The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-08
REvoLuTIoN lM SILKS.
The shadowy nssiEns Are No Longer
Highly Approved

Highly Approved
The past few months have seen what
Is almost revolution in silks, In which /
the crushed designs. with shadawy out
lines that were so pretty just little |
while ago have suffered great loss of |
favor. The worst OF IL is that many |
women have bought sunshades OF these
indistinct cashmeres and chrysanthe-
mum colorings, and now they are
deemed anything but pretty. IL Is only
another lesson, reading thus: IL you
have to consider money power, 30 in
for a fashion that bursts out madly.
especially in color. Soft. clear, solid
colors are the right thing. always have
been, and always will be. Take hint:
Soft silks OF the surah surface
type are TO be in again soon. and II
you are buying taffeta do so only be-
cause IL is an unmistakable bargain.
From the point of view of pictur-
sequences a soft jabot like that shown
in the picture last described, Is far
preferable 10 n stifiiy-starched front and
precise tie, but the latter are great deal
worn, and the women that for dressy oc-
casion are the most daintily feminine
IN their accessories are just the ones
TO take up masculine severity, when
elaborate attire is not demanded. Any
one who takes TO starched shirts. and
neckties should know what is what,
and here are some OF the specitica-
tions. String ties are the narrow,
straight affairs that fasten in little
formal-looking horizontal bow. The
right sort shows loops. and ends OF just
about the same length that lie exactly
IN line with each other, and the bow
resulting holds n stiff and unbroken
horizontal across the collar. The cross
piece must Ice absolutely square and not
show trace Of pull, or in the least alter
the set OF the rest. IL must be so ex-
actly drawn that at the center OF the bow
the width OF the bow Is exactly what
IL is at the tip Of either loop in other
words. the width OF the bow is the
width OF the tie itself In horizontal
dimensions the bow may be as long
as il will hold stiff exactness. IL is per-
Missile TO run very light scarf pin
into the cross piece, and 70 add 10 its
stiffness and exactness, but the pin must
he very light, Il single pearl, for instance,
mounted on a light gold straight pin.
and very correct dressers discard even
that.
Braidings for time threatened TO
go out of style altogether, and were
used less and less. but some very swag-
ger gowns braided in frogs and mill
tary designs are now shown, fitting, OF
course, with riding habit and military
precision. Then the recent tendency
10 trim skirts a bit about the foot brings
braid into employment there, so alto
gether IL is quite safe from Punishment.
In to-day's fourth pictured dress the
skirts liberal braiding is tremendously
echoed upon the bodice. The latter has
full basque in back only. a yoke with
vest OF satin and novel sleeves that ter
inmate in Charles IX. cuffs.
Current fashions In millinery afford
the economical woman chances galore
TO get rid OF the collection Of handsome
flowers that fills her milliner's rag bag
but il is in wells that woman can get
more effect out OF little money than in
any other one thing II she is careful
about her wells. she can let the rest Of
her rig be almost shabby, the veil vii
beguilc the observer into looking nc
further, or at least, a nice veil will dc
n lot toward making all the rest b,
taken FOR granted. Then the rich WON
an can exhibit her taste more delicately
in wells, and the pretty woman most o.
all must not sldmp in them. She has
; n reputation to sustain, and the hes
: The woman of less beauty can make NJ
for her lack by becoming wells, and IL Il
? wonderful what can be done TO improve
: her looks by q little cleverness.-St
J Louis Republic.