The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
HOSIERY GETTING GAYER.
SILK LACE AND EMBROIDERY ON
THE NEWEST sToCKlNGS.

Vvotnnn's Fondneno fr HAVING bat One Pntr
or shoes 1T = Time-The Tntea-Ovsr HAT
FetchinE Bows with observation-disclosures Ne
Longer In R~nshien-Frerch Rose sonrrs.
woman's hosiery grows moro startling every
day, Even the stockings for evening wear.
which heretofore have been confined almost on
tirely to soft shades, are getting quito gay. Tho
newest arc made OF fine white or delicately col
ored silk and arc embellishod with perpendicu-
lar lace stripes. Between the stripes are gar
lands Of finely embroidered silk flowers In con-
trasting colors. Every woman knows very we'll
that stripes which run up and down make tho
waist look slim; the same thing may be said Of
ankles, and, therefore, these new stockings arc
popular. for they give q trim appearance to oven
q not over slim ankle. Then manufacturers
have met the need Of women whose case docs
not require hosiery that produces q slim effect
and have supplied q fine Isle thread stocking
with lace stripes running around instead Of up
and down.. Hosiery OF this design comes In
black. white. and colors. Tho woman at the
head Of tho stocs ing department of a big store
''"Yenf'G think there wasn't n fat woman in
New York from the way tho stockings are going;
but all you have to do to learn your mistake is
stripes running up and down. Then you'd con.
cludo that there wasn'ta thin woman in tho city.
details. %isn'titi Specially when so few ride the
bicycle or belong to the Rainy Day club
BriRht-COlOred plaid ana striped stockings arc
more in demand than they were last summer.
cannot wear them, however, since there is some.
or fade, which %irritates tender feet. C6irop.
odlsts say that their business has increased Ave
fashion, and they lay It all to the injurious quail.
lily OF the dye required TO produce the tan
tan has been discovered which will not fade in
hosiery.
Five young women and two men were return
ing to New York from Brooklyn late one Sunday
night wnen the young men made what they
thought was n discovery about women. 1t just
showed how little the sterner sex really knows
about the gentler. Tho party had been to a studio
tea and an unexpected snowstorm had set In
while 1t was In progress. or course 1t caught
everybody unpreparcd. One OF the men was an
artist and one Of the women had an engagement
to sit for him for a portrait next day. When all
were seated in a bridge car she said to him:
IT don't believe I'll BIO able to sit for you to-
morrow"
"whyi' he asked with a great show Of sur.
prise.
my shoes won't bo dry. I'm afr aid. - she an.
swcred frankly.
Whats" he exclaimed. "your shoes won't be
dryi Wear another pair"
Haven't got but one" she retorted sharply.
How many feet do you think I haveY I'm no
centipode."
do you mean to tell me that you have only
one pair Of boots D. continued the artist emphat-
ically.
81 do" snapped out the girl.
And you have a weekly income Of $40 q said
the artist, with a look of wonder on his face.
That's 80. too" she said, with a satisfied
Whats so wonderful about not having but
UnS en.r OF II sh Reyo $50 spok q Week %p an snd T 0 De tno
have but one pair Of boots, They arc IN plain
BY, this time every man in hearing distance
was listening; Those who had a married look
'% a3Ssli The w S5hoF ws Licked o G%%fss; tho artist.
What a funny pair of women! Only two pair
Of boots between EN-. and yet we men say
given herself away on the boot qucsti n. How
One" camo from the three heretofore silent
ones, and at this exciting stage Of the CONVERSE
Those five women were average women VIII en-
1t comes to the, shoe question. Tho average
p mfn e eRsn s r sis s SS sR1 is h sma fo1 and f hs co aHssn
ers this economy. But not so with woman. No
matter how generous her allowance she never
boots at the utmost. Woman doesn't believe In
hiding her light under a bushel, 80 to speak.
will show most. Dress skirts do not give shoes
a fair show. so the best part of her allowance
at least. half a dozen pair OF boots at a time
and to change them frequently. This Is good
not only IOr the DOOLS, DuU also IOr tenQer, tlrCQ
feet. Any dealer in shoes will boar testimony
to woman's aversion to owning more than one
pair at once, all the same.
The thing to do now Is to wear the hat cooked
over on one side. No matter what kind Of hat 1t
is or how tho wearer's face Is built. she must
give her hat a rakish tilt to one ear or the other
il she would be up to date. It's interesting to
note tho different effects this fashion has on diff.
ferent faces. IL makes a matronly.looking
woman appear years older and frivolous,
to put 1t charitably. into the bargain.
1t makes one of those meek. innocent
faces look coquettish. and 1t makes a
really coquettish face look more vivacious than
ever. Men evidently don't like the fashion, and
neither have they learned that it is a fashion.
shops, in tho theatres. on the streets, anywhere.
to what is said to hear five out OF ten men say
to their companions:
Put your hat on straight"
ITS Intended to be on one side.' Is the inva-
man to do but to let It stay there and remark SGt
that he now, knows what the college boy means
when he talks about a sassy hat"
The craze for wearing jewelry seems to be
extending. Those people who contend that the
true basis Of beauty lies In utility, or tho SEM
blance OF utility, must feel that the spots have
been knocked out Of their theory when they see
how women put on all sorts of absolutely use
loss ornaments and make themselves look
charming by doing 80. Everybody who Is
anybody now wears a largo star.shaped
bow made of black or lavender velvet ribbon In
the centre of the breast. This bow is embel-
lished with a handsome ewelled brooch. and 10
worn apparently for no other purpose than to
show on tho pin. The bow itself Is a graceful
affair, consisting OF silk loops and no ends. The
Baroness Meyendorff started this fashion long
ago, and has always stuck TO II. and now women
generally are adopting 1t with a vim.
1t is no longer the fashion for woman to weep.
She must give UP the good, comfortable cry that
does her such a y world of good II she means to
do the correct thing. There was II day when
women found big, sad eyes jlst ready to send
forth n flood OF tears a very effective weapon IL
a refractory man happened to be about. But
that day has passed. and the fearful sex has
learned that masculinity can't be brought
to time by any such moist meth
DDS. When woman begins to show the
old-fashioned signs of distress nowadays
man says, Don't cry. 1t makes your nose and
eyes red and ugly" or For heavens sakoi
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