The record-union., 1899-10-22

~ w
silks and satins, and in plain or flow
cred STRIPES both WIDE ana narrow, IN
silk and satin alternately.
Excepting in yellow and black, satin
this season is not considered as fash
ionable as peau de sole satin matelasse,
Victoria silk, faille, bengaline and other
qualities of repped silk. When tinted
satin is used, it generally composes the
very effective foundation for toilets or
net, tulle, and mousSeline de sole. Black
net, plain or brilliantly figured in jet
applique devices made up over black
satin duchesse, is considered very
smart, with cherry or orange velvet
garnitures on the jetted bodice
Black moire Francaise looks we'll under
black figured net or tulle. Black nets
striped and dotted with black chenille,
over yellow satin, are elegantly made
up with garnitures of green velvet and
narrow lines of sable or mink fud. With
French ateliers. there is still the con-
stant striving after a mingling of odd
and striking colors.
Among new fashions comes that of
making out-of-dOor coats and like
wise jacket bodies for indoor wear quite
long in front, but short at the back, or
short in front, with greatly elongated
backs. 1t is not unlikely that the old
style swallow-tail coats. with narrow
| lengths reaching we'll down on the dress
skirt at the back, viii again prevail. On
one or two French models in this style
the long Directoire ends were lined
with silk a shade lighter than the cloth
fabric one being a dahlia Venetian
cloth with a mauve silk lining. In an
other instance, on a cocoa brown
pretty shade of reseda green formed
the Liberty satin lining.
For practical autumn uses there is
now a great demand for fabric gloves
| of e-finished cashmere in black,
dark gray and all the varying shades
of tan and russet. The stitching is in
tiny silk points Eight-button Mouse
quetaire evening gloves have backs
stitched in their own color, contrasts
being avoided. Dogskin gants in gray
or reddish brown, stitched in a darker
shade of silk, and fastened with four
! large buttons, are still used for travel
ing and shopping. Four button black
suede gloves are fancy-stitched in
white, but the best makes have the fin
| ger-seams stitched in black.
| Some of the new fur capes for the
! cold days of late autumn are fashioned
| to fit the shoulders closely and reach
/ below the waist They have high. styl-
! ish collars, and many have this collar
/ of contrasting fur matching a shaped
ruffie, which borders the cape and is
carried up the fronts in constantly de-
| creasing widths, to the neck. There are
also shown some Independent fur peler-
| ines for wear above cloth redngotes
and princesse dresses, which do not
| look we'll with any sort of coat or long
| cape above them. Short all around,
! barely reaching to the shoulder-tips,
| these little garments terminate IL fiat
stole fronts, the ends of some of them
| reaching almost to the skirt-hem. At
present these are only shown in very
| expensive furs, but the style will doubt
! less be copied in varieties considerably
/ less costly The stole-shaped ends pro-
| tect the chest from cold, but no protec-
! tion is given to the back or the arms
!
Red will be even more popular for
the autumn and winter than 1t has been
| the past summer. 1t is very cheerful
| looking color for house wear during the
dreary season, and, if the right shade
/ is chosen, red is, as a rule, d becoming
/ dye. The cerise and magenta reds, so
popular for folded velvet collars gir-
dies and other accessories of the bodice,
were decidedly trying, but there are
now dahlia and wine shades, as we'll as
new reds in geranium and cherry tones
and likewise any number of other
shades of the primary color, so no wo-
man need do herself injustice by wear
ing an unbecoming shade.
The importing houses and fancy dry
goods stores are this week filled with
countless new and lovely fancies in
neckwear, which will prove exception
ally tempting to all women who love
such dainty and beautiful accessories.
Any attempt at description must be
/ failure, so far as completeness of detail
is concerned, for one must see with her
own eyes the intricate manipulation of
chiffon. net, tulle, etc, and the delicacy
and beauty of the patterns of the l9ces
which so artistically and daintily COM
plete them.
In spite of all the gay stripes, fancy
plaids, the heather-mixed suitings of
various sorts, etc, the pretty shep-
| herds check woods in their various
quiet and ladylike color mixtures, with
simple, perfectly hung cloth in one of
the shades in the check, still form one
Of the neatest and. in it's way, smartest
of the suits appropriate for travelling,
walking, shopping. and general utility