Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-28

ornaments, are set with square cut brilliants
and paste gems such as we're the mode in
George III and Louis XV's day. Most
Of the brooches and shoe buckles, etc, also
have their paste jewels set in silver as was
the mode of the eighteenth century.
gentle infatuation has been conveyed from
Paris for beautiful intaglio rings cut in
amethyst, sapphire, moonstone or semi
precious stones, or even crystal. The
intaglio is not put In a band or crown set
ting, but, like the ordinary scarabeus ring, Is
pivoted on a silver or gold oircret.
II IN Lace Season.
In the evolution OF dress we have never
before had so essentially a season OF lace
as this. Every goods you buy is merely a
foundation to hang lace on or insert lace in,
and no woman will dare hold up her head at
any summer resort who has not complete
white lace over frock to wear upon her
colored silk foundations.
More lace actually is sold this season by
the yard, from fourteen to twenty inches
wide, having a selvage like gingham, than
lace founcing and edging. Yards upon
yards OF lierre, imitation point de venire,
Brussels, Bruges, Limerick, duchess, ETC.,
have been cut off for skirts. for make it
how you will you simply cannot make an
ugly lace gown. There are laces woven
in skirts Of one seam In order to economize
loss Of material when sloping out, and the
lace Jackets are always bought ready made.
There are also complete tea gowns of
lace, with serpentine trains, sleeves, wide
collars and jabot fronts woven in detail
to drop over a creamy muslin or taffeta
background, but the strangest feature is
that black lace Is worn scarcely at all, and
to ruffle on lace ie regarded as a henious
offense. Lace flounces are for the present
purposes woven on what is called the shaped
form, that Is exactly like the new skirt,
which, though it has no fullness at top,
hangs amply full below the knee. This
device contributes greatly to the charm Of
the new gowns, and II you are inclined to
lay out a little money on a lace overdress
you can choose jupe de la dentelle that
is gorgeous with cobwebby fiounces all
woven on IN the proper places, or you can
purchase one that Is called the vicerene, in
honor OF Lady Curzon, that has princess
panels, or overskirt shape, outlined in the
pattern described on the net.
Every dutiful tailor impresses on his
customers the Importance Of the detach-
able coat facing, no matter OF what style
the coat may be, and many are the coverts
and jaunty blue serge refers made up with
as many as three sets OF facings One Of
pique in pure white, one Of dotted or figured
pique and one Of brown linen is the rule, the
facing in every instance made to flare over
the coats, collar and revers to within half
inch of their edge, and to fasten by invisible
buttons to the coats lining. To so i'm
portant an extent have the facings been
adopted that one can now buy them ready
made in countless varieties in the shops,
and, Of course, most inexpensvely.
Golf capes have suddenly been denuded Of
their fringed ornamentation, and now the
short, full plaid fall from the shoulders is
trimmed with a stitched collar and shoulder
strapping of the plain, blue, brown or green
that the inside of the cape shows, and
absolutely none of the good capes have
hoods, nor turn the plain face of the heavy
Scotch wooden goods outside.
II fringe has been Topped from the golf
cape it has redoubled its luxurient growth
elsewhere, and the newest fruit of any loom
is the skirt woven Of silk, in as open mesh
as a Shetland shawl and edged and orna-
mented with rows on rows of silk fringe
either in horizontal or perpendicular parallef
lines. Another smart novelty Is appearing
on serge and flannel outing dresses and
takes the form OF a lace, knitted Of wool
as rough as the Germantown and the lace is
finished by full fringe or sometimes the
lace effect is given by merely knotting the
fringe for depth OF two to twenty inches.
MARY DEAN.