Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-06-26
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Discussion
etzse the advent OF golf and tile
AScsele hosiery for womnnkind has bt-
come subject for much discussion. A
new age has dawned upon everything
feminine, and not the least revolution
Il that in hosiery.
Simplicityeven in the common grades
for everyday wear is n thing OF the
past And could the prim DANES of
Puritan days take peep nc the lines
of bright-hucd articles in the shops
on State Street to-day they surely
would raise their hands in holy horror.
There has bcen always I'm the average
feminine heart lurking fondness for
bright colors. But the prejudice in
herited from the days of witchcraft
and the destruction OF works of art has,
IL seems, never until the present daV
becn entirely shaken off.
The change has been brought about
gradually. A touch OF color has been
added little by little, first In hats. next
in dresses Of fanciful designs, and then
In the little things.
by feeling her way cautiously the
modern woman has at last thrown of
the 5Oke of conservatism IN color
Tines" and stands revcsIed-a sym
PRfony in colors.
All this hos been done 50 artist kcalIv.
too. there could be DO offense even I'd
the most conservative. Rather, II is
only by comparison with early modes
and customs that the erorfnity of the
change appears.
Nothing could have been more glar-
ing than the white hosiery worn bv the
modest women of colonial days. And
yet IL the women OF Chicago should
suddenly take a notion to revive that
same fashion there would doubtless 90
up from oil sidea shouts Of dcrisive
laughter. They would be looked ut in
the streets and labeled as freaks. So
MUCH for custom.
Hosiery comes In three grand classes,
black, tans and fancy. This season
they are oil fancy IN that even the coz
ton and the isle In tnns md blacks have
either fancy or openwork embroidery
on the instep. These are pretty for
low shoes and always becoming, as they
Tnhkc the instep appear more arxhed
and fun.
ID Is not believed for moment thai
women in general VIII adopt the ex<
tre1ne modes that appear in some of the
shoPs-unicss they don them in the
privacy 81 their own boudoirs for a
o Park Some of the French hose. for In
stance. are covered all over with All
rAlncnse flower pattern like a piece Of
upholstery.
Inc black boot with the Roman top
5 exquisite in coloring, but too loud
IN tone even for advanced taste.
Fhe French hose in blues and blacks.
with an aIl-over pattern in polka-6ot or
small Hover In White, will be among
the popular novelties OF the season.
They appeared for the first time last sen
son. For the hot days they appear
cooler than black and they launder
better than most colors. They IRE
gaining in popularity.
The real stand-bys for the season,
however, viii be the tan hose for tan
shoes and the black ones for black
ehoess both wfth the fancy insteps.
These occasionally have top In some
light or contrasting color.
Checking up the side is tabooed as ont
OF date, but the open work over tie
instep Will have almost universal prcs-
tige for hot weather
Flowers embroidered I'm natural col
ors viii adorn the inatep both of the
black and the tan hose. These will he
used almost to the exclusion of tho.
plan hose of the last few years.-Chi.
. cage Tribune.