Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1898, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1898-24 PAGES 1898, by John Brisben Walker.) Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK. November 25, 1898 norse show and the State Federation man’s Clubs have settled some inter- t since the Denver session of the Na- t ion of Woman's Clubs, at w ishment of the shirt waist . ssion has been rife over t of what clothing do the club- wk state session has enlight- women to this extent, if no Jarther. The clubwomen of America carry Into dress the ¢ intelligence that has hem in other directions a power which they themselves possibilit < yet only dimly eive. A large proportion of the most u women of the United States »w ia touch with one another from to California. Their organization is t holds with certainty Their meetings is variety unre ar enc of topics. some ) importance to laily life, others apparent conse- eto any but most qutbbling of sophers issue. may disrupt is made, is is on the Mear we judge women s by their proceed- near to solving one of y problems—how dividuality and letting the wo writers of fi “y 4 restaurant said the woma arily; “but you've only s to write. You haven't been match- z three mortal hours. re is a masculine impression shop is woman's chief pleasure; 1 nd tt on, mer mildest under mod- ming, for Harmonies. harmonious r- nicer, the appre- Hine and more t for n net Amazi arches ps, with more always crowé -rworked and con 1 by ov and ap- How the clubwomen | to | ett ment s qu 1p to date. A Ro Well Dressed, but Not h sets of women had having been run th wring d; but the im> corset ost to hold on by. It was o1 TAILOR GOWNS. New Efieets Seen at the Recent New York Horse Show. ¢ skirts all walk- Fi « clearing the x The three or four ffer 8 is a circular ound skirt is worn f ned W fe cvat cut all i stand out from er. The fullni ; pleats sewed down inside, | mall. There how on the outside and there is a small is iu of gown. entirely on ts cut and r style lor gown is made w ircular skirt again, but with bands ¢ n put down the front like the strapped The skirt itself is very graceful im her the appearance of be- ly no| and the} sides as well as behind. It was cnly at the horse show that sle3ves fitted the arms with such exactness as to need fastening with a glove buttoner. To chase all the vagaries of fashion is an onerous profession which every woman decides for hers2If whether or not to adopt. Dress reform as such seems to have no place in the calculations of the clubwomen; it a part of what they are contributing to the sum of human happiness is the wi dom of studying becomingness, without running the good things of th: fashions into the ground. | Original costumes, a description of which | might be helpful in planning a wardrobe, were plenty at either gathering. Some of the best exhibits, so to speak, were in th> line of tailor gowns. Both Stylish and Gracefu One of the most perfectiy cut dr this es of ort that has appeared in New York in many a day was of blue cloth with a graceful hanging skirt somewhat longer in th back than in front, and giving that slight fullness behind which is more be- coming to most women than the entirely plain effect insisted upon by many dre makers. This skirt was severely trimmed with rows of machine stitching—a relief after the over-elaborate decorations with | which we have of late indulged our fancy. | It was worn with a coat-like bodice, tight. | fitting at the back, a trifle loose—as is j the wont of the coat of the moment—in | front, there opening to show an under-bod- ice of Persian lamb, which fur repeated it- | self on the shoulders. The hat was of black velvet with a bunch of brilliant mountain 2sh berries. More “jauntily effective, perhaps cent model of a biue cloth bands of silk applique arra low in front and at the back, ri ful curves at the sides. The of sable fur finishes this roat is tight-fitting in is a re- Kirt with den sautoir, ing in grace- merest cage trimming. The the back with a slight spring to the skirt portions. The | faring coat fronts have short revers upon he chest which are covered with fur and appliques. Below the chest begin other re- vers, narrow at first, but widening to the waist, these also applique-covered. There i3 | a flaring fur collar. Between the coat fronts | appears a white silk waist, with a collar | band of tucked silk and a belt and necktie | of pale mauve velvet. The hat of soft blue has a sable-edged brim and is French f \ | | | two shaped flounces, which, like the polon- aise, are edged with stitched bands of black studded with cameo buttons. The bodice has a bolero effect, with art sguipure in peach color and cream covering the cuffs and collar. The front and sleeyes are of black velvet. Another polonaise costume is a study in the now favorite gray and orange. The gray cloth underskirt and the polonaise, which is cut in deep points, are trimmed with gray sitk fringe. The bodice