The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-06

care. To dry them she will wrap them
around bottle, as though they were
lace.
The debutante.s mother must. for the
time. forget that she Is young and choose
decidedly matronly colors. She should
not wear white. nor should she don
black gown She must likewise avoid the
mentioned colors that are so fashionaple
these years and must cling TO the OLD
colors worn by mothers for the last htty
years.
THE MOTHER.
An ideal gown for the motner OF
debutante is gray. satin nicely rulieu
with small frills which may De put on
I'm overskirt form and made as up-to-
date as she pleases.
A certain debutante's mother will wear
a gray silk with a deep pointed band OF
gray velvet around the foot. The pand
will extend high I'm the back. giving quite
an overskirt appearance. Around the
point there will be rows or gray VeiVet
bordered with glass beads.
Another gown that can be worn by the
mother is an olive silk. which is conven-
uonal and appropriate; It can be COM
bined with green materials and is de-
cidedly stylish. The debutante's mother
II she is a dressy woman and the occa-
sion be an evening one can wear deep
pink. and run the gamut or the oranges
and yellows. Of which there are thous-
ands Of shades. But IL she selects one
Of these bright colors she should modify
costume so that the color will show
through in a subdued effect.
After the debut the debutante can
wear anything that suits her fancy and
can choose all the gay colors OF the year.
In London. where they do things so very
well. II is possible TO tell by glance ~
a society girl. exactly her status In the
fashionable set-how long she has been
out whether she has older sisters.
whether there are still younger ones 10
come, and her whole social family his
tory which IS very well written upon
her. When there are two daughters the
mother dresses them alike. until the older
has made her debut. but after she steps
into the social world the dcbu.ante
dresses in wholly original style.
HATS.
They are trimming hats great deal
this year-for what is "A fashion letter I'm
November without a paragraph on hats
with very large rolls Of cloth that are
twisted around the crown. The word
cloth" is used with perfect safety and
prOpriety. for IL looks as though a great
length of the dress material wore twisted
round and round and decorated with
beads and embroidery. This is fastened
around the hat and finished with birds
and feathers.
Feathers are Of many designs this
year. Many Of the plumes are trimmed
by some art of the manufacturer. for
surely such feathers never grew upon a
bird. The style was at first refused by
women of taste. but they have fallen
victim TO fashions dictates and are now
wearing the feathers. Such a monstros-
ity as a yellow plume, which shades into
lavender. was seen trimmed with black
Jet spangles. They fairly weighed down
the hat; and one cannot help wondering
what would have become Of the ostrich
had he been compelled to wear two or
three thousand of these plumes.
The Horse Show begins the middle NJ
the month and with 1t New Yorks sea-
son Of festivities begins. Many are the
young beauties who Will step into the So
cial whirl chaperoned by well-known
matrons.
When the debutante makes her bow TO
society. mamma stands by her side and
receives the guests. She presents them
one by one 10 my daughter" and the
daughter receives congratulations, shakes
hands and passes the guests along 20 the
other debutantes who were presented a
week or two ago and TO whom the i'm
portant Office Of pouring tea at a COM
ing-out party is entrusted.
HELEN WARD.