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Fashions of the Day.
This is roully what you call tho
"height of tho eoaBon."
I hnvo boon doing toaB and luncheons
in tho dnytimo and dinnorp, tho opera
and duncoB ut nibt, until I am almost
doad, and, at this very tnotnont, I wish
that Aeh Wednesday wcro tho 15th of
this month instead of next; but if wishes
wero horses why thoro would not bo
any cable carp!
I havo been particularly interested in
tho debutantes. It pleased mo im
mensely to boo how simply many of
thnm wore gowned for tho fatal plungo
into tho vortex of what wo fondly call
"society."
Whito has been tho prevailing color.
One girl, wIiobo gown, I think, was par
ticularly good, woro whito crepe do
Chine tho now kind that is hoavy, and
hangