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My Dearest Adelaide: I imagine I
Bee you, with That little wrinkle between
your eyes, thinking out your dainty
lingerie, or more explicitly spsakicg,
your underclothing which you always
attend to in January. Well, my dear,
from tho Ekin out you must be in har
mony. Don't bo found even dead with a
pink-topped hose, a red Eilk patticoat
and lavender in yourgown. If you have
lavender in your gown be sure that the
lining of the skirt, tho petticoat, the
underskirt, or tho combination garment,
underskirt and chemise, the drawers
and the stockings are lavender. Then
if you should chance to b numbered
accidently ameng the "dead' and found
among strangers, even tho guardian of
the law, the bluecoit, will without
hesitation pronounce you "a lady."
Theso dainty things that tell so quick
ly the refinement of a women can be
mads of China silk, of India mulle or of
orgjndie. Th9 silk and mulle tiro pre
f era Die, as most organdies less their
color by trips to or through the laundry.
The silks and muslins coma in all the
standard 6hadc3, and to be well titled
out tho January repletion shoulc have a
suit of lavender or violet, one of pink, of
blue, of red, of palo green, of white and
one of black, all of them trimmed wi;h
tucks and lace. If in addition, girlie,
you have some lea gowns or loungicg
robes made of tho same material and ,
HutTy with lace, and satin slijipers which v
correspond in color, you can see what a
dream and joy you would bo to yourself ;
and your friends in your dainty boudoir. '
With these colors carriod out in full
suit3 jou will ahvajs have in readiness a
tint that will harmonizB with any dress
that tits the whim of lhi hour. It siems
a good deal of a task to change "to the
skin" every time you change your dress,
but, my dear, it will not hurt you, and
besides the elegance of it, there is the
bjgienicsideot it. But it ia not neces
sary to condem and sentence to the
laundry ihsse dainties because they have
been worn, particularly if they are of
the silk that is one of the beauties of
Chinese silk. The muslin, too, can be
folded nicely with laces nicely picked
nut and worn again, and several tunes,
and then once a month be consigned to
a special or "dry cleaner' or French
laundry.
flaia stockings nave bad tlieir day. CM
They were never especially favored by '51
the best dressed women, and wero so
Hion imitated in thn nhninrat hrmiprw iA
that they never gained fcothold, as it
were. Black with lace strines and lace Q
, over tho instep, and plain black are al- &3
trjtvn in rmnd fast" and h1arlr with "hnnt- !
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tops" in colors enables you to carry out
the enchanting scheme of color.
Theatio waists are in full bloom. A
late fancy is the thin transparent stuffs
over the neck and arms without linings.
A beautiful waist that I saw on a hend
eome blonde the other night was of
black Brussels net over an extremely
low-necked lining of black taffeta. It
tvas fulled or gathered into a jetted gir
dle and shirred around the neck into a
jetted band. Tho sleeves were Ehirred
over the dazzling white arms, and came
down well otcr the hand. It was worn
with a black and white satin striped
6kirt. The stripes, about two and a half
inches wide, met biasly in a seam in the
front of the skirt, and were matched
beautifully on the Lias in the other
seamF, but the breadths were cut off at
the sido and buck, and the fashionable
flounce tet in. This flounce is always
much wider at the back than at the
side?.
These skirts are extremely graceful
when well made, giving the tlar with
out the fullness and the weight wo have
carried so long.
I digressed from the protty theatre
costume with the black and white and
jet was worn a tiny jet bonnet that was
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out of place unless on a black hat.
Feather boas are worn more than ever.
They are too becoming to be lightly
tnrown aside. Ostrich feathers and
only a coronet around the hair which
was dressed very high; on one side was
a black and white aigreete. The gloves
were whito stitched with black. An
ermine opera cape completed the cos
tume. Gloves are no longer strictly necessary
for evening wear, but diamonds and
precious gems are if you lay aside the
conventional glov..
aui, in mane au mar a aai. oier- ig to the waist outside of the coat re
ling silver filagree work in the shapa of a cAi'e.
ball make a serviceable pin, and look Lace niching inside of fur colLrs
well in any kind and color of a bat. The standing uD over the edge of the csllar
turquoise surrounded by rhinestones is and tied with tatin ribbon in front, are a
worn a great deal, but is too conspic- f.ncy of the month-of course the satin
uous to bo in strictly good taste. The ribbon in color sugses's the ever-prf s-
common bhek hat pin is standard, but ont vest, put on theouttiaecf the close
iy-buttoned coat tho3e cold daye.
Muffs are large, muffs are little, but
muffs you must have with suite, and
with furs sometimes of fur, other times
coque's plume in black, white and gray, of the material of which thssuit is made,
matching hats and co-tumes we see when the furs are not worn,
everywhere. Silver chains, gold cha-'ns and jeweled
Roman scarfs tied around the throat chains are worn to hold the muff, to hold
inside of the high Medici collars, on fur the purse, or to hold thesmellirg bottle,
coats and blouses -with the ends bans- or anj thing 30 that the chain is worn
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