Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-23

| and more elaborate; the full muslin bodice
| striped with wee black hutlngs aud the white
| swiss sash edged with them. Bouquets OF
white lilac are usually caught on the shoulder
! with such gowns rs these, Jet pins holding
! the flowers in place and white set un-
painted fan, simply frilled down every stick
| with an inch-deep flounce Of dusky chiffon,
, completes the little costume.
EXTRAvAGANT FASHION.
Reilly. in behalf OF the economical women
who cannot afford to enrich the ragman
every ten weeks or so, when the fashions
take a lurch this way that, legislation
should step in to establish some one pattern
or weave of black silk as the fashion. Here
1t was, IS we remember. only yesterday
every woman felt compelled to buy at least
a black moire velours skirt to wear her
fancy waists with, or who was she. with soul
50 dead to the needs of her wardrobe that
she couldn't afford a skirt OF black silk all
| covered with sprlwly brocaded designs?
Well, now, forsooth the moire velours, or
the plain moire or the brocaded patterns
are utterly abhorred Of the well dressed. and
the manufacturers have got out new black
silk. 1t Is a crisp watered silk with great
brocaded polka dots or giant triangles, or
long wlvellke lines running and spattered
all over 1t. The brillancy OF 1t Is unde-
niable, as is that of the new evening silks
all of which are shaded from deepest tones
to palest tints on every breadth. They too
are watered and brocaded, and are meant
for magnificent reception, dinner Gnd ball
dresses. 1t Is plain to see that their advent
has been made necessary by the long
trains, and for the beautiful new tea gowns
and wedding costumes a wonderful velvet
embossed silk is adopted, On a peau de sole
ground of pllest coral silk or nile green
lorg, black fern leaves and fronds are en-
bossed in velvet, and these new fabrics, made
up with the ever-insinuatng black lace, re-
suit in great splenlors of the toilet.
MILLINERY MONSTERS.
There are some new things, even in the
midseason, and one of them now is the
pretty fancy for facing wldebrimmed hats
with white tulle. A roll cf the diaphlnous
stuff is softly twisted and laid against the
dark felt brim, or the whole inside of the
hat brim is faced with shirred and then
clipped tulle. A good many pretty head
pieces show pompoms of white tulle set in to
fill up under the brim at the back. and, If
what we have now is any sign of the future,
spring bonnets will be full of odd little
beasties, for among the new things in mill
linery are the sweetest of tiny green. red
and blue lizards, charmingly enameled frogs
and turtles and many more such like orna-
mental reptiles
They are to take the place, so hat trim
mers say of the jcweled buckles and rosettes
and buttons and things that have been used
ad nauseam. Most of these charming mon
sters enameled, and yet are flexible, and
are meant for use amid the knots of dusty
gardenias and lunches of primr.ses
already blossoming amid the winter plumage.
In addition to these not at all expensive or
naments for hats that have no business at
the theater, and, indeed, are not worn there,
women are giving hourly more and more
attention to the dressing of their b.re
heads
Some gay girls catch all the shiny masses
Of their back hair in nets of variously col
ored silks, pinned down with prongs of tor
tose shell, more or less richly jeweled
There is valiant effort being made to in
troducs an adaptation Of the Spanish man
tilla, but women take to this sensible head
dress very timidly. One daring milliner
did try to adjust the black college mortar
board to theater Use, but the would-be pa
irons looked at 1t askance and prefer TO
wear their big hats on their laps through
the play on the whole. Every other
woman. though, is faithfully wearing beads
about her throat whether wax pearls tha
truly beautiful Venetian glass beads Or col
lars of genuine gems, it makes little differ
encc. Those who can afford to follow the
fashion closest wear cose-fitting necklaces
OF medium pink or clear red coral balls, in
the center of each of which is placed dia-
mond.
SHIRRED SKIRTS.
1t was a slip of the pen, when skirts
and skirt decorations were under discus
sion, not to have emphasized the fact that
to shirr will soon be the order of the
hour. Many new cloth gowns are shirred
all about and down below the hips Some
OF them even so gathered at intervals
as to divide the whole length OF the petit
coat into bands of shirrings, interspersed
with puffs. the whole finished off by a |
ruifie at the bottom. 1t is plain to be seen
that what is a popular maneuver with cash
mere and empress cloth suits will become |
rage when cotton dresses are worn. Just |