The herald., 1898-01-16

bold bandits as Rob Roy, and will have
no other hose Int MacGregor plaid or
whatever kind happened to be the SYM
boil of the particular kind of robbing of
which their progenitors made profess
sion. Thus they are known, as it were,
by their feet!
On their backs and around their
necks these same women are Roman in
their costume. That is, there is hard
ly well dressed woman in society, who
does not boast Roman sash and neck
scarf among her possessions. The popu-
larity of the Roman SASH was prophe-
sled in these columns early in the Au-
tumn and the prophecy has been we'll
borne out by the facts. The scarf has
been made to go with it, and Is merely
sash made shorter and narrower. 1t
has exactly the same fringe, the same
stripe and after it is tied in its four
INLAND knot hangs in long ends corre-
spending to the sash-ends in the back.
ANY woman who has sufficient pa
tience can make herself a clever imi-
| tation of one of these Scarfs much
cheaper than she can buy it. The
Roman stripe ribbon is procurable at
any dry goods store. 1t takes two
yards. Every color used in the stripe
must then be matched in embroidery
silks. These are for the fringe, and
all that is necessary to do, after the
ends of ribbon have been hemmed is
to thread a zephyr needle with five or
six strands of silk, pull them through
the edges of the scarf. draw the ends
even and knot them close to the silk,
repeating the process until the whole
end of the scarf is fringed with judi
cious mixture of the colors in the RIB
| bon. 1t is not a very long task, and
saves a very considerable sum in the
purchase of a scarf. a few sashes and
scarfs are made of silk cut the correct
width, and hemmed all around the
edge.
A new fancy is to have a scarf or
neclztie made of a piece of the material
of the waist with which 1T is Worn
This is prettier in the case OF SIX
waists of light color. A pale blue bro
cade, for example, has linen collar
with a small bow tie of the blue silk
its edges carefully hemmed.
Nearly all waists are made skirt OF
blouse fashion, circumstance Whlcr
renders their construction by the home
dressmaker an easy task. NOT every
woman is aware that she can go to any
large store III Hel oNi cits piiN' N''~-
nurchase a fitted lining which is shaped
and boned exactly according to the
measurements of her own figure. Witt
this for a basis. and the bargain coun
ter with all it's Fascinating remnant:
of silk in three-anda-half-yard pieces
at 81 rs each, no woman need complal!
of having nothing to wear while the
fashions remain as they are. All tina
is necessary is to shir the ends of sill
down to the lining at the front ant
back of the neck, cut out places fo
armholes. slope the seams slightly un
der the arms where it Is sewed in Will
the lining, and then shir or pleat th
fullness down to the lining at the waist
For sleeves, cut the outside to fit th'
, lining, and it will be large enough. 1
is a good plan to cut the sleeve severa
inches longer than the lining, so as tt
allow for the narrow tucks which ar
frequently used to simulate a tuck.
If one should fall asleep for periot
of years and then be suddenly Weakened
and asked to say whether it was befor
, or after Christmas, it would be easy t.
: tell by the flowers on woman's hats
: Christmas an New Years Day ar
7 scarcely over before the milliner begin
2 her crusade with the Easter bonnet a
l it's goal; and she claps a bunch o
l posies on every hat N her store, with