The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-31

braids it from the middle, back of her
head, and tying pretty fresh ribbon
around the braid, she doubles it up in
under until it hugs the back of her head
and neck. Then she sticks several dag
gers, arrows and several other kinds of
fancy pins through it, and then, arranging
her bang becomingly, she sticks in two or
three more fancy pins near the top of her
head and sallies forth from her dressing
room happy in the thought that she has
done her own hair-dressing right up in the
latest style, and that she hasn't had to pay
q hair-dresser.
How do the hair-dressers like it? They
do not like it at all. They say it is too
bad, and they are piling up false hair upon
the heads Of the fancy figures in their win
do~s, hoping to ineite the fair passers-by
to come in and have their heads dressed
likewise
"Itcost me only ST." said a woman pat
ting lovingly and admiringly long white
elder down cloak which she was wearing.
"Then you must have made it YOURSELF"
remarked a friend.
Eyes, | bought pattern which told me
how much goods to get. Then / laid the
goods and cut out the cloak in the SIM
plest possible way. | lined it with white
satin, trimmed it with this shaggy white
fur, and, as you see, have cloak which
is very pretty and which cost, as l said,
only ST."
A cloak which is even easier to make is
of eiderdown of any color one chooses. 1t
is perfectly straight and consists of two
breadths of the goods sewed together. 1t
is lined with quilted satin, and is shirred
a few inches from the top so as TO make a
high rutfle collar. 1t is very pretty and
very comfortable.
Two very neat house dresses were shown
me last week just before they were sent
home. They were for two young women
who were in the habit OF giving afternoon
chocolates. instead of afternoon teas One
of the dresses was combination OF deep
red velvet and old rose satin 1t was
made in very simple style, and could not
escape being admired, for the two shades
harmonized so exquisitely. The other
was of two shades of green. The waist
was braided, and straps came over the
shoulders as if they were suspenders. The
skirt was plain, With deep band of dark
green velvet around the bottom of it.
Last summer there was at Lenox dar-
ing society woman who wore real sus-
penders with little silk shirt and plain
skirt. 1t was very bold thing to do, be-
cause suspenders are the most essentially
mannish thing in mans wardrobe.
The woman was pretty, and so carried
off the suspenders nicely. They were ex-
actiy like a mans and were fitted out with
little clasps and button-holes and all that
sort of thing in precisely the same way
that man wears his.
The afternoon gown had suspenders,
but they were womanly suspenders, so to
speak and did not make the wearer look
mannisb.
The Metropolitan opera season in New
York has been distinguished by the low
necked gowns which were worn by box
beauties. Never Was there so much dis
play Of the raw material. The dresses were
cut very low in the back and awfully low
in the front, and instead of sleeves there
were straps of ribbon, few jewels or a
bunch of p!umes.
Ali the box beauties were provided with
large fans, so that when they CHANGED to
see the eyes of a man down below riveted
too intensely upon them they could raise
the fan to protect their charms from q too
ardent gaze.