The times., 1899-05-28
Chin jewel DROPS
And ROUGED EARS
These Are the Latest Whims
From Paris.
Summer Gowns Fairly Foam Over
With Lace.
Net overskirts Fit the Body Like n
sheath-GrowinE Passion
for Fringe.

pretty pink ear lobes pierced or repierced
for the sake of 4 mode that seems only
to be a passing fancy, and others have
bought little hooks OF invisible wire or
clasps that pinch the lobe closely, and,
with these for aids. have taken generously
to the earring movement. OF course, all
such patent fasteners are liable, while
woman dances or even emphatically mods
her head, to shake free from their hold,
and in consequence there are amazingly
few earrings made up of genuine gems
There is no loss in brillIancy or beauty
because the mock pearls, diamonds, and
rubies are employed, and though oder
women have to an important extent re-
assumed their pearl ear studs the youth
full generation have adopted, in all good
taste, the conceit of the Neapolitan ear
hoop. A thread of gold, strung with five
small tinted pearls, is the choice oftenest
made, and girls who fully and softly POM
padour their hair, letting the silken tress
droop over the ear tops, get very inter
esting effects with their pearl circlets
bobbing over muslin clad >houlders.
This whim for earrings has had a decided
effect upon the dress-loving sex Women
have suddenly discovered that small and
delicately shaped as their ears may be, one
essential element of beauty is missing
when these useful features lack color. 4
woman with pale ears can safely be set
down as one whose heart is hard 10 reach.
while she whose ears are sweetly pink,
along the curled rims and downy lobes, is
a creature OF sympathetic and responsive
temperament. More important still.
well-colored ear is as becoming as a rosy
cheek, and in consequence many scrupu-
Ious girl, who would scorn 10 even dust her
cheek with powder, thinks it no evil TO
delicately rouge her ears till they glow
with color as tender as that in ounce
flowers.
Apropos OF these small varieties OF dress.
mention is due some of the gay novelties
in ieweled ornaments just brought out for
service with summer silk, organdies, and
lawns. The woman who a month ago con-
sidered her hold on public esteem quite
lost unless she wore jet colored glass or
coral bead chain, is now confident that a
Valliere is as essential to her happiness.
Even with white linen shirt collars the
rather quantity pretty chin jewel drops, so
TO speak, are used, though every woman
has her own particular notion of how a
Naliiere should be used.
When they first came out in Paris last
autumn, two diamonds of equal light but
different tints. else two pearls, were fas-
tened at either end of a bit of hair with a
fine gold chain about four inches long.
This chain was tucked and fastened inside
a high lace and silk dress collar, and then
the jewel ends were drawn out TO hang
and sparkle or glow under the chin.
NON We see La Nalliere put to newer
uses The gold chain is finished often as
not by cut crystal balls mock pezr OF
abnormal sizes or a couple OF wee jeWeled
bees or frogs. The ornament. though en-
ployeG as in Paris. has more frequency
its chain slippsd noosewise around the
knot OF q lace, satin or chiZon jabot four
in-hand the ends then allowed TO hang
free in tie jabots frills.
BY another method La Ealliere also
serves as a watch FOB. tiny jewe ed
watch, hardly larger than a scent piece,
lie tucked inside the neck OF a decollete
corsage for balls and dinners, and the lit
tie decorated chain, made fast to the ring
over the stem winder, hangs out and an
swers corsage ornament
All of the new buckles, buttons and belt
slides, copied after the styles of antique
ornaments, are set with square cut bril-
liants and paste gems such as were the
mode in George III andfLouis WIS day.
Most Of the brooches and shoe buckles.
etc, also have their paste Jewels set in
silver as was the mode OF the eighteenth
century. \ gentle infatuation has been
conveyed from Paris for beautiful intagliu
rings cut in amethyst, sapphire, moon
stones, or even crystal. The intaglio is
not put in a band or crown setting, but
like the ordinary scarabeus ring is pivoted
on silver or gold circlet.
In the evolution OF dress We have never
before had so essentially a season of lace
as this. Every goods you buy is merely
foundation to hang lace on or insert Lac,
in; and no woman viii dare hold up he
tyhn n has
complete white lace overlook to weal
upon her colored silk foundations.
More lace actually is sold this season b,
the yard, from fourteen TO twenty incha
wide, having a selyage like gingham, thai
lace fiouncing and edging. Yards upol
yards OF lierre, imitation point de venice
Brussels, Bruges, Limerick, Duchess, etc
have been cut off for skirts, for make /
how you will you simply cannot make al
ugly lace gown. There are laces woven Il
skirts of one seam in order to economic
loss in material when sloping out and tn
lace Jackets are always bought ready made
There are also complete tea gowns @
lace. with serpentine trains, sleeves. wild
collars. and jabot fronts woven III leta
10 drop over a creamy muslin or ,affet
background; but the strangest feature
that black lace is worn scarcely at all. an
10 rufie on lace is regarded as a heinou
purposes woven on what is called th
shaped form. that is exactly like the me-
skirt, which, though IL has no fullness &
top hangs amply full below the knee Thi
device contributes greatly 10 the charm {
the new gowns. and If you are inclined {
lay out a little money on a lace overdres
you can choose a jupe de la dentelle tha
is gorgeous with cobwebby founees a
woven on in the proper places, or you "a
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in honor OF '-ady Curzon, that has princes
panels, OF overskirt shape, outlined in th
pattern described on the net
Every Gutiful tailor iInpresses on hi
customers the Importance of the detaeh
able coat facing no matter of what styl
the coat may be, and many are the co
Verts and iaunty blue serge REFERS mad
up with as many as three sets OF facing
One Of pique in pure white, one OF dotte
or figured pique, and one of brown line
is the rule. the facing in every instanC
made to flare over the coats, collar. and II
yers to within a half inch of their edg
and 10 fasten by invisible buttons to II
coats lining. To so important an extei
have the facings been adopted that or
can now buy them ready made In count
less varieties in the shops, and, OF cours
most inexpensiyely.
Golf capes have suddenly been denudt
OF thelr lrlnSec characterization, and no
the short full plaid fall from the shoul,
ers is trimmed with a stitched collar al
shoulder strapping of the plain blu
brown, or green that the inside OF the cal
shows. and absolutely none OF the goo
capes have hoods, nor turn the plain fa
OF the heavy Scotch woolen goods outsid
II fringe has been Topped from the &c
cape II has redoub!ed its luxurient grow
elsewhere, and the newest fruit of the loo
is the skirt woven of silk. in as open me.
as Shetland shawl. and edged and orn