Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-16
Id SMART SETS STRIKINGLY STUNNING SURPRISES.
ON CORRESPONDENT LANDS AN
,,crusrvE mr. OF srRISc NEWS.
SPRINGS FIRST FASHION FEATURE.
III and Interesting Advance Ac-
amt OF the Novelties, written by
ono who Has Personally Feastcd
H. Eyes on tho Pretty Copccits.
l~orr,snondenco Of the Dispatch)

.f.rt waists an apSViuNc HVCNSSi'Ss AHss
mystery only TO be understood by
.,, feminine mind for when die man ever
90 buy his summer OUTFIT when snow
lee relgned supreme and furs were
only desirable wear? MOI woman
understands this. and n you ask
.bv will explain. with scornfui sur
your ignorance, ''The shops have
sh.rt-waist openings in January.
don't secure the new models
the novelties now they cannot be
...eht later" and her statement IS cor
,.t strange 70 say.
1r The first place. my readers. you
-~,st give away your lovely transparent
,~rendie waist OF last year, for while
,.ere is little, IL any. change in the cut,
l,.oue materials are de rigeur for wash
.s.s Piaues white shifting linens,
..r,as cloth. ginghams, sateens so fine
r luetrOus that they look like silk,
.. made up shown at the openings as
.,. only correct thing. There are many
,lto waists. tho handsomest IN pique,
...r, with attached cuffs and detachable
..r.rs. These details remain the same
frst wear. The full fronts are gathered
.. tre short yoke and the effect gained
rv fne material. and cut only as a con-
+-..f 90 these are waists OF white, short
l.s-m linen, made I'm the same way, but
clio nu fronts are ornamentcd by clusters
.rero tucks slanting to the centre. There
s.a other white waists shown, lawns
md laupets Pique in checks with PIN
had dots of color and plain pink, laven-
s.r and blue are charming and new.
c.reham is IN high favor, complicated
vi plaids. two-toned checks, and dainty
r-,. of white on cOlored grounds are dis
-r.,ei These have detachable collars to
match. but white may be correctly worn
.r place of these.
i'm sateens. perhaps the prettiest de-
s..rs are those with white stripes like
Fila einghams, on colored grounds spotted
With pin-head dots in black.
1n the canvas cloth waists we find pale
crsan p'aids artistically mingled with red
rose. and blue, yellow and green combi-
nations in the cambrics and percales
are lovely checks on white grounds. The
bars forming these checks are nearly an
i-.1 Wide and are in floral designs. eX-
osiste lavender. and pale-blues. Cross
irr these are other floral bars mingled
with stripes Of black.
The rage for grey has reached and
claimed the shrt-waist at last, and some
of The prcttiest and most becoming are
rnfds of an tones Of grey. have writ
ian becoming" but let the blonde and
the pale woman beware Of them. They
are only for pink cheeks or faces with
dark. rich cOlOrings.
The latest fin jewelry IS the tendency
10 render jewelry something more than
the mere accessory Of wOman's attire.
This tendency is very marked and much
Of the stock Of every fashionable Jeweller
consists OF articles Of daily use, having
an artistic, as we'll as intrinsic, value.
Foremost among these stand buckles,
which the universal fashion for belts has
rendered the almost necessary compile
ment Of every elegant costume. Serpents |
twisted into an endless variety OF forms !
continue % provide many OF the designs, /
.recutcd either in dull gold only, or /
With polished stones let in here and |
there: but the greater novelties are the /
buckles whose shape and decoration APP /
pear 20 have been copied from the Louis /
lV. and Louis XVI. picture frames in /
rived. gilded wood that connoisseurs |
pow value so highly They are square |
,h'ong. oval. round now decorated at the |
TOP. now decorated at the corners. or of |
such complicated shapes as the shell and |
-0cocO styles suggest. and are generally /
paras0l and umbrella handles provide an
)ther favorite object for the exercise Of
he jewellers art. Here fancy has full
Jay both in design and in the choice Of
Material The heads Of Parrots, cocka-
COS. and all manner Of strange wild
owl. besides the more familiar duck,
0ck and swan. are chiselled out Of rock
rystal. jade, jasper. onyx cornaline, |
lo0dstone. iapis-lazuli and the like, two
r more Of them being combined to rep
esent the different colOrs Of the beak
nd the plumage The slender neck Of
he swan, twisted into loop. makes a
Conventional handle, and the heads Of
lng-beaked birds are also singled out
or the same reason. A swans head in
lack steel-eclat being given 70 it by the
edition OF diamond eyes-is particularly
li-able for an umbrella. But the jeweller
oes not conhne himself TO ornitholOgy,
e goes fin for the strictly conventional (
nd the fanciful by turns. For knobs, the
void form prevails. whether in smoothly
0ished crystal or stone. or in frosted
Old speckled with small diamonds or
earls; handles Of this sort generally form
art OF a set, Including it and twelve !
1nts for the parasol ribs. a pretty
Jnceit IS imagined for the point Of a
dy's tan cane; IL Is made in the form I
pine cone, and Is clustered over with
almonds. each half opened scale show /
g bright gold within. Clasps for cloaks 2
re being restored 10 favor. Vever edits
me new and beautiful designs, bor-
.wed from natural forms. such as the {
Use chestnut, the mistletoe, and the
stle. the stalks twisted into a frame :
r an unstudied arrangement Of leaves. Z
ries. or flowers. the whole executed in :
DID, Furnished and enamelled. Among !
e small knick-knacks that gain i'm :
Irtnce from being produced in the pre- =
Ours metals and jcwelled are gold rings +
r the housewives bunch of keys set ,
lh "a carbuncle or cats eve. Il
There is a sudden furOre for turquoise.
ifquoise hearts are considered the !,
lntiest Of all the hearts worn as pend b
ltr Large oval turquoise are I'm special /,
quest for rings and these are worn as !
uch ~ men as by women, and tur- =
Io.se beads are beginning 10 be used in =
cad Of pearls 20 introduce into the fine
I'D chains 10 which eyeglasses and fans =
e suspended. .
A pretty cOnceit for a brooch IS n small ,
rt0'se carved out Of a dark stone. the
puies shell covered with n network Of a
|i hligree set with turquoise. p
Beads hold an important place IN the y
IMPOSITION Of collars. Dark agate or
ack steel beads compose ornaments that y
we the advantage Of being suitable 10 3
ml-t0iictte as well as evening dress II
~ a youthful throat q neclllet Of rose u
tied coral beads IS becoming and quite o.
e vogue. coral having been reinstated y"
favor The more usual way Is to 81
ing them IN several rows passed Ct
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