Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-25
SKIRTS ARE CHANGING.
NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF FASHIONS AND TID1NGs IN DRESS AND
OTHER THINGS THAT INTEREST WOMEN-THE NEWEST
HOUSE GOWNS.

Paris, Nov. 15.-The inner circle Of
so~ciety.+sthe Faubourg st. German. has
decided that the eel-tight skirt shall be
Worn for house gowns: and for street
occasions that the skirt shall be fuller.
There is just at the present writing of
the chronicle of fashion no medium be-
tween the very heavy full box plated
skirt and the eel tight skirt. One sees
more of the tight skirts tina the full
ones. But very little in between.
That select inner circle. the Fau-
bourg ST. German, is led by Madame
de la Rouchefoucauld who is a rival
leader to the Marquise de Castellane,
the austere mother-in-law of Anna
Gould. These two ladies, both of whom
have American daughter-in-laws, are
royalty and when one of the leaders of
the new French society is received with
lin the portals of the Faubourg ST. Ger
main it means not only money but Won
derful tact backed by blood and all that
sort of thing. Anna Gould. Countess dc
Castellane, is one OF the most popular
members of the younger set, though she
can never be a leader being far too
quiet, but she in the circle of what we
americans instinctively call the 400.
They are all French speaking people
and not a word of English is ever
heard. This is out of Difference 20
many French descendants of the royal
family who formerly ruled France,
who speak English so badly that they
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BOUDOIR GOWNS.
They say there is no, much money in
the families of the Faubourg st. Ger
main but certainly one sees the most
elegant house mode there. The ladies
who rule Paris are proud of their
beauty, proud of their ladylike grace,
proud of that leisure which only per-
mits them to play the piano and EN-
broider, proud of their soft hands, and
proud of their royalty. To this quarter
one must go to see the elegant creations
in house gowns.
Take those of the Countess de Castel-
lane. She who has the reputation of be-
ing the most elegantly groomed woman
in Paris. Others may be prettier, but,
as you enter the room, you pick out the
countess at once and say, What an ex-
quisite creature!' Her hair always ele-
gantly dressed a la mode, shines with
the art of the chevelure. Her complex
ION is like a lily. Her figure IS exqui-
sitely moulded. Her hands are like snow
and the nails glisten with the same soft
pink as the tips of her ears. Not a rose
could be redder than her lips. Yet they
say she does not make up. 1t is just her
eXquisitely groomed condition.
Fancy Madame la Countess in a gown
of yellow primrose taffeta. The skirt
is very tight and the waist is a bolero
to be worn over a primrose taffeta silk
shirt.
The entire skirt, from the very hem
to the waist, is trimmed with bands Of
white satin cloth, cut on the bias and
seWed up in the dress in wavy lines.
The edges Of the cloth are not hemmed
but are Of such very fine finish that
they do not rayel They use the I'M
emmed edges a great deal.
Madame's neck is encircled with a soft
tie Of white chiffon and she wears a
white satin belt fastened with a small
amethyst buckle.
At the luncheon which she gave to
Mrs. Austin Lee, a long time ago-if one
must so classify it, since the two ladies