St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-13
Winter Fashions in the Great Me-
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White and COlOred Tulle Extremely
: Fashionable Again.-LOw Necked
GOwnS.-Very Short SleeveS.-Black
Lynx and Fox POpular.-Fur T0queS.-
New Jewelry.
Editor CALIFORNIAN:
In January the social season is at its
heighth. The woman of fashion has an
engagement for every evening for weeks
ahead and sometimes two or three for
the same night For example she starts
in perhaps by attending a large dinner
party, goes from there to the opera, stays
through an act or two and then looks
in just in time for the cotillon at ball.
The very latest thing for evening wear
is that old fashioned material, tulle. Per-
haps because it is so extremely perishable
that it appeals to the extravaganza or
the times, but for some reason or other
it has become extraordina rily popular
all of sudden.
A lovely evening dress is made of tulle
in the fashionable smoke gray shade. This
is cut with low round neck, gracefully
draped with the material, caught in the
center and on each side OF the front with
quaint buckles thickly studded with
turquoises. The skirt was rather tight
but this was hidden by drapery en-
broidered in gray and blue beads, which
fell from just below the decolletage. The
sleeves were simply draped sleeve cap
arrangement of the tulle. With this
gown turquoise jewelrv was worn in the
form of an elaborate necklace and a
Greek fillet of turquoises in the golden
hair.
The sleeves of evening dresses are al
most documentary. Short draped caps
or bands of the material, at most six
inches long, are all that are worn. Of
course low neck is de rigueur for balls,
the opera or large dinner parties. Cor
sages OF extremely fashionable frocks
are cut very decollete both back and
front but tucked white mousseline de
sole or tulle partially fills up the open
| ing, so the dresses are not after all quite
so low as they at first appear to be.
Evening gloves now extend just above
the elbow, and never entirely conceal the
arm Bracelets of heavy gold bands set
with stones are sometimes worn to I'LL
up the space between the glove and the
short sleeve.
Furs are exceptionally handsome this
season. Black lynx can perhaps bt
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" the correct thing to have muff. neck
piece and toque en- suite. Toques arr
very large and are trimmed with TIT
head or tail of the animal. rather fla
bunch of velvet flowers or stiff buncl
of aigrettes held by gilt or jeweled or
nament. Many fox furs are worn
White fox is especially smart for younl
girls, OF all the year January is the hes
time to buy furs as then one is enabled
to get expensive skins at liberal re
duction. No one this season need b
afraid of special changes in shapes
Muffs, neck scarfs. and stoles will Gel
tainly be in similar styles again mex
season, while fur coats can be worn jus
as they are for several years. TIL
"hipless effect" and the small sleeves ar
in tor long run. Following their annua
custom the we'll known fur house of {
{. Shayne & Co., have instituted thei
usual January reduction sale and ar
offering most charming novelties. Flu
coats in caracul, pony skin, mink, req
sealskin, and most popular OF all dye
muskrat, that close imitation OF sealskir
are in special favor and every woma
who can possibly manage to afford i
is this January treating herself to a tu
coat.
Certainly the most luxurious evenin
wraps for this month are of fur. Til
flowing Directoire capes of ermine c
chinchilla are supurb, while garments
Hudson seal are so smartly trlmme
with jeweled buttons and set OF b
Empire sashes and draperies of blac
satin that they present an elegant al
pearance. Gorgeous models in gray ne
iavishly embroidered in gray and silve
and richly trimmed with chinchilla al
also seen as well as cloaks OF broadclot
and satin galore.
Tewelry this winter is artistic in til
extreme. And the new necklets CON
posed of band of black velvet, MORE c
satin with exquisite little jeweled slide
and tassels appeal to the feminine hear
Then there are great variety OF cd
hand wrought necklaces set with sem
precious stones as we'll as the more cor
ventional necklaces of diamonds, pearls
emeralds and rubies A good man
handsome ear rings are also worn. Or
of the fads of the winter is the partialit
for Jet jewelry. Strings of graduate
jet are very popular. Smooth jet pei
dants are worn on silver or gold chains
All the tavorite forms of jewelry nov
come in Jet. For the hair there are fillet'
barrettes, combs, pins and other orns
ments.
RosALIND MAY.
New York, N. Y, lam 9, 1909.