El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20
OF Interest To Women.
Buffalo Express.

Buffalo Express.
One of the coolest d daintie-t OF
summer frocks is made of soft, white
cashmere. The skirt Is cut with
shaped flounce, bordered and headed
| by closely stitched bands, and the
jsunty little coat, with front just bot
| toning over the vest. with gold hl1gree
buttons, studded with turquoise. is
rounded off to show smart vest. "A
cape collar at the back and wide revers
are of frilled white satin, enriched by
insertions of guipure lace. Another
| dainty summer fancy seen on the street
| the other day was a frock OF maize
| tinted alpaca, made over foundation
of maize-tip ted silk, with stitched
seam down the csnter of the front
Above the corselet bodice it has deep
| bertha of velvet, embroidered with
| white ribbons, and then a tiny yoke OF
tucked white chiffon, while the collar
and belt were of cream white velvet,
shading to deepest orange.
The girl ath lete has revOlutiOnized
the fashionable figures. She has been
at work upon it for some time and her
clientele has steadily increased. She
rides and rows and swiIus and is big
and brown and muscular. Her poise Is
perfect and she has a splendid appe-
lite: when she went in for athletics IN
earnest she snapped her fingers in the
face of Madame Grundy, who refused |
her recognition, and concluded that it /
was better to be comfortable than Is /
the fashion. Now Madame Grundy is /
suing her favor and has made her the 1
fashion. The hour glass figure aud
the wasp-waisted women must 60.
The end of the century woman Is
creature of magnificent proportions. |
If she be > feet inches tall she must L
have q measurement OF % inches. She
should weigh $50 pounds, her bust
.hould measure 30 inches, her arm ID /
inches, and she should wear a No. IA
collar. These measurement are relat- /
i've, for even athletics cannot increase |
a woman's height.
One of the fashionable silk petticoats |
now costs almost as much as a silk 1
gown: but some new fabrics have been /
broug bit out, which have good effect /
at considerable reduction in cost.
Among these are the new silk muslins,
which have all the. stiff resistance of
horsehair, moirette and gloria: they |
rustic like silk, and when trimmed
with plenty of lace and insertion an
swer the purpose extremely we'll. We
are falling into the great mistakes of
over-hesvy skirts; a fashionable gown
is, in fact, two gowns, one worn over
the other, and the petticoats are ar
ranged on much the same plan, for
beneath the outer hounce there is an
under one with several frills, and all
this depending from the waist is ex-
bad from hggienic point of
view.
The very smartest hat that has ap-
peared for long time is Of white leg
horn trimmed with two long, soft
white plumes. Another pretty white
leghOrn picture hat seen recently was
trimmed simply with podding red roses.
Thep we're heaped up all about the
crown, from which they were allowed
to fall in every direction, some as
and pert as if they were grow
ing struggling over the brim and
other standing up in their own rose
bush. There are SO many new wrinkles
in millinery that it is impossible to
ificial fruit Is being used in trimming I
hats. Cherries are in vogue on the
other side, and when used as q trim
ming on hats OF a deep yellow straw
are very smart. They are frequently
combined with black velvet bows.
White gull wings make q pretty trim
ming for white sailor hats and white
and black combinations in millinery
grow hourly in favor. The sailor hat
of white patent leather is worn is New
York. In fine weather q scarf of white
chiffon is twisted about the crown and
a bunch of flowers is laid carelessly on
the brim. When the weather is threat
ening a white surah sash takes the
place of the chiffon and white or
black wing is caught at one side. An
odd little contrivance in millinery is of
II H. a. NV
tulle is arranged in q great fluffy circle
and in the center there is space for
the couture. From the back fall two