The herald., 1897-11-14
Latest Ideas for WOman's
Growing Beauty
DECORATION OF TREssEs
nEwITCHING EFFECTS AND AR
TIsTIC CONCEPTIONS
Beautiful Evening Gowns-Stripes in
Satin or Moire Chinchilla on
White Lace Bodices

seriously to face a serious matter and II
will be difficult, anatomically almost
impossible, save through the medium OF
the looking glass. The back OF our hair
must be decorated. While at the thea
ter the other night observed that those
women who looked the best dressed
really smart, wore something in their
hair. Two of them contented themselves
with q twist of white tulle, fastened at
one side with an erect bow, Oh the spider
description of bow, made in colored vel
vet. This was not particularly pretty
l am not advocating it's popularity for
one moment, but what wish you to at
tend to is the fact that some decoration
is essential. A remarkably pretty one
I met with the other day was formed of
cut steel, in the shape of a bow, and this
could be worn with or without an os-
prey. Fascinating aigrettes with little
drop diamonds upon them you can buy
II your purse permits. OF all the head
dresses l have seen, however, one worn
In Francillon by Mrs. Brown Potter. now
playing in London, is the most fascinat-
ing. A swell hairdresser of New York
has Just introduced it to our society
women. He says it has been adopted by
be worn by them until it's inevitable i'm
itatiop by lesser lights renders the style
too common.
Mrs Potter part her hair at one side,
putting it out very much over the right
ear, very little over the left. which she
decorates with huge bunch of violets
with the stalks setting upwards, while
the back of her hair at the side which
t. toI xxrit1 10 ,nt,d
combs-three. l think. there are in all;
one in the shape of child's comb, with
q glittering row of diamonds at the top,
a sort of diamond slide just to keep the
short hairs in the nape of the neck, and
then a smaller diamond comb peeps at
you between the violets. 1t sounds elab-
crate, doesn't it? But somehow or other
the effect is by no means overdone. For
a young face and we'll shaped head the
coiffure we illustrate is the most artis-
tic. The Potter coiffure 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 even
ing gowns are particularly gorgeous. "A
light peach velvet with full front
was trimmed with black iace over whites
anu u yellow velvet dinner gown had
gigantic white flowers embroidered on
the skirt in silk, with diamond centers,
and these appeared also on the baby
bodice. A lovely evening dress of
shaded red had a couple of black lace
fiounces reaching from the waist to the
feet. The new bodices are singularly
becoming. A white corded silk one was
trimmed in crossway fashion with lace
and tulle combined. drawn into the fig
ure at the front Of the waist beneath a
diamond buckle; others were embroid-
cred not only with gems intermixed with
fine gold cord, but with Venetian shells
and pearls. One of the prettiest of all
was a white bodice with double Killed
frill Of tulle from the neck, shimmerinS
with rose leaves, the top Of the bodice
edged with chinchilla. employed on
many of the white lace bodices, carried
round the epaulets and down the fronts.
Stripes, especially satin on MORE, are
the fashion, but they are invariably
treated so that in the skirts they form a
series of angles: this was charmingly H.
lustrated in a mauve and white satin.
Black embroidered thin materials are
made up a great deal over white. and
violet and peach tones form capital
groundwork for handsome jet embroid-
cry. Many of the bodices for evening
wear have high collars attached to re-
vers, which turn backwards to show
a full lace bodice underneath. Some
of the most graceful are draped with
new form of killed, thin material. pre-
senting the aspect of honeycomb.
This, in white, has been mingled with
rare and beautiful lace in one deep seal
lop, a tall, outstanding bow of yellow
and white ribbon, wired, introduced at
one side, and exceedingly high white
feathers on the other. 1t laced at the
rack, as so many of the best gowns do.
Light peach color is much in fashion for
evening wear, and had been employed
for the back breadth of a gown with
white crepe de Chine front, embroidered
round the skirt l'Empire, with yellow
roses and silver. Many of the imported
Paris gowns have long sleeves with
a 'shelf" epaulet so square and flat that
a saucer could rest on them, an effect
produced by wires deftly introduced.
All the rest of the sleeve appears to be
swathed to the arm in infinitesimal
pleats, and many fall over the hand in
for full dress evening wear. This same
make of sleeve accompanies the high
.bodices, which, as rule, display
small, rounded piece in contrast at the
throat beneath the collarba gen.
orally of some light shade of satin,
worked with paillettes or embroidery, or
sometimes composed Of chiffon, with
tucks closely gathered. Green and
red and violet and red are favorite mix
lures. A violet bodice will have belt
and collar-band of red, while straight
down the center Of the front there was
a lighter tone Of the same color peep
ing through 1t.
MUFFS, BOAS AND COLLARRETTES
Never have prettier styles been
brought out in these, the latest de.
velopment of the craze for fur which
marks this season. Such articles are
excellent holiday gifts. A new French
boa of ermine, which fur Is much be-
loved by Parisians, is fiat, with a short,
square bow in front and tiny ends with
tails.
Other styles of boas have longer ends,
some of them merely a cluster of tails,
and are shaped ut the back SO as to be
worn down or turned up in collar STYLE
Ermine, sable. bear, fox, Alaska sable,
chinchilla and lynx are all seen in the