Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
1 VIII he True.

I will be true: we've said good-by.
Wen meet no more, love, you and l,
Let silence keep her royal throne,
The future shall the past atone,
The coming years may drag or ny.
Like clouds in yonder dismal sky,
Earth's blossoms droop, and fade and die,
So doth each JOY. yet l depone,
will be true.
Fond memories of the past draw nigh,
When wrapt in slumber / shall lie:
Bring back the one / love- alone,
Whom death nor demons shall dethrone
From my true heart-we've said good-by,
/ will be true.
MRS. A. L. MCMILLAN.
Slowly, but surely all the same. doth the
season approach when maids and matrons.
having settled the question of their out
door costumes. turn their attention to their
attire for all festive occasions. And a per-
picking problem 1t is when ones pin money
is limited. but one that can be solved. new
ertheless, IL care and thought be given to
the solution of the riddle.
First OF all, If but one evening gown can
be bought, the utmost care Is required as
to color, as it is not pleasant to be known
as the winter wanes as the girl in the pink
gown. or the woman with the yellow bod
fcei Mrs. Langtry in confidential mood
once told friend that when she made her
debut in London society she owned but a
varied for evening wear by turning 1t In at
the throat and filling It In with black lace
or white tulle. and with this simple cos
tune, and her own, peerless beauty, She
actually gained the reputation Of being q
well dressed woman; To be sure. We can't
all be Jersey Lilies. but We can learn les
frnvva fhof ole xxynY
Let simplicity. then, be the keynote OF
your evening gown. Nothing is prettier OF
more distinguished than all black, and If
q woman Is blessed with a fair skin she
need have no doubts as to its becoming
ness. A black skirt of some good material
such as satin. or merveilleux, is an excel
lent investment, or better still, at present
an accordion plated skirt of black taffeta
II the purse can stand the strain.
A black net or chiffon bodice, then, cut
square or round-but not too low. as II
must be worn on all occasions by the one
cerise or turquoise blue velvet placed al
the left of the shoulder. or a sash OF
silk edged with a, ruffie of thin material
gance and changes the effect from time tc
time.
"A guimpe of net makes. valuable ad-
have high or low neck gown at will
which can again be varied by bright color
ed stocks. The second economical invest
ment for the one gown girl Is an evening
blouse of some becoming shade, which
when worn with the black skirt, makes a
pretty change for theater the informal din
ner or the smart midday luncheon party.
lovely gown. which also has the merit
OF being of moderate cost, was seen recent
ly at a well known modiste's. The evening
bodice of black armure silk. which, by the
way, crowned plain skirt of the same
in an open work design. through which
came CLEAN of vivid poppy red, while
the same pretty coloring was repeated ir
Of chiffon which outlined the decoilete
Such a bodice, at little expense and trouble
could be varied by lining of white ane
and black chiffon edging the neck.
But let us depart from the strictly eco
nomical and listen to the description of 9
have 'if we We're rich!" This charming
creation was designed for a bride-to-be OF
December. and was one of the prettiest ir
her trousseau. The material, white crepe
de chine. was made scant in the front o.
the skirt and very full in the back. ovel
white taffeta; while the bodice, low cut
V-shaped, was draped crosswise, showing G
chemisette in pale turquoise blue velvet
studded with seed pearls. matching three
bands of the same around the hem of the
skirt: clusters of blue convolyulus caught
up the lace sleeves, which were somewhat
full and gracefully draped.
A pretty girlish frock recently made fol
a debutante is of white silk, trimmed al
the way up both skirt and bodice with row
after row of palest green baby velvet rib
bon. the waist line defined by the narrowes
band of white satin. caught with antique
Creek clasp.
One robe of ciel blue satin. designed fo
a wealthy dowager. Is covered with incrus
tationS of cream lace. held To the satin BY
an embroidery of steel beads and paillettes
&c 4,
frightened by some dark red velvet flowers
There are two gowns of white satin. On
has trimming of rose colored palette
laid closely together to form vertab
Cuirass on the corsage and descending dowi
on the skirt to form light embroidery oil
the side panels. About the bottom of tn
trained skirt and the decolletage are rufie
of white gauze and knots of ribbon. Th
second white gown Is. a superb creation
with corsage and long skirt. covered witt
an embroidery of stars. done in straus
diamonds. with n single large stone in th
center of each star. The effectiveness of
black costume depends on its graceful Gu
embroidery on black net. The gowns wer
all cut with long trains and fitted corsages
There are many pretty novelties 10
seen in fur. The really smart furrier ha
at least one model of a fur gown to show
Caracule is the skin usually chosen and tn
form a graceful. close fitting skirt, an
either blouse or REFER jacket. trimmin
n
and certainly added expense, to the cos
tune; but II is fashion that is only n c.
price, and there is little possibility that W
Shall see much of IL.
lovely muff Is one OF glossy sealskil
trimmed with a bunch of violets. and ha
a dozen sable tails. 1t Is moderately larg
and the rutiies over the hands are line
with ermine. A nice trimming on a Sc;
Jacket is white caracule embroidered wit
Jets We see little lace On furs. but gre;
deal OF velvet and perhaps in place of lac
finely pleated mousseline de sole. This la
ter is generally of the same color as ii
fur; thus We have gray mousselne de SO
on astrakhan. and brown on sable. tt
usual form of collar is very short on Il
shoulders. with long plastron to the wal
in front. There may be trimming abo,
the collar of velvet, that extends down Il
plastron in the form of vest The furrie
have even gone into millinery. for the
present broad brimmed hats of fur, loadt
with violets in the way Of trimming. Sabl
trimmed with clusters OF large purple al
white violets makes a charming chapeau.
We have heard a great deal of Chantil
laces this season, both of the black al
the white, and always OF the real. Th
there are excellent limitations of this bea
tiful lace in the market no one doubte
sit 1t was nevertheless something of q su