The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19

cred with white lace. The lace is fes-
TONED at intervals and caught with
rosette of white satin ribbon and forget
me- nots. A cherry silk IS trimmed to
the top with squares, which have been
made by black insertion. Black lace is
festooned around the edge Of the ruffle.
FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER.
November-the month of football of
long hair and dishguring safeguards; of
comingsout on the part of debutantes, of
social gayeties and of chrysanthemums,
and the last of these should stand good
second on the social calendar. To be truly
in the swim, to revel to ones hearts con-
tent in the knowledge that the sacred
portals of the 400" will open at ones
touch to be satisfied that one has at
tanned to social distinction in the widest
meaning of the term one must be an adept
in the art of Judging the relative mer-
its of these japanese flowers, with their
struggling petals and ragged edges. their
wealth and their absence of perfume. To-
be a judge at the chrysanthemum show
is to be woman of mark; to have par
ticular bloom bear ones name is the veri-
table hall mark of respectable nay,
more, 1t is a guarantee of fashion. Truly
there is something fascinating about
these blossoms, the long petals standing
from deepest purple to palest lavender,
from vivid yellow to faintest straw color,
and on through the entire list of coors,
resplendent in glowing tints and purest
white. The varieties are so strongly
marked, so individual in style, so be-
wideringly different in outline, while pre-
serving the general characteristics of the
family, that one finds much to admire in
visiting an exhibition of these plants, yet
when all is said in their favor they can
not compare with the rose, fhe carnation
or even with the modest little Violets
which are such a temptation from the
moment of their appearance until their
season is over
Flowers hold their own in spite of
fashions changes and 1t seems as if each
year brought to notice more exquisite eX-
ampleS of the fowermakers' skill. 1t is
dlf1cult to believe sometimes that the
great clusters of roses, American Beau
ties, La France and all the other Varie-
ties Which adorn the milliners' showcase
or the millinery departments of the great
shops are made of silk and satin, of vel
vet and gauze, perfect are they in
every petal, SO daintily perfumed that
all odo1 of glue or fabric is lost. Orchils
in mauve and pink, with sprays of CLASSY
velvet leaves, are shown as decoration
punches of winter berries shading
through the warm and seasonable reds
into the browns and greens are also used
In the adornment of toques, while Vioe.s,
from white to purple, riot in luxurious
profusion ard are employed in large
masses either as hat crowns or garni-
lures for gowns and muffs. The dainty
trif1es which go SO far toward securing
perfection in the art of dress are Largely
in evidence; aigretteS for the hair, more
delicate, more glittering than ever, yet
fashioned in such exquisite taste that
one finds the rhinestones charming and
novelties in this line. Some particularly
noticeable ones are composed of tiny
black or white ostrich tips, closely curled,
sprinkled with rhinestone deWdrops, tiny,
scint llating sparks of giittering light
which sway and bend and are ever
changing. The heron aigrettes stand up
back of these fluffy tips and are either
adorned with very small rhines tones or
left without ornament. One of the pref
test shown is of white ostrich tips curled
and d, coping in a species of rosette, the
stiff white aigrette flanked by soft wisps
of feather so delicate in appearance as
to suggest that the slightest breath OF
wind would send them floating through
the air; In the center rises a slender wire
of silver bearing a narrow ornament of
tiny rhineStOnes, which curls over like
a newly budded leaf and ends in
sharp downward point; this quivers and
bends and catches the light with every
move of the wearers head and is fasci-
natirg.y dainty. Black OF white Mercury
wings jetted or trimmed with small sill
YER or black spangles, are shown, and