The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-10

mad over the coming Mard
Gras ball. The Libraries art
being ransacEed. both public
u ard private. for prints Of old
costumes. and any one hav
ing sketches of fancy dress
is the envied OF the eayied- do not
quite see why Honolulu Is laboring SC
over the dress question, for there are
endless varieties OF costumes that are
easily gotten up and aOt in the least
expensive | think the men will find
IL much harder than the women
Several society boys, | am told. viii
impersonate women, as tie dress .
easier TO provide. while others will
evening dress. OF course the hair
will be powdered. and that in itself 10
quite a disguise. especially II the
moustaches are included | found out
some time ago that starch applied to
the hair makes IL look IKE the driven
snow. while rice powder. although
easier to come OF. gives the hair q
srayish appearance only.
Colonial dress is always effective
and popular IL one is fortunate
enough to possess a good figure. AID
the Empire gown is always beautiful.
The hair is not powdered with the
Empire gown. but Madame Ia Mar
Quise can wear powder and patches 10
her heart content. hope the patches
will not be dlslodged easily. as compli-
cations might follow which would be
more interesting than agreeable, and
L. Faf
But I am sure at our Mardi Gras moth
ing OF the kind could happen. altho'
II must be a bit wild. as | understand
the men are TO mask. regardless. II
this were somewhere else il might be
a dangerous experiment In Paris II
is done, but Paris is Paris and not
Honolulu. Even in San Francisco
they say the men do not mask all the
eVening-but Honolulu must have her
experience. Perhaps another year
she will listen To her elders. For the
honor OF Hawaii we must all do what
we can to make our first Mardi Gras
a grand success, and we must help
with that object in view. to say moth
ing of the worthy charity. the Eye
and Ear Infirmary. tnat the money
goes to benefit.
The fancy for red extends to every
department OF costuming. Red even
ing gowns are the rage, and they are
affected by the auburn haired type of
woman quite as frequently as by the
dark and dazzling brunette, TO whom
custom has assigned this color. Au-
hag frscs had
a dress designed by one of the great
drcssmalsrs. Il is red. of the shade
of a chrysanthemum. and trimmed
with rows of frills and Oands OF bruges
lace. The gown is the one in which
Madame expects 10 receive her call
ers, and is made of the finest sicili-
enne. The wide shoulder collar is
draped with one frill of lace three or
four inches deep. and is cut in the
back to a point from which two double
rows of lace frills are cascaded down
the back of the robe. Three bands Of
narrow lace pass around the waist
under the arms TO outline a bolero in |
the front. Three rows of narrow lace
trim the skirt above two deep over
laid ruffles of the lace.
on the auburn haired woman for whom
it is designed.
Another pretty thing which will be /
sent out here is a theater mantle
which can be used over evening dress
as we'll The mantle is three-quar
ters length. laid in wide pleats, held
down over the shoulders by a wide
band of cloth crossed with a lattice
work pattern in narrow black velvet
ribbon. From the velvet trimmed
band a short rounded cape of plated
chiffon fell to about the length of the
elbows. The collar was a very high
one lined with fluffy chiffon. crossed
by bands Of chiffon rucning and held
in place by the rosettes above of the
same material.
Slashed sleeves are fashionable
not the slashes Of the olden times,
but the modern application of the idea.
A slashed gown of gray cloth was, for
Instance. cut in strips to within half
4 yard OF the waist. and fell from
that over a box plated underskirt OF
orange satin.
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One of the latest fads is powder
shampoo for the hair. The hair dresser
who introduced il. | understand, is
making a financial success of the IN
lovation The man is a very clever
builder of fashionable coiffures. and
claims that water an soap shampoo
should not be given 10 the hair oftener
han twice a year. For the liquid
wash he substitutes the shampoo If
scented powder. said to be
made from a mixture of flour. orris
DOT and perfumes. To apply il the
lair is unbound and the mixture is
rushed through the hair. Then II is
N carefully brushed out and a new
OF of the powder passed through the
lair and over the scalp. Three or
our applications are made in this way
md then. with brushes and combs of
Iiferent sizes. the hair is cleared of
he powder. The hair. of course, is
.leansed by the process. but not so
thoroughly as il would be by a sham
700.
Another startling fashion is that OF
wearing odd ear drops. Sometimes
ne sees black pearl in one ear and
white pearl in the other. The effect
al