portion fastens with odd tabs at one side and shows @ square neck of embroidery in orange che- nille. The hat in gray felt turns up well from the face and is ‘illed in with orange berries and gray velvet. A long gray os- trich plume curves over the crown. A tunic dress of a new shade of red be- tween a tomato and a dark nasturtium has an underskirt trimmed with three cir- cular ruffles. The tunic points down in front and at the back, opening only at the placket: it is edged with dark fur, which also covers the collar and revers on the little jacket. This is a bolero, ending at the waist in a velvet belt. black, and a fai are worn. Redingote Helps Slender Effect. One of the most graceful styles of the winter for many women is the redingote princesse, of black cloth perhaps, opening in long peplum points or panels over a black velvet underdress. The continuous lines from shoulder to hem are capable of being trying, but, if well arranged, are most successtul in producing the siender effect at which every costume now aims. One such dress recently imported was trimmed with raw-edged bands of black cloth stud- ded with buttens; another had similar bands of white cloth and a wide, white cloth collar. The deeply curving outward sweep of the long wraps, which is preserved upon a ma- jority of the polonaise models, appears also on many of the tunic dresses, the tunics The hat is all ized sable muff and boa ends Th curving white and yellow ai- rimmed with narrow loops and uve velvet lined with white satin. large, In Black and Peach. One of the pretcy combinations of the mo- ment is black and peach color. This has been illustrated tn a polonaise costume of ft cloth, the underskirt having a very ones who wear these beautiful and becom- ing hats. Some of the fur hats have no trimming whatever. They are entirely of the fur, and in sharp contrast to them are the ha f tulle trimmed with breasts in- | stead of wings. A very smart hat of pale | blue, made for the horse show, is trimmed | with breasts of pale blue shading into brown. It is in turban shape and very | clever in design, and exceedingly becom- | Of course, it is suitable only for full -t]ee BEDTIME. Some Ideas as to What i Retiring Hour. From: Harper's Bazar. A physician of courtly old-school the Best man- } hers used to give prescriptions marked re- spectively for ly bedtime and for late A discussion arose the other day between several friends as to what consti- tuted early and what late bedtime. Some of the ladies maintained that 10 o'clock was the limit between the two, others though’ that early bedtime lasted until 11, and a few who believed in beauty sleep | pleaded that early bedtime began at 8 and erded at 9:30 o'clock. | So many people are engaged all day, and | bedtime. wear with this Isa chore cone | the dinner hour is necessarily, in city life, covered with bands of cloth. At che back | ‘eferred to so late an hour, the families do ft is tight fitting, with two little square | tot break up from their quiet evenings until t n the front it is double brea: and | after 10. Society pushes its hours later and ngs out from the figure in a perfectly | tater, and the votaries of fashion come near aight line from the bust. It is cut off | having no bedtime at all, snatching th just below the waist, and there is a belt | rest when they can between one gay rout t ch are attached little sidepteces. the | and another. The invalid and the aged per- belt fastening under the front of the waist, | son and the child must perforce retire early. Fe cee anna! Usfore: hanes Ver_ | wor thossisteady-Kolng periousl aio. Teer: fe ee ne are whee Tevers, er | late their lives by rule, and who habitually his ¢ and it ts exce dingy pretty and | rise at an early hour ‘and breakfast pmanc- ‘ a Aecrre aihiathen hierar f ihe new} tually at 7 o'clock, 10 is certainly a good ues Wee SNe CO acc os arate chin-| bedtime hour. Brain workers would find a Ne around | their: account fm seoking tha’ xepoes of tha pee choi fee ,} cotch and the darkened and silent cham- rig hi —— but with absent’ | ber. with preferably opaque curtains to ex- und the hips. jacket With this longer than most Eton j t front, the fronts coming s xe It has a high flaring col-! «r, and is heavily embroidered with nar- ba of bleck velvet—the material at on the blas and slipped which is cut out for it. clude the light of the moon and street lamp | alike, at 10 o'clock. | _ A long sleep rests the mind as well as the | body, and prepares one for the work of the next day, whatever it may be. Far better han an opiate or a narcotic is the habit of seeking the pillow at an early hour, and quietly lying still, with closed eyes and re- luaxed limb i 3, until sleep. gently wooed, ery, CMective for.’ & tall | comes (with Misi heallug: toschsia softly abot _leoks bad cn. Irn, ac | Weaves its speils of balm. wet is lined with white satin, and] “The goed doctor probably meant hy cast re is worn with it a white satin shirt | peatime any hour betweee x 3 Waist. and at the neck a stock collar and re miod an beeoce Soe e cravat Pur toques and turbans were worn with the plain tailor gowns. These hats are s of the rarest furs. Russian sable i< < dered none too good, and although t are not many people who feel that they can aff ‘© pay $100 for a hat, still there are women who have an unlimited income to spend on dress, and they are the regarded the later period as between 9:30 and midnight. Growing children cannot too carefully be enjoined to get plenty of sleep. The boy or girl who has lessons to learn must waken early after a good night's rest, and this is insured only by punctuality "in retiring. Eight o’clock is a good bedtime for ail | young people under fifteen, and should be insisted upon by parents, being cut longer behind than in front and having an even, exageerated slope at the sides. Such a costume in mauve cloth has underskirt and tunic ruffled in bine The little also rounded from the hips, coat, opens over a bodice of shot mauve and blue glace, embroidered jvith black lace and chiffon. The small toque to correspond 1s of shaded velvet in the two colors, with trimming of quills. HATS FOR CHILDRE: Color an Important Feature to Con- sider in Juvenile Millinery. From the Philadelphia Times. There are many milliners who fail in their efforts to produce stylish hats for children and to have them at once pretty and youthful in effect. A ttle girl should, in her hat, at least, not be overdressed. There should never be a great show of outlay either in the matertal or its decora- tion. Very long or heavy plumes are as out of place upon her as jewels would bé, and the innocent babyishness of her face needs but a suitable frame and background to enhance {ts charm. Color is the im- portant feature, and the general outline is next to be considered. The decoration is of the least importance, but, of course, in its selection and adjustment the first steps are helped or marred. Each season has certain lines to which we must conform as nearly as becoming- ness will permit, and for the present, least, there is little fear of making a mis- take. There is a preference for the cun- ning Httle beehive crown, rather broad brims and the prettiest, most youthful col- ors imaginable. The newest trimming for the crown is a rather broad satin ribbon folded rather loosely and tied In a prim bow or sailor knot at the back, with the short ends left free. A coquettish little hat of ruby felt has a round crown with a tiny brim pinched front, rolling up over one side and partially down over the hair and made broader in across the front. A three-inch- wide taffeta ribbon is tied around the crown, with a bow at the back, and a large looped rosette of narrow satin ribbon sup- ports a fine, full white aigrette at each side of the front. The edge of the brim is Strengthened by three satin-covered cords, A very dressy hat, noticeable for its beau- ty and style with ‘simplicity, was of pale mode felt, with a round crown of felt and satin braid. Broad cream satin ribbon is passed over the crown from front to back diagonally, forming an X on top and ter- minating at the back in rosette bows, with steel ornaments. At the front are immense rosettes of cream chiffon, one on each side, but so full as to meet in front. The brim folds back trom the face, showing a looped ruche of cream satin baby ribbon, and tie strings, each a yard long, are of chiffon. made scarfwise, shirred into frilis at the end, and having rows of satin ribbon run around. —e- —_____ Patent leather shoes require care to cause them to look well. They should be wiped with a damp sponge, and afterward with a soft, dry cloth and occasionally with a cloth dampened with a little sweet oil. Blacken and polish the edges of the acles in the usual way, but do not cover the pat- ent leather with the blacking. A cloth moistened in a little milk may be used on patent leather with good effect. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Terrapin is again in season, and its devo- tees with deep purses are rejoiced. Fail- ing the original, the housewife of moderat2 aspirations can treat her family to chicken terrapin, which is also excellent, but not expensive. It ts an admirable dish for the Sunday night tea, when John’s fri>nds drop in to take a “bite and sup,” and lends itself with easy grace to the “before the eyes of all men” chafing dish. All the ingredients may be prepared beforehand, so that its evolution, watched by an admiring table, appears as easy as the traditional “falling off a log.” Have ready and measured out one full cup of chicken meat, cut or chop- ped in rather small pieces; one-quart2r of a cup of cream or chicken stock, two table- spoonfuls of butter, one tablespoonful of flour, one-quarter of a teaspoonful each of cloves, cayenne, Worcest2rshire sauce and thin lemon rind, the giblets of the chicken minced fine, one hard-boiled egg rubbed to a paste, one level saltspoon