace yoke eet in. High
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and the three plumes, or the feur de lis,
which she has claimed for her own. In
length these would be the delight of
ones grandmother, for they reach al
most to the ankle, and the edge is fin
ished with simple hemstitching.
Ii you have dark hair, do not let any
body persuade you into wearing it in g
full heavy bang; leave that to the un-
fortunate blondes, who, according to sta
tistics, do not marry. Instead, if you
possibly can, have your hair parted and
brushed back with just one or two soft
locks curled a little. Frizzly black hair
is as bad form as that which gains it's
sunshine from peroxide of hydrogen.
You want your black hair to shine like
your diamonds. In your heart of hearts
you ought to be- satisfied with it, for tickle
Monsieur Worth says that nothing de-
lights his soul SO much as to make gown
for a dark-haired woman. There is no
earthly use in blonde trying to turn her
locks to auburn. This color is only pro-
duced by using the peroxide on dark
hair, and even then great care has to be
taken that too much is not used, else it,
will be lighter than the Titan red desired.
Green will be the color of the spring,
and as our artistic tastes have improved,
we realize that there ia only one shade
besides golden brown that is absolutely
adapted to it, and that is violet; if you
doubt it, just look at bunch of violets
surrounded by the leaves. It is
a historic combination, for when
Petrsrch first saw Laura, as she was COM
ing out of church, she wore gown of
green velvet looped with punches of VIC.
let's. Pink and yellow, the combination
Felix so likes for evening gowns, was
used by the royal lover Louis when he
presented his first bouquet t, Louise La
Vailliere; it was of pink and yellow rose
buds tied with long ribbons of pink and
yellow satin. At one time, when the
Orangemen had no respect even for the
caprices of a woman, and wanted one, a
good Catholic, to assume the orange
knot, she defeated them by saving that
not only would she wear a ribbon of or.
ange, but it should form part of the
costume, so she appeared in gown of
black and orange. To this they could
say nothing, and yet she was wearing the
color of the Papal guard, of the most
Catholic of gentlemen, Lord Baltimore,
and of the Dublin university. The wit
of one woman amounted to more than
all the rancorous feeling of regiment of
Orangemen.
The woman who finds that the lacing
in the back OF her corsets will snow
through her bodice finds the rem
edy in choosing another lace; the
chances are that she has round
cord, or else somebody has convinced
her that rubber lace is desirable.
What she wants to do is to pay so cents
for a long fiat silk lace which will out
wear any of the others, and will never
announce its existence except by being
easy to pull when she wishes to tighten
her stays.