Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
THE FADS OF THE HOUR.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE DISPATCW.1
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Many novelties in
this fashionable world add much to the ap-
peararce of we'll dressed woman and cost
very little but she must have them when
they first come out, or better not have them
at all. In wells, for instance, the ultra
fashionable are now wearing bright purple.
They are very pretty and very becoming,
as they add great brilliancy to the complex
ion. You can get them in all the fancy
meshes, but the fabric should not be very
heavy. would not advise one to buy it by
| the yard, as a veil or two will last as long
as the fashion, for anything so conspicuous
and universally becoming will soon be
taken up by ybody and become no
| longer desirable. 1t is with this as it is
| with all fads-now or never.
The newest gloves Tor street wear are of
heavy weight-the prevailing color being
red, varying in shades from the dark Rus
sian to a bright red. They are fastened at
the wrist with two large buttons. The
| gloves also come with four buttons, but the
two buttons are considered more stylish.
For calling and evening wear the gloves
were never more beautiful. They are of
| the most delicate shades and are exquisite
| ly stitched, while the more faLciiul ones
are delicately embroidered, and are quite
| luxury pair OF pearl colored gloves,
with dark stitching, will look we'll with
most any calling costume. The dressed
| kid is more worn now than the undressed
| and is much more serviceable.
The latest dresses for street wear have the
skirts made to just touch the ground, and
are considerably more full in the back.
This you will be told by all the best ladies'
| tailors and dresshakers in New York.
Although some of the sleeves are enor-
| nous, one OF the best importers here SAYS
| they are not making the sleeves so large
| The coats have struck happy medium in
| length. They are not as long as they were
in the early autumn, without being short
The chatelaine pins for watches have had
their day. They have been initiated in all
the cheap materials but tin, and might
say tin also, as you can get them from 20
| cents up. Some people who have very
| handsome ones still wear them pinned TO
| their belts, but one never sees anyone that
makes the slightest pretention to style
| wearing them pinned upon her bodice, as
| was the style last winter Some pin them
under their jackets to hide them altogether
The newest thing is to put the watch in the
| front of the bodice, as was the habit with
those little short chains with the ball on the
end. just such chain is used, caught up
with little bar pin, allowing the ball to
DanS ABOUT an lncn IrOul Lne pm, WIFI Ine
other part of the chain attached to the
watch. They are regularly made, the pin
having the rings to catch the chain, and if
you need new chain for your watch L ad-
wise you to put this on your list. A very
pretty design is q short chain, caught up
with a bOw-knot, instead of the bar pin, but
the bow-knot must be at the extreme end
of the chain. Now if you have a pretty
bow-knot pin among your trinkets, and
short bit OF chain, you could fasten one end
of it to the watch and the other to the pin,
and have good style chain.
The new lorgnette chains are verv hand
some. They are delicate gold chains, with
pearls or different jewels set in every three
inches, but are only intended for full
dress, and look very pretty on the neck or
light colored gowns For street wear they
have narrow black ribbon, with small
stitches. These are not so conspicuous,
and are in great deal better taste for dark
gowns The good lorgnette chains range in
price from $3.50 to $500, etc, while they can
be had in the imitation for 98 cents up to
S3. 1t seems foolish to put so much money
in anything that can be so perfectly imi.
tated that it will take a connoisseur to dis
tinguish them.
A very pretty fad is to tie bunch of
flowers on tine muff A bunch of violets or
roses brighten up the fur, and the effect is
very striking. The muffs are also jauntily
tied around the neck with ribbons, which is
a very convenient fashion, and especially
useful for shopping
S. ELIZABETH DICKSON.