The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19

been a trife neglected of late, and are
just beginning to receive the attentlon
due them. The Mardi Gras and private
fancy dress ball have turned every ones
thoughts toward appropriate costumes for
a bal masque The gowns worn at the
Mardi Gras have been described In more
or less detail, but those for the fancy
dress ball have as yet escaped printers
ink
The most beautiful gown was an exact
cow Of that worn by the Princesse de
Lamballe in the famous portrait OF that
beauty. If you have dark hair and eyes
and wish to choose an effective settlns
for brunette beauty, hunt up that picture
and copy the gown. The dressmaker who
fashioned this one reproduced 1t so beau
tifully that If the Princess had slipped
back to earth she would have cried, My
gown" to the beautiful modern wearer
The material is an exquisite shade OF
rose pink, the panniers of a stu more
delicate tint, the under sidS showing
facing of brocaded pink satin. Inc oodlce
has the soft Marie Antotnette erect. II IS
a gown the very simplicity of which chal-
lenges description.
red satin gown covered with bespangled
velvet hearts of a deeper hue Even the
hat was tiny velvet heart. This Is cos
tune especially becoming TO blondes,
Pierette was in white velvet covered with
dizzy black velvet circles. Coat tails,
high ruche and cap completed Pierette's
costume A rocco shepherdeSs in pink
and blue and SOubrette in striped pink
and white looked very charming, and
their costumes looked especially fresh and
becoming.
To wear under the jackets the shops are
Offering curious bits of workmanship
called collars, but almost any name might
claim an equal suitability. In reality they
are collar and bodice trimming combined.
One example which may be taken as an
authentic herald of the spring mode is
very high stock studded with jet spangles,
and having here and there an embroidered
chenille star in some bright effective
color.
At the sides of the stock toward the
back are conspicuously high, ear-shaped
far above the wearer's ears They are
made of silk or satin to match the color
and chenille, stars In the stock. Many Of
them are edged with spangles.
Other new models have hanging in front
of the stock cascade of jet beads. Some
collars have but three rows of these in
the last row reaching to the waist and
thus forming an effective trimming for
the bodice of any gown.
There is also the coral studded collar
with It's rows of coral beads. This collar
is usually made of white velvet, with the
high stock scattered with corals. The
corai-tinted silk, and in front rows of
coral beads make a graceful garniture
Tor the front of the gown. Some of these
new collars have beads to exactly match
the color Of the velvet used in the stock.
Among. the pretty ribbons just creep
ing into fashionable shops are those show
ing handsome embroideries. Among them
are white ribbons with bright red, green
stemmed cherries scattered all over them
Others are. scalloped on the edge with a
brocaded feather design, outlining the
scaHops in two-inch band. Then there
are those with plumed gauze edges and
narrow striped ribbons of all kinds and
colors gathered into little frills for trim
ming summer gowns.
ventilated shoe has been invented in
cologne. Prussia. A steel spring works
a bellows between the heel and sole, and
every"step the wearer takes drives a
stream of fresh air through perforations