The times., 1898-09-25

cate capotes for theater wear are gay to
the point of frivolity. A round turban of
| black tulle will have a half dozen wings
bright cerise in tone, springing up from
and bending down against the hair auda-
ciously; violet toque of little corporal
| shape may have its points finished by a
| knot of white ostrich tips that fit down
| over the wearer's ears like delicate protec-
! tors against frost bite, and third pretty
creation is like as not to be a jeweled
Juliet cap with a fountain of long white
osprey springing high on one side. Thus
| by contraries the small hats seem to be
designed.
Hats for morning street wear are still
going through the process of evolution,
| and some of their phases are decidedly
commendable. The favorites In this class
are rough surfaced felts-that is. the
crown is rough and the brim smooth, and
! if one is light brown the other is a much
| darker tone. A felt band is passed about
| the crown, and a couple of quills are fast
! ened on one side by the means of their
sharp-pointed ends being thrust once or
! twice through the felt One can either
mash in the soft top, being sure to give
| it a circular dent, or leave it stiff and
! smooth. The point to be emphasized is
that you are not wearing an Alpine.
All these new felts are quite round and
| some of them are so arranged that the
wearer can change the cock of the brim
at will For autumnal golflng the proper
wrinkle is to buy a soft olive brown or
| grease tumbler, as 1t is called. This has
no stiffening or binding to the brim. The
| pliable crown is given round dent and
| girdled by red silk handkerchief, picked
out with black polka dots. Tied round so
! that the knot comes in front, a pretty
small silver pin is thrust through knot
| and felt, and then the brim is turned high
up behind and correspondingly low in
| front over the eyes.
An autumn with imitation jewels left
out will now be welcomed in. Even the
furs and the belts to lack their custo
mary ornamentation, though jewels that
are genuine will be as faithfully worn as
ever, and especially in all manner OF
neck decorations. The woman who
| boasts a half dozen throatlets of pearls
or diamonds will show her knowledge of
| the mode by wearing them all at once
and bogus pearls have happily lost none
! of their popularity. Women whose throats
are not without blemish and who wish to
hide holIows in their collar bones can do
the job very neatly by bringing as many
| as three yards of pearls about the throat
| and over the shoulders until this gleam
| ing armor generously blots out all ma
| lures errors.
Young women whose round, white
necks and perfect shoulders are their
especial pride. wear, tied about the
throat, the ntrowest bit Of black baby
velvet ribbon that can be had, on
which a very small heart of diamonds
| is strung The heart is so made of
dazzling, close-set little jewsl that no
metal shows anywhere, while another
| pretty method is to string on the ribbon
! a lozenge of brilliant black enamel, with
| a small heart outlined on 1t in diamonds
! The whole ornaments no larger than d
| twenty-five-cent piece, but the effect
| against very fair skin causes compli-
| mentary comment Women who are not
| in mourning and love the wearing of jet
| have adopted the pretty fancy of adorn-
ing themselves with elaborate Jet neck
| laces With high-necked gowns, these are
worn wound four times about the
! throat and falling in three loops on the
breast as low as the waist line. Jet
| beads, elaborately cut and as big as mar
rowfat peas, compose these chains, and
| every bead is separated from the other
| by a small, thin disk of crystal, very
| highly cut and polished
In the family of six autumn shirt
| waists displayed, one of them is green
cashmere flannel, with small, straight
inner vest of red silk. Rows of small
| tucks edge the vest, and by a series of
| pretty INK buttons the fronts are held
| in place over the vest. A red silk tie
| knots over the turnover collar of green,
| and the full sleeves have clusters of
| tucks running their length.
! What tucks alone can do is shown
| by another waist of Hungarian blue
| flannel, striped perpendicularly with
| close set tucks, sewed down with
| bright yellow silk. A soft four-in-hand
| OF blue silk dotted with yellow clasps
the neck band.
A study in revers of checked red
| and white silk against a dull green
background is shown in the fourth
| figure while the fifth and sixth waists
| are of velveteen, one Tyrian purple and
| the other heather gray, trimmed with
| gilt and silk braid. The last in the list
is fastened behind, and boasts no collar
| at all.