The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-01
TIL WOMAN OF FASHION.
Tho Society Girl Eias Changed the
Current of Her Thought.
what tho Lcntcn DAYS Allow and What
Thcy Torbid-Thc Delightful Oppor-
csanitics Afforded by the Nncrnoon
Tca--Now Spring Goods.
fcopyp1cnT. 1897. !

lCoPYN1GnT. lS9J.
Lcnt came upon us this year before
trc realized it. We had just gotten well
5nto a fascinating. bcwitchiug round of
guycty when somebody called = halt.
and wo were obliged To stop with such
81 sn'i,cn jerk that it has made us feel
uncomfortable ever since. We are usu-
ally given an opportunity to gradually
ssccnstom ourselves to the change, but
everything is about two weeks ahead
CHS season. and we accordingly forgot
aIl abou: the fact that the sober. quiet
days for meditation were right upon US
fiu: VIC Americans are SO very adapt
able That ii has taken lis precisely three
days to get over our surprise. and to
send our thoughts in quite Il different
ohrc:t;on, and now the girls have
stopped talking about the possibilities
CO the hoopsliirt, and are giving all
fhcir attention instead To the cutting OF
aprons and dresses and pctticoats for
shc poor. You would never guess
conld you see them gathered around
shc table piled high with coarse Stuff:.
thai they had not touched such thing,
sor months. They arc just as particular
about the cut and the seams and the
s1cAt stitch as if they had no other in
tcrca. III thc world. and they will ac-
coi2piish q wonderful amount in these
scSCu busy weeks.
i}lt it isn't the only thing they do
There is a loopholc. not Il very small
ono, either. by which they can edge in
considerable gaycty in a very harmless
rDanner. The afternoon tea is such Il
very inoficnsivc means of entertain
anent that it has not been placed be-
meath tho ban, and you may go to Il tea
every day without provoking adverse
criticism. Here You may retire into 4
secluded corner if there happens to be
Que, and converse moro coniidcntially
in the fading afternoon light with your
most particular male friend than IN the
crowded ballroom. And if the tea be
given in Your own home. or if you be
one Of the favored few selected to as
sist your hostess in pouring tea. you
snay even, with perfect propricty, wear
q pretty home gown, cut rather low,
with clbosv sleeves. Then YOU will get
euch opportunity to display all your
sweet graceS rs has been afforded YOU
at no swaggcr evening affair of the
winter past. Therefore, take heart.
my pretty maid and make the most of
your opportunities.
Would You look particularly faScinat-
ing at one of these affairs, SO different
now from the tea that once was, with
tiny cup and plain cakes? Then find
ont, ii you can, just what sort of a one
yonr hostess will give. If it is to be
color tea, discover the tint and gown
accordingly.
Do not match the shade unless you
pour tea, but dress in such color as will
blend or effectively contrast with your
surroundings. For instance, does the
aea assume Il pale, old rose tint? Then
wear dull blue. Is it gold? Get out
year purple costume. Is it delicate
green? Wear darker greens or soft
browns. have in mind very bcauti-
srl costume i'll old blue bcngalinc,
7clvct and lace that would be charm
Eng for such an occasion. The skirt is
Tolue bengalinc, with a single tiny
H-,1iilc at the foot Above the rut1lc is n
srow Of small velvet puffs, put on stiff
sand straight, with no joining. The
bodice has pretty white moussclinc
eie sole front, full, narrow and pointed