The morning news., 1898-11-27

silk or satin evening waist and thereby
giving a thin woman the effect of a deco
lette waist with none Of its drawbacks.
Smart Hair Dressing.
1t is sad to relate that on the whole this
end of the century has nothing character
istic in the way of hair dressing to show.
our great-grandchildren viii never hark
back to 1898, as we do to l79S for some
lovely style to adopt with a fancy dress
or borrow an idea from US. Go TO the thea
ter or opera If you like, for even bonnets
are no longer de riguer, and you wall be
sure to observe that the rule of head dress
ing IS ''go as you please" Three horizon
tally fixed rear puffs is still a good way
for doing the hair for the street, though
the majority of women prefer to roll up
the length of their tresses in heavy long
lump and fasten that as low as possible on
the neck. With some women this bag of
hair lies even out on the shoulders, and
with long short-toothed comb, that cross
es the base Of the head behind the ears,
everything is somehow made fast. These
combs are nothing more than the old round
pompadour combs put to a new use.
One drawback to this headdress, as
adopted by day, is that it can rarely be
kept tidy; 1t is Iudicrous with the new
hats and the natural hair grease, rubs
off on the shoulders Of the gown.
Chains for the Couture.
In the evening It is very pretty, for
mass of bright black yellow or brown
hair down on white shoulders is becoming
10 most women, while some of these combs
are topped with brilliants and at either
end the jewels form a sort of rosette, or
two big glittering buttons behind the
wearers ears Not 'wisp of bang is seen
feathering out on any thoughtful while
hot ~Faaf1 ont
is talked about. This is a little jeweled
chain about eighteen inches long, having
a fuchsia in diamonds or a daisy at eth
er end. The chain is meant to be woven
among the coils of hair and the flowers of
brilliants peep out al any point desired.
over in Paris where Mrs. Pen recently
gave, to her friends in the smart Ameri-
can colony, a splendid dinner and dance, a
number of these hair chains were worn.
Some of them were draped over the Golf
fure, were punctuated with small jeweled
flowers at every inch or were a chain of
small carved gold bells that tinkled music
ally at every movement of the head they
adorned.
Toilet Bric-a-Brac.
A pure slate blue is the color of the sea
lion skin from which the small travelling
bags shawl straps, etc, are made, and it
is mounted in blue steel or enameled in
silver. Stout, round wooden bars, covered
with sea lion skin, made fast with gold
headed nails, are the most novel umbrella
handles In the market. Sea lion, like alli-
gator skin, improves in tone by use, but to
give even a slight description of the varie-
ties of handles offered for umbrellas would
verify be to mention full five hundred sorts
of materials and shapes.
Young Mrs. Howard Gould for instance
has score of remarkable jade, enamel,
leather, gold ivory and gun metal handles
that she screws off and on, one or two IA
vorite silk rain protectors, as the color of
her grown or the preferences of mo-
fnent}may dictate. .h0 aN
A hat with fur brim may sound weigh
ty. but il is pretty for all that, especially
if the fur is chinciila and the crown is
fiat Holbein affair pressed back on one
side by q huge rosette of while feathers
That at least is one type of the headgear
that has a following just now. great dis
play is made in the shops of tiny toques
twisted up out of half yard of bias vel
velvet as usually of the most daring color
or Shaded like rainbow, and has two tall
rabbit ear points springing up in front.
The worthy guinea hen makes the most
hay in the autumn sunshine, for We now
have hats, the crowns or brims of which
are made of The pretty speckled feathers.
Brims are sometimes appropriately faced
with this barnyard plumage and there is
by the way deal of emphasis laid on the