Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11

season. For it is an assured fact that many gowns will be spangled or beaded.
 Brown is the color of the moment.
 In the cycling costume there is little change. Cooler days have forced the linen suit into retirement, and shirt waists are seen only at rare intervals with skirts that are obviously left overs" from the summer season.
 The disappearance of boomers is, perhaps, the most important change. Except for tandem riding, when they are very convenient, bloomers are no longer worn. Even then the divided skirt answers the purpose equally well, and it certainly has the additional charm of being modest to a much great CT degree.
 In the number of divided skirts worn there is also considerable change. While it has many adherents, the bi- furcated garment can claim no greater amount of favor than the short, round skirt which is being universally worn The skirt should not be cut circular a mistake which many riders make since a circular skirt very quickly sags at the sides, presenting q most slovenly appearance.
 A ffve-gored skirt is best. It should be sewed on the belt easy in front, fulled over the hips and have scant gathers in the back. skirt made in this way will hang nicely, and is likely to keep it's hang, in spite of hard usage.
 Belts are not generally in favor. A few costumes, it is true, are made with bolero, or Eton jackets, and wol,n with silk waists and leather belts, but tight fitting basques, slightly open at the neck to reveal a stiff white diekey and smart tie, seem to be preferred. They have on each side of the back and front simulated box plait, tightly stitched down at the sides and ending in point about three inches below the waist.
 Such are bicycle costumes as a class. As to the exceptions, occasionally q rider with original ideas will strike envy into the hearts of her sisters by some costume built on most beautiful lines.
 On the boulevard of New York city where the smartest wheeling dress js seen, a fair rider stood chatting to a friend. Her gown was well worthy of description. Of dark green rough goods, it was cut in princess style. I-ady's cloth, in lighter shade, combined with the rough material to make this chic costume. The yoke and sleeves were entirely constructed of it, while all the seams and the front fold of the garment were hid under bands of the same light green cloth. A belt, matching the bands in width and material, loosely encireled the waist.
 Rough goods are usually used in the designing of cycling costumes Alpine hats cover the heads of fair riders.
 The new woman may have no ac- complishments; she may cycle, golf and play football; she may be an under taker, printer, physicians; she may show in 100 ways how far she has de- viated from the lines set down by the woman of a generation ago, Yet on one point will these two totally different women agree--they both love little fix ings for the toilet; little jeweled orna- ments for dress and room.
 One hardly wonders that this is SO after examining the fascinating bits oi femininity brought over in the latest importations from Paris. Women would be strong, indeed, to resist them
 Mir. King has given so excellent pie ture of some of these dainties that verbal description seems entirely su- perfuous. Yet what pen could draw the beauties of those belt buckles. with their sparkling brilliants and cool green emeralds, that remind one of nothing | so much as the sea on a frosty morning
 What more enchanting, too than the tiny powder puff made to fit the glove,