The herald., 1898-11-27

in comparison with that of the preent
hour. The old garment was draped, the
new one depends only on its faultlessEut,
and woe to the home-worker who attempts
one or the less than perfect figure that Years
it. 1t is in fact Princess gown cut d at
the knees or just below, and worn with an
underskirt, sometimes of the same maerial
and sometimes of velvet.
A very beautiful costume was show me
the other day of light and medium tiown
cloth. The skirt of the lighter color ad a
deep border of the darker cloth enrey
covered with silk cord and chenilli EN-
broidery. The polonaise OF the darllloth
was scalloped around its entire edg and
bordered with narrow fur. The sam che
mile and cord embroidery extended aound
the lower edge The opening was { the
side, about four inches from the enter
front, and the light cloth showed in b,ween
the curves Of, the scallops. The sleeys and
epaulettes were entirely covered VIII the
embroidery. A toque of cerise velv, with
white chiffon rosettes and long an beau
tiful Fox boa was for wear with It's cos
tune, which was intended for the steet.
Overskirts also. These hang strait like
the polonaises, but have a greater Htude
of cut and more fullness. / have to Ge you
an illustration soon showing their ygaries
OF cut.
As / have remarked before, he tall
woman is to.have it all her own Wy this
winter. What with flounces and frbelows,
tunics and the polonaise, to look e,h fairly
well in an up-to-date frock one shod be at
least feet 10 inches or feet II ches in
height; but that little difficulty pt over,
it must be conceded that never III dress,
taken as a whole, been loveler rs apresent
"Nor more COSTLY" l fancy l hr some
long suffering husband groan.
That the smartest of us have forhe nonce
dispensed with silken Innings to tr gowns
avails us nothing from an econon.al point
of view, since the cashmere takinits place
must be of the finest quality, esl refuses
to ''cling' as Dame Fashion ecrees it
should. To rustic now, or rathtto allow
ones attire to do so, is to writpne's self
down as hopelessy demode. Hoilong tEM.s
craze, / can call it nothing cls will last
! am unable to say, suffice it TIT for the
present cashmere, and cashmd, only, is
being used us lining by all the sart dress
makers, and not only have tlilinings of
our gown increased in price, bi the outer
adornments thereof, though copelling ad-
miration for their beauty, are dly growing
more and more elaborate, and msequently
more expensive. Again, whs with long
trains for evening wear and fohced skirts,
we require twice as much marial as was
formerly the case, axd one annot help
feeling just little pity for thunfortunate
creature man when he he's b ''foot the
bills for wife and daughters
One most enticing dinner grn l recently
examined was composed of si porlin in an
exceedingly pale shade of crmon brown.
The trained skirt bore sing deep flounce
of it's own material, borderewith piping
of rose-colored velvet under narrow band
of the same hue. At the biz the placket-
hole was secured by doubrow of garnet
buttons, which,. for ornarntal purposes
only, reached to the extrae hem of the
skirt. The bodice, which as tight-fitting
and cut into tiny point,ack and front,
had full vest-like drapeIof the rose-col-
ored velvet; this was repted- at the back
In the form Of a Vshap empieccment. |
Shoulder straps took thplace CT sleeves,
and were adorned, the q by n huge but
terfy bow of ose-coloreTelvet, the other