THE COURIER.
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. Fashions of the Day.
A few more familiar faces in our
streets, a few more well-groomed men
and well-gowned women on view (albeit
the gowns look strangely reminiscent of
Tune), a few more of those forbidding
wooden barricades removed with which
it has become the cutsom of noble New
Yorkers to enshroud their lordly man
sions during the dog'day6 these are the
outward and visible signs by which the
second wetk of September is dis
tinguishable from its immediate pre
decessor. We are getting toward the
time for demi saison toilettes, those
nondescript co3tumes donned, presum
ably, in deference to the fickleness of the
early autumn temperature, and so
cunningly contrived that, if the day be'
warm, their weight 16 overpowering,
while if it bs cool one shivers and turns
to goo3efleh.
One of the marked developments of
the season in drc3s building is the yoke
craz9. Every waist in these days, must
either actually have a yoke, or, at least
appear to have one. Even shirt-waists
are so made that fancy silk and lace
yokes may be laid over them, and these
additions are generally becoming, es
pecially if they be not too deep.
The coming skirt ie, 1 regret to say,
going to be heavily and elaborately
trimmed, while the plain skirt that has
had so long and so successful a reignB to
be relegated to oblivion.' Black velvet
will be largely used in the fall trimming,
while fancy braids and buttons will also
be general favorites.
The soft.gloEsy, satin-finished material
that came Iat3 in the spring will bo very
smart this winter, and will be a fa
vorite material for tne tiilor made
gowns. A stunning cloth gown just re.
ceived and not yet exposed to tbe gaze
of the multitude is of castor colored
cloth, castor baing another of the latest
shades in brown. The waist is a beauty;
the plain French back drawn tight in
the belt, the front braided and of
blouse effect, a cloth of gold vest and
cuffs, and violet velvet collar.
Galloon is to be much in use, and for
tbe lighter goods, embroidery incrusta
tions, plaitings and bands of silk, not to
mention those fascinating, oldfaahioned
fringes that have returned to us from
fashions long gone by. These fringes
make a very dressy trimming, hut they
must be of the very best quality of silk
else tney soon grow dinsy and lose their
gloss.
The draped satin and silk belt? are
taking the place of tho3e of ribbon. They
are plaited in folds made with short
whalebones, and when well made are a
stylibh addition to a costume.
On the other side I was told that cor
duroys, velvet sens, velvets and velours
are to bs the smart things. For coats,
velvet and velours will be very rich and
elegant.
I heard it whispered as a dead secret
that taffeta silk nats are to be revived
quite as our dear old grandmothers used
to wear them. They are to be shirred
with an additional "bouillonne" of vel
vet around the edge. Cock featheis.
wings and quills are to be more than
ever the rage.
Black Eilk will be very much affected,
and Chantilly lace will be a favorite
"garniture.' A useful, Feasible skirt I
saw was of black glace silk with Chan
tilly lace bounces.' These make very
smart evening Ekirt3, and, with odd
waists in chiffon or silk, laces or jet, a
woman has appropriate toilettes for .any
occasion.
Marvelously wonderful fantastic tar
tan colors in plaid patterns are made in
mohair, lustres, poplins and light
woolens. One of the catching modes to be
ushered in this fall is a combination of
striped and plain goods. A costume
worthy of mention was made o' '-Jockey
Club" blue cioth, a shade between
bluette and royal blue, the yoke and
leaves of the cloth, while the blouse
front was of black and white striped
satin, with narrow straps over the
leevee. The short poplin effect was
formed with the black and white striped
satin, and from that hung the cloth
skirt in a full Spanish flounce.
Another gown awfully swell, wai of
white cloth, the entire waist braided in
black braid with a tiny gold thread
through it; the top of tbe sleeve only
was braided and tbe rest of it plain to
the wrist, when a deep cloth cuff was
braided and stood a little out from the
hand. A persian band in gold and
white was brought straight from the
throat into the belt, with two similar
short bands on either side, 60 as to form
a yoke effect. A white cloth belt, with
two long tabs, falls in froat from waist
to hem of the skirt, which was of white
cloth braided in fifteen rows, from the
bottom of the skirt up, and .also grace
fully braided in a slope quite high up
the back.
With the near approach of cool af
ternoons the tea gown becomes a neccs.
sity and the new models are even more
charming than ever but of these at
another time.
A pretty tcarf worn around the
throat a la man is becoming and fetch
ing, but it is a firm conviction in man's
mind that no woman can tie her cravat
properly. He classifies it with sharpen
ing a lead pencil as an unattainable at
tainment for feminine bands. Now, as
no waist is complete without its cute
little bow. I look to see this verdict set
aside by the march of events.
Shirt waists are admissable, nowa
days in woolen goods and the very
latest is the cloth shirt waist even
bioadclotb, These waists will be heavy
enough to wear quite in to the season
without jackets.
