Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-12

B hand This use OF br0cad5 TOT sepai a'0
I waists is a new departure and VIII oe d
boon 90 the fortunate woman WIN U.s.
| who has happened 20 buy Drocaue u
| figured silk remnant at the recent sa'es'
WRISTBANDS.
Very broad draped Wristbands are one
NJ tine new ideas. When made as por-
ton OF the corsage they disappear De
meath the second dart, reappear at the
under-arm seams. and close al the Dack
beneath a long buckle. as shown IN our
illustration. They are fashioned OF slih'
the color Of the skirt or corsage. When the
norton OF this costume is Of bolero shape
the drapery is worn beneath; when other
wise IL Is passed over the waist. they
are. I'm many cases. the same height all
around. and supported slightly, back and
front by thin whaleb0nes When buckle
is not used. they are closed by hooks ana
eyes hidden beneath narrow frilling
In the case Of wristbands just now ex-
tremos rule. They are either very wide.
as just described. or a very narrow band
OF ribbon or draped silk or velvet.
SAFE AND YET AN ORNAMENT.
The very latest fad Of fashion in regard
10 the watch and the place TO wear II Is
shown in our Illustration. OF course, this
applies only to those tiny ones which are
now considered the correct thing. As you
will see. the watch itself is contained IN
The top Of a huge collar-button, and worn
through the cape Of the coat. Here it is
an ornament. and yet absolutely safe.
Orders have been received by leading
jewellers 10 make these buttons as recep-
tacles for watches already owned. A lit
tie opening on the side in this case IS
loft for the stem by which the watch is
wound.
SEPARATE JACKETS.
jackets are 10 be much worn this year,
the small sleeves and fitted waists Of the
new gowns lending themselves to placing
them again i'm a prominent position in
the wardrobe This will be good news 10
most women 1t is very easy 20 make
figure which looks we'll in a coat, and
really handsome garment can be afforded
when many suits. with their jackets to
match are an impossibility. OF course.
The watch IN the buttonhole is better
worn in the firm cloth of a separate coat
han i'm those of suits.
THE "GREUZE" COIFFURE.
Why, oh why, did we not think Of this
pretty style sooner? I have called It an
arrangement for long faces. but l think
T should have said young faces, for the
mood or rlDDOn passing over lhe Top Oh
le head through the bunch Of curls on
Their side is more happily adapted TO the
1ung than to those who have parted
it'll the first bloom of youth. The style
as also. as you Will readily understand.
flavor of artistic simplicity. How this
ainty. light couture IS to be contrived
With locks of great length and thickness
We cannot imagine. Doubtless, however,
he inventive genius Of the hair-dresser
viii see the surrounding of so trihing a
lfculty. The Arrangement is novelty
hat has lately appeared in Paris and is
copied from tho great artists heads with
very slight notifications.
THE FROU-FROU FRILL
IL is a merciful dispensation of Dame
Fashion-always provided, of course. it
be true-that the frou-frou fri0 so far
as our walking skirts are concerned, IS
TO be abolished The proposed mode IS still
so much in its infancy that ] must frank
lv confess it's omission has only met my
discerning eye some two or three times;
although l can, from sad and bitter eX-
perience. well understand how the sug-
cestion has come about You have only