Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-14
GROWING BEAUTY.
ARTISTIC DECORATION OF HER
WEALTH or TREssEs.
l QUESTION OF CENTURIES.
From Mother Eve to the Fia-De-
steele Daughter Has the Arrange
ment of the Hair been Para
mount.
corresponding Of the plspatch.l

correspondence OF the Dispatch)
NEW YORK, November 13.-We have
- face a serious matter. and It will be
difficult. anatomically almost impossible,
save through the medium OF the look
,Bg-glass. Tho back OF our hair must
he decorated. While at the theatre the
other night. 1 observed that those wo-
men who looked the best dressed, really
smart. wore something I'm their hair.
Two OF them contented themselves with
q twist Of white tulle. fastened at one
side with an erect bow. OF the spider
description OF bow. made IN colored vel
vet. This was not particularly pretty
] am not advocating its popularity for
2ne moment. but what 1 wish you 10
attend 20 IS the fact that some decora-
ton is essential. a remarkably pretty
one I met with the other day was form
ed Of cut steel. in the shape Of a bow,
end this could be worn with or without
On osprey. Fascinating aigrettes. with
little drop diamonds upon them. you
may buy. II our purse permits. OF all
the h~ead-dresses 1 have seen. however,
one worn in Francillon by Mrs. Brown
I0LAtIH MOA pay Ahb III AStAANAA - wv
most fascinating. 4 swell hair-dresser
az New York has just introduced it to
our society women. He say IL has
been adopted by several Of the most ele-
CANT. and will be worn by them until
Us inevitable imitation by lesser lights
renders the style too common.
Mrs. Potter parts her hair at one side,
outing II out very much over the right
ear. very little over the LETT, which she
decorates with a huge bunch Of ~vlolets.
with the stalks setting upwards, While
the back Of her hair, at the side. which
is pulled. is decorated with diamoBd
c0mbs-three. / think. there are in all
one in the shape OF a child's comb. will
a Offering row Of diamonds at the top.
q sort Of diamond slide just TO keep the
snort hairs I'm at the nape Of the neck,
and then a smaller diamond comb peeps
a. YOU between the violets. 1t sounds
elaborate. doesn't IL? But somehow OF
other. the effect is by no means overdone
Tor a young face and weil-shaped head.
the couture we Illustrate is the most
artistic. The Potter couture is for older
women, married. but still IN their prime
EVENING GOWNS.
A general look around at the fashion
able modistes' and milliners' discovers
q wealth Of charming models. The eve
ming gowns are particularly gorgeous. =
light peach velvet, with a full front, was
trimmed with black lace over white, and
a yellow velvet dinner-gown had gigan-
tic white flowers embroidered on the
skirt in silk. with diamond centres and
these appeared also on the baby bodice,
A lovely evening dress OF shaded red
had "a couple of black lace founces
reaching from the waist 10 he feet
The new odice are singularly becom'
ing. a white-cOrded silk one was trim
med in crossway fashion with lace and
guile combined, drawn into the figure ~
he front of the waist beneath a dir
mond buckle: oilers were embroide~
ed not only with gems intermiXed WIZ
fine. gold cord. but with Venetian SHELF
and pearls. One Of the prettiest Of ~
was a white bodice with a double-kltec
friu of tulle from the neck. shimmerins
with rose leaves. the top Of the bodice
edged with c%hinchilla, employed on
MANY of the white-lace bOdices. carried
round the e~paulets and down the fronts
Stripes. especially satin OF MORE, are
the fashion. but they are invariabl!
treated so that I'm the skirts they form
series of angles; this was charmingly
Illustrated in a mauve and white satin
Black embroidered thin materials arr
made up a great deal over white anC
violet and peach tones form a capita
Groundwork for handsome jet EN-
broidery. Many Of the bodices for eve
ming wear have high collars attached (,
revers. which turn backwards 10 SHOW
a full lace bodice underneath. Some o
4he most graceful are draped with
NEW form Of killed. thin material, pre-
lsenting the aspect Of a honeycomb. Thi
I'm white had been mingled with rar,
and beautiful lace in one deep scallop