I am told gray hair is to be much ad
mired, and in cases where old age has
n jt been attained or has neglected to
supply the silver thrdads my lady's
powder puff will "put up a bluff at it"
(isn't taat the horrid slang mea use for
such performances?) It is not impoi
tibletnatthe elderly women will mod
estly admit that they use powder, while
the pert youngsters may cl.im that they
are prematurely gray. Wise people will
aay nothing, but will powder if neces
sary. 1 predicted Eome months ago the
coming advent of curls, and now tbey
are here, and will stay at least tnrougn
the winter months.
One of the new -wrinkles (literally so)
is for the glove to be "miles too big."
For my part I always preferred a com
fortable, easy glove, and surely no hand
looks well squeezed out of all symmetry.
The mourquetaire is to be the correct
glove, and it must wrinkle well on the
band as well as on the wrist.
The reaction sure to follow any ex
aggerated style in fashion's realm has
set in. Tho big, splashy bats most go,
and with them the unwieldly masses of
flowers and plumes. We are going back
like sensible women (as we are in re
ality) to the dainty, close fitting bonnet
and capote whose tidy little strings tie
snugly under the cbin. Middleaged
women may well hail this news with de
light, as this style will serve to conceal
th9se telltale wrinkles behind the ears
and under the throat.
Paquin, Worth and Felix, an omnipo
tent triumvirate, send word from Paris
that street skirts must trail. I shall
adopt the hint, but only for my very
best gown, in which 1 shall be careful to
be no walking. Your true Parisienne now
adays allows her own gown to sweep the
street, and to raisa it is bad form. I
doubt if my sensible American sisters
will allsw themselves to be led into
such folly. Colonel Waring -hb his bri
gade to attend to such mattere. and
they cart away the debris, while pcor
we would be obliged tobriug much of it
home with us.
'ihs newest sleeves are to be absolu
tely wit.-iout a puff or wrinkles, to tit as
snjojtbly as those of a man's coat; all
fulines9 is to be abolished. Tbe fas
cinating little ruffles, the becoming puffs,
tven the few gataere, are marked for de
struction. litre again I venture the
hops that our women may have sufficient
inutpstdence to give 1 1 givd to this fad
the -frrz'-u face.' and that in time they
may realiz?, as I do now more than ever.
ih.t our American modistes are the
best in the world, and that, if only we
would give them tbe chance, they would
lead the world in Fashion, as the women
do in beauty. Town Topics.
I A Special sale of Dry Goods. Cloaks, Clothing and
anoes, tne nice or wmen was never
known before.
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Omaha, Kel.
I PROM SEPT. 17th to 24th. BOSTON STORE,
OMAHA, WILL HOLD
. On which days everything in our whole establishment
will be offered at special sale J J J J J J
Every railroad running into Omaha will sell half ;
; rate tickets during the days of this sale, commen
: cing September 17 and ending September 24th, :
; which will give you an opportunity to attend the :
: state fair and see all the parades of the Knights of
: Ak-Sar-Ben.
By attending this sale and making your fall :
I purchases you will save many times the cost of ;
your-rip.
We have exerted most extraordinary efforts to make z
i this series of sales the most wonderful of an- ever held t
t in tne west, uur uiryers nave muue a numuer 01 ueais,
each one so successful that the results are nothing short
I of sensational. Entire stocks, whole products of mills :
f and factories have been bought for mere fractions of ;
their real value, and all these bargains will be offered :
from Sept. 17 to 24, at our store.
An imported stock of high grade dress goods, silks :
X and velvets.
$120,000 bankrupt stock Mens' and Bovs' clothing, ;
hats, caps and gent's furnishings.
Six sample lines of the latest styles of Ladies, !
: Misses' and Child's imported and American made :
: cloaks, furs, capes, jackets and wraps.
1 he output of an entire factory of Mens , Ladies and
Childrens' underwear, hosier' and knit goods.
blUU.UUU stock ot Mens', Womens and Childrens hand :
made and custom welt boots and shoes, and a big- stock
of new rubber shoes.
Two immense bankrupt retail New York jewelry :
stocks .
A complete stock of new fall milliner including 3,000
imported sample hats and our own special products and '
creations.
The largest stock of bed blankets in Omaha. We also : :
make a specialt of horse blankets.
The entire output of a carpet mill, hundreds of rolls
of carpet at almost half price.
The most complete line of yarns in the west, at lower : :
prices than anywhere else.
An immeMse line of staple and domestic dress goods at ;
prices that will agreeably astonish you.
BOSTON STORE
16th and Douglas sts., Omaha, Neb.
When-you visit Omaha, make the Boston Store your
resting place, your office, your wash-up place, your
: lunch room make it your Omaha home we have every
: thing read for you with no expense to yourself. Vfe
will take care of your packages and check' them for you
free of charge.
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