The copper country evening news., 1897-12-31
THE LATEST STYLES.
A NEW COLOR LIKE THAT OF RAW
MOCHA COFFEE.

For Dance or Opera Costumes--Neck-
wear Fancies-Long Circular Capes.
Materials For street Costumes.
(Copyrlght. 1897. by the Author.]
One of the prettiest oolors that have
ever been evolved is that found in the
raw mocha coffee berry. 1t is dull and
indistinct in itself; hut no matter what
other color is laid beside 10, it at once
takes on new beauty, and one seems
TO understand it all for the first time.
With green, pink, scarlet, blue, brown,
holiotrope or black it always looks as
if that one was the only proper color to
set il of until it is seen with another.
Just how ID happened that so many diff
ferent fabrics were simultaneously
produced in exactly the same shade OF
color 1 cannot tell, but ID is found in
everything. Cloth, when Of good quail
ity, is exceptionally handsome IN this
color. Silk net for ball gown in this
tint-for it Is really more Of tint than
a decided coler-ovsr faint whitish
green taffeta was very refined and dali
cate. Around the bottom OF the skirs
was a double bias ruffle, with trailing
wreath Of blood red roses along the CEN
ter, and this extended quite around the
skirt. Tho waist was gathered with
very slight blouse effect Ia front and
drapsd belt of the tafsta. There was
bertha of silk null with three lines OF
the red roses across ths trent and run
ming mp to the shoulders and ending
among the silk null puffsd bows Bar
thas and fine bat shswy foet trimming
are sem on nearly all dancing gowns,
partisulaxly those made Of light stun.
Much ingenuity is expended upon them.
Grape wrought into oocklsshsll pattern
is pat en- some and rufiss caught up on
others into little puffs like the bubbles
on q ba6n es ssspsuds Others are
shown whore pink SILK null 10 made ints
little Yosstees, which lsok like sontin-
uous wxuath Of roses. Pinksd out ress
plaitinss ara also seen. Some q the rsss
plaitings are cut ON the bias and the
edges fringsd out. They srs made very
fun and arc light as thistle down This
kind Of trimming is mado Of very thin,
stiff silk. Surah twill works better. 1t
is out in the proper width on the true
bias A sewing machine needle il bro
ken OF at the eye. and the raw edge OF
the silk is sewed along about half or .
third of an inch from the edss. Thie
makes the silk fray out into fringe, and
when IL Is plated up into the rose plait-
ing ii is very pretty indeed. Both edges
are done.
One novelty in the trimming Of ball
gowns is where dress Of white oreps
lisse was sewed with pink pearl beads
all over. The trimming in question was
around the bottom in festoon made Of
pink silk null. The upper line was a
gauffered puff less than an inch wide,
with doubled bias ruffle Of the same
This was pinohed at irregular
intervals. giving it crumpled look
that was exceedingly pretty. The wide
sash belt was of rich pink moire ribbon,
whose ends reached nearly to the bottom
and ended in a fringe Of pearl beads.
The sleeves to this pretty dancing frock
were elaborate affairs, made of pink
null, moire ribbon and pearl beads.
The bertha had bib front worked with
pink pearls and gold thread.
A new fancy for the adornment of
the neck for those who are in full even
ing toilet is the black velvet dog collar.
These are very becoming alike to the
young girls slender neck and the elder
ly lady with three chins. Some are
made plain and stiffened. Others are
sewed upon stretched elastic, and when
this is allowed TO take it's natural di-
after it is finished it looks like
shirring with the edges ruffled. Hand
some gold, silver or jeweled buckles
fasten them. "Wristlets, as those
made for the wrists are called, are
equally becoming where the arm is ex-
posed, the black velvet making the skin
appear pure and pearly. Evening gloves
are long as ever. Some have no stitch
ing at all on the back Of the hand, 9TH
ers are stitched in heavy cords, and eth
ers again are beaded. There are many
in evening gloves but some
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