The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

One wore q pretty gown IN brown, n with
It Q hat in brown and tan. with Q little
robin redbreast red in the hat. Her UNI
brella had q channels color and her stock
and belt repeated the shade. There was .
little scarlet visible in her Innings for she
was too clever a woman to let the chance
for scarlet pass her by, when once she had
used It upon her hat
The oatmeal-and-cream gowns ara vSfy
serviceable. After you have once owned
one you wonder how you ever did without
It, and you resolve that never hall ocoar
sion Of any kin find you without such Q
garment again.
speckles and without even a touch Of red.
for in the oatmeal goods there must be no
color except the grayish huea. had bias
bands Of cream cloth upon the skirt
stitched in gray. The bodice was tight Mt
ting, with revers Of cream. There was Q
little. straight English box coat Of oatmeal
lar and the cuffs
The Scottish suits arc oatmeal In ground.
but the have those tiny dots Of red and
blue, green n purple. black and violet
scattered through them. They can be worn
with a hat Of any color. for there are sure
to be speckles to match.
This talk about $500 . year and three
gowns Is becoming actually ~naueating. You
and I. dear girl. can dress upon $500. but
we know how to do It Surely. not by buy.
ing three gowns, one at $50. ono at 500 y
the other at $50. Where would our hats
come in, and our underwear, our shoes and
our hosiery
Speaking Of Hosiery.
Speaking Of hosiery. 1t Is the perfectly
correct thing to I'VE ones monogram en-
broidered upon ones instep. 1t should be
lone delicately in black silk. II ono wears
high boots, 1t must be done upon tho side
Of the leg.
Boots are very pretty to look upon this
winter. The Cuban heel leads. and its near
cousin, the military heel. Both are as tall
as the French heel. but Of a different shape.
They are large all the way down. without
the French incurve. and are merely sloped
a little at the back. They make the foot
look short.
The uppers of boots como this year in
quite bewildering array. uppers in gray.
in black; velvet. in dark red cloth. in navy
blue and in brown are easily obtainab!e. 1t
QOeS uOL COSI d lOTtuLic " nave III > boOs
tops made from a piece OF ones gown.
and there is certainly a very finished look
to a shoe made up in this way.
The fancy for trimming the instep 10 last
ing into winter. By all means. lace your
boots. be they low or high, so that the bow
comes on the instep. II you desire. you
may use q buckle also. Both are In good
taste.
There is 4 new and very heavy stocking
made which is supposed to do away with
the need for the tall shoe. and very &C.
ceptable It will be. With tights coming
down in ones stockings. and with the
heavy, low shoe and stout stocking. there
really seems to be little need for the cum
bersome high shoe. But maybe we shall
think otherwise when the stormy Gays
come.
For automobiling. they are wearing high
velvet shoes. long coats, small toques.
carefully spiked on. gauntlets and automo-
bile goggles. All the women know how to
mobile" and there is a daily procession
up Fifth avenue. through Central Park. out
to the boulevard. across to Riverside drive.
and up to Grants tomb and back The
restaurant out there does a good business,
and no one enjoys the trip better than Your
OWL. NEW YORK COUSIN.