Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-23
THE CHIFFON GIRL.
TnIIOr-Made Smartness Is ont Lam
ruid Lovcliness Is Coming.
correspondence Of the Dispatch)

Correspondence Of the Dlspatch't
NEW YORK, April 22.-For good
MANY wears we have been looking to
Enpland for our models Of severe tailor
r,ade fashions of dress. over Queen Anne
architecture. Eastlake furnishings ana
heavy. solid. smartness in tewelry. But
the French have reconqusred us again
for their own: the furnishings Of the
Louis and empire periods have invaded
our houses. the tailor girl has given way
TO q chiffon maiden. with wide skirts,
loose sleeves. and languid luxuries to
correspond with her soft. flowing, sloping-
shouldered lines; the jeweller has aoan-
doned the crisp compactness OF his set
tings to manufacture jewels such as
cIarissa Uarlowe or Evellna might have
worn.
THE NEW BRACELET.
Nowhere is the change more marked
than I'm the bracelet Instead Of the hard.
narrow. jewel-set band that clicked INTO
place around an athletic arm. bafeu I"
the shoulder, the slim, white wrist that
appears from a mystery of lace ana trans
parencies IS bound to-day by hexibie'
woven thread OF gold This bracelet
when Is no lHltktF IMAM a s'hh'i -
drawn I'd or let out through sliding
CLASH in the shape Of one large, pink
pearl. and the loose end, generally about
two inches long. Is finished with pear
shaped yellow pearl the tint OF early
autumn moonlight But the variation OF
Jewels is endless. Sometimes a ruby
forms the slide or a yellow diamond the
tag: or cabuchon emerald swings from
the end Of the cord, and a white pearl
and diamond adorns the clasp
THE POPULAR CHAIN.
All manner Of soft. flexible chains are
worn. y pretty collar has five upright
slides of pale-green olivinss. between
which hang nine gold chains. so fine ana
soft that one can scarcely believe they
are woven Of metal
The long. Venetian neck-chain. 70 which
the watch or lor8nette are hung, grows
more popular and more splendid: the lit
tie seed pearls at intervals which the
Venetian woman thinks quite fine enough
not being sufficiently luxurious for her
more extravagant American contempt
rary Their place Is supplied by emeralds
turquoises. pearls as big az peas. or even
that most extravagant OF luxuries-pierced
diamonds.
FOR FAIR THROATS
Necklaces are made to match the vice.
lets. with jewelled slide and ta9 and
the long chain OF diamonds descending
TO the walsibelt. which can also be
wreathed in the hair. or wrapped half a
dozen times around the wrist. was made
fashionable 10y the Countess de Castel-
lane and is being copied by all the gold
smiths. a pendant. hung loosely around
the throat, By a thin. gold chain, Is more
fashionable than any other style OF neck
lace. and these pendants are usually In
designs Of delicate Arabesques Of the
Louis XIV, inclosing one large gem.
ROWNED HEADS
The same effect is sought for the hair.
The American female sovereign has quiet
~ annexed for her use the cor
onct. wlich. in Europe. is only worn
by the aristocracy, and IL H. no uncom-
mon thing to see. during the opera sea-
son. In New York. the wife or daufNter
OF successful merchant or stakeholder
blazing I'm iewelled circlet, whose dia-
mond strawberry leaves and large. single
pearls between would leave the average
Englishman to suppose he was contem-
| plating n duchess.
The duchess strawberry leaves are
not the latest fashion. however. Tho
! small. closed crown Of the princcsses Of
TIE blood is more popular. This H. worn
rather far back. and. ig % the most ex-
duisiie designs I'm Arabesque. with large
PENDANT Jewels swinging loose betWf n.
a lady who pays for her crowns out Of
her husbands profits in carpets has just
given an order for one made all of pale,
| straw-colored diamonds with five hang
| ing fre-opals that every time she moves
! her head swing lightly and snoot forth
| long rays Of flame. she is slowing
| brunette who has a fOndness for pale
yellow gowns. AMI the crown upon her
| dark hair will be a sight that most
| prircessss Of the blood wculd envy.
This berunled. begcmmed lady no longer
carries the stern leather purse Of her
t1ilor-made fOrbear. Her pOrtemannaie,
out OF which comes the crisp new bills
that the bank cashier saves TO answer
| her cheques with, is a rather large square
pouch OF velvet. encased in heavy gold
nlagree. with tiny turquoises or amethysts
set in the balls Of the snap fastening.
CARRIERS AND HAT PINS.
The garters with which she gathers up
| her open-wOrk silk stockings are white
ribbons brocaded with forget-me-nots
and slipped through old-fashioned round
| buckles of turquoise. or else with rose
| buds on the ribbon, and rubies encrusIlng
| the buckle
| She pins her bit OF n bonnet TO her
head with a hat pin whose head IS a tiny
| jeweled dragon-fy. for the dragon-ny IS
| par excellence The fin de steele insect
| The butterfly Is nowhere beside him,
and as for the lately beloved frogs, grass
| hOppers, birds. and snakes. they have all
| vanished before the newcomer. The dra-
| comfy has Eis gauzy wings and bOdkin-
| like body enameed with every known
| GEM and with mixtures OF half dozen
| different sorts He is worn I'm long slen-
der breaches 10 hold fiuttering laces in
place, he fastens the boas OF sweet peas
violets. or roses with which the young
woman earlands her lovely throat this
spring. he pins wells, and he is most
| splendid fastened 10 the delicate gold
wire that bands lovely heads. and spead-
| ing his three-lnch wings Of blazing dia-
monds above the left temple. II. b.