The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-12

handkerchief under these circumstances.
only woman with slender hand and
proper finesse can accomplish this little
act. She must slide the handkerchief
and then, stretching the veil rs far as pos
siole, must gently mop with one hand,
while she holds the veil little out with
the other. This does the work nicely.
At the beginning of the season all the
hats, bonnets and pokes were provided
with strings of some Sort If they were
not the closely drawn strings to be fas-
tened under the ears with jeweled pins.
they were at least the long hanging ones
that were to be loosely tied in front. But
the very high collars with which all the
dresses are provided have done away with
these strings, so that now scarcely one is
TO be seen. The closely pinned ones be-
came quite impossible and the loosely tied
ones look awkward, taking away the
graceful effect of the high collar.
Collars continue to grow in height. In
the back they often reach to within an
inch of the crown of the hat, leaving
barely space for the Psyche knot to peep
FORTH
A beautiful brunette, little woman by
the way, attracted much attention and
created an atmosphere of admiration for
herself, appearing in one of these Medici
collars, which was attached to a dress
peculiarly becoming to the brunette's clear,
dark beauty.
The color of the gown was a pale gray,
with very slight blush tinge. The
bodice was tight fitting and exquisitely
moulded to the figure. The front of the
skirt was plain and scanty. The back ex-
tended few inches upon the ground in a
graceful fan-shaped train. V-shaped upon
the front of the bodice was a lovely tracing
of gold cord, which came down so as to
form a kind of vest. By this yellow ar
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brunette's skin was becomingly set forth.
The Medici collar was traced on the out
side with the gold cord, and was so high
in the back that the wearer gracefully
rested her head in its depths.
The bonnet that went with this beauti-
full costume was dainty creation in hello
trope and gold. The gold formed the
FRAMEWORK and the heliotrope wreath was
fastened around the edge of it, The entire
toque was not much larger than a mans
hand, and when pinned we'll forward upon
the wearer's glossy locks looked like a
lovely wreath used TO crown the queen of
some summer festival There was moth
ing about the gown that was unduly
snowy, yet all was so charming as to at
tract attention from its perfect harmony.
Grays. instead of being on the decline,
grow in favor with the advance of the
season. White is also popular.
Any afternoon in the park one may see
Deautiiui luruouts IN Wnlcn the relnS are
held by some beautiful woman dressed ex-
quisitely in white from top to toe.
White China silk is a favorite material
for these summer afternoon carriage
dresses, and with them go all the dainty
white accessories that could possibly be
combined in any one toilet. A white silver
belt, silver chatelain from which dangle
dozen silver ornaments, silver buckles,
silver jewelry, silver toque with silver
ornaments and leaves upon IL silver
buckles upon the white suede shoes, silver
stitching upon the back of the gloves, and
silver handled whip are also seen upon
the beautiful and fortunate woman who
drives her own pretty team along the sum
mer highways.
Silver, as handle for umbrellas and
parasols is declining somewhat in favor.
In its place there is the dainty Dresden
china, which can be obtained in all tints