The San Francisco call., 1897-10-24

! Troy had the sulks occasionally over the
length of her eyclashes or some equally
trivial thing and that Cleopatra now and
then made faces at herself in the glass be-
cause there was q ghost of freckle on her
ravishing Egyptian nose.
So madame's patrons listen to her as
they never listen to their pastor of Sum
day morning. and thus it is that they ac-
quire style; and being possessed of
style and furtherm ore knowing it they are
straightway charming.
A pair of pea-green eyes may not see
what is going on in Paris, but their owner
can tell you what is being worn there just
the same.
AS to trimmings. black velvet ribbon is
being yarded off by the millions of lengths
and Iatticed ONTO gowns wherever the best
effect is obtainable. 1t may be wide or
narrow, as you wish. and you can lattice
your goods lavishly-If you be not in
clined TO stoutness. This mode of trim
ming Is at once striking and simple.
Its simplicity, howev-r. may be trans
formed into ornate elegance BY having
the soft surface of the ribbon handsomely
Ietted and wrought richly with steel
beading. An evening trimming j. quite
dazzling if IL be of white satin ribbon in
various widths laid on lattice fashion and
spangled with steel, jet or iridescen t
beads. From the planest of braid for
street wear to the daintiest novelties for
gaslight admiration the lattice decoration
clim bs everywhere. 1t is extremely pretty
Why have we been so long adopting it?
1t will be highly popular trimming this
winter over net and grenadine, both plain
and ietted or otherwise elaborated.
q pretty evening gown of severe sim
plicity shown me recently was black net
with lattice work of narrow white velvet.
/ the neck was finished neatly with black
lace insertion. The grdle was OF cerise
velvet, the skirt dancing length, gloves
! back undressed kid reaching to the
shoulder, met by a series of net rufflss.
Madame informs me that applique
trimmings have come to stay throughout
the winter. Paree is much enamored of
them. There is positively no limit to the
variety of coloring and design in them,
and they are selling at a mad rate IN both
conventional ana floral outlines. They
are solid in color, two toned, or they rival
hues ever dreamed OF.
Sometimes a length of white mousseline
de sole is richly wrought with silk, i'm
bedded with delicate pink roses. Again,
there may be fanciiul blending of brown,
green, pink ana blue or heliotrope Row
upon row of narrow silk applique may be
| used for skirt Garniture. Ii is very suit
ably employed when its tones are a repe-
tition of those in the cloth of the gown.
For example, a heliotrope cloth could
have skirt and bodice banded with narrow
applique trimming in two tones of hello
trope. OF course, the arrangement of the
trimming depends upon the use for which
the gown is destined.
| Band trimmings in Jet are also orna-
mented with cabochons. not as heavily
made. however, as those manufactured
| for millinery wear.
No South Sea islander ever decorated
herself with gewgsws in the bead line one
half so delig htedly as her civilized sisters
are now doing in the matter OF gorgeouslv
bespangled trimmings IN this land of the
free and home of the emancipated. The
gentle dame OF high degree who ha. rare
laces in black and white which she woul d
not exchange for any applique that ever