Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-20
AS Worn by the Fashionable
of Paris.
A STREET DRESSES
That Do Away with the Necessity of
Wearing a Coat - Khaki is
Fashionable Shade.

Paris, Jan. 10. - Strange that the
worst month. speaking from the wealth.
er's standpoint, hould be the gayest one
in Paris. Snow and sleet and bitter winds
prevail outside yet indoors Paris was
never so gay. The theaters are crowded:
every afternoon the carriages drive along
the avenues depositing their burden of
fashiOnably dressed women; every night
there are balls, not given on the magni-
f1cent scale known to New Workers, but
gay dances in handsome hotels hired
for the purpose, for Paris has few private
ball rooms.
In the streets the women dress beau
tifully. The latest fad is white! and
lovely enough it is, seen in the bril-
liant setting of many cOlOrs. Where
black was once used to bring out and
emphasize q costume white is now seen.
There are bands or folds of white upon
everything; it is astonishing what a short
time it has taken to get a touch of white
upon the dullest and most apparently
hopeless gown.
Khaki is the latest rage in Paris.
It Is a light dust color, like the uniforms
of the English soldiers. Mrs. Langtry
wore it first when she recited 9Th Alb
sent-Minded Beggar'' before a London
audience dressed in a KHAKI colored suit.
Khaki comes in all weights, the most
fashionable being a heavy cloth suitable
for full suits.
Sara Bernhard, who always wears the
newest thing, if she does not actually set
the advance styles. appeared recently in
a gown of oak white, that color which
is he shade of white oak wood. not as
deep as cream nor yet a pure white. 1t
is a soft, lovely color.
The suit of Sara, the divine, was trim
smed with narrow bands of mink put on
as recklessly as though the fur were
braid. In and out they twisted all over
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skirt had a flat box plat in the back
widening gradually like the Grecian fold
skirt. At the belt the plat was narrow
but at the hem it was very broad. It
was trimmed with the narrow fur like
the rest of the skirt.
The jacket was cut bodice-shaped, very
short upon the hips and slightly pointed
front and back. 1t scarcely covered the
belt line. 1t was bordered with fur. The
vest was of mink. with applique Of pearl
passelmenterie, and the collar was a Med
lei of white satin trimmed with the
same pearl passementerie. 1t was a
beautiful toilette and did not need the
charming toque of mink, with which Sara
capped her adorable auburn locks, to set
it off.
On a recent occasion, when Sara APP
peared as the star in a benefit for the
wounded soldiers of the T~ransvaal, Mrs.
John w. Mackay asked to be presented
to her afterwards and gave her a kiss
and a jewel in token of her appreciation.
1t becomes tiresome wearing a fur
jacket all winter, and women are seiz-
ing every opportunity to adopt the heavy
suit which can be worn without a coat
There are many varieties of these suits
seen, fashion having forsaken her pedes-
tai of dictatorship and resigned in favor
of something becoming. Each woman
seems to have adopted the style which
best suits her.
One of these new suits is the plated
blouse. 1t is worn over a very heavy