The times., 1897-12-12
TEF FLOUSCED SKIRT.
Hints to the Girl Who Asrires 10
Be Greek in Her STYLE.

Hints to the Girl Who Aspires 10
Be Greek in Her Style.
New York, Dec. 11.-Such time as the
busy and generous woman is able to spend
upoh her own appearance in these davs Of
gift-makine is devoted Chiefly to the tiding
over Of the ola gowns until after the holi-
DAYS. Nobody has time to plan new dresses
new, unless it is the Paris gown, which is
to tobcpresented 10 the daughter ofthe house,
an in that case no planning is necessary
since the French costumer attends to that
himself.
There is no end TO the pretty devices
designed 10 cover the faiings of last
years left-overs. Some of these make
pretty evening waists for theater ana
at horne" gowns. Here is one. for ex-
ample, v hich requires about a yard and
a half Of ACCORDION pleatcd mousseliue.
The one ! have in mind has white nous.
seline, with black ribbon edge, and it
is about six inches wide. Two rows OF
this are used TO make capelets or epaulets
over the shoulders, the upper one ;etting
a little farther in on the shoulder than the
other and being headed with a band and
bows OF blue and black striped ribbon,
which is fastened on each side of the
front with Strauss buckles and then
hangs in stoles below the waist The same
Iibbon forms stock with loops and a
ruff Of niousseine at the back. Tbs
makes very pretty theater waist of the
plainest of waists-in fact, the palmer
the better. 1t is easily transferred from
one waist to another, and If required
for an evening waist can be worn without
the stock.
Long fichus with pleated edges are
great favorites for evening or afternoon
Wear at home. Null ties in pale tlnts ara
made striking and effective by the addi-
ton of black pleated or shirred ruffle.
They resemble the ribbon sashes with
chiffon deges and are frequently worn with
them.
So great is the fashiona ble objection to
un finished edges that the wells with
ruffled ends have found great favor in
spite 0 { the feet that few find them becom-
ing. At first one saw only the black ones
tied in "FriSky Spectrum bows Under
the chins Of stylish shoppers. But now
the blues and browns to match the gowns
have begun to show themselves and We may
soon look foi reds andpurples. Economioa
folks who want to be in fashion have taken
TO sewing the old parts Of old wells 10
gethei for these great sea rfs that are aoth-
ing less than net nubias. The seams 10 not
show, because they generally come where
the veil crosses, or where it passes around
the NECK. or are tied up tight and invisible
in the knot.
The labDriousness with which every bare
spot is filled with trimming and every
edge bound and adorned is nowhere ex-
hibited in so marked-a degree as in the
new old-fashioned skirts that are flounced
all the way up from the ground to the
waist. One black silk gown that looked
as IL it might have been Mrs. Noah's best
gown brought out OF the ark pa rad ell itself
ON a pedestal in the showroom Of one of
New York's leading importers as the
latest thing in French costumery. 1t
was black grus-grain silk and it's skirt
was fIounced with three-inch ruffles that
were boand with black velvet ribbon and
these velvet edges were in turn fIounced
with tiny edges Of narrow, black Valen-
ciennes lace. There were also narrow
ruffles on the upper part OF the bodice, but
around the waist the gown was tightly
fitted without the suspicion of blouse
about it.
Another ole, which would have suited
Mrs. Shem OF Japhet, perhaps, for being
slightly More in keeping with present ideas
in dress than the foregoing, was also a
black silk, and its skirt was banded with
yards upcr. wards of black velvet ribbon in
varying widths, some of which We're two
inches wide, others only half an inch. The
bodice brought il up 10 date, for it had a