The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-08
POINTERS FROM PARIS

The fancy bodice may be somewhat on
the wane with women who can afford TO
promptly adopt the newest notions that
their dIessmakers advance, but TO most
women it is still acceptable and welcome.
If the latter sort OF dressmaksrs need
any assurance that these waists are still
stylish, all they need to do is to take
look through the stores, and they will
be confronted with host OF them, with
the proportion of novel ones as great
as it ever was. Many of the new sorts are
made with little frill appearing below
the belt at the back and over the nips,
stopping Just short OF the front. This
little frill settles all the difficulty about
making the bodice and the skirt meet
nicely, and is also very becoming to
many figures.
Belts OF gold wire puckled like garter
SO that the belt can be made easily larger
or smaller are quite the right thing for
wear with dainty costumes, whether 'hey
really need belt or not. At last they are
making stockings that have SILK front
and Isle thread back. A woman can
thus put her little foot out daintily ano
everyone will think what reckless lutte
person she is to wear silk in the street.,
while all the time the Isle threac pack
resists the wear of the top Of her low
shoes and make it possible or her TO
wear silk stockings more than Just one
time.
The accepted cape for the coming
season falls very full to little below the
waist line, is a shade longer in fIont ana
back than at the sides and IS very 1uli'
being almost complete circular snape'
1t sets close about the top of the Shout
dor md has iuo
folds below that line. The collar hts
close to the neck for about two inches,
and then flares widely into five point
sailor that when upturned about the face
is extremely becoming. unless you nag
pen to htink how much It looks as II
head were being served on platter, hke
that of John the Baptist. These cspes are
shown in seal. Sometimes second cape
falls full from the shoulders only third
as deep as the first, and often each cape
and the collar is edged with Chinchilla,
coon or marten. But the most excIus'
lively fashionable models are OF the seal,
with no trimming OF any kind, and
depending on perfection of cut and hang
10 attain their correct effect. The eieotfio
fur or the French seal comes in such per.
feet finish tcat no one but an expert or
the one who sees the bill, can tell the
difference, and it wears as long as the
seal too. So, though many have preJu-
dice against an imitation, there IS mucn
to be said in favor of this one.
Green is the one popular elegant shade.
1t is shown in all materials, and IN
mirror velvet, in emerald, grass or grape
tone 1t is accepted as almost as sure to lie
right combination with any other color
as is white. Especially is it correctly
effective with blue, and the gown OF blue
cloth that with another choice of color
would remain simple and indistinct
aft IT, at ones becomes distinguished,
wnen coupled with green velvet. In
the costume shown here green velvet
shows in the ornaments upon the skir's,
wnich are edged and connected with stri
OF white clot1, and on the cuffs. Then,
beneath the cape there is a yoke of green