The record-union., 1899-12-24

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waists, has extended to every sort of
bodice, princess dress, tea-gown, etc.;
besides many guimpe effects on evening
wraps and even costly French under
wear.
Many little French capotes are made
on dark velvet, with a rich crown of
Cairo gold, with matching velvet
strings. There is a new pink, which
combines advantageously with brown,
green, or violet velvet and the gold
work referred to. Sprays of violets,
yellow-centered heartsease and mistle-
toe aigrettes are set upon toques and
capotes of dark-purple velvet and pale
yellow laburnum, and shaded velvet
nasturtiums are also used. These toy
head-coverings are remarkably dainty
in appearance, and when there is a
wealth of hair gracefully arranged to
enhance their attraction and justify the
fashion, fault can hardly be found with
the selection of the wearer, though such
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no protection at all, against the driving
winds which will now have to be faced
For carriage calling and theater wear
they are quite appropriate.
The Queen Anne shoe, with it's long
instep flap and large buckle of Irish dia-
monds, is still a fashionable style, but
the trim, dainty shoes and sandals of
soft, flexible Swedish kid or finest black
French kid, with tie of narrow satin
| ribbon or small cut-steel slide are
far more graceful. However, the style
of shoes dixie the shape and decoration
of a hat which suits one woman is very
often considered unbecoming to an
other bonnet in milliner's window,
or charming color in a dress pattern,
temptingly displayed by the shop
keeper, may look altogether different
when worn.
| Some of the newest sleeves on even
ing toilets are in Mousquetaire style,
with wrinkled, unlined chiffon on the
outside of the arm, the under piece of
| some rich lace, the edge of the seal
Tops tapping over the edges of the rip
pie of chiffon. The sleeve at the top of
the arm is wholly cut away, revealing
the undraped round of the shoulders
The bodice of the gown is low, with
straps of lace and chiffon, or jeweled
passementerie going up over the neck
from the front of the waist to the back,
just above the shoulders.
A charming little gown worn at a
Thanksgiving dinner by a young girl
just home from school showed a skirt
of black satin with narrow stripes of
rose color woven about an inch and a
half apart. The skirt was gored on the
front and sides, boxplaited at the back
and untrimmed. The waist of rose
colored silk was covered with up-and-
down lines of narrow black velvet,
oyerlaid with narrower cut-steel gimp
in star patterns, and between the lines
of velvet were rows of the finest tuck
ing. The revers and collar were of
black velvet border, with ruche OF
rose-colored chiffon and little shirred
chemisette of white net, dotted with
black, showed in front, where the waist
turned back in the medium width re-
vers. This gown was copied from a
French one recently mentioned in these
columns.
On gowns for full-dress evening wear
the lace-frilled Marie Antoinette sleeve,
reaching just below the elbow rivals
the long, close style extending from
wrist to shoulder, and made variously
OF soft, transparent fabric, shirred or
tucked, satin matelasse, Liberty silk,
crepe de Chine, satin Duchess or plain
Lyons velvet
To transform a gown of lace or net
which was originally all black, a sat
isfactory method is to drape it over
white silk, and add collar, girdle and
wrist bands of orange, cherry or rose
colored velvet. A good way to freshen
lace is to sponge it thoroughly with
naphtha, going over it afterward on the
wrong side with water in which pair
or so of black kid gloves have slowly
been brought to a boil. After that,
sponge on both sides with alcohol.
Among the little dress touues from a
noted French house is a model formed
of beautiful shade of pansy velvet.
and trimmed with velvet pansies and
Parma violets in every tint, from the
faintest to the deepest royal shade.
These blossoms are mingled literally
with sprays of green velvet maidenhair
fern, and the effect is exceedingly
pleasing.
| Lace, net, fur, chiffon, and silk cord
passementeries en- applique are all
variously used on the new winter gowns
OF Roman blue, Venice green marquise
brown, and other colors in the satin
faced cloths and Venetians.
'Tisn't allus to the strongest
That the battle goes, my friend.
'Tis the man who holds out the
longest
That'll git there in the end.
| II you're hankerin' to gobble
Up the vict'ry cake, jest grin
| When you meet reverse, an double
Up your fists an come again.
| Denver Post.
| Punctuality is the stern virtue of men
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