The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-08

SUFFICIENT fullnees TO set comfortaoiy
over the shoulders and upper arm. this
large cape collar gives a breadth
which is very
In hat o~rnamentation give you
this week a decided novelty. IL lis a
tortoise shell comb rimmed with rhine
stones and worn, not I'm the hair. but
on the hat. Its apparent mission and
raison d'etre Is TO catch and hold to-
gether folds of net and tn hold i'm place
three black wings. As this hat Is
shown by one of our best houses we
have presented il. and lovers of the
latest fad will after this no doubt
wear their combs alternately in their
hats and their hair.
SPANGLES AND CHIFFON.
As the season advances II becomes
more and more evident hat the key
note of the elegant mode is-spangles,
spangles, spangles. The fashionable
woman of the present m Is so be-
%sequined, or. as l heard a "mere man
express IL the other day. so be
bugled." that she glitters as though
in armor, and this within has, IL must
be confessed, many points i'm it's favor.
IL is a distinctly pretty whim. to be-
gin with, and certainly makes for
smartness, and-greatest recommended
ton of all to the ultra-fastidious
dresser-it Is so expensive mat IL Is
absolutely impossible to copy IL In in
ferior materials, and IL, therefore. not
likely to become common. l have al
ways a a strong leaning towards
sequins myself, and the other day. no
ticing quite "A simple little blouse of
s~equined material. 1 straightway en-
tered the store wherein IL lived as
the children say. and inquired the
price. twenty-five dollars, madame"
said the assistant. blandly, Ia Paris
ian model, only just received. Would
you like me to take Ii out of the win
dow" But ! fled precipitately. Twen-
ty-five dollars. l am afraid to say
how many smart waists | should re-
quire for that sum. l leave IL to the
imagination of the economical read
er, who may be. like myself. Of a fru-
gal turn of mind. But to return to the
subject of sequins. One very smart
mode of using these, IL your means
will not permit of "a whole bodice I'm
this fascinating style. is to have the
front thereof draped i'm sequined net.
and the thicker that fimsy material is
sewed with the sequins the more fash
onable an appearance you will pre-
sent.
To-day we have the a~potheOsis Of
chiffon as well as that of sequins. One
implies the other as IL were. II Is
chiffon-chiffon all the way; evening
dresses. hats. vests for day wear. ruff
fies. muffs, are alike made OF CHIFFON.
This is not "A state of affairs at which
any amiable woman can possibly
grumble; chiffon making Enthusiastically
for grace and extravaganza the while.
what better idol can we want to set
on Might've, the pioneers of the prod
igal? The most attractive evening
dresses which are made of chiffon are
white. decorated with patterns of
black lace, alternating with a liberal
dotting Of silver sequins. the decol-
letage of such gowns usually showing
many Fittings of the white chiffon.
fastened with a bunch of roses at the
side.
I have Just been interviewing the
ideal hair namen to accompany
such chiffon gowns in the evening, and
this-always supposing that you do
not possess beautiful diamond combs
and ornaments-is formed of a tulle
diamante. whence energies a single
flower. BY the way, the Incompatible
chiffon in which O must be arrayed
may easily be used for n hair orna-
ment, just "A twist around the knot,
tied into a little bow in the front,
with the stem of the flower thrust
through this and pinned with a dia-
mond m the blossom standing
erect, and you arrive at a pretty head
dress, The newest chiffon fronts have
dozens of tucks forming a round yoke,
and the latest boas show pleatings of
chiffon fastened with velvet rosettes.
And just let me give a word of friend
~ greeting To those chiffon NUTS
which form so delightful a finish to a
spring costume. looking specially well
when worn with a boa to match. But
perhaps OF all the uses to which chiffon
is put the most effective is the we'd
ding gown. Entirely mad of chiffon
was a wedding gown | saw recently.
and 1t was quite delightful. IL wa.
chiffon localized by insertions of real
lace: IL was chiffon pleated from the
waist. gathered all about the bodice.
and decorated with transparent lace
sleeves and the bride wore "A chiffon
veil with much grace.
THE TORTOISE AS a PLAYTHING.
The fancy for the tortoise as a play
thing has by no means abated i'm Paris,
but that time has tempered the ardor
of it's patrons, who now condescend Ia
wear a golden counterfeit of their pet
and cover il with n shell e~ncrusted
with precious stones. Some OF the
latest models in these have their heads
and legs on wires. so that they move
and they are used to adorn neck chains
and bangles, and will no doubt I'm tn,
immediate future be worked into the
tops OF parasols. And. by the way
the most beautiful of the parasols are
all made Of chiffon. Was I not right
in saying it was c~hiffon-chifon al