Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-06
MARGERY DAW
Details an Interssting Interview Win
wheeling nodiste.

wheeling Moolste.
ssCau YOU tell me anything new In the
way Of dresses?" ! asked OF leading
modIste. "Perhaps | can, we always
have something new; still there Is not so
Liuch change In styles at this season as
later. This is particularly true OF out
door gowns. for the fabrics used are
about the same during the winter Sea-
son, consisting of all the heavy tweeds,
whip-cOrds, cloths, velvets, &c, USED
with fur as a trimming-thisi Is season
OF furS, and that Is one reason we nan
with delight the snow, which makes
these dresses seem so much more sea-
Sonable. There is one point on Whicn
Wheeling women have come to be more
like their sisters OF the Smoky City the
selecting OF quietly elegant street
dresses, and the use OF dressy and
snowy costumes at home.
To one not up on such matters IL
might seem that the plainly dressed
woman one meets on our streets is mex
pensively attired, but this Is a great
mistake, for 1t is just these heavy ma
terials and rare furs that cost most. Ii
is a popular idea that English women
effect this quiet style OF dressing; and
one girl in being fitted said, get me up
to look real English, you know and l
replied you would not ask that II you
had seen the women in London as ola
last season. They are anything but styl-
ish, as ! consider style. Their gowns
hung badly In the first place, then their
feet were so big and they wore such
tiny hats that their heads looked big,
too, and their bodies out Of proportion.
No, indeed, give me the American wo-
man as an example of style.
Have you seen the new velvet coats?
Black is used most, and they are the
latest novelty. Velvet is becoming to
most people, and these coats will be
much worn. OF course they can be
plain or trimmed great deal as desired
but above all they must fit, for so much
depends on this. They will be worn
over skirts OF lace, silk, cloth or satin,
and by the way, black satin has come
back TO us-you know 1t disappeared
for a long time, but once more reigns as
the most correct material for an even
ing gown. As TO home dresses, there
are many beautiful ones worn in Wheel
ing. Just now there is passing fancy
for black ores, but they are relieved OF
all SombreneSs by trimmings In
gold and silver embroiderieS and gir-
dies OF the same-the gown would
not be complete without the girdle.
Ny own preference is for dainty home
dresses, they are so prettily made OF
any light shade. l finished one lately
OF pale green cashmere, and as trim
ming, heavy cream silk, with.a profu-
sion Of chiffon. Another was Of Henri
eta, the shade being on the order Of
odd rose and combined with ii was
brocaded silk; the ground cream, and
strewn all over it were big roses. The
combination was beautiful and suited
the wearer to perfection. l suppose
there is nothing really newer for evening
than these handsome brocade silks, just
like the ones worn in the time OF our
grandmothers. We are now designing
several gowns with these lowered mate
rails in combination with heavy satins
or silks"
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In looking over some fancy work,
thu other day, my attention was at
tracted to a set Of doilies. They were
leaves OF damaSk embroidered In pale
green floss. The work was so carefully
done that I admired them at glance;
but still more when told they were done
by the owners grandmother, who is
up in the eighties. l was full of in
curry to learn more of the dear old lady
who, though belonging to past gen
GRAFTON, still keeps up with the novel
ties Of to-day. She is possibly the Old
est OF the natives of Wheeling and be-
longs to one OF the first families who
settled here. She was born in Wheel
ing in 1911, and talks entertainingly
OF past events, which are Of great in
terest to us all. l thiRk l may safely
say she is the one person left who re-
members La Fayette's visit to Wheeling.
II possible l shall gather some facts
from the storehouse of her memory, and
ask her permission to give them to the
public. MARGEEY DAw.