Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-21
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
Decided Change In Hairdressing-Fash- ion and Domestic Notes.
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 NEW YORK, Jan. l5.-Authorities on fashions say that 1895 is to bo n year of congregations. In no respect will this be so marked ns in the way the women will wear their hair. For a year past they have parted their hair in the middle, eschowed bangs and hidden the tips of their ears. But in 1895 my lady's hair will be drawn over the face so that part of her cheek, n bit of her eyebrow and all of her ear will bo oblivious. The graceful knot at present worn in the nape of her neck, through progressive evolution, will become the un- slightly bun of 40 years ago. And it is ru- mored whero nature has not been generous and a woman's own crowning glory is not sufficient falso hair will again become fashionable. Horrors!
 The corset is again the object of ani- mus, and women of fashion and the stage arc expressing themselves very freely as to whether or not it is indispensable. It Is singular fact that in all the crusades against tho corset so few people attack the present fashionable shape. For semc years past the recognized good figure is one of abnormal length of the waist and equally abnormal height of the bust. As con sequence all the so called bust" corsets arc cut on lines to develop and exaggerate these particular points, with the result that n fashionably dressed woman resem- bles nothing more than a swelling top. In an evening dress she is immodest, and at all times sho is unnatural. Gerome says the most beautiful line in a woman S figure is the length from that point in her throat just below the fullness to the extreme point of her bust. With tho present style of corset that line is just about half as long as it should be.
 A society woman in evening dress mak ing lobster a h Newburg in n chafinG dish was one of the recent sights in n fashion able restaurant. This new fad in ultra fashionable circles (but quite old in Bo- hemia) of preparing oneself a favorite dish for the after the theater supper" has quite caught the fashionable fancy. It was started, so 1t is said, by young soci- ety man, who, objecting to tho way his Oys- ters were prepared, ordered a chaflng dish, whereupon he prepared them himself, to the astonishment of the waiter. The story was repeated, and tho idea caught on, and as nearly everybody has a recipe of their own for the concootion of favorite dishes, hko Taffy's exclusive recipe for salad dressing, it Is becoming a common sight after the theater to sec quiet little groups around restaurant tables occupied with chafing dish and samovar.
 What will the society girl do without the fancy waist when oHce that useful and ornamental article of her wardrobe be- comes discarded fashion? She has learned what luxury 1t means to have three bod ices to one skirt, and never probably in her career has she looked so we'll at so small an expense. The popular skirt is of black satin or moire, faultlessly shaped and absolutely plain. The bodices should all be strikingly different, both in color and design. Nor can they be too olabo- rate, gold and silver cmbroideries, with delicate tints in chiffon, making some of the prettiest combinations.
 Many well known society women who are boxholders at the opera have this sea son been giving their boxes ono night each week to the pupils of different schools for young women. The number of boxholders who volunteer their boxes is constantly increasing, and the custom is to be kept up during the entire season. The object is worthy, for most of the girl students, many of whom come from towns many miles away, would be unable to afford even gallery seat.
 LAURA OLIVIA BoOTRE-