Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-08
bat the dropery only emphasizes natural

that the drapery only emphasizes nAtura
| outlines.
Some OF the newest skirts have three fat
| plaits arranged on either side OF the front
which widen out in flutes at the bottom.
Milliners are going Wild over the exquisite
importation OF artificial foliage and blossoms
Just received at French importing houses
Ribbon garnitures are a very important fea-
ture OF both dresses and millinery. Persian
and pompadour ribbons are used excessively
on dressy day gowns.
Pale-hued satin ribbons in golden green.
cameo pink, deep rose color, silver gray, and
mauve decorate many OF the new evening
toilets Of silk and chiffon.
Among many other elegant French models
are gowns OF gray velvet with pink or mauve
brocade vests, with added trimmings Of pearl
and cut steel passementeries.
Theater waists and even ball gowns are
trimmed with fur. The golden yellow Of
otter is very effective used in this way, and
harmonizes with many colors.
Wells arc worn upon any and all occasions
discreet women eschew the heavily dotted
Tor wear In the evening, for the shadows
cast on the face are most unbecoming.
The newest fancy laces for trimming dainty
evening toilets and separate waists for silk
and satin, for the winter, vie in dsicacy
and dainty beauty with the costly hand
wrought designs
Rich looking Vandyke lacos by the yard.
with tea gowns, art toilets, and picture
gowns, are among the dainty elcgances for
the holiday season.
New empire cloaks OF cloth or black nacre
moire hang straight and loose from yoke to
skirt hem. The yoke collet and full sleeves
are of black velvet richly spangled and jetted,
and edged with narrow fur.
The fyaway hat, whereon or wheretrorr a
dove of peace seems always Just alighting
or just about 10 take flight, is still popular
1t Hts the hyaway girl, with the bobbing
ringlets and equally well the prlm tailor-made
girl
The latest fancy, In accessories for the toilet
table are in blue and white china, In tie old
Delft patterns. Photograph frames OF white
linen embroidered with silks in the Delft
shades are the mantel accompanments, and
the covers for the table embody the same de-
signs.
Women who formerly used the lorgnette
only because 1t was fashionable no longer use
them. The reading glass has supplanted the
lorgnette. Women who have yearnlngs for
the very latest fad now use their gold org-
nette chains to suspend the goid-rmmed read
ing glass.
1t is quite surprising the hold splngles and
sequlns have taken on fashionable fancy rs Il
trimming, not only for elaborate evening
gowns, but for day dresses, waists and wraps.
Judiciously employed these glttering discs
are effective and on certain gowns charming,
but the most careful discrimination is essen
ttal TO elegance.
The taffeta silks are made with handsome
borders that are distinctly decorative. Some
of these silks are shot in several c0ors, pro-
ducing exquisite effects. A novel development
in these silks that frou frou luXuriously is
found in the cross-bars of velvet of cen
trasting color which are woven in them.
The latest bodices are cut as long in the
waist as it is possible to wear them, and
quite plain in the back, with no fulness at
the bottom. Yokes of velvet or silk laid IN
deep tucks are feature of fashion, and in
some instances the sleeves and yoke are made
of the same material. While the large bows
at the back of collar bands are still seen, the
godet ruche of velvet or satin, or the frll of
lace at the sides and back, are much newer
Many of the new British coats made of
red cloth are wholly red, with only black fur
or braid bindings; others present mass of
the most complex and intricate braiding. The
vivid hue of the cloth is toned to a mere sug-
ges,ion of the color by means of the heavy
braiding. Some of the coats are entirely COW
cred with the work on the forearm of the |
sleeves, the collar and on the fronts, but at |
the back there is no vestige Of braidwork 10 |
be seen.