Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-01
FADS OF SOCIETY.

\ fad with some fashionable women i
TO have a dress album This consists Of
large blank book. into which is pasted
a two-inch square of every gown bought
by the owner. The data recorded ara
the dates of its purchase and the FIRST
wearing. An Offset opposite these en-
tries are the no less interesting ones of
the cost price and the dressmakcr's hill
for the same.
Society, which is always on the qu
we for new amusements, has lust begi,n
70 hnd charms in the Dime Tea This
Is neither more nor less than spinning
lOr%ent pieces The guests sit down M !;
polished table and all start off ar n given
Slgnal and set their coins spinning. The
one who keeps his coin going the lonccSt
out Of certain number of times is given
aspuze. Sometimes tops are used instead
of coins
The latest fad of women. delicate 1T
tie paintings on the shoulders when in
evening dress, was started by the Gaiety
Girls. who now set the London STYLES.
Two of them appeared AT a supper party
given by speudthrift young earl at the
hyslc club, dressed in extreme dccoietc
gowns. and on each shoulder was deli
cately-painted. small but gorgeouS-hurd
butterfly The work was eXquisitely
done by Il prominent artist in water col
Ors.
Latest cry in smart millinery ~ to
nave hat tacing> of wings and of crmiue
tails. The wings show 70 charm.
where the hrim is wide with n slight
upward curve and the. produce charm
lng lines, also, in their slight overlap
ping. says Vogue. Besides combining
pure white with soft grayS, in the nat
Thorn. th.,.y ar H.,
and other tintS introduced 10y dyes, which
bcautify the face by rare hecumingness
in feather softneSS.
Yellow gloves have attained popularity
IN Paris They are quite the thing Ia
wear ON the street, and have almost
taken the place of the overfavored white
dressed kids. This it is said, will be Il
winter as well aS Il fall fashion. says toe
Philadelphia Times The white glove Is
used exclusively by smart women when
they are acting as chauffcurS- stunning
their own automobiles. This is the SUI
premc chic, and also the suprcmest ok
travagance. as the white kids under
these circumstances are fit to be thrown
away after an hours drive.
Miss Gould has an interesting little
handshakc. says the Boston Posi-. She
has evidently learned that To protect aud
preserve her own hand when giving it -
hundreds Of others, she must do most of
inc shaking herself. She takes the prof
fnrrd hand firmly in her own at about
elbow level. holds 1t there for an instant
then raises II quickly IN an almost exact
~ perpendicular line. then suddenly r.
leases IT, She looks directly into the eyes
of the person she is meeting. aud prob
ahi" not one III n hundred passes ON with
OUT carrying with him the conviction thal
the jollN-faced young woman he has lust
left sincerely enjoyed the meeting.
The silk hat which New Workers have
come to regard as the customary head
gear Of well-dressed Londoners has with
stood reported attacks and managed To-
retain its popularity. although it looks
now as if it were doomed lis decline. in
favor at present is regarded as one Of tie
results of the recent war The comfoi.
of the khaki hat is so great that men whn
enjoyed 1t in service are continuing g.
wear it in London. The Duke of Norfolk
recently appeared in a large soft black
hat which is said 10 have not more than n
suspicion of militarism in it. aud enough
men have followed his example to make 4
vogue for this new substitute for the silk
hat.
Dinner sets this season show return
to borders anu solid colors in the mat
ter Of decoration. Instead Of the dainty
sprays of lioWerS scattered over the sur
face the latest patterns are in borders,
sometimes quite narrow. Solid color~
are much used in shaded effects. the two
toned styles. one might call them. Very
quaint was an oatmeal set in an odd
green. with strange decorations. II
looked as If il hailed from Holland ana
il was pretty and curious enough to have
been used by the youthful Queen herself
These oatmeal sets come in all manner
Of pretty c0lurngs and quaint derora-
tons and are II charming addition to the
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