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lace around the neck and wrists, a
narrow ribbon tie at the throat, make
sufficiently smart-looking gown to
satisfy the taste of those who like
dainty lingerie. 1t is now an easy mat
ter to be clothed from head to foot in
the finest Saxony wool garments, from
caps and toques, elastic-woven one
piece under garments, ETC., to stock
ings, leggings and slippers. The new
wool corsets are as pliable and easy to
wear as a French model in silk or
satin.
Tempting patterns of exceedingly
seasons genuine bargains in various
importing houses in the city. Some
have grounds in richly shaded effects
under beautiful designs of small flow
ers, discs, dots and circles Shot and
flowered taffetas offered the last week
were lovely in coloring and design and
Of lustrous, beautiful quality; also
heavy changeable American surahs
with iridescent house gowns, bodice
trimmings and cape figures in raised
satin. These silks make lovely house
gowns, bodice trimmings, cape and
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little girls.
New cold-weather shirt-waists are
made of velvet, fancy plaided faille
with satin bars of contrasting color
corduroy, English velveteen, plain
striped or olka-dotted silk and wool
fancies, soft French fiannels almost as
finely woven as ladies' cloth, in rich
winter dyes, and drap d'Alma and drap
d'ete. Roman striped satins and pref
ty natty silks are much favored for
dressy uses, and with these waists is
usually club tie of matching fabric
and pattern.
There is again a decided fancy for
dress buttons of every color, size and
style, and on many of the r1ew display
cards at the button counters are shown
three distinct sizes for the skirt, bodice
and jacket. Many Of the smallest but
tons are like the finest gold-framed
jewels in their delicate beauty of color
and design, and very many of the new
styles from Paris and Vienna are set
like the most expensive gems in low
mountings of chased gold, frosted silver
and fine-cut steel. Jet, opal, enamel in
artistic colorings, and old bronze but
tons set in riveted points framing
dainty miniature medallions, profiles
IN cameo, etc., are familiar styles this
season. Many of the costly dress gar
nitures have buttons to match which
are not intended to have any strain
upon them, but merely finish strap
ends, lacings at the back of the sheath
shaped skirt, mock button holes on
jackets, skirt fronts, etc. When used
upon the bodice they are usually fas-
tened on the outside, or, again, in the
center Of handsome gimp or chenille
trimmings en- applique, the bodice clos
ing with strong hooks and eyes set
upon an invisible fly
Never before were so many cold
weather jackets, blouses and coats
made with open cutaway fronts, show
ing WaiStcoats, plastronS, ETC., of airy
summer-like textiles. It<seems absurd
TO introduce chiffon or net in the form
of a vest, on the front of a tailor made
cloth gown, for suits of this class are
intended merely for general wear, and
the incongruity of the associated but
diverse fabrics challenges ones COM
mon sense. Nevertheless, this particu-
lar feature Of day dress is a decidedly
marked one among many autumn and
not few early winter styles.
Muffs Of velvet to match the hat and
pelerine will be very fashionably worn
with any stylish street costume, and
these are made round or fiat as one
prefers, but each shape is moderately
large. The fiat ones with doubled ruff
f1es of velvet at each end are the
prettiest; others are shaped like
butterfly, with fur or chenille body,
and large wings of velvet bows, and
natural-sized velvet poppies or or
chids which harmonic in color with
the hat trimmings and the Innings to
pelerine and muff. Other fanciful
muffs are made of black velours du
Nord, almost covered with dropping
feathers thickly figured with white
chenille dots. The hat en- suite is
trimmed with corresponding plumes,
and the shoulder-cape and muff are
lined with white satin.
Gray-fox fur shoulder capes and
muffs are exceedingly stylish. and will
this year be worn with any and every
color Of gown. They look particularly
handsome en- suite with the new beau
tiful dyes in deep jacque-rose red, pc
tunia, ruby, violet and Russian green
cloth costumes. This delicate fur is
especially becoming to young girls with
color, and there are some simple, styl-
ish costumes in friars' gray, winter-sky
and froSt-gray cloths that are greatly
enriched and wholly transformed bv
the addition of these handsome fur