The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-21

such Social Events.
The most elegant tea gowns are made
pf satin brocade with lace trimmings.
A pale blue brocade with considerable
train had loose front and Vatican
back. The sleeves were made Of alter
mating rows OF puffs and insertion run
ming lengthwise OF the arm, with n
slight puff drapery at the top. There
was lining and the pink arm CLEANED
through the openings in the Nalen-
ciennes insertion. Another tea gown
was made OF cream-colored material
that looked very much like scrim, which
was lined with rose-colored silk. Both
of the above mentioned gowns, how
ever, are better suited 10 n tea where
the invited guests do not include
gentlemen; as loosely flowing robes are
not considered good form outside the
boudoir or breakfast room.
However, so long as lady preserves
her waist line, she may drape her gown
in any style that pleases her, and there
is great distinction between the cor
rect house dress and the gown for the
street.
Boleros and flchus of lace, iabots and
vest fronts of chiffon are very soft and
pretty. Even a train is desirable II the
gown itself is trim and we'll fitted. One
OF the hostesses at recent tea wore n
gown with front of plated mousseline
de sole reaching from the neck to the
bottom of the skirt. Bus over il was an
Eton jacket like the material of the
skirt, ornamented around the edges of
it's revers and epaulets with jeweled
passementerie, and there was wide
girdle of velvet, which held the loose
front in place at the waist. The skirt
was made with Long train.
The daughter OF the house wore a
dress of light wooleh material. which
had a separate waist aRd skirt with no
suggestion Of the negligc about it. The
waist was tight in the back, but had
simulated jacket fronts. There was a
high velvet stock with ruche Of lace
ground the top and wide founce 40
the lower edge which fell over the
mousseline front. The wide reyers that
were partly collar and partly epauleis
were slashed i'm V notches, and the
whole was edged with fancy braid.
Braid also appeared on the dart seams
of the skirt.
This is the place to trim the skirt, by
the way, either just below the waist, or
at the b tom. One OF the imported
dresses in a large New York store has a
frill of inch-wide black ribbon running
across the front in wavy lines about six
inches below the waist. The frill is
headed with gimp braid.
A pretty way to trim sleeves is surg
gested by a gown which had n jacket
Of gray armure with raised figure in
black velvet. The jacket and the bot
tom of the skirt were edged with n mar
row band Of chinchilla fur. The front
was white mousseline de sole. The
sleeves were just good, straight, old
fashioned sleeves, but the fact was con-
cealed by means of immense satin bows
of three loops that stood out like
epaulets over the shoulders and upper
arm.
Among the hats which voice prevail
ing styles was one with n high crown
that had q frill of white lace standing
up around il and held in place with
steel ornaments.
Cock feathers are growing too COM
mon TO be safe investments, and that
plated ruching is getting dangerously
popular.
Satin rosettes with steel centcrs look
very like flowers. The parrot heads
with swallow wings and paradise tails
look like nothing that was ever created
in the heaven above or the earth be-
meath, but that doesn't matter 10 a
woman IL the combination only looks
pretty.-Washingt Star.