Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-06-26
NEW THINGS IN DRESS.

Exf1ct fe< Women Subject OF Mitch
Discussions.
ee<so the advent OF golf and tile
Geyele hosiery for womunkinti has be.
come n subject for much discussion. A
new age has dawned upon every tiiihE
feminine, and not the least revolution
Is that in hosiery.
Slmplicityeven in the common grades
for everyday wear is thing OF the
past. And could the prim DANES Of
Puritan days take peep at 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 been always In 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,
it seems. never until the present day
been 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 tho
Incdcrn woman has Mt last thrown off
the Joke Of conservatism in color
Hines" and stands re@rsled-a sym
Pl1ohy In colors.
All this hos been done 30 artist ically,
too. there could be no offense even I'd
the most conservative. Rather, II is
only by comparison with eGriy modes
and customs that the eiiorfnity of the
change appears.
Nothing could have been more glar-
ing than the white hosiery worn by the
modest women of co4onlul days. And
yet IL the women OF Chicago should
suddenly take q notion to revive that
same fashion there would doubtless go
up from oil sidea shouts of dcrisive
laughter. They would DO looked ut in
the streets and labeled MS freaks. So
MUCH for custom.
Hosiery comes In three grand classcs,
black. tans and fancy. This scneon
they nre oil fancy in That even the coz
ton and the Isle In TINS and blacks have
either fancy or openwork embroidery
on the instcp. Thcec nre pretty for
low Shoes and always becoming, as they
Ihhkc the instep appear more aEhed
6nd fun.
10 * not believed for moment that
women in general VIII adopt the cx+
tremn modes TINT appear In some of the
shops-unlcss they don them in the
privacy of their own botdoirs for a
= lark. Some of the French hose, for In
atiince. are covered all over with nii
immense flower pattern like n piece OF
v:Fholstcry.
The black boot with the Roman top
s exquisite in coloring, but too loud
in tone even for advanced taste.
The French hose in blues and blacks,
with'nn aIl-ovcr pattern in pollsa-dot or
small flower in white, will be among
the popular novelties of the season.
They appeared for the first time last sea-
son. For the hot days they appear
cooler than black and they launder
better than most colors. They ure
gaining in popularity.
The real stand-bys for the season,
however, will be the tan hose for tan
shoes and the black ones for black
shoes, both with the fancy instcps
These occasionally have top in some
light or contrasting color.
Checking up the side is taboocd ms ont
of date, but the open work over tic
instep will have almost universal pres.
tige for hot weather.
Flowers embroidered In natural col
ors Will ndorn the inatcp both of the
black and the tnn hose. These will he
hscd almost to the exclusion of the
plain hose of the last few yenrs.-Chi
cage Tribune.