The times., 1898-12-04

the waistcoat can be a fiat pierrot frill.
and there are roomy pockets, both for
use and abuse in front of the skirts.
The taffeta skirt is sufficiently short to
show off smart slippers, and the costume
is worn to luncheon as well.
Ermine au natural is less worn this
year than ever, and thrifty women have
had their ermine capes, collars and muffs
dyed a rich seal brown. 1t takes this
color gloriously. and now with the new
fat shawl-shaped shoulder pieces, the
head of an animal, when used. is ar
ranged to lie fiat on the back between
the shoulders. 4 head and pair of fore
paws is the proper trimming for the
shawl-shaped points, and women seem
to have tacitly agreed TO use only spe-
cial colors with their favorite furs.
Mink is lined. and combined with yell
low. chinchillar with pale blue. and
sable with automobile red. The black
furs are d allied most often with rosy
purples and the popular emphatic blue.
Decadence has truly laid its blighting
| hand on the body fashionable, and one
expression of great smartness this sea-
son is to appear In some perfectly new
and eccentric color. More daring than
automobile red is wasp red and Merrimac,
which is no color at all, but a wild dis
cord of greens, blues and yellows, an
impression in color of the explosion In
Santiago harbor. Still another oddity are
bedroom slippers made of moleskin, with
| the velvety fur OF the little beast turn
ed outward and tiny diamond bowknots
on the toe.
A dress all of chiffon and depending for
decoration on painted patterns is one Of
| the costly glories of well set-up debu-
| tante this winter. Painted Liberty silk is
another subject for exquisite dressmak-
ing and the cost of such gowns is truly
fabulous, for both chiffon and Liberty
| silk are most difficult fabrics to work
| with.
Not least among the typically decadent
| ideas In dress is that of wearing a con-
| spicuous bracelet with ones theater. call
| ing or reception gown. On the right
wrist, clasped over the sleeve. will ap-
pear a circle of gold studded at inter-
| walls with large sapphires. a broad bar of
diamonds or a band of velvet drawn
through a heavily jeweled buckle Used
against the wrist of a dark sleeve, this
| flashing bracelet shows off with great
| splendor every time the wearer offers her
hand. Some of these are as heavy as the
huge napkin ring like manacles that old
| style English women still cling to, wi { h
the exception that her American sists r
demands a setting of many jewels, other
| wise the bracelet would show to slight
| effect. e7ilai iH
A glance at the advanced mid-winter
styles In headgear is afforded this week,
showing how plumes. wings and birds
are most effectively employed. The large
hat is comparatively a new thing in the
millinery way, for the felt is a pure tur-
quoise blue in color. and its only decora-
tion is ostrich plumage in powder b,ue
One of the smaller hats is a marauise
toque. Its modest foundation is wasp
red velvet, and its wings are clear au-
| tomoblie vermillion picked out in back
| spots and spangles. A toque in clear
green velvet is the third study, and all
| of its ornamentation is done in white.
The shell-shaped side piece of velvet has
its fiuted edges trimmed with narrow
bands of white fox fur, and a carefully
mounted dove rests partly against this
and partly against the wearer's hair.