The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-07

aigrettes have been thrust out OF fash
ion by humane women we find hand
some ostrich feathers again popular,
And this is good news. There is nothing
prettier, nor more decorative. than
really handsome ostrich feather which
circles the crown of a hat and falls over
the brim slightly at one side. Nirot
has been using a great many feathers
on recent models and so has earlier.
There is peculiar shade of brick
red which is far removed from the
ubiquitous tango shade. but peverthe-
less recalls It. This color is an abso
Lutte rage in Paris. 1t is successfully
combined on hats and toques with
skunk and with sable and in the new
silk beavers it is exceedingly attrac-
tive. This peculiar shade is to be seen
in the heast vi certain chrysanthe-
NUNS and it is at its best when ex-
plotted in conjunction with these big
flowers. Golden brown cbrysanthe-
NUNS are very much used on beaver
and fur toques and in pure white these
curiously decorative flowers are intro
duced on picturesque collars made of
white fox or ermine.
All the newest millinery flowers, or
almost all, are Of the obviously con-
ventional type That IS to say they
bear no resemblance whatever to ma
ture. 1t is an interesting fact that tho
Partisan mllliners distinguish between
summer and winter fashions In this
way. In summer the correct thing is
to have flowers. especially roses, which
initiate nature as closely as possible;
in winter the really correct flower for
hat decoration Is that made of ribbon
or velvet, with a diamond heart or with
diamond veinings to the petals. for ex-
ample a big black poppy made of vel
vet, with pistils of powdered dtamante,
or a camellia made of faded purple
velvet with the soft petals veined with
| rows of fine paste, and in the heart
purple amethyst. or yet again, a dark
! red velvet rose surrounded by green
| camellia leaves. Some Of these CON
ventional flowers are very beautiful:
almost all are decorative and suitable
for wearing with picturesque evening
dresses.
| In Paris there Is n clever woman
who is at this moment making CON
siderable fortune by snlaclkIng- the faces
! Of pretty women. This is literally true.
| She has discovered peculiar cream
/ which softens and yet tightens the skin
She has small portion Of this cream
4 pressed into a little bag made Of very
/ soft muslin and with this bag she dis
! creetly smaclls her clients face.
| The process is a curious one. She
/ stands over the client and strikes the
| skin sideways. with each gentle and
yet firm blow a small portion Of the
! cream oozes out and spreads itself on
| the skin The bloW Itself brings the
blood to the surface and excites the
muscles. It is not a process which
could be attempted by an amateur with
any hope of success, nut several Pari-
sienues have declared that they were
Immensely Benefited by the treatment.
especially in cases where double .chins
were troublesome.
/ 1t is quite certain that much good
may be done to the average complexion
by the application of a soothing face
cream followed by a gentle but insist
emit tapping with the corner Of a Turk
ish towel After the age of 40 or AZ
every woman ought to have facial
treatments Of one kind or another al
regular Intervals. At this age The skin
peSins to fan into lines and the double
chm begins to form. Ii Is much better
70 start facial treatments too early
IMAM TO put them off until they are
obviously needed, In this matter, as
III many others. prevention is very
much better than cure
Now that c0rsets in the ordlnar,,
sense of the word, are no longer worn
IL Is necessary for the average woman
10 ma something to take their place,
In Paris the latest thing is the wide
band OF silk elastic which lightly CON
fines the waist and bust without com
pressing either. 1t is curious To note
now quickly our eyes have grown
accustomed to the Venus de Milo ont
line. AT the present moment I really
believe that If an hour glass waist
made its appearance in the streets of
taris It's owner would be mobbed
In the winter of 1918 we are nothing
II not eXaggeratedly natural Smart
women are now as proud of their large
waists as they used to be of their
nineteen inch corsets. How long this
| tad will last 1t is impossible to say, bur
the fashion has proved so becoming
and comfortable that 1t will certainly
last through next spring and summer.
The new elastic centuries are very
| wide and they are cleverly shaped at
the sides TO give support to the bust.
| They are held up on the shoulders
by ribbon straps and many fashionable
women have cleyerly arranged braces
attached to their skirts In order to
avoid the necessity of COMPRISING the
waist by a band
! OF course all the newest corsages ana
blouses are run on elastics at the waist.
| In the hand these little garments seem
/ shapeess. hut on the figure they fall
! into beautiful lines and folds Many
of the Parisiennes remain faithful to
the trioot corset, which Is a. model of
| comfort; but then the tricot corsers
| must have a few supports, in the fronts
and at the sides. 1t is to get rid of these
| supports that the ultra-smart women