The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-29

An idea for dressing the shoulders
of an evening gown, with . suEges-
ton for the cOi6ure.
New York, Sept q. 1901
Dearest Cousin:
know, Oracle, mine, that you are expect
ing me TO tell you about the new fall furs;
and really you should know OF them at once.
for they have come out a month ahead OF
time this year and are even now. while
scarcely has the summer turned its depart
ing face upon the streets.
At q dinner to Lady Sarah Wilson and
Lady Serah's husband. at a restaurant on
Fifth avenue. the other night. I counted no
less than three fur boas. and these, too. OF
the collarlike affairs that really ciothe the
shoulders. Fortunately. 1t happened to be
g warm night or the early fad OF rushing
furs would have been oppressive.
To make one Of these collars or colarettes,
or boas, or whatever you are going to call
yours. for each has a different name, you
take an old fur coat and cut away the
sleeves, taking the armholes and sides away
with the scissors at the same time.
Now. by shaping the back Of the neck and
cutting the fronts in straight lines. you
have one Of the deep collars that Is all In
vogue.
1t may be that she will accuse mo of CIV
Ing you an extravagant suggestion. dear
COZ. but If I were you I would ask mamma
for that old and faded seal coat Of hers, Of
which she boasts that 1t has seen twenty
years wear. To finish It you will want no
less than twenty-one little tails, which you
must sew on in punches of three. up and
down the collar, scattering them 50 that the
groups are several inches apart. You will
want TO line this collar with tareta exactly
the color OF the trimmings on your winter
hat.
TAILS SO FASHIONABLE.
How fashionable tails are this year and
how fortunate for US that tail-bearing ami
mails are numerous. They really use them
in every conceivable way and always with
such good effect.
1 saw that pretty Miss Langhorne, the
.ister OF Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, in
town the other day. SO beautifully tailored.
She Is to marry that very wealthy Mr..
Brooks soon and the entire yachting con-
tingent will turn out as well AZ the strictly
society element
Miss Gibson. whose name Is Phyllis. wore
a gown all In biscuit color Of the warmest,
eAiou0S IA ~ 4llkil AClSiikStCu
by touches Of poppy. She is a very dashing
girl. immensely clever, and a thoroughbred,
as they say IN the South. She is, of course,
en- F. F. ". and all Virginia will want to
see her married. All of those Gibson girls
have done well, but they whisper that Miss
Phyllis will DO the best of all.
We had a town wedding one d. last
week that was really interesting for many
reasons other than the beauty Of the bride
and the richness of her gown. It was a
day affair and conducted on English lines.
The bride was dressed in white broadcloth
with trimmings of silver white satin, a
really wonderful travelling gown, 1t would
have been, and she need not have changed
IT for the very elegant little costume OF
coral and gray which she donned later.
SUCH An ENGLISH WEDDING.
The guests arrived at high noon. some
on foot and some in carriages. for the
church stands upon Fifth avenue. in tho
very heart of the. residential portion. It
was so very English in every way! Tho
men came. some in negligee shirts, white
and blue, and some in colored ties. The
groom and his men wore the regulation
frock coat and pearl gray trousers. but
merely stroiled in. so little did the cere-
mony suggest the stiff. ~cut-and-dried we'd
ding function.
The women. and here was the p~rettiest
part of all, wore over their handsome
street gowns the long stree: coats, that ara
seen so much now. Maybe. dear Gracia,
YOU call them automobiles: perhaps you
know them as English racing coats. per-
faps you have allowed yourself to speak
of these excellent garments as dust coats.
and. perhaps you think of them as tray
cling and shopping garments.
Yet they really resemble none OF these,
but were quite by themselves in the mat
ter of style.
The prettiest one Of all was worn by a
very fashionable woman. whose taste Is
unquestioned. 1t was a long straight coat
with raglan sleeve, and the material was
a very thin cloth. possibly an ex' remedy
light weight of ladies' cloth, or maybe a
1t was in Pompeiian red ard
around the foot there was a chiffon iounco
in precisely the sainec olored red. 1t was
q parasol fiounce, deep. full and very fuf-
fy. 1t was very smart.
70 MEET HIS LORDsHIP.
attended a reception the other evening
to meet Lord Athlumney, the champion
bridge-player. who is visiting here. His
Lordship was very pleasant and looked
quite unlike a champion. for he wore his
honers SO very modestly. He paid a high
tribute to American women and declared
that they were. in his eyes all beauties.
At the reception 1 was specially Inn
pressed with the variety of the bodices worn
and with their simplicity, for they were
simple in spite OF elegant materials and
striking designs-
Another point of interest was the way
in which they were trimmed with narrow
velvet. which has almost entirely taken the
place of ribbon.
One bodice was remarkable for its sfm-
plicity above all. It vas made OF an au-
tumn lace and was Of the cut called
round" The neck wa shirred with very
narrow black velvet. run through the top
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