The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05

is to be delivered the day before Christ
mas, is in blue plush-a material which
Dame Fashion has rescued from it's
long seclusion and restored to her high
favor once more. 1t seems particularly
adapted to the making of tea gowns,
and it looks lovely when, as in the case
in point, it is arranged with applique
bands of ivory guipure and rosettes of
paler blue silk. If you will stop to
think you will see how effective the
combination really is, and then comes
the contrast of a full front of mellow
tinted point d'esprit decorated with
ruchings Of blue silk
There are of course dozens of other
tea gowns of equal attractions, but
mere particularly a dainty, youthful
looking garment, made in the Empire
fashion, and pale yellow brocade, the
modest square at the neck outlined
with transparent band of lace-a
new make of duchesse applique-and
the empire bands being of MORE in a
deeper shade of yellow, while the back
is arranged in a graceful Vatican. 1t
is a gown which a girl could well ware
at a home dinner quite apart
from it's original use as a charming
accompaniment to the witching hour
we have been writing of.
But enough of these. A very inter-
esting matter claims our attention, and
must not be neglected in this letter or
our readers may not be just trif1e in
advance of time in the matter of hair
dressing We have just been told by
one in the swim that in Paris, in spite
of the efforts of the hairdressers, the
locks of FrenchWomen are steadily re-
SHINING their natural straightness.
This is not to be attributed to any
want of skill on part of the coiffeurs,
but merely to the fact that French
women have rebelled against their die
taos, and, having lost a large proper
ton of their hair through the constant
application of hot tongs, have now re-
nounced their use. The wave has al
most disappeared and the head has
been allowed to resume it's natural
size A similar tendancy is beginning to
be seen mere, and the power at work in
favor of the remuneration Of the wave
is the same which has operated in
France Most of us are beginning to
realize that our hair is getting into a
horribly ragged condition, and unless
we are numbered among the lucky
ones whose tresSeS will wave without
heat, we feel that for many months to
come it will need a rest. The hair
should now be gathered up loosely on
the crown of the head, and very soon
learned that it can easily be kept In
place there by a strong tortoise shell
hairpin without the necessity of tying
it, which nearly always results in
wearing and breaking the hair.
From the hair 1 wander down to the
necks and must tell you of some new
cravats One of the prettiest 1 have
seen is Of crepe de Chine, the hens
showing a silken open work known, /
believe, as "hairpin' stitch: Others are
exact models of a mans hunting stock.
made in silk, and fastened with a
jeweled pin. These extend to the
waist, and look exceedingly well with
tailor-made coats and skirts. The col
lar of linen, which turns over at the
top, is still popular, but it shares
its popularity with the collar of mus
lin hem-stitched. There are, of course,
a few women in the world who cannot
wear the high collar, and for the bene-
fit of these many pretty tribes Of mus