of salt, and one-quart>r cup of sherry, or, in case of a white ribboner, a little more cream or stock in place of the wine. Mix the salt and spice with the flour, melt the butter, add the flour, then the stock, or cream, chick>n. giblets, wine, and so forth. If it seems dry add still more stock, and beat thoroughly. Only that and nothing more, and even a connoisseur in terrapin will vote it not only good, but very like the original. s may felicitate themselves receiving the highest com- mendation from food experts, who have studied it from a hygienic ’ standpoint. Dates, they declare, can claim merits not ccmbined in any other product of the vege- table world. More nutritious than apples or berries, and easily digestible, they will keep the ex- perimenter in »xc>llent health anywhere be- ty.een the equator and the neighborhood of the polar regions. Slowly masticated, one at a time, about every two hours, they will palliate the feelings of gastric uneasinc that dis ress dyspepiics when the overtaxed digestive organs require rest from heartier feod. All dyspeptics, say the date devo- tees, should carry a pocketful of these dried fruits with them, giving the prefer- ence to the golden-brown variety over the large yellow or small black sorts, Lovers of dat that this fruit i Spinach, as all the world knows, is one of the most wholesome of y2getables, but there are ways and ways of serving it, scme much more tempting than ot! s. At a dainty home luncheon recently, th> dish of spinach when brought on looked almost too pretty to eat. It had been cooked un- ccevered and with salt, so that it retained its natural green color. Chopped very fin2 and seasoned well, it was piled up mound shaped in a pretty dish, and crowned by a hard-boiled egg cut 80 as to cleverly imi- tate a water lily in bloom. The white of the 2gg was slit down into petals and turn- ed back, while the yellow yolk standing above and just manipulated slightly to give it the soft appearance of the golden pistil made the whole effect an excell:nt ‘‘coun- terfeit presentment” of the water flower. A somewhat novel and certainly conven- tional fruit arrangement was noticed lately at a banquet given by one of the large alum- nae associations in a “swell” uptown hotel. A large round platter formed the base, from which rose a pyramid of fruit as regularly constructed as the Eiffel tower. First a layer of big russct apples above an- other of yellow pears; again a layer of small; red-checked apples; then more pears, still growing beautifully less. Clusters of purple and white grapes came next and last- ly a tuft of leaves to surmount the struc- ture. The whole edifice was about a foot and @ half ia height, but, unfortunately, so constructed that no one would dare disturb its fair proportions for fear of demolishing the entire arrangement, “Excuse me,” said a gentleman lately to a young woman just coming out of a store in process of renovation and whose cloth jacket bore several long streaks of the white paint which she had just encounter- ed, “I hope you won't think i'm trying to flirt, but I want to tell you the easiest w: to get that paint off. Just wait until it dries, then rub the paint streaks together in your hands, so—" crushing up imaginary folds and rubbing them vigorously together. ‘The young woman was somewhat skepticai, but later in the day, when the paint had dried, tried the remedy suggested with com- plete success. Not a suspicion of paint re- mained to tell the tale The English custom of naming rooms after their special decorations is one that commends iiself to the esthetically inclined. Who would not rather lay herself down to est in the “apple blossom’ or “chrysanthe- mum" bed room and dress in the Undine or Narcissus dressing room than be driven to find refuge in the “third story back” or “th@ second floor hall?” Even “Aunc Jane's” or “Uncle Elijah’s” rooms do not appeal to the guest who has never had the privilege of meeting tives when in those estimable the flesh. The old-fashioned potato penwiper planting on many de but less useful modern contrivances. A fine, fat potato set beside the inkstand not only cleans the pen, but is better than any rack fer holding it when not in u sup- the more fantastic The announcement that all preparations have been made to soon place upon the market refined sugar put up in cloth pack- ages and guaranteed as to weight and qual- ity will please the woman who depre the unnecessary handling of food supplic The sugar is to be packed like a bag of salt, but the clo! much more closely woven. A beautiful English wall paper recently imported shows a satin surface over which birds are scattered, some flying, others ai rest, and still others just poised for flight. A good idea in filling a large jardiniere for winter Is to place a big artificial palm in the center, using real ferns for the banking all around it. If a sleeping child seems restless it is well to remember that turning over will refresh and