The morning times., 1895-12-22

It cannot get them big enough. 18th,
descendants OF WORTH" who hold prea
sway over the gowns of the fashiona abl
world here, are trying vainly To uuencl
1t. Big buttons destroy their epsembIe
they declare. apdS repders a gown Wi
gar. 1t Ii and ffiways has been I he
Worth plan 10 hseAgthe method of iDgres.
ana egress to sRsets and to make it seem
as though the wearer and the gov grew
together. But with these great buttons
staring at one the vulgar fact that one
| buttons up ones clothes is procIaimed 70
the world.
The special button over which Paris raves
Is the pearl. 1t is white In color and clear
In tone. 1t shows fte fastenings though, if
an eye-button, ifhut the best ones are
| sewed through and are fastened upon the
| gown with silk the color of the gown.
! Upon this whitish-greenish cloth gown they
were sewed with whitish green thread.
The cost OF the pearl buttons here is two
francs apiece. That is less than half a dol
lar home, but ! wager in New York you
must pay dollar TO get them. II you have
as many pearl buttons upon your outdoor
suiting as saw upon a suit few days a go,
II will pay you to Come over fsercsaDd have
a gown made and wear it home. The tariff
dut y plays directly upon these pearl buttons,
I'm told.
1 saw an Irish frieze gown OF not very
deep frieze, as the woolly surface is called.
that had a deep pattern of black velvet
around its foot The velvet was cut in a
great fancy curved heading and went en-
tirely around the hem OF the skirt. Tiny
braids finished its top. This was the
plainest OF the gowns upon the street
among the many fashionable shoppers,
but thought 1T one OF the most effective,
especially as the frieze cloth was deep
ox-blood shade, contrasting sharply with
the velvet around the hem.
SEAL MADE PRETTY.
Sealskin jackets are not 10 great favor
in Paris, though they are cheap. Per-
haps in America the price is largely up
held by the demand, but here it drops
quite low. The seal jacket--whieh was
worn over this. frieZe skirt had a vest OF
boucle cloth, the fashionable dress ma
terial, and a broad turn-back reyer of
white goods, broadclOth, probably, and,
OF course, IL buttoncd with pearl buttons.
l thought this seal coat q very good
solution of the fisheries question as II
pertains to sealskin. The effect and warmth |
of the seal was maintained without the |
moDotOny of the dull brown fur. |
You Will have to Come all the way to |
Paris IL You want 10 see the -boucle |
cloths combined, two cOlors in a gown. |
There was one that seemed too dainty to
appear upon the streets to be brushed |
by the men and smelled by the horses.
Ii was duh heavy black boucle as far as
the knees. Here 1t was met with dun |
heavy white boucle. TIE place where the
jointure was made was covered with
pattern of black braid, put on in the
fashion OF the hour-the chrysanthemum
petal. The lining OF the skirt was snow
white satin, and the rustic W ben the wearer
walked was the most delicious thing, ex- |
laling as il did the odor OF roses.
In the waist of this gown there was the
anne combination Of the boucles. black
md white. Big. soft, white, woolly
leeves and yoke fitted into body OF
black. And through all went the chrys-
millennium design.
Mourning in Paris is gay thing. Mo-
istes waste their brain tissue getting up
etching combinations for IL. and So / |
vas not surprised to hear that this young
voman's position was that of young
widow. and that the flaring black hat,
vith the white chrysanthemum upon the
ront, was the first degree removed from
he weeds. which she had worn n twelve
Month. In her hand She welded a flower
Y its stalk. Her eyes Is she walked were
asst a little above the hurrying world.
ut she consulted her memoranda often,
little monogrammed book. and seemed ,
itent below her ulotfrning soul upon some
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The gifts bought by these shoppers I
ould make very Interesting narrative. ;
Mt that is SO different from n fashion tale
lat ID cannot be sompieed with it,
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Feminine Trappists.
The monastsry. 1pzSsande Trappe re-
ntly consecrated 8 new church, and on '