Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-28

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and expensive. qualities, at least we
can follow the shape, color and gener-
! al styles, and that is what all America
| will do. We know now just what the
leading modes are to be, and now that
we are settled upon that point let us
see what they are. First there nust
have been three or four tons of jet
beading on view N the great show.
When one remembers that this place
covers one great big city block and
that around three sides Of it were
packed in boxes all the men and wom-
en- in "sassiety," one can imagine the
quantity of jet and spanSles when I
say that four out Of every five women
glowed and scintiilated like a circus
rider; only the most of these spangles
and beads were black.
The black gowns and coats and also
hats outnumbered all those of other
colors by more than one-half. Gray
came next. White, in cloth, venetian
and velvet, was conspicuous, and black
and white in combination often seen.
Next to these came the soft and pleas
ing pastel tints in cloth, china Grape
and velvet. Cloth is oftenest seen,
china Grape next and velvet next.
doubt II there was one purely silk
gown there, though I did see one or
two of black satin duchess heavily
beaded.
The cloth is made up into the most
elegant of tailor suits. Stitching and
extremely fine braiding seem to be the
preferred ornamentation. The severity
of lines and perfection Of finish are al
most exaggerated IN these, yet the re-
suit justifes them There were some
prune and mauve shades, also some
automobile and brick dust reds and a
very few blue shades seen. The black
and gray are ahead Of everything.
There were two shades Of green in EVIL
dence in cloth and velvet.
1t would be impossible to go into de-
tails as to each lady's costume, but I
may say almost every skirt was tight
around the hips and faring more or
less at the bottom, which was very
wide, and the skirts are too long really
for walking. The effort to bring for
ward plated skirts seems to have fall
en- fat, so FAR as the fashions set at the
horse show are concerned.
The poke and great empire bonnet
have also received their quietus, and
we see nothing but turbans, large and
small, capotes Of every conceivable
kind Of material and with no end Of
spangled lace and tulle, toques It'll
you can't rest" as one lady said. The
toques are exceedingly dressy and are
small and close or large and covered
with anything you want to put upon
them from feathers to Jewels, from
lace and ribbon to fur, some Of the
most effective being composed for the
most part Of fur. I have been saving
the best to the last. To every ones
surprise there were numbers of Gains
borough picture hats in velvet of differ
ent colors. though mostly black, and
covered with magnificent ostrich
plumes. The Gainsborough hat is to
be set On the right side Of the head so
that the wide brim forms almost an
aureole in shape for the face They
are picturesque to a degree and, taken
with the superb velvet and fur gar
ments, make lovely woman look like
dream Of beauty. Many white Gains
boroughs were seen with enormous
picture plumes. These were the lead
ing styles.
The wraps were SO beautiful and
So many that one Is bewildered trying
to remember them. There are sur
touts of velvet bordered with fur.
These are sumptuous and comfortable.
There are regular Newmarket shapes
in velvet and fur, and there are cloth
ones in the same shape, all bordered
apparently with whatever fur came
handiest. Chinchilla is seen in many
rich garments. 1t Is costly,
and the soft gray shades are exquisite.
Mrs. Prescott Lawrence wore a silk
warp henrietta cloth, sweeping IN
length and trimmed with narrow mil
liners folds Of pale blue satin. There
was long cloak Of the black lined and
bound with the blue. A picture hat was
of the pale blue. with ostrich plumes. |
This combination Of pale blue and |
black is very Frenchy and taking.
OLIVE HARPER.