The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25
TIE MODERN VI

Jewelled cigarette cases re sembling old
fashioned handkerchief holders and in
, tended for women's use find a ready sale
In some shops. A saleswoman said that
she sold more cigarette cases and the meer-
schaum cigarette holders with gold fligree
work than vanity cases even.
Following the fashion set by the Wash
ington woman who had her autom OBJ lie
scented with perfume, some New York
women are having the upholstery Of their
broughams and victorias scented with their
favorite perfume.
1t scarcely pays a woman nowadays to
have made bedroom accessories such as
| shirt waist boxes, hat boxes, darning bags,
sewing screens and the like, for there are
| attractive ones to he had in the shops at
very reasonable prices. Particularly is this
the case with the first named article, the
shirt waist box. To have the box con-
structed by a carpenter costs just double
what a completed one costs in the stores.
Glove ~elastics for holding up the tops OF
long party gloves are among the seasons
novelties. Made up Of fine valenciennes
lace with a bit Of dainty ribbon flower en-
broidery through the centre or Of spangled
lace to match the gowns, they are pretty il
not particularly chic. TIT idea savors too
much of the shirt sleeve elastic OF mascu-
line use to be generally accepted by fas-
tldlous women, though.
It was down on the East Side where the
pushcarts centre aboutWillia sburg Bridge
that a crowd of women were buying bar
gains in cheap laces. One woman, tall and
angular, with an arm as long as a search
warrant, caught up a piece of lace that she
admired and began measuring 1t by holding
one end to her nose and then stretching it
out at arms length, a custom that still pre-
walls where yard sticks arc not plentiful.
She measured of three yards by her nose
and arm, which was fully six by ordinary
to cut, saying she would take the three
yards. With one motion the man snatched
the lace from the woman, put it back on the
pile and went about selling his wares as if
nothing had happened.
The woman laughed M passed on. IL
was evidently an old trick.
Women who like to have something about
their apparel that is distinctive can en-
broider their monographs on their lingerie
parasols. The work is done in white linen
or cotton to match the material and lends
a personal touch that is most attractive.
A woman should lave an exceedingly
pretty foot If she wears the dainty new
pumps in old rose, pale lavender, pearl
gray or grass green, for nothing shows off
the contour of ones feet like light kid
shoes. They reveal every defect and every
shortening. But if the lines are trim
and pretty. then the feet shod in slippers
or pumps in the pastel shades will take on
added beauty.
Rhinestone studded heels are the very
newest thing in spring footwear.
Simplicity of style and cut il noticeable
in the shoes shown by some dealers. the
only decoration to the low, high but not
French heelei slipper being perhaps a
buckle of cut steel. Stockings come in
colors to match. and while they are elabo-
rately embroidere l., the silk i self colore1
so that no contrasts are seen. Perhaps
the one exception Is in the black and white
striped kid slipper and the black stocking
with the lace entire deuX, which gives the
effect of white beneath.
Next summers girl may not wear rings
on her fingers or bells on her toes, but she
will be quite as gayly decorated il she fol-
lows the styles in buttons and buckles.
All the Jewels Of the Orient have been
gathered together and set into these dainty
feminine accessories
More thar all else, the buckle sets are
popular. These include q broad orna-
ment for the back with a buckle to match,