The herald., 1897-10-31

applique trimmings and there are full
small person in brown. 1T is a silver
grey satin, figured in the same color.
| The skirt is demi-train and has a wide
panel of cream gupure on each side of
| the front. The back of the skirt is
/ trimmed with narrow ruftles. and the
front with guipure ruflles above gauze.
The guipure skirt panels run up on the
| bodice and make fronts, opening on
vest of white mousseline. There is a
straight collar ruched with mousseline
and fastened by a lace jabot. That's
all, l guess, except a violet velvet
toque with black feathers.
Tell me. Mrs. Up-to-Date, what do
you think of the Russian blouse?"
Il Think said Mrs. Up-to-Date,
that. as in the case of everything that
everybody wears, it is necessary to
have originality in details. The pref
test blouses l have seen are those be-
| longing to smooth cloth dresses, where
| the cloth is worked in openwork. en-
broidery; but good work of that kind is
very dear. You can trim with lace
and fur. 1 have seen one costume of
that sort in a very pale grey cloth
verging on mauve; it was most elab-
orately embroidered and trimmed with
guipure and sable
"The girl who sang before Mrs. Bore
ems paper has very good Russian
blouse" put in a good looking matron
of fine figure; 'she has no more voice
| than poor Mrs. Bore-em, but that black
and white small-checked tweed was
cleverly managed; did you notice? The
| blouse has revers, belt, collar and cuffs
all of black velvet. with a piping of
| turquoise velvet. The bodice pouches
only a little; the worst of a good many
Russian bloUses is, they are positively
baggy. There is pretty vest and a
cravat of blue chiffon. L didn't notice
the skirt very particularly; l think it
has band of black moire, piped with
turquoise"
There was a handsome Russian
blouse in a theater box opposite me last
| evening"" the small person in brown
| contributed to the discussion. 1T was
made of green and cerise striped silk
| with revers and finishings of black
satin. The skirt was nothing but a
| yoke of the stripes with three wide
flounces of black set on below; two
/ fiounces were satin, the middle one vel-
| vet'
Il like the Russian coats better than
the dress blouses,'' said a tall blonde
with heavy pale yellow hair. My sis
| ter-in-law has one in hunters green.
1t has revers of cream-coored satin
covered with jet embroidery and jet or
naments around-the armholes, simulat-
| ing a bolero The fronts, the basque
and the collar are edged with chin
chilla. 1t is made with box peats in
the back over a draped belt of velvet"
"The coats are good" said Mrs. Up
to-Date, "but did you notice the cape
the President had on this afternoon ?
1t was black velvet, cut pointed in
front; early Victorian, you know. 1t
had a high collar. boa and four rows
of skunk for trimming.
See here, Miss Mum, you haven't
said a word this hour"
Miss Mum" was a roly-poly bru-
nette. Il am too busy fixing over my
old Clothes" she said. ''to know much
about new ones. Skirts that are
! trimmed so much are handy for poor
people. l have jus taken a fawn-c col
ored cloth skirt tha8 was little soiled
and trimmed it with heavy sloping lines
of black velvet, from the hip down.
Then l put lot of velvet on the boz
! lero. You have no idea how much it
! is freshened.