Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-13

lace, knowing her great love OF this fabric,
and that for the trosseau have been ordered
two surprisingly glorious white lace ball
gowns. Indeed the bride to be has a marked
love o: white. and the tint next In her favor
is a peculiar tone OF golden pink. Chief
among the wardrobe glories is a dinner dress
OF creamy Bengal satin and a remarkable
dancing dress made OF many thick masses Of
Illusion. one tint under another. so placed
that the general result Is of an opalescent
summers sky at dawn. 1t would be hard
to divide impartially ones enthusiasm be-
tween the toilets proposed and tho morning,
bedroom, l~ounging ana tea gowns of lace.
A great many are OF quilted brocaded jap
anese crepes. Of silk crepons. striped In lines
OF satin. showing sleeves to reach the floor,
airy c~ataracts OF lace falling from the
shoulder, and amid all these ~draperies tho
sleeves proper appear. fitting the arm close
and wrinkling down to the elbow, to b.
caught by little gold linked studs.
GORGEOUS FURS
Already some OF the furs have arrived,
in three huge cedarlined chests Of their
own, containing the most elaborate set Of
sables ever prepared for one woman. The
~sleighing set includes a cloak so long that
the feet can be wrapped In Its skirts, and
lined with mole skins. Then there is a
barrel mum. a cap and gigantic collar. in
which the whole head can be hidden. Be-
sides, there Is a carriage cape of sable.
a boa, reaching to the knees, OF sable
tails, a calling cape, a skating Jacket and a
carriage robe lined with rich corn flower
blue.
In addition to the sables are sets OF seal
skin and most costly OF all the fur garments,
chinchilla opera. cape, falling from neck to
heels and lined with rosy satin. Among
these fur things was sent a c~uriously beau
tiful divan robe, made of elder down, UNI
plucked from the ducks skin and pierced
artfully together like any peit. 1t is bor-
dered with feathers from the ducks throat.
also in the dried skin and the whole Of it
weighs but a few ounces.
or the twelve tailor dresses ordered from
London and Viennese firms, a suit OF rich
russell damson cloth will probably be worn
Tor the going away gown. This Is lined with
rosy purple satin. Its coat opens over a bag
front of cream lace and the hat, rather small,
of braided autumn gren felt and velvet, Is
trimmed with tufts of black, gold and purple
pansies.
Among all these suits. not one of black
will b. found. 1t is Miss Vanderbilt's super
s~titition that black gowns in a trosseau bring
one ill-luck. Never in her short, bright young
life has she worn a black dress, and to begin
her new and brilliant career with one such
frock in her wardrobe would. she feels sure,
bring her unexpected misery. Not even one
Of her three bicycle suits are black. In green,
brown and a curios shade Of what the London
tailors call donkey gray, these pretty cos
tunes are done.
NEW YORK SHOES.
Two New YORK makers received the orders
for forty-flve pairs Of shoes, ranging all the
way from doubly-dressed moose hide fishing
bottes savage. reaching nearly to the hips.
water tight and meant for use in the Scotch
and Norway salmon streams, to the remark
able wedding slippers. These exquisite pam
touf1es are of white satin, with ivory heels;
showing great crowned C's in brilliants os
either toe and a tiny edging Of white lace,
crimped and stiffened with minute brilliants
frilling their tops.
The generous mother of this future duchess
not only supplies all these things, but the
wedding fan as we'll, it's white lace alone cost
ing 81 200. and mounted on pearl, the guard
stick showing the name "Consuelo" in dia-
monds.
Also has she given her daughter a full
mountings. one item of which is a case, hold
ing five books. bearing in gold script the
daughters name, Blenheim Castle. The
books are for engagements. visiting lists,
charities. accounts and checks. Inside this
last the checks are beautifully engraved with
the crowned initials C. M.
AS box by box the wonderful trousseau
arrives, the contents are laid forth in two
rooms. devoted to this almost royal ward
robe, and, the day before a corps of expert
packers come to prepare it for shipment again
over the sea, Miss Vanderbilt will give a
little morning reception to girl friends and
exhibit her toilets. Then it is she will break
up her lovely sets Of silver toilet table things,
her collection Of desk fixtures. books, pic
lures and even girlish jewels, to bestow q
on every friend.