The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-01-08
FAIR woMAN'S WORLD.
MATTERS THAT WILL NOT IN
TEREST THE MEN.
Some OF Fashions Foibles--LoVely
Old SILK Gowns--Pretty Thea
ter Bodlce--She Wants
a Yacht--Telllng Sc
crets to Men,
Some Of Fashions FoIbles.

For the young and shapely there is
hothing-no, nothing that comes up
to the cloth coat. This garment IS
being fashioned just now in most fan
tastic ways, fur and lace being mixed
on it in the most audacious way. A
vest of Astrakhan or Persian lamb,
with falling frill from the throat fthe
white guipure or heavy Irish point
reaching two or three inches from is
seen on the coats. A wide turnover
collar, edged with mink tails, showing
frill of lace coming from underneath
is also shown. Velvet is introduced
as a sort OF link between the mate
rails very often, and velvet coat of
modified Louis XIV. style trimmed
with fur and lace rufles is o very hand
some thing. A very stylish plain
Gloth-coat with the new belted back
Is made of color which is very DO
pular Just now, royal blue. The ma
terial is camel's hair cloth. Being
fur lined with mink, it can be worn
closed or open, and is loose fronted.
The backis made seamless like a mans
sacque coat, and the fullnessis formed
by little braided belt which gathers
the breadth into the folds. Profuse
braiding OF black with jet ornaments
in the design is continued right round
the coat. The collar is very high and
pointed at the back. The collar now
very much in vogue for gowns is q
bright red OF a shade known among
modistes as taureau. 1t is only sup
posed to besuitablefort hevery young.
Made up with hunters green as is also
the fashion; one certainly should be
extremely young and extremely bold
to attempt so carry out such feast
of color. In the house a loud display
OF color is permissible, but street
toilette should be kept quieter. One
scarlet gown adds picturesqueness
to a group of figures on a dull,
gray day, but one in twenty is
often enough to see sample of it.
A brightly-colored gown is not of such
artistic value in this bright, clear at
mosphere as it is on the gray, dreary,
misty London landscape, where a
scarlet coat or yellow vest or hand
kerchief warns up the central tinted
surroundings. The American sky,
however, is generally powerful piece
OF color in itself, and hardly needs
Frightening up at all.
Novelties in dress are not fairly out
for the winter season, but those that
have appeared are novel to degree.
Feathers are ode rigeur" In millinery
they were never more used, ia boas
and rufus they are seen everywhere,
and as trimming for gowns, modistes
are trying to get them generally
adopted. The effect, though strange,
is not good. Redeem has made many
gowns with three rows ofteather trim
ming on the skirts, headed with braid
ing, and they have been worm by dis
tinguished people, who pride them
selves on being ia good style. But it
cannot be said that the feather trim
ming, however beautiful and costly,
make anything but g ragged looking
bordering. AS for bodices of feathers,
few of which have been introduced
some modiste straining after original
ity, they are far too suggestive OF the
noble red man to ever be worn ,gener-
ally by civilized womanhoOd.