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Narrow gold belts are fashionable.
Black satin is more OF a favorite than black
MORE.
Straw lamp shades have taken precedence
over silk ones.
Tlnsel tulle has become too common to be
| considered artistic.
An amethyst set in pearls is the correct
thing for a hat pin.
The double cape is dubbed the smartest
garment Of the season.
The long black undressed kid glove Is again
in fashionable favor.
The couture a la Pompadour has become
much the vogue.
Mourning stationery is very little employed,
even by those In the first stages Of grief.
The latest necklace is Of four strands OF
pearls, caught in three places by fiat diamond
clasps.
Chiffon, plain, spangled or Powered. Is a
marked feature Of nearly every full-dress
toilet of the season.
Bangle bracelets are coming back. Dia-
monds, alternating with emeralds, are the
~favorlte settings.
Corded silks and ribbed velvets will be ex-
tremely popular fabrics for handsome street
and visiting costumes this spring.
A new adjunct to cloth gowns is a silken
petticoat matching the silk of the waist. 1t
also matches the silk lining Of the coat and
skirt of cloth.
Louis XIV. and Louis XVI. decorations arc
being copied in ribbons. There premises to
be a renewal of end of last century fashions,
as fcretold by this.
Cream and white satin toilets are greatly
enriched this winter by accessories of lustrous
silk velvet and lovely gowns Of rosa-colored
satin duchesse, wcrn by box occupants at the
opera, were rendered still more elegant and
brilliant by trimmings Of ruby or reseda vel
vet, overlaid with jewel trimmings en- ap-
plique.
Some of the silk bodices are cut into tabs,
"crenelated" at the lower edge; others are
made with a short sharp point front and
back, and again we see bodices with short
lace basques. This fashion imparts a GER
tain elegance to the cOrsage, adds nothing
to the size, and lack of natural breadth can
be compensated by setting the lace on more
literally.
short jacket. 1t is very popular Just now in
Paris, and will come up for favor among
1,essy spring modes. Under all Of its shapes
and names-Eton. Zouave, Russian Patrol,
Spanish Mess, French Guard, etc.-it will
still hold its own next season. This tiny
garment is eminently dressy and effective
and loses none Of its chic under cold-weather
guise.
Skeleton vests of Scotch plaid taffeta or
surah are worn with the open-fronted coats
that have the popular bobbed-off skirts, and
also with the shorter Russian and Elton
jackets. These gay waistcoats have a semi
loose blouse front Of silk. with a deep turn
down collar and very broad ends that tie
in a very stunning bow under the chin. The
back of the vest is merely silesia or some
times of thinnest chamois.
At a recent evening representation at the
Metropolitan opera house, New York, the &C.
cupant Of a prominent box wore an exquisite
gown of silvor-gray satin duchesse, the bodice
draped with golden-green chiffon delicately
s~pangled with silver, the full Queen Anne
sleeves of 1ose-colored velvet with folded
girdle of the same, and, as a finishing touch.
a large bunch of violets on the left side of
the square opening Of the Pompadour-cut
corsage.
Killed skirts will appear this spring, some
plain, others trimmed with ribbon put on
in row hear the hem before the skirt is
%pleated, or sewed on from belt to skirt-edge
ing on every third or fourth kilt. Some
of the skirts will be pleated the whole
Ter 9Th; Others will be adjusted to a jersey
shaped, tightly fitted bodice trimmed on the
front and plain in the back, and there fas-
tened if the wearer is young and slender.
There are fewer dancing-toilets and ball
dresses this season made wholly of rich,
heavy satins and brocades than have been in
vogue 4 for years. These substantial and
stately gowns are replaced by toilets Of
Spangled tulle, mouSSeialne de sole, chlff0n,
India null, etc. These butterfly toilets are
far more expensive than those Of dearer
MATERIAL for the reason that while it costs
quite as much to have the one gown made
as the other, the silk or satin one will out
last the fimsy sort by years.
Many of the light-colored evening silks
are most lovely, aud also most reasonable
and tempting in price; and made up over
silky rustic percaline," of a shade matching
the dress, a most attractive gown can be
produced at comparatively little cost. A lit
tie of the rich, effective iridescent passemen-
terie and a few yards Of handsome satin
ribbon are all that is required in the way
of garniture, or, II preferred. some dainty
lace for the corsage alone. for the skirt Of
this gown looks best absolutely untrimmed.
Feminine Notes.
Collecting old china is Miss Braddon's
hobby.
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