The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
ROUND GARTERS GOING.
Fashion Now Declares for the suspender
 Hose Supports.

Fashion Now Declares for the Suspender Hose Supports.
 (From tho New York Sun.)
 The round garter with its chic bows,
 dainty knots of lace and jeweled
 buckles, is pretty finish to womans stocking, but it's day is over. Women
 are becoming more sensible in the de- tails of dress every day. In speaking
 of this change a silversmith said:
 When giving garter buckles for
 presents first became fad every wo-
 man thought she must have pair, and when a woman thinks she must have O
 thing she generally gets it. For q year
 or two the woman who could not afford
 pair of solid gold buckles set with dl- amonds or other precious stones, or at
 least if the man nearest and dearest to
 her couldn't afford them, had pair of plain oxydized or enamelled silver gar ters. Those who were unable to have
 these wore metal ones of elaborate de- sign. But to hold the stocking without wrinkling, especially a silk one, the round garter had to be worn very tight indeed. This not only spoiled the shape of the leg, but interfered with the circulation to such an extent in | many cases that rheumatism resulted.
 The women couldn't stand this combi- nation of ills for the sake of pretty gar ters, so they have returned to suspender garters, and the jewellers who are left
 with a large supply of made-up round garter buckles in their show cases are in despair"
 If these despairing jewellers were as smart as the women who own hand some garter buckles they would straightaway turn them into suspender garters Notwithstanding the har- | ness-lilke aspect of the suspender gar ter, it is now made very attractive. There are two kinds of stocking sup porters One fastens around the waist with satin belt very narrow In front | and behind, and coming we'll down over | the hips, where the elastics are at- | tached. One piece of elastic comes down half way to the knee, and there | another piece is attached with a, buckle l so as to form two supports for the | stocking. And here's where womans | handsome buckles from her once be. | loved round garters come in. She has | one attached on each suspender where | the two pieces of elastic are Joined, and | they allow the elastic to be shortened | or heightened at will. The stocking is caught in handsome hooks or held in | place by means of a gold or silver but | ton and loop. The other style is more popular with stout women. The sus- | penders are not fastened together by | means of the belt, but each is attached l to the side of the corset with small gold or silver safety pin. Otherwise l they are like the ones just described. 1 Since the demand for handsome sus- bender garters has increased rapidly, many beautiful designs have been | brought out in gold and silver. The prices vary from three to one hundred dollars a pair. Usually these hand some buckles are mounted on plain narrow silk elastic, because they are | supposed to make a better show that way Most women do not think so, | however, and they no sooner get hold of pair before they have the plain elastic covered with silk, satin ribbon, | or lace, and decorated with bows of very narrow ribbon.
 A specially pretty pair designed for l bud had plain yellow gold buckles en-. graved with sprays of eglantine The | elastic was covered with bright yellow ribbon for luck, and the edges finished with two full frills of very narrow black lace. Another pair was made of the shade of purple so much used now, and finished at the edges with a quill i,a nfo ho lu rihhnn and bows. The buckles were plain silver 1 hearts, with the monogram on them A bride to be has selected pair of gold buckles, set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds. They are to be mounted on rather broad elastic, covered with | real lace insertion, over pale blue satin. This is for the something blue in her wedding outfit