quiet it. Horse From Harper’ There were a great many black costumes seen in the evening at the horse show, and some of the smartest were of black peau de soic embroidered in jet. Jet is a material that is most effective in trimming, and this years It is used In a remarkably attractive fashion. One of the smartest gowns was a black peau de soie made in a glove-fitting skirt, embroidered by hand in jet on the front breadth and around the foot of the skirt. The waist was tght-fitting in the back, and in front was in loose jacket ef- fect, and was trimmed with a marvelous trimming of black Persian lamb, on which was laid an embroidery of silk appliqued with jet. The fur was the very best baby lamb, and the embroidery was equally of the fines ‘The vest, or rather the full front, was of white velvet fastened with tiny rhinestone or diamond buttons, and at either side of the coat jacket fronts were larger buttons to match. There was a lace cravat with long ends and a high collor faced with the baby lamb embroidered in the jet. Worn with this gown was a bonnet of black velvet and jet with three Princess of Wales feathers directly in front, fastened with a rhine- stone coronet. A gown of black velvet was made with a long coat in the Louis XIV style, with deep cuffs, high coilar and square tabs in front of embroidery in jot in a most intricate fashion. The waistcoat was of white satin embroidered in colored flowers. At the throat was a bow with long ends of the handsomest lace. The bonnet worn with this was an exaggerated black velvet bow, with two white tips in the center. At the back of the hat were two rosettes of black velvet. ++ w Dresses. Bazar. Short Evening Gloves. From the New York Herald. Fathers of families of grown girls and young married men may now rejoice. Their pocketbooks this winter will have one less strain upon them. Of course this lessen- ing of the strain at this one point does not mean that the feminine dress budget gen- erally will be reduced; but at least this is in the interests of economy. There are to be no more long evening gloves. : ‘Thus $7 to $12 for a single pair of dainty hand and arm coverings will be a thing of the past. Four to five dollars will now be the average high price for women’s even- ing gloves. The costume idea is to wear, even with the most elaborate toilets, gloves that reach only to the elbow. The bare arm above the elbow is to be shown, not hidden, as has long been the case. It is a pity, the feeling is now, to cover up pretty arms. | FASHION’S FANCIES Exhibited in Gowns and Hats at the Horse Show. JETTED BLACK LEADS FAVORITES Gray Comes Next for Street and Evening Wear. YOKES OF LACE AND > VELVET Special Correspondence of > Evening Star. NEW YCRK, November 24, 1898. HE SO. MAY consider itself open- ed. The horse show has come and gone. Months of prepara- tion, a week of exhi- bition, and beautiful horses go back io the even tenor of their lives, while beautiful women begin the few short months of gs y which are all that are accorded to the metropolis in the round of the year. There has been great danger that the brilliancy of the social side of the gathering would quite eclipse the serious and business-like purpose of the founders of the National Horse Show Asso- ciation. Bat this year this danger has been at a minimem, and although no daughter of Eve could spend even an hour inside the doors of the Garden without imbibing sar- torial ideas encugh to her all of the winter and the greater part of the spring. But reams of description would fall to 29 justice to the horses, while a few hours of study of the at first bewildering array of gowns redvced them to a few classes and prominent colors. And of these colors black (is it a color?) came first. More biack gowns were seen there than have been gathered last together in one space for years past. The effect was most pleasing to the eye, and if the color was uniform, there w great deal of latitude in the manner of making. But one has to examine the gown closely to see this differe At a distance the effect 1s uniformly brilliant on account of the use of spangle: as a trimming. All the gowns were long, very long, and, as one woman remarked, sweeping the promenade was quite unaece ; the gowns would do it. This is quite a distressing fad when one sees pretty grays growing first brown and then black, and the imagination wili wan- der into the amount of dust w is being shed upon dainty petticoats, of which one catches glimpses when some more careful woman lifts her trailing gown. It is not neat, this long skirt, and neatness used to be an old-fashioned attribute of a lady. Most of the black gowns were quite close iting, and in the afternoon princess and tunic effects predominated. The tunic is usually a modification of the flounce en forme of last spring. It opens all the way up in front and shows an underskirt of either the same or (rarely) a contrasting material, which is embroidered or braided. The tunic rounds