Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-14

twool. or silk-must have a silk lining,
that In this off season. when many bar
gains in short lengths are to be picked
up. we should buy for future use. A taf-
feta skirt lining gives dress q handsome
appearance. and makes 1t hang so much
better that the cost is nearly made up
to the wearer by the saving on the out
side material. When buying see that you
get firm silk, II need not be heavy, but
must be Of the quality that sells at from
20 to so cents yard. The craekle is no
longer wished sufficiently loud to warn
! all of its presence. Along the shades cor
i rect for these skirt Innings are golden
browns. Tabac and Marion, Trianon,
Porphyre and rose-pink, Roi and RENE
| red, orange the two lighter turquoise
| shades. the emerald green's the Per-
| yenche-Blues of medium tints. light-vlo-
! let, and the medium old-rose shades called
| Cyrano, which will line gray, black, or
| brown dresses beautifully.
BATHING SUIT IDEAS.
The seaside bathing season is now in
full blast The sands are dotted every
where with forms of both sexes attired
in fashion which would not be tole-
rated in any drawing-room, yet which
occasions no remark. Never were these
costumes so becoming yet one cannot
help wondering how the tan is TO be re-
moved from the shoulders and arms so
lavishly displayed. The very swell people
wear long gloves, 1t is true, but the many
do not / saw lovely young woman
the other day In suit Of pale-green
mohar trimmed with white openworls
mohair insertion about two inches wide
that is, the one row on the skirt was this
width while the row which edged the low
cut blouse bodice and formed the |
sleeves, was about an inch and a half |
wide j
There were no sleeves of the material
simply these straps of braid entirely sur |
rounding the arm scye A narrow waist |
band and bow Of white alpaca and a white |
hat with a huge bow Of waterproofed |
white ribbon completed charming |
toilette.
This year in France they have reached |
degree of luxury which has not as vet |
occurred to us. They have bathing pa
vihons, or cottages on the beach, each
decorated and furnished in the most de-
lightful manner. Little tea-tables, pic
lures mattings. bamboo loungings chairs.
dressing-table with all toilet appliances.
screened from public view by a curtain
drawn at will. Here a large portion Of
the morning or afternoon is passed re-
ceiving friends, resting after the bath.
and displaying before the bath the be-
coming bathing costumes. They are no |
longer SUITS they have attained to the
dignity OF being called COSTUMES"
BLACK HOSE.
Here is an absolutely correct bit OF in
from Paris. / give it to YOU
knowing that you will bless me for IL
later on. After this your hose must
match your toilettes. No more black
ones-this is official. Choose mauye. If
your gown is mauve; blue, If your gown
$ black but It's lining blue; pink, If your
)etticoats and Innings are pink Truly
We can count upon nothing here below
All our fine black hose our silk. our
and for those of us who
rave ventured to wear white this sum
ner our snowy ones also. to be replaced
" pink, blue mauve. and all the othe,
hades
THE RETURN OF THE BANG
Women have gone mad on the subject
4 new coinures. For young and pretty
women, or for those whose profiles can
ear 1t, as the Greek with its waved
resses drawn back and held In a single
projecting loop. as shown in our illustra-
ion. But what Is going to be style for
be future-that which all women viii
doptY We are told that the bang Is
, be that style--the old-fashloned
traight or slightly waved fringe. II n
ears and years since we saw that low
NJ fringe OF hair; that 10 on the heads