The Washington weekly post., 1899-12-26
Cerise is making great strides into favor.

LerlSe Is making great strides into FAVOR.
A most Interesting gown. at a recent we'd
ding. was velvet gown in this tone.
II was absolutely plain, corsage and
skirt, save where q sailor collar Of lovely
old lace relieved the back and elongated
down the fronts. bordered by rather mar
row ehinchilIa and incIosing a waistcoat
OF harmonious cream mousseline and in
sertion. This cerise had a soft, silvery
bloom over its surface. with which the
chinchilla was most charming. With that
gown was toque purely Of gray with
gleam Of silver pailettes. II must be con-
fessed that the woman who can choose
pretty gown fails 10 select for it the
right headgear
For instance. next TO this was a charm
ing gown Of black. relieved by white. fin
ished by charming IOcue Of black cloth.
cream velvet, and black and cream quills.
The gown was broken black and white.
the toque was broken black and white,
and consequently her ensemble was dis
satisfying to the eye. Her toque should
have been all black. perhaps lined with
white or all white. or all in gray.
Another near neighbor, but at another
wedding, wore a tail0r gown in two shades
Of mauve, and a toque in two or three
shades Of mauve also. and so on. One
may see these simple-minded schemes
adorning any and every wedding party.
This is one of the points to which the
average woman has not yet turned her at
tention. The bridesmaids costume were
models of colcr scheme simplicity, the
soft cream silk and lace frOcks were un-
broken save for somewhat fcelle tone in
the lace, and they we're completed by pic
ture hats OF deep rich sapphire blue with
many corresponding plumes, which by
having their tips shaded to a blue just
one tone lighter, established a sympathy
with the light frocks and disclaimed the
least suspicion of heaviness. The brides
maids were one and all pretty and dainty,
and these hats became them perfectly.
Difficulties of Bridesmaids.
One has to face irritating little Difficult
ties in the bridesmaids costumes of an
autumn or winter wedding, especially
when you want the light and dainty frock
for evening wear directly after. In spring
or early summer the fifty uses to which We
can put the high-necked gown of crepe de
chine or muslin or mousseline de sole free
one from all restrictions, but just now
there is but one use for the airy fairy
frock, and so it had better have movable
woke. But t dare not be transparent,
dare not indulge in its greatest charm.
AT a recent wedding the maneuvering Of
the yoke piece IN the cream silk and lace
frccks of the bridesmaids was most daint-
:Iy and wisely managed, and no one could
say charm was sacrificed. All that is nee
essary when the charm of transparency
is forbidden is that nothing shiny support
the lace of the yoke. Let it be something
dim and harmless; there are many such
silken stuffs.
The movable yoke sketched in this
weeks fashions will be boon TO many.
It is intended TO go over instead of under
the corsage, and admits of having mov-
able sleeves. which can be hooked or
tUcked in. This placing OF the yoke col
lar over gives one more command of the
situation in the smoothness of its set
ting. 1t need never be more than fasten-
ed in place by pearl or paste-headed pins.
The extension of the lace in between the
crossed folds of the fichu takes away
completely the obvious air which so many
such compromises possess. When the
yoke collar is removed a lace and NOUS
seline berthe should be made separately.
These very easily adjust themselves either
by few tiny hooks and eyes or those
ever useful pearl and paste pins of which
a girl should really possess an unlimited
quantity at time when lace is so ever
present in costumes. The tiny bands of
black velvet studded with paste are a
very becoming note in such a frock. In
this case the yoke is transparent, and so
these black velyets have an added value.
and really conceal the presence of some
thing 10 support the lace at the throat;
wires or whalebOne, or something of thar
kind