The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-02


600 with bedrooms for members
90: from the suburbs who wish 20
spend a night in town, reading rooms.
and all the necessary appliances for
club house
This will certainly be an agreeable
innovation for some of us, and think
all viii heartily approve We car
write our letters and send out invita-
lions, for there viii be. so under
stand. an up-to-date messenger girl for
that purpose solely. After a while
breakfast will be served. French fash
ion, and altogether the thing ought IL
De success Other cities have dem
onstrated the fact of its usefulness
and do not see why club of thi,
sort should not succeed here sup
pose the future will decide that que:
ton for IT may be only dream, but
should it materialize a long felt want
would be supplied.
The report comes from Paris that
skirts viii be shortened, but il has
not been verified yet Probably the
tailor gown for street wear is of &
more sensible length. just touching the
ground, but everything in the way of
dressy costume, whatever the material
may be. has long, full skirt, which
means that it is full around the feet.
but plain and close fitting around the
hips The Partisan as well as the
American women refuse to adopt the
new model. with plaits around the
hips, and their combined wisdom ought
to dispatch this variety in an effectual
manner. Women have come to value
natural lines as never before. and Just
at the moment anything that interferes
with this much-prized advantage is not
to be considered very seriously. The
dress designers may add all the full
ness they like below the apparent hip
line. but the hips must be quite plain.
or if any tucks or plaits are used they
must be very carefully stitched down
to preserve the outline of the figure.
Cloths in the pale. delicate tints have |
renewed their popularity this season.
and while pale. dull blue and pink, |
which resemble the blotting paper |
tint. are both fashionable, the soft |
tones of beige have the lead. Golden |
browns. warm and rich in coloring; |
gray green's, blues, with tinge OF |
Doth gray and green in the mixture, |
and reads in the soft, dull poppy and
rose shades, which have a rich purple |
tint, are the prevailing colors for |
street wear. There are many pretty |
mixtures in rough materials besides |
wool. cotton and silk velvets, the last |
of which is very much employed for
entire gowns. One rather effective
model in the dull pink cloth has an
with flounce at the front
of satin and foulard in the same shade.
but spotted with white. The upper
skirt is scailoped all around and up the
front. where it is open and edged with /
bodice, short scalloped bolero. falls !,
over an under vest of the foulard, also
forming the unaer sleeves. and the
rather wide belt is of black velvet
The mode of using an underskirt OF
silk is very useful one for removal
ing old gowns, Wen more material is
needed
A street costume of stone gray cloth
is trimmed with stitched bands and
collar and cuffs of black velvet. An
other model with bolero jacket is
carried out in powder-blue zibeline. the
skirt finished in three shaped flounces, :
Diped with black satin and silver
braid The yoke and vest are all of
black panne. across which silk cords
asten in military style. Hip yokes of
-arious widths and kinds are one of
he seasons features in skirts. and the
Material is sometimes box plated be-
ow this. The bodice, also box plated.
las yoke of twisted taffeta, a lace
bertha over which the box plaits ex-
end. black velvet ribbon cravat with
lands of gold embroidered cloth are {
he finish
One of the prettiest costumes of the
eason is in pale beige. the skirt with '
deep plated fiounce being an especi- Il
lily becoming model. The from. is &
Iuite plain with the exception of a box
'lait prettily stitched down. and the Z
Jack has similar box plat which I
lows into the fullness of the flounce
t the back. The top of the skirt is {
he nroffy riro,,lor c,rf ca y,uch ,;tad /,
'ancy braid heads the f1ounce. but s
titched bands may be used in its | /
lace. The double collars are made of /
10th. one trimmed with braid and the {
ther with velvet, and the vest Is of r
mite velvet, trimmed with black and
rhite velvet bands. A tucked skirt
: the feature of another cloth gown. S
Thich is cut in panels joined by an /,
pen work stitch. /.
Some of the new winter hats look t
Ike the summer models reversed. C
hey come down low and fiat over c
lie forehead. with mass of trimmings a
the back. Very long. narrow buck p
IS of gold and steel. or mixture Ct
9th. are seen everywhere on every
ind of shape. and some OF them are so b
ing that they are put through the c
enter Of bow and extend over on C
lie crown at the back. Again they are Fl
sed as bandeau and with little |,
rapery serve to raise the hat at one h
de. Very pretty hats are made with 5,
Their brims or crowns Of fur. La