Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-16

sort of a spring parasol covered with the
same luxurious material for $3.50. Now all
of these facts prove what? That it is no
longer a distinction or a luxury to dress in
silk, that this fabric has become as common
a necessity to all women as cotton, and that
lovers and spinners of fairy tales will no
longer be listened to II they cant promise
their lady-loves and princesses some more
expensive and distinctive garb than the
vulgar, commonplace mulberry has pro-
duced.
How to Cut md Trim.
Having purchased a variety of more or
less silky goods for the seasons wardrobe,
every feminine intellect is just now in pro-
cess Of vigorous cudgeling over the stern
question of types and theories of make up.
Let us consider waists, for instance. There
is only one in twenty-five that has not a
yoke and vest effect, not one in 100 but
shows its collar built up high behind, and
not in points back of the ears. That mode
is almost obsolete, but a series Of points or
wire stiffened tabs begin to slope away
from behind the ears, to an attitude in the
center of the neck that rises as high as four
inches above the collar level. All collars,
and there are no exceptions, hook up behind,
just as all sleeves are very long.
Ruled sleeves, those with a fulness gath
cred into the seam, are not as near to the
rule of fashion as two months ago. The
sleeve Is now deliberately cut an inch and a
half longer than the arm and allowed to
bunch and fall over at the wrist, or a cuff
of special dimensions Is set on. The cuff
oftenest takes the form Of three rather far
ing scallops, the inside lined with rows on
rows OF gathered close set lines of bebe
ribbon. or many narrow Quillings of lace,
and at the shoulder. what dressmakers term
a dressy sleeve is usually sliced open in a
half moon and shows an introduced decora-
ton Of bright corded silk, or gauze chiffon.
Hack LncinGs and ScnilOps.
There is a marked fancy for layishing at
tention and ornamentation on the backs or
gowns. V shaped pieces of velvet are let
in as back panels on smart cloth visiting
dresses, mazes of stitching and fiat satin
cording predominant up the rear seam and
the rule is to carry clear up to the back or
the neck the same scheme of ornamentatioh
that Is used on the skirt.
One pretty toilet brought over recently
showed a comparatively simple facade, while
down the rear of the waist and down the
gray velvet train ran a panel of mole gray
cloth. From the tips of the rather long
train to the top OF the tall collar over the
velvet, IA %lacing of gray cords ran, so that
the last view OF Vhe Mearef was more inter-
esting than the first.
Scallops wax in influence every hour. The
tops OF gloves, the edges of wells, the
borders of overskirts, brims of hats, all are
scalloped, and when you come to think OF
it there is no cheaper decoration known,
therefore let us be thankful that s~callops
ara in the van. The veil at the forefront
is a perfectly plain black honeycomb net Of
exceeding soft fneness, cut square and then
edged with deep or narrow scallops of lace.
White and colored wells are similarly
treated and the milliners are trying to in,
troduce the custom of buying a special veil
to wear with every hat.
Their latest discovery is the importance
OF the becoming veil and their very reason
able argument Is that no woman should
wear a veil that throws a trying tint or extra
lines into her face. Some women, they also