Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-23
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Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal.
New York, Jan. II. rather think
Solomon would look seedy and plain
should hts stop into the Waldorf a storiR
some fine afternoon, so gorgeous and
rich are the clothes the today woman
, of fashion wears. Gowns which today
are the mode for the street and public
places "a few years ago would have been
deemed theatrical. The amount of
jewelry worn is remarkable and at
times dazzling even in the daylight.
The bracelet and earring have come
to stay, as was evidenced at the Horse
Show early in the season. Not, how
ever, the old style of either. The
bracelets are often merely heavy bands
of dull gold with gems lnlaid, and they
are exquisite. One worn at O public
dinner party not along ago was OF heavy
gold, widening toward the middle
where great turquoise matrix and
a solitaire of equal size were imbedded.
| have seldom seen anything richer or
more elegant.
Sapphirsa and diamonds alternating
across the top half or all the way round
are also very effective,
Another very new bracelet consists OF
a gold chain, upon which i've or six
stones, cut Indian fashion, are strung
at regular intervals, leaving one pendant
at the fastening.
Those in which Turquoise matrix is
used are very pleasing, particularly IL
one has necklace or lorgnette chain
to match.
Earrings have been adopted this
winter by nine out of ten modish
women.
Nowadays one does not have to go
through the torture OF having one's ears
pierced, which ia reason for their
revived popularity.
Inc new solitaire earring-and again
pearls are preferred shows no mount
ing, and is fastened on to the ears by
novel contrivsnce which is most in
genious, Worn as close to the face as
possible they are generally becoming.
formerly, when the lobe of the ear
had to be pierced, the standing away of
the earrings from the face made them,
In many instances, most unheGoming.
Then the new belt buckles are another
expansion in mi lady of fashion p list.
The newest OF the most dressy buckles
are dainty porcelain miniature portraits
of historic beauties Louise of Prussia
Marie Antoinette, Prinoesse Lamhalle,
La Pompadour, Nine. du Barry ex-
quisitely painted In size and form
they are discs about tine size OF silver
dollar, encircied with the most brilliant
diamonds. Any pretty girl is justified
10 saving her pin money for the pretty
bauple which vii! cost her from 50 to
~ and IS, and show to advantage on
hsr slender waist. A small ivory mina-
ture o. the wife Of Louis Nv. in full
bail dress, was framed so exquisitely in
an inner frame OF interlaced emerslds,
with an outer border of diamonds, that
the sum OF $40 seemed quite Inadequate
for such an antique COPY.
In the sush and SHOWS now we pick
our way to select airy fairy gossamer-
like garments for the dune days to
come II may be early but the prudent
,, shoppers know that now is the best
time to get the choice goods. The
summer of 1909 is going to be a white
season. Standing at Twenty. third and
.. broadway yesterday ] purposely missed
Gu: after car Just to watch the feminine
modish throng rushing past that busy
corner and it came to me >how few
women know how to carry the fashions
their purses eau buy.
Every one knows the value from d
! dress standpoint of that indelnable
something called style No one can
define 1t. The girl in u simple ginEhar
gown will possess 1t and the one n
costly Paris creation lack it, And tho
girl in ginRham is far more pleasing by
, reason of her possession than the one in
silk
carriage has tremendous lot to Go
with style. 1t may not be all of it, but
it is large part. One thing is certain,
the woman who carries herself puoriy
, , never will have style, no matter how
costly her clothes, nor how famous her
modesto
| This is point young girls especially
) should bear in mind, The woman VINO
is acquiring years and flesh will find
1T difficult matter to achieve tihe
} carriage j; she has gwen no thought tt
it when young. Therefore whie girl
hood still fingers the secret OF grace
full. erect bearing should be mastered.
! The woman, however, who has neg
lscted this matter need not be totally
discouraged. She can do much to
remedy it If she will be perseyering and
ooula geous.
The essentials to good carriage are
, a. straight back, a chin held we'll in,
aud an erect, alert bearing. No one who
thus carries herself can be ungraoeiul.
And grace is worth quite as much as
beauty. In fact, beauty without grace
makes but fieeting impression
One does not want to foIea the
shoulders back. That throws out the
t chin and hoilows this chest. Besides it
is strained and unnatural and few can
maintain ouch position long. That
is one reason the time honored advice to
young people to throw your shoulders
back has so little force.
, Direct your attention rather to the
upper part of the chest and to this
carriage of the head and neck. Then
the shoulders will take care OF them
! selves, Think how you would hold
your head If you were balancing
weight On top of it. Don I draw your
chin in furcihly with bridling move
ment That gives double chin and a
disagreeable expression to the face. A
: prominent physical culturist gave this
recipe: Simply throw your head back,
not up, for that would make the chin
stick out, Hut if you simply draw
. your head we'll back the chest lifts
{ itself, tine shoulders sink to pretty,
! graceful lines and the fig ure takes on
! curves you would not think possible
, from go simple a movement. Try it
before your mirror, some night when
j you have removed your bodice and YOU
9 will see how magical is the effect. The
t carriage OF the head ana body has not
: only everything 10 do with the general
/. attractiveness of the PERSON, hut it
a largely affects the expression OF the
face and is not without certain moral
! significance. Did you ever see a beau
tiiul woman with bowed shoulders and
head thrust forward? II spells the
(. features and Injuries tine voice, and il
/. gives an impression of certain defects