Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-15

taken possession of her. If she has I'M
happily acquired it, the shape of hat
which I have pictured is not the best for
her. She should instead extend her
headgear backward as far as possible.
Never has the range of millinery been
greater in its offerings OF shapes and
colOrs. What about the faces that are
enclosed therein? A man once made the
discovery that he was spending one-third
of his existence shaving, bathing, dress
ing and undressing himself. The thought
was so agoniZing that he proceeded to
commit suicide. But whether it re-
quires one-third or one-haIf of a really
fashionable wom8n's time to care prop
erly for her toilet, she must give it; and
no woman, married or single, rich or
poor, young or old, can afford to neglect
her personal appearance. Many men of
excessively neat habits present q careless
and neglected exterior. We excuse it in
them, sometimes, but in woman,
never. Well, to quit generalities and
come down to something specific, what
is there that woman should be more
careful of than her complexion? Moth
ing. Beauty is only skin deep-abso-
lutely only skin deep; for given the fea-
lures Of Psyche, they would count as
nothing under bad complexion.
Nature seems to be willing to give d
woman almost anything rather than a
perfect complexion. Good ones are COM
mon, but perfect, ali, perfect ones! they
are usually kept by the gods for their
own family. But what nature fails to
give, may art supply? In a moderate
degree, yes. Said Ninon de Lenclos, as
she reached out for her powder puff:
NOW, I'm going to put just a sus-
piclOn of springtine on my cheeks. -
Ninon, it will be remembered, had the
reputation of being a beauty away along
in the sixties; but very likely she was a
painted and powdered old preserve.
What 1 am going to commit myself to is
the assertion that a harmless face DOW
der helps some compilations wonderfully.
Psyche herself would fold her wings and
go out of business if she discovered that
her nose had a shiny look. So when you
get your new hat or bonnet on, just wipe
your face over with powdered rice, pull
verified chalk or any of the simple pow
ders sold by the druggists. Don t leave
any Of the whiting on, but simply en-
ploy it to deaden the gloss, and you will
thus make your visage harmonious with
the chic OF your fresh millinery
Observe that in the dresses pictured
above the sleeves, even in q black and
white drawing, are distinct from the
waist. It is still modish TO put two diff
ferent oolors into those two sections of
a gown. The general plan is to use a
darker shade for the sleeves, but many
artistic combinations have been made,
and the order may be reversed: that is,
the sleeves may be lighter than the
bodice. Or, sleeves of peach, ash gray
or turquoise blue velvet may go with a
cloth corsage OF marine black or blue.
The new home toilets shown below all
had sleeves contrasting in color with the
bodIces. The outlines in these drawings
are so clear and exact, trust, that any
ingenious ameteur dressmaker will be
able to utilize them in connection with
the patterns which she ordinarily uses in
cutting her gowns. By the way, here is
q name which the ladies should forth
with appropriate and apply to any
loose wrapper or dainty uegligee which
they slip on when getting up in the morn
ing. It's French word, or rather ex-
preston, and is easily pronounced. 1t is
''saut de lit" pronounced sode-les)
meaning literally tjump from bed. -
Such saul de Lit may be a thing of
beauty in China silk with broad revers
and folded vest of India silk; or pink