Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
BITS OF FEMININE FANCY.

FLAT hats will remain in favor for winter
wear, but not with wide brims.
AT the seaside this motto has been
adopted: When in doubt wear blue serge.
THE panier is making headway. Full puff
ings on the hips are among the things to be
looked for in the near future.
THE most acceptable present for your lady
friends is one of the new designs of hat pins.
The most admired are those of a single dia-
mond setting.
A PRETTY morning gown has a skirt of dark
blue India silk, with rows of hemstitching
across the bottom. With this skirt wear a
silver gray silk blouse waist.
THE late summer parasols, whether of
foulard or surah striped, spotted" or plain,
are lined with light and delicate tints and
have amazingly long handles.
A FEW words of prophecy: The hours of
the Louis" coat are numbered. Just two
inches below the hips will be the order of
the tailor's autumn day. The short jacket is
its own again.
SLILPPERs made with sides of undressed
leather or cloth exactly matching the stock
ings and with toes of patent leather, or en-
broidered, or beaded, make the foot seem
small, for the sides catch no light and all
that one sees is the bright point of the shoe.
THE present popularity of yellow and ecru
becoming to brunettes. The most stylish
gowns fashioned of these fabrics are prin-
cess shape rosettes of velvet ribbon adorn-
ing the fall of cream color lace set ON the
hips.
AN effective and novel PORTER can be made
of rope, the kind ordinarily used for clothes
lines. This is cut in regular lengths, one
end of each piece fastened at the top of the
window to the rings on pole. The lower
end is then fringed to depth of six or eight
inches with admirable effect.
THE greatest novelty of the season just now
consists of thin silk blouse waists which are
made of almost any color of soft, pliable silk.
Cows-tail red, coral red, water green, emer-
aid green, pale green, orange and the deli
cate shades of blue are the favorites. Over
these blouse waists sleeveless vest is worn.
ONE of the prettiest and most novel of the
seasons conceits among the Partisan dress
makers is the epaulette effect produced on
evening and demi-toilet gowns with flowers.
For this purpose, large or small flowers are
chosen, according to the fancy OF the indi-
vidual, and when mixed with grass or
foliage, give decidedly military effect.
THE German Emperor is said to be e1-
tremely fond of his big. kinu-hearted blonde
frau, and is reported as saying: 81 could
wish no better to the men of my nation than
that the girls would follow the example of
their Empress in devoting their lives as she
does to the cultivation of the three K's-Die
Kirche, Die Kinder und Die Kuche'' (the
church, the children and the cuisine).
THE most elegant handkerchiefs now are
all white. They are trimmed with white
lace and embroidery, with an edge of Valen-
ciennes lace fully finger wide surrounding
the open hem. The old-fashioned style of
setting lace and embroidery in the corner of
handkerchiefs has come in again. Handker-
chiefs with colored borders are fashionable,
but not so chic as those with colored centers
and white borders.
SOME of the electric dinners are realiza-
tions of more fantastic dreams than those
related among the Arabian Nights wonders.
One recently given was served upon a table
of glass shining through fine white linen,
with countless electric globes beneath its
surface. A garland of roses wound down
through the centre, broken every now and
then by nymphs holding wreaths of flowers,
each blazing with lights.