The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-10

neck and the little hollow at the base
OF the throat This is very delightful
when the neck Is well formed. but II
creased by The high stock 1t is decidedly
trying
Small sets Of velvet bands come Tor
such emergencies as this, and the wo-
man who cuafrOnts her image in the
glass win three deadly crcases around
he throat aud wrinkles around tho
wrists. caused by he ght little cuffs
With which the bishop sleeves have been
finished he past year, can lind solaCe in
tle olAck velvet band. TIE bands are
au iuch wide and are fastened with lit
tle slides Tley come for the neck alt
for both wrists. No her color than
h ck should er be worn as no other
color shows the white Of the skin to sucn
advantage,
They say that a house gown Is like an
evening dress; IL matters not so much
what the m 'erial m be as the s'yIo.
They are making negligees out OF all the
nov fabrics hat are offered for summer
and arc iiaiHg them to make them sea-
s.n1bla now. Str nge idea, his. yet very
= d, for the Innings are 50 made that
'AeY can be S lp2ed out later ana the
gown worn without the lnjrg
Fancy neSlSee Of that old m 1terlal
which has come back VITA such farvor
th spriuy-China six. or course, for
this season Il would be far too thin and
100 clng,ns too utterly unlike the couch
gown that Is demanded for winter days
hut II yen take II and wear 1t over slip
OF thln l0rench flannel then sll oOlee-
lions such as chilliness and lack OF body.
are removed
A handsome imported negllgee. made
after one Of Wilhelmlna's best morning
robes was carried out along such lines
ms these; Its outside was Of China six,
in tho new plnl5lsh red II was laid in
immense platts at the neck and fell in
broad folds to the feet, trimmed only by
bands of lace Insertion, wide sailor
collar OF the tucked silk was the only
lnish the neck afforded, if a wide bow
Of ribbon al the throat may be excepted
The sleeves were very large ones, pill
low case eeves' they sre called, and
were trimmed with wide lace. They
would easily fall back TO the shoulder.
inns gown, which was open down the
front, was worn over a petticoat OF China
SILK OF precisely the same color, trimmed
wlth q deep houuee which was elabor-
ately tucked and trimmed with lace
Underneath 10 al was slipped on a
princess OF white flannel. not full and
not 100 tlghl nttlng. II buttoned all TINS
way down The 'front.' and was trimmed
with the narrowCst edge OF Valencieanes
ACE. The princess made rather a pret.
" gown in ITSELF and was certainly very
well adapted to the use for which it was
made, namely. that of rendering the
Caina silk gown more comfortable.
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The sleeves OF negligee gowns are all
very large and all partake of the flowing
description, They are OF various shapes
and varlously characterized. The pillow
case sleeve is absolutely without slope
and is apparently made OF straight
piece OF material sewed together and
tucked into the armhole The lower edge
may be as deliberately trimmed as de-
sired. This sleeve, if made of substan-
ual material Is not lined but II made
Of crepe Dc chine. tafiota oriental silk
or any Of the pretty aud inexpensive
SILKY stuIs that come for house gowns
IL Is prettier far II lined
The lining can be very sheer; many
persons use kind OF cheese cloth, which
Ia soft as nuns yelling Rad not nearly
so expensive coming as low as 10 cents
yard.
Another sleeve is tho umbrella sleeve
which Is a shaped one. Underneath the
sleeves ls quito short. but It gradually
slopes toward the outside OF the arm
until u Is very long where II falls over
the hand. When The arm hangs at tia
eide be sleeve conies down in q big eurYo
ana completely covers the nngsr tips