St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-11-19
White kid boots are worn with dull

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In arranging ribbon belts, remember
that the ends and loops can be tied In
any place save at the back.
White pique dresses have been revived,
and are worn with colored sashes and
full white null chemisettes or plastrons
beneath Figaro jackets, for dinners and
high teas.
Sleeves are worn less high on the
shoulder, but very full to the elbow,
with long, deep, tight fitting cuff, often
in a contrasting material.
Rose pink and mauvc, blue and prim-
rose, emerald green and red, black, gold,
or magenta are all considered good com
binations.
There is a decided tendency toward
trimming the skirt, or making it with
slight drapery, while the cascade back is
also used to relieve the severity of a
plain skirt.
A pretty trimming for wash dresses
consists of three rows of falling loops of
baby ribbon, each row in different tint
and corresponding with the color of the
gown.
The French bicycling costume consists
of tunic and knickcrbockcrs, made ex
actIy like those worn by men, except
that the tunic is a little longer.
Fancy silks with the surface raised as
if quilted simulate perfectly the quilted
used in the time of Queen
Anne, the favorite colors being apple
green, rose-pink, and rather vivid tur-
quois blue.
The cape is giving way to the waist,
and light feather or, better still, lace
boa, is supposed to be all that is necessary
in the way of outdoor garments for
ordinary wear.
For evening dresses those of chiffon
over slips of inexpensive silk are perhaps
the most fashionable, but there is an i'll
eXhaustible supply of spotted laces, en-
broidcred silk mulls, and delicate spider
web organdes.
The Louis Quinzc coats and three
quarter length jackets have disappeared,
and polonaiscs and short Empire bodiccs
with belts or sashcs are to reign.
Perhaps the most striking thing about
the new Paris fashions is their extreme
beautiful materials are used,
but the cut is in every case innocent of
any claboratencss, and the only trimming
consists of plain, handsome cmbroideries
of gold galoons.
Shoulder frills of lace which have
decorated every sort of gown, from
zephyr to velvet, are being replaced in
some dresses by chemiscttcs of exquisite
ly fine India lawn drawn up on baby
ribbon, and in others by tichus of India
muslin edged with tiny gathered frills,
and worn with their ends tucked into the
belt.
Those who are fortunate enough to
possess them, are converting their old
black lace shawls into elegant wraps.
They look very refined and lady-like,
though they are not worn in the old way,
but are drawn up into sort of wrap
form and held in place by fancy pins. !.
Lingerie is passing through the phase
Of reaction from the extreme of elaborate
ness to the extreme of simplicity. The
excessive use of silk and ribbon, which
cannot be Numbered, is tabooed on much
Of the high-priced underwear.
The old solfcrinos and magentas
shades which have not been seen for
many years, are once more to the fore
lndcr the name of "dahlia shades,' and
promise to be popular during the coming
season.
Collars at the present moment are low
md of the rundown variety. An ar,
of lace, chiffon or embroidered
silk muslin, like a priests rabot, appears
IN many Of the handsomest recently i'm
ported gowns.
The tartan plaids which promise to be
% popular during the winter will be
with narrow bias frills, with
bias pipings, deep reverse hens of the
goods, black velvet ribbon or black
gimp in rows.
The Empire belt or girdle is worn very
with gowns having the Wat
eau back. Often it is very wide rib
,on, and again it is formed of folds of
White silk, five in number that makes it
each up and give the short-waisted
fleet that is considered desirable.
Pearls, especially those of odd tints,
ire popular this season for engagement
ngs, and new style of setting for the
diamond troth ring is somewhat similar
o the broad gold ring worn by men,
,ut lighter than the mans ring In
his band are iTbeded three diamonds,
he largest in the center.
The flower bodice is one of the latest
ads, composed entirely of a certain kind
# flower, forget-me- nots, daisies, VIC
cts, pansics, all serving the passing
ancy. The flowers are usually placed
lpon foundation harmonizing with the
olor of the flower.
An odd freak of the girl of the period
S that of keeping scrap album of all
Ter gowns, with the date and occasion
# their wearing. There will be pen
i've sort of pleasure in turning over the
caves and recalling "reminiscences by and
~, and later still when daughters and
coax for stories of the
Id days, this book of chronicles will
urnish many twilight hours delight
ul theme.