Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-11-14
not be too rich. No lace is suitable ex-

not be too rich No lace Is suitable ex-
cept the heavy point de venise.
Some Of the daintiest and prettiest
muffs for demiseason were shown me
today made of drab cloth, in all about
IS inches long and about "a in diam
eter. The ends were caught in with a
roundish band of wooden curled astra-
khan in seal brown. This made sort of
puff of the middle and ruffles at the
ends. These were faced back with drab
satin. At the bottom there was a seal
brown grosgrain bow Of ribbon. There
were some handsome black velvet muffs
with Jet passementerie trimming ending
in a deep jet fringe at the bottom.
There were bows of double faced corded
edged black satin ribbon set at each
end. There was another little muff of
corded silk in brown and gold shades.
This was trimmed with very full
ruching of black and butter colored lace
and had dark brown satin bows The
butter colored lace, by the way, is not
often seen now, ivory and mat white
taking its place. Still there are times
and places where nothing else is quite
as artistic, and thus it will not go out
entirely. Some of these cunning little
muffs, to return to the subject, are
made of Persian brocade, with ruffles
and bows of velvet or ribbed silk, al
ways of the darkest and dullest shade
seen in the silk. Naturally there will be
muffs of fur later on, and these will be
considerably larger. Indeed l saw a
muff quite two feet long. But do not
think these will ever be popular.
Wide velvet, silk and jetted collars,
some black or very dark, are seen and
some resplendent with gold braids and
tinsel. The wide lace or batiste collar
will be Worn somewhat, but only at
home. There are some novelties in plain
silk chokers, with seven three cOrnered
points of batiste edged with narrow lace
hanging over the top. They look alto
gethcr too much like the notched paper
around wedding cake. Very flu II ruffies
of crepe lisse will be we'll liked, and
they are exceedingly becoming, both to
old and young faces. There are some
novelties in the way of leather, trim
ming dark costumes of plain surfaced
wool This leather is light tan and
highly polished, so that it looks almost
golden. When it is put on dark brown
it is handsome; when on blue or green,
it is very striking, yet it is not garish.
There are a wide belt, shoulder straps,
cuffs and collar to each set. Some have
lapels instead of straps. One might sus-
gest that the young folks wear the straps
and those older take the lapels.
The silks are entieing i'll their beauty.
Nomatter what kind or quality the silks
are exquisite i'll design and color. Even
tie solid colors have something new
about them Evening dresses of solid
color are to my mind handsomer than
any figured goods, though others think
differently Few evening gowns are cut
as low in the neck as they We're. A very
tasteful gown for young lady Nas Of
pearl gray tatfeta, with "a real pearly
CLEAN to it. The skirt was untrimmed
and a demitrain. The waist had an in
set vest Of gold galloon. There were
bows at each side the waist of dark gray
ribbon and half wreaths Of pink roses
across the shoulders.
A reception gown of raspberry pink
and green tatfeta had four streamers of
sage green ribbon down the skirt. The
waist had a vest of pale pink china
Grape and deep collar of myrtle green
velvet bordered with a band of rich Irish
point. The tiny capote had gauze wings
and a pink rose over the forehead
HENRIETTE ROUSSEAU.