Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-21

white silk polka dots worked upon 1t,
is exceptionally pretty. There is another
old color revived in these cashmeres
and velveteens, and that is crushed
raspberry, a sort Of purplish pink with
suspicion of cream aud sugar in it.
Those shirt waists for out of doors
and for ordinary home wear are rather
plain and not so much peuched as they
were. a box plait down the front
shows three quite large fiat gilt but
tons. These have cuffs and cuff but
tons also. The velveteen waists have
dots worked in white floss also. They
are to have white linen rundown col
lars or high stocks of the same ma
terial. with fancy little cravat bows at
the front
The backs to all these winter shirt
waists have tight lining. and few
have yokes. the plaits or gathers being
drawn snugly under a belt which Is
stitched on. Over this one can wear
jetted. jeweled or dog collar belt or
none at all.
Norfolk plaits are very effective on
all the woolen and velvet or velveteen
waists. The silk ones are corded in
wonderful styles. Plaid waists are
pretty for very slender young figures,
and there are enough of them. They
are generally arranged in such way
that the principal stripe in the plaid
forms sort of trimming There is
scarcely anything in woolens that is
not employed for shirt waists Many
of the same material as the skirt are
seen, but they are always so made as
to be available for wear with any 9TH
er skirt. saw number of black
waists of drap d'ete. silk warp henri
eta and cashmere Some were left
entirely black. but others had red. vel
low. blue or purple dots. White on
black would appear like half mourn
ing unless colored tie were to be
worn with il.
Now we come to the evening waists.
These are all Independent of skirts
and are of every beautiful and costly
thing under the sun. These deserve
whole new list of adiectives. Silk vel
vet is as common as calico in these.
One was made of the automobile red.
with an embossed design of silvery
silk embroidery. 1t was lined all
through with white silk. One was of
a pale ashes of roses gray. with insets
OF exquisite real lace. Another was Of
old rose satin, hand embroidered in
open design in white silk.
There are white taffetas with black
knots of embroidery and trimmed with
black silk guipure laid on fiat. Others
are Of the beautiful and effective cut
work in white silk applied over gold
tissue or some other effective color in
silk Or satin. There are soft grays
and creams in silks and veIvets, with
insets or overlays of magnificent lace
motifs, and others with French raised
knots of black or white all over the
surface. These dots or knots are all
done by hand
One clouded taffeta in gray and pink
had vest front of chiffon. with
rosettes in place of buttons There
were corded lines on the sleeves and
'ttNINii Nbltu were
lines of lace. The silk was edged with
scallops of three tiny ribbons. one
light pink and two of gray Another
Of dark gray ribbed silk had motifs of
lace applied in front and a complicated
trimming around the neck and down
to the waist line. leaving a V TO be
filed in with a fancy stock and vest
of white silk null One more | will
mention of old rose French cashmere
The front of the waist was braided in
fine black silk soutache The yoke
and sleeves We're overlaid with all
over lace in butter color.
All these pretty silk and lace and
velvet waists for evening call for a
multitude of other dainty things. such
as richly wrought buckles for belts.
almost as fine as any jewelry, and
also the metal and jeweled belts. The
fancy buckles are mostly in a large de-
sign of leaves like mistletoe and holly,
with enameled berries or plain gold
ones. OLIVE HARPER.