The Washington times., 1902-02-23
Miss Manhattan, in Her Usual
Breezy, Chaty Way, Makes
Some Good Suggestions Of
Interest to the Fair Sex.

the fashionab bic woman. She ha!
settled down, you know, to al
outward appearance of quietude. for Just
now it is the fad TO be quiet. This state
of affairs has its redeeming features.
however. and not the least of these is the
opportunity offered a certain few to OBJ
serve the social butterfly in the sanctitv
of her own boudoir, gowned in her pref
test and most appropriate negligee
which she finds so little time to put on
during the strenuous life of the short gay
season. The society woman keeps Lent
according to her own ideas. That doesn't
mean she considers it necessary TO deny
herself all pleasures. On the contrary
there are a few duties which take the
form of gayeties such as concerts, operas.
musicales sewing clubs, TO say nothing
OF her favorite bridge" parties, her
luncbeons, dinners, and, best of all, those
delightful mornings spent in the company
without formality TO PASS an hour or so
chatting about the month at Palm Beach,
delightful summer plans, the trip abroad
for the coronation, Easter hats, early
spring gowns, and all sorts of things. and
usually there is a game of bridge"
with, of course, dainty luncheon served
in my lady's pretty little sitting room.
The Hostess Chance.
This is the chance the hostess has for
displaying before her admring intimates
some ravishing reignOir tea gown. house
dress, or whatever she has a fancy for
wearing in the seclusion of her own
rooms
If ever pretty woman looks her pref
test and is positively enchanting. it is
when she is clad in simple and grace
full clinging robe that emphasizes her
good points. conceals any bad ones, and
is altogether suited TO her Individual
style. Some there are who have a fancy
for the long flowing garment suggestive
of the Burne-Jones women, while others
prefer the wonderfully beruffied and be-
laced affair bearing the plainly evident
hall mark of Paris. Lace, lace, lace
really never saw anything like the popu-
larity of this material. and while the fad
is not particularly new it is true that
some OF the effects are enchanting and
unusual enough to have been designed by
eminent artists. 1t is quite the thing /
too TO adopt some particular style of
house gown, something, of course, that
has been suggested by an artist of fame
and while one may have dozen of them |
running the gamut Of tints and fabrics |
they will all be built upon the same lines. !
For Morning Gatherings.
For these pleasant little morning gath
erings my lady will get herself up not
in sackcloth and ashes but in this be-
witching tea gown which will be the envy
OF all her dearest friends
The new tea gowns, however, are won
derfully pretty and artistic affairs and
the term includes all those graceful gar
ments designed for wear in ones boudoir
or sitting room. The tall slender cI ea-
lures among fashions fair affect the flow
ing styles Their figures lend themselves
admirably TO the straight fall of Danae s
mantle" combining both the esthetic and
the modish, modish in the sense of being
Ecce Of the newest fabrics though the
general style may suggest almost any re
ncte period. Perhaps one of the loveliest