The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13

one of the reasons why the Partisan
Diamond Company is putting forth
such exquisite articles and that every
body is wearing them.
l must confess to the growing con-
viction that the French women past
their youth-the Parisiennes partlcu-
larly-have taught our elderly matrons
and dowagers who cross and reCross
year after year. to dress fully as well
as they do themselves. Doing the thea
tres for the past week and meeting
many well known matrons just from
Paris" the effect of their delicious
toilettes was quite enhancing.
In two instances the gowns were of
those new chine silks, with superb flo
raj coloring on grounds of rich middle
tints as dahlia, red and amber and ell
bow-sleeve bodices having open fronts
with lovely laces. in which velvet re-
peating one of the gown colors forIaed
empiecements.
What 1 find particularly smart are
handsome mauve gray. red or purple
satin skirts worn with Louis XIV coats
of black lace palette in jet, or steel
and jet mixed, SO that little Of the lace
foundation ia visible.
Many of these coats have elbow
sleeves also, and are lined with black
silk. The fronts have tabots OF Wlite
laces, With a. bouquet of velvet orchids,
or a large single rose on the corsage
which is particularly happy in It's eff
feet
Small capotes of velvet. perhaps a
white velvet glistening with steel and
diamonds, or cerise or a jonQuil yell
low. with white feathers or aigrettes
and with telling diamond ornaments,
are worn on the head. and harmonic
NErfft ~
our American dowagers understand
the art OF combining elegance with ex-
IRENE becomingness and of growing
old with great charm
Now is the time to put real lace
shawls, especially black chantillys, to
modish use on wraps and gowns. Lace
shawls make very beautiful fronts to
satin skirts, and with the assistance of
black lace fiouncing. they become the
smartest skirt trimmings. The ends
Of the shawl form bodice empiece-
ments.
The satins or silks used for these
gowns are chosen to show off the lace
to perfection, and we'll represent ball
or dinner dress.
| Two shawls are used on some skirts
one back and one front, while the ends
are turned into elbow sleeves not in
frequently. Nothing is more ultra
smart than. say, a white satin gown
| draped in this way, and Worn with a
cor sage decoration of cerise, scarlet OF
| Cyrano red crepe or velvet flowers.
Artifciai flowers are very much worn
but robust women alone can wear the
new gigantic flowers in vogue with any
sense of proportion. Two suffice, usu-
ally One is poses on the left Shout
der, another on the skirt towards the
right side at the hem. The right Shout
der should have jeweled chains.
A lace shawl also comes into use on
pointed wraps, falling over the satin
shawl drapery Mt the back. which is
often plated into a high yoke. The
ends are draped into the fronts with
good effect Some additional lace to
make hood and add fiouncing, will
turn it cut to be very smart, indeed,
when finished.
There are heavy bengalines called
cotle dor having cross cords an inch
apart, which are ut least a quarter of
an inch in width. used for dressy even
ing wraps of decided distinction. AS
the eye becomes accustomed to these
shawl-shape cloaks, we shall grow TO
like them more and more.
Quite the newest fad in vogue is the
opera and theatre mood.
Imagine q very Dig crown and a
short straight front made of the love-
hest Louis XVI silks. A white silk
ground with rose pink satin stripes and
small garlands running close to them.