San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-08
FASHIONS AND FADS.

themselves nor to the makers OF them.
OF course nobody ever heard Of q but
tercup with a black center, but in the
realms of up to date millinery effect
is what is labored for and effect is
what has been gained. By the way,
corn flowers will be extremely fash
ionable as a hat trimming early in
the spring, and throughout the sum
mer.
Chenille and satin braid form many
of the new spring hats.
The delf craze has been largely
OverdOne and is slowly but surely GO
ing out Of style.
The newest skirt "suits me first
rate" say the swell ladies' tailor
It's not fOOlishly wide, but wide
enough to hang gracefully. It's the
old bell skirt. on an improved scale.
There is great fad at the present
time for having border of plates in
the dining room and plate rack is Il
necessity in the modern dining hall.
Gray in all it's shades and slightly
mixed with pink. blue or green. is to
| be found in all the finer materials
NiOletS are the most popular flower
| ed supreme for several seasons and
| promise not to be Ousted for some
time to come.
A French wOmans gloves are pro-
verbal: they always fit well: never
seem soiled and keep their shape as
long as they last.
White gloves for street wear were
a fad and they will have no place in
the catalogue of the spring styles
Very small gloves this season are
fastened with three large buttons and
a fancy clasp and the nineteenth cen.
fury girl has her sweetheart's picture
on her very best pair of glove clasps
Pale blues. pinks, yellows. should
he selected only by women of warm
"olOring of skin and hair.
In Paris the black MORE skirt is the
correct thing to wear with the Louis
XIV Jacket
The one feature of hair dressing.
which does not change is the undu-
lating wave all around the head.
Although English girls ride, drive,
''gO in" for tennis and even cricket,
they with one accord acknowledge
that they owe more to their long
trampS across the country for their
good looks thean all else combined.
Tiny monographs are deemed more
desirable than large ones on the sta
tionery used in polite correspondence.
1t seems strange to buy summer
silks now. but there is no denying the
fact that the choice of the patterns
is now to be had.
The truly womanly and domestic
I,p 20 hoT
Ohio man has invented a bread pan
that instructs, elevateS, entertainS and
amounts to Il national benefit.
Once more the blouse has been driv-
en- into exile by the dressmaker. WO-
men. however, insist upon having
some garment they can slip on to
save the wear of handsome costumes
and they are in open rebellion.
\ negligee in house gown must be
comfortable, desirable. pretty and in
some color suited to the wearer at her
worst. which means when tired out,
pale and carewOrn.
Many beautiful flowers are introduce
ed on ball gowns, but the prettiest
treatment perhaps is close set roses
without foliage.
\ chic little affair of yellow brocade
on MORE ground has trimmings of yell
low null ruches edged with the mar
rowest possible black velvet ribbon.
Some new cotillion favOrs recently
used were a lot of ornamental tin
horns and tamb0urines.
Don't think that men are so blind
to the intricacies of woman's attire
| that they fail to note the absence of
buttons on gloves and boots.
Quite small fans known as cab
rOletS' are fashionable again. They
may cost anything between S. and
500.
| We are returning in measure to
princess gowns though the skirt and
| bodice are really not cut in one.
| \ great effort is being made to re-
| vive the old style skirt of twenty and
thirty years ago, where the fulneSS is
| added from the knee in an extra
| fiouncp.
BOlerOS are more popular than ever;
even ball gowns have bOlerO effects.
The popular fad this winter is to be
photographed full length in your pic
turP hat. if you happen to have one.
The latest novelty in frames owes
its existence To the summer girl. Is
made of card board and n bit of fine
linen embroidered with various bios
SONS. Holly for the winter man.
forget-me-nots for him of whom we
dream; blossoms for the pretty man.
violets for the sentimental man, and
daiseS for the summer man.
Oddities are few among the stylish
new cotton shirt waists, but the great
est oddity that will be seen during
tile coming sunny seasons is the one
with black linen ctiff and collars.
II By-the-by black and white win be
exceedingly modish this summer.
Some of the most stylish shirt waists