Evening star., 1901-12-28

wear such footgear, but women who pos
sess very small and well-shaped feet wear
tnem, with mouse gray silk hose, attracting
thereby great deal of sincere admiration
for their bravery and exquisite extremiries.
The Abbreviated BoIero.
Shorter and ever shorter has grown the
bclero Jacket and yet its diminished size
does not imply diminishing popularity, for
women wear them with continued delight
and fidelity. At the shops they buy sweet
Jackets made of beauteously painted silk,
made Of scraps Of Japanese embroidery,
and these they pull over the plain silk
waists Of their house gowns and at once
llIt the severely plain into the pleasingly or
nate-Wltness, for example the sketch of
lady in morning toilet. A skirt of gray
cashmere, relieved by zig-zag stitched
band Of black taffeta and worn with a GREY
crepe de chine waist, would be almost a
cheerless costume for a winters day were
1t not glorifed by zouave cut out of a
gally-howered bit of silk strapped with taP-
feta bands and fastened with a bow OF the
same black silk
The charm of the bolero lies often in its
plzarre colorings and sharp contrast with
the gown to which 1t Is applied and some
OF the most useful and adorable little lack
cts nave been contrived from embroidered
Chlnese sleeve bands or from ends and cor
neas cut from bulgarian scarves The
GUNS of embroidered Chinese and Japanese
tlnct place among important dress deco
ratIons, and voice from the east pro-
claims the shape of the new sleeve 1t Is
to be a Mandarin sleeve in shane and al
ready 1t is utilized freely in the construc-
ton of the new three-quarter coats, tea
Jackets and evening wraps.
The Foolish Fluffy Boa.
The boa Of fashion is a genuine constric-
tor Its tails sweep the ground and its
ruff almost reaches the sky, and though
1t gives Its wearer no warmth and really a
considerable deal of discomfort it is un-
oenlably the best beloved object in any true
Woman's wardrobe. 1t may not be warm
or easy to manage, but if it is big enough
ana nuffy enough it is awfully becoming
ana frou-frou and all that. Women will
look pneumonia right in the face by wear
ing out on round of calls no other wrap
than deliciously foolish, fluffy thing of
liberty silk or chiffon called a boa he
cause forsooth a boa does not show to ad-
vantage unless 1t is used without other
coat than tight little cloth eton
A black boa frosted with white Is the
fashion for street and calling wear: in the
evening the boa must be white with happy
suggestions of black along it's edges. Col
ored boas or black and white ones trim
med with color are in shocking bad taste
unless a vapory thing of blue or rose tulIe
Is worn at a ball or the opera A really
exquisite boa exploited by a pretty woman
at theater party the other evening had
nNe enormous pointed ruff1es of taffeta
soveuse billowing about her rosy face, and
the edges of the ruffles were bordered with
a fringe of leaves cut from black velvet
but silvered on their undersides. The boa's
scarf tips swept the wearer's toes and had
truly enormous tassel-like ends made Of
three circular pointed and leaf edged ruff
fieS.
woman of keen vision, good me emory
and mind for combinations sat neac this
ruff and when she went home she ripped
the white liberty silk hOuDpeS oil
evening dress, napthaed them and cpDied
this boa to a stitch. The price of her vel
vet silver-backed leaves was all it cost her
MARY DEAN.