The herald., 1896-11-15
THE WINTER SHIRT WAIST.
1t Is of Flannel, and Just Like the Sum-
mer Model.

THE WINTER SHIRT WAIST.
1t Is of Flannel, and Just Like the Sum-
mer Model.
Here's to the winter shirt waist. Long
may it live! Its first appearance was
made few weeks ago, about the time
when women were bidding their sum
mer shirtwaists sad farewell.
1t came to fill long-felt want and
has met with most enthusiastic well
come. Other years women have been in
despair when the shirt waist days were
over. They knew that it meant the ad-
vent of boned waists and the loss 10
them of much comfort. For the dainty
shirt waists of the summer months
never had winter substitute.
Now the winter shirt waist has come
to divide honor with those which have
already won the heart of the summer
girl. And in design it is just like the
summer waist. 1t has the same rounu
yoke in the back, the same full front and
the same style of cuff. which is fastened
with cuff links. 1t is finished at the neck
with the same plain band as the sum
mer waist, made with buttonhole Ill
the back and two in the front for fas-
tening the collar studs. For the shirt
waists are all intended to be worn with
a stiff linen collar
The winter shirt waists. however, are
radically different in one way from
those of the summer. They are made
with conspicuously smaller sleeves.
The sleeves have nothing of the bouf-
fant effect. They are not close hitting,
but what fullness they have droops de-
murely At the juncture of the cuff with
the sleeve there is pert little frill OF
ribbon. 1t is a new wrinkle of the win
ter shirt waist, and is used to prevent
the cold from reaching the arm.
A mere man might say that the WIN
ter shirt waist wasn't pretty, that a
shirt waist needed to be dainty, fresh
and starched to make it a success. But
that's because he doesn't know. The
women who wear them know differ
emily. and perhaps when the masculine
mind is confronted with the price of
| the new waists it may change its opln-
| ion. For they are by no means cheap.
Novelties never are.
The new shirt waists made In plain
flannel. in variety of colors, cost at
the gentl-men's furnishing stores So
! They are unlined, but beautifully made.
At the dry goods stores the waists are
selling, lined, for $50. but the flannel is
not of so good quality, nor the waist
quite so we'll finished They can be
bought in four shades of red. in tan,
dark green, two different shades of
dark blue, in black and seal brown.
Besides the flannel waists in these
! dark colors there are others in the deli
cate shades, such as pink, pale blue,
nile green, fawn. yellow and violet.
The shirt waists made in the new
! Persian fannels come next in price
| these made to order, at the gentlemens
| furnishing stores, cost $3.50. The fan
nels themselves are beautiful, both in
! coloring and design, and they make up
into particularly stylish waists.
| Waists in a light quality of corduroy
| and plaid wooden material are also being
made. They are not only good-looking,
| but most durable
Then comes the changeable silk shirt
waists. which rival the summer waists
| in beauty When made to order of the
best quality of changeable taffeta these
waists cost $40 They can be bought in
| brown, with shmmering lights of gold
in scarlet and black, in olive and dark
blue and in a variety of other exquisite
color combinations. All these new waists
| are exact copies, excepting the sleeves,
of the summer shirt waist. The fan
| mel waist buttons up the front. The silk
| ones faSten with studs.
The stock is still in favor as the shirt
| waist necktie. 1t is wound twice around
the collar and ties in bow in front
| The collar generally worn with it is
| turned down just a triie all the way
| round
The most fashionable string ties are
half the width that they were in the
| summer. IneSe ties are SOlu more IN
changeable silk and in gay plaids than
in satin.
OF course the winter shirt waist girl
must wear a belt. And here she has a
great variety to choose from. In leath-
err the newest belt is a monkey skin in
that shade of blue known as electric
This belt, fastened with a gold buckle
wrought with blue, adds much to the
effect of the shirt waist.
Among the most novel of the new link
| cuff buttons are those made of tur-
| quoise, showing the matriX in the
| stone.
Never has so simple a fashion as the
winter shirt waist met with such in
| Simultaneous success.
And when are these shirt waists to
be worn? Women are reveiing in them
for shopping. The winter coat slips on
so easily over them The flannel ones
are worn in the morning to take the
place of the breakfast Jacket. They are
| just as comfortable and yet much more
chic and stylish. They are also much
sold for travelling and for wear aboard
the ocean steamers. The silk waists are
pretty enough to grace almost any in
formal occasion.-NeW York Journal.