Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04

to some of your readers, as it was to the
writer. The frame was about three and Q
half feet high and perhaps three wide. 1t
was ebonized, as was the wooden standard
upon which IL rested. Spools were strun 4
on fine wire in close vertical lines, and
were graded In size from a large basting
cotton spool to that OF high number of
thread. This order vas alternated in each
row, that is, IN one row the big spools be-
gan at the bottom grading up, and in the
next they were the top grading down. The
rows we're close together as possible, and
the wires were secured by small tacks in
the frame which were ebonized, SO that
they showed only on close scrutiny. When
the spools had been mounted they were ir-
regularly gilded, silvered, bronzed, cop
pered, with every variety of this treatment
the maker could secure. The effect was
verv peculiar, and decidedly good An in
genious worker might, 1t would seem, vary
the arrangement of the spoels almost in
definitely. stringing the wires horizontally,
interlocking them, etc
The sleeve is par exeellence the crucial
test Of the new winter gowns. Amateurs
shrink in dismay from their fashioning. and
1t is not all professionals who succeed.
The high shoulders have nearly vanished,
the fulness of the sleeves being on the ac-
tual arm length rather than above it. It is
impossible to classify the sleeves; the gem
eric phrase big sleeves admits OF dozens OF
specific styles Puffs reaching to theelbew,
loose pufs reaching to the wrist, oblong
pufs, pointed puffs no pnfs but an enor=
nous loose wrinkled effect, puffs below the
elbow with plain uppers, watteaus and
ja6ets of the trimming falling over the close
sleeve ofthe gown materisl-these are the
beginning merely of the distracting series.
Do as you will with your skirt and bodice,
it will not matter, but pause and reflect and
lie awake o. nights before you decide upon
the sleeve.
1t is caution which deserves repetition,
not to 90 to the fire on coming in
from a walk in the cold; it is a practice
which produces congestion of the blood
vessels, aud, secondsrily, a red nose
To wash the face in cold water when over
heated is also undesirable, as It is q frequent
cause of dis6guring pimples.
A recent notion with some New York
'hostesses is to put their mattresses in broad
white collars aud cuffs, as we'll as caps and
aprons. These are worn with black, dark
green and dark red dresses
There has been talk for years Of court
trains" but only those women who have
assisted at some court function abroad, or
have seen an English bride of high degree
in her wedding fnery, have an adequate
idea of these appendages. For the first
time in this country they are to be seen on
the stage in q play now running in this city
genuine court trains, actually resting on
the ground for nearly two yards, and
loaded with rich and elaborate trimmings.
1t is whispered that the actresses who wear
them were nearly ready to give up their
parts before they could learn to move
about in them, and more than one woman
who has seen them will echo the remark of
a yivacous young woman a night or two
ago: "Jf those things have to be worn at
court, may I never 60 there!"