Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
But in a general way it is just the same

but IN a general way 1T is Just the same
Samuel.
good form. White is a good investment,
for after a seasons wear it can be
cleaned and covered with black lace or
net, than which nothing is more beauti-
full or effective. Black and white never
go out of style. Anyone possessing a
lace shawl is in luck indeed, for it can
be used over white or black, and a black
SILK dress can be made to look very chic
with a shawl as drapery, the point form
ing an apron in front and the ends meet
ing in the back either tied in a knot or
gathered together to fall in two points
down the center.
1t is wise in selecting material for an
evening gown to have something that
can be utilized in this way next season.
Chiffon is always fashionable and can
be made to look fresh by dipping in al
cohol and pinning out. Chiffon wells
can be worn a long time by washing
and pinning out. Strange as It may
seem, any color chiffon can be washed in
soap and water and come out none the
worse, but rather the better.
A pretty evening wrap of cloth, lined
with silk, some lace about the neck, or
a velvet collar and yoke. is effective. This
could be made for SIS.
In the selecting Of costumes the wo-
man of limited means would be wise to
confine herself to as few coIors as pos
sible. A WELT dressed woman is no
know by the multiplicity of colors or
styles that she wears, but rather by the
becomingness n general appropriate
ness of her costumes. One of the best
dressed women in New York always
wears about the same style of gown,
varying a little as fashion dictates;
never any extreme one way or the other
never a variety of colors-holding al
WlNS To thp 60 mo thipo- n ND che ;- ,,,+oI
for her exquisite taste-Marion Donahue,
in PittSburS Dispatch.
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TO have a green room does not imply
that one is a theatrical manager nova
days, but the possession of Such an
apartment is apt to stamp one as very
u~p-to-datc and an artistic person as
well. The decorators have all sorts of
w to the question: "Why are
green rooms the fad?" One says that
they are soothing to the eyes and to the
nerves. Another declares that they are
good all-year-round rooms. A blue or
q red room is not. The former is toe
cool for winter, the latter too warm for
summer, unless the furniture is of will
loW, and in hat case the rich effect
which is the first charm of the red room
is missed. A third thinks that the pre-.
vai'ing popularity of mahogany-tinteG
i''i accounts ~ Vie ItW DOIU love Ol
green rooms. This background was 6
becoming Whim of bronze-haired Mrs
Potter. One art furniture man, not tc
be outdone in originality, say that the
approach of the evergreen season is the
reason for the green rooms. Holly looks
we'll in a green room, he says. one
would have to search a long while, how.
ever, to find q room in which holly would
not oOk well.
The green room of present-day fancy
is either in dark shades. with light oal
Woodwork, or in silvery, ~sage-green
with mahogany, teakWood or black GAL
furniture. Occasionally a brilliant
splash of red is permitted in wall border
couch pillows or candle shades. and huge
droWsy peoples are the popular design
A green bookroom in which a man of not
appallingly tudious mind spends most
OF ms time has very effective boob
shelves of white wood to match the old.
fashioned white marble mantlepiece.