off in the sic longer, until in the back it will w closely in the a S, by the way, are trying to and the little hair pad, or some other form of tournure for women who will not stand properly, is very much use of these black gowns the tailor made which are not trimmed are simp! ved by a touch of white lace at the throat, or a pur- velvet stock. Even the hats follow the de, and the majority of them were black, quite black, unrelieved by any note of color. The glittering array of spangles and jets for trimming, by the , are not usually jet at all. It is only gelatine, which, by some process, is hardened and blackened and highly polished. ‘The effect is quite as autiful and the weight infinitesimal com- with the old-time je se princess and tunic gowns really the passing of the separate waist and Separate waists and skirts were and seen on women whose taste in has never been questioned. But ad- mirable as they are they are on the wane. They are now confined to use as theater bodices, bodices for informal affairs, and it is probable that one will not again see them used so exclusively as to make sep- arate skirts and waists a more fashionable mode of attire than waists and skirts of the ame material. With coats and skirts, which are too useful to e > discarded, separate waists are a necess but at seri- ous functions where outside Wraps are dis- carded and the space is such that the on- lookers have a full view of the gowns worn bodices which do not accord with the skirts are a novelty. As if the diversity of material was too dear to the feminine heart to be wholly dis- carded, no matter what the occasion, the yoke, which last year was merely a modest feature of many of the new gowns, has been extended, until a black gown with a white yoke seen across the expanse of the arena has a startling effect. The yoke very often extends half way down the bodice, and the material of which the lower part of tho gown is made is embroidered on it instead of being cut straight across, as most yok are. For instance, a gray broadcloth gown, made princess, has a salmon pink yoke, and on this yoke, which extended quite half way down the bodice, the gray was embroid- tr in ar gowns too long), a ils (Gf one A growing | Cleveland Baking Powder is made of ’s a @ DDN PONONNNNG OO? DANG BOE.’ Pure Cream of Tartar * It does not contain a particle of alum, ammonia, phosphates or any adulteration. ered in scrolls, until one could hardly say | puzzled her brains to get a dis : where the gray left off and the pink began. | gown was radiant after an inspection of t A black velvet with a white taffeta yoke, | gowns on one of last night's of th | cut very low, indecd, had narrow bands of | week. She wo have gray Venetian black acruss the shoulders, which had the | cloth; it would not. be as sive as j effect of holding the gown on. This was! brosdcloth, yet would wear we new, but not always to be recommended. | have a white moire stik yoke A beautiful example of yoke gown was of | ste ves, and a black velvet toqu white lace over satin combined with ame- | she we at at night she would wear with thyst velvet. The lace was very fine and | it a red Ve: th cape trimmed with krimme was so much cheaper than chinchilla, and also worn A rather startling innovation was seen in gcwns with yokes of the thinnest net or | ce Anything approaching low-necked gowns has been so carefully avoided at the | horse show that the first of these gowns was greeted with apprehensive stares. It | might be a mistake. But when at least a half a dozen were seen in the boxes it be- came evident that yokes were 1 beautiful a: sat in her lace waist. iace was ¢ deep yoke gown. An The prince! capes was universal. worn thin y okes were sharing the h of the hour also Black velvet gowns with sequins merable were most beautiful. It is evidently time to get out any old velvet gown which has been laid away and have it steamed and remade. In spite of the sequins real jet_is as precious and expensive as ever and if, you have it do not discard it and go out and buy sequins. Use the real jet ! The prevalence of a touch of white silk | or white lace at the throat was noticeable. | Stocks of white were univers: Gloves | were not always worn. One little point | about the hats was that they her sat k or tilted o the nose. MABEL BOYD. —_—_ z Collarettes and Boas, nd cut so low that as the wearer 7 box it had the effect of a white | From the Philadelphia Times. But when she moved about the | Th> array of novel collarettes and bos discovered to y a very | now to be seen in leading city r Re ares , hrinees* | usvally attractive. And these t gown calls for a cape. There- In fact, fur as a trimming for Chinchilla wa white completed this effective frock, which | days for them—this breezy, crisp, autumna was not so far beyond the purse of an en- | weather, when It’s far too cool for prom. Sexunt Of the geet pth of the yoke. | Jacket gives at the throat and neck, y And in almost every family there is some | hardly winterish enough for storm er‘lars good and fine lace which will make a yoke | or heavy furs. Some of the newest con and sleeves. ceits in boas and collarettes are made of fore the cape is the wrap of the hour. A | Caffe net and mousseline de sole, thickly handsome fur cape is so suitable that one | dotted with chenill> pompons. These styles can almost pers” onese'f “hat ft is a] are full at the neck, and have long, well n cessity and should be testowed upon every} rounded tabs, which can be caught in woman by her loving and a. ing family. | §racefully at the waist or allowed to fall Amethyst. velvet med a favorite cape | free, at the wearer's will. While tnex- material. And automobile, the new red | pensive, the effect of these dainty muflers which one often sees described as magenta, | 18 very pleasing, particularly where worn was made up into one or two of the m | by a slender, willowy woman, but ther ary triking capes seen. All these capes | other collarettes—thousands of them. Many very short in front, and many of them were | are pretty, and a few otherwise. Every quite three-quarter length in the back. The | taste can be satisfied, and it is not ner ripple was a feature of many of them, and, | sary to empty the pock=thook in order to whether rippled at the edges or not, they | possess oneself of a dainty and artist were very full. At night there were many | thrcat protector. red cloth capes, all of these very long in =a = the back and generally trimmed with some AT HER EXPEYSE. sort of fur. “I wouldn’ ve refused that young man vorite and sable and stone marten lareeeoen ee esac sedges most effective. At night chinchilla | Be eee ee way to ermine, and that royal fur was so | Young and frisky ni cherished by {ts lucky owners that even| “I don’t think I would either if I'd been | muffs were brought forth, although the | you,” retorted the saucy maiden.—H arper’s Weather does not at present excuse their |}, ned ! Bazar, Although it is quite obvious that with “Why fs it that stuttering men are mear- long trailing gowns and princess effects | 1) aiways buchelore?™ a j Jackets are not suitable wraps, yet horse | '¥,41%28 bachelors?” much time to think how week brought out some biscuit-col re the oe | | before they speak.”—Detroi © ored ulsters, and one or two ulsters of dark | 5 cat cloth, which seemed to be most cherished Hillery—“By the way. Ribber the biga- | by their owners, for they were worn from | mtet who ia knpwn tp have Lour wiven has morn till dewy eve, and there did not al- | jeon senter to the penitentiary.” ways seem to be a sense of the want of| rs Hillery—“Not in company with fitness between an elaborate gown and a ar Of his wives?” severely cut, extreme plain, biscuit-col- Hillecy-—"0h. Wear, ne. tee and usual punishment is forbidden by the stitution.”—Boston Transcript AT HIS EXPENSE. Her Mother—“I am surprised at squandering so mu money on a graph. The Wife—“I am not. He always did like to hear himself talk.”—Harlem Li a few rows ally whatever g so satisfact receptions wearing, while behind the ulster very gen- Next in prominence to the black gowns, duty at all occasions from weddings and =! never w the thing. thrive better ory, for it is a color which does and to funerals. One girl who had ighted how as much wise expense account you were at c “My dear. risk walk before going the doc- to bed will insure sleep to insomnia sufferers like my 2 d Pinkie—“Well, my dear, I will clear the room so you can walk. Please carry the baby with you.”—New York Week!y Miss Sharpe—“Believe in vegetarianism? Why, I love good beef!” -“I wish I were beef, you know!" Sharpe—“Never mind!’ You'll grow.” ored ulster, whose only relief was half a dozen large pear) buttons, which manifest- ; = ly were designed to hold it together, and | Mrs. Wise—“What are we going to give of stitching. The ulster gener- ; Marguerite for a wedding present ” was open and under it could be seen Mr. Wise—‘Judging by the charac ot own the owner happened to be | her intended, I showd regard a tureen as jewellers’ Weekly. erally trailed long skirts. Over a tailor- —_—_—_r- - made gown, short and simple, or over rid-] A florist advises that when palms have ing togs, these ulsters would be quite | been recently repotted t should not be proper. kept at once in a very warm room. They in a cooler place for a fe if not quite eclipsing them at night, came | weeks, so as to become gradually acclimat the gray. Poplin and broadcloth seemed | ized to increased heat, while they do nc the favorite materials, and white the only | need, according to the same autho so relief. Gray gowns are extremely dainty, | much w when freshly repotted. The and if becoming to one’s complexion are | care of what are called drawing room planta ses is at the best a is not always repaid by thrifty (Copyright, 1898, Life Publishing Company.) THE MR. ATION OF PIPr. ‘There is @ difference of opinion, in the family, regarding the courier.