Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-03
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1897.

with their plaid frocks. and many OF them
have been manufactured With a particular
| view to matching the new spring ging.
| hams. In fact, IL is expected that the ears,
est spring styles will be marked by a rage
for plaid hosiery.
EVENING HOSIERY.
Holding only second place 70 these
fascinating novelties are brilliant effects tn
Roman stripes Not time nor fashion have
! ever been able TO long banlsh from our
ken this charming design In one form or
another, and its temperance iu new and
| lovely hosiery has met with an enthusiastic
welcome. Stripes in the one solid color
! running up and down are also among the
recent importations and find ready sale
among the more conservative, who, how
ever, desire some change from the some.
what hackneycd black
II is at the afternoon reception. tea, o.
even quiet dinner with low cut shoe and
slipper that these charming color effects
are most in evidence. Had the pretty Mrs.
Ladinberg but thrust out the tip OF her
dainty toe In your presence at her reCcp-
| tion the other afternoon in New York city.
you could not but have noted the gay and
fetching plaid over the high arched nstep.
And above the patent leather tie Of Mrs
Jack Astor might be seen as she stepped
into her carriage the rich but sombre blues
and green's.
OF course when It comes to evening wear,
the pale tints in silk, elaborately open
worked, are de rigeur; and If one wants to
so to the uttermost limits of splCndor there
are those with real lace let in over the in
step and finished with eXquisitely fine
embroidery. Such combination in white
silk with valenCienncs lace. costing about
$50, are part of a recently imported bridal
trousseau. If one will wear black there
are beautiful creations in silk and real lace,
as we'll as novelties in black silk heavily
embroidered over the instep with iridescent
beads.
MODEL STOCKING CASES.
For shopping, however. black still holds
its own, and comes suited to all grades of
fastidiousnoss.. There are many women who
can amply afford to wear silk to whom 1t is
exceedingly dsagreeabe, causing a con-
slant irritation of the skin, and who also
find Isle unpleasant. For these there is a
highly refined grade of cotton, selling at
$275 and 50 a pair, and though they wear
no better than the most ordinary 25-cont
stockings, they make up the difference in
softness and agreeableness of touch, and
are in steady demand
There is indeed no part of her wardrobe
about which the dainty woman is more
fastidous than her hose and the charming
perfumed cases now used by select few for
their more perfect care should commend
themselves to every wearer of hose. This
case may be made OF satin, silk, brocade,
linen o. even beautiful cretonnC and may be
decorated to suit ones fancy, those OF en-
brOidored white linen being especially pretty.
No such latitude in taste, however, is al
lowed for the perfume. Orris root ii is, orris
root 1t must be-so saith the prophets.
These cases may be made to hold four,
eight or twelve pairs of hose, as one may
wish Indeed 1t Is an advantage to have them
OF different sizes. To make such a case you
have only to take an oblOng piece OF ma
tcrial and crcssways its length, fasten four
pockets OF a size to exactly accommodate the
stockings when rolled There may be two
or even three such rows of pockets accord
ing to the width of material. The back Of
each is a sRchet of orris root. Stockings
when clean should be rolled-not folded-and
slipped into these delicately perfumed re
ceptacles.
1t is well to leave at the bottom space
enough for little darning outfit Two or
three crosses of ribbon afford compact little
pockets in which to slip cards of darning
cotton, a leaf or two of flannel feather
stitched on serve for the different sized
needles, while a couple of straps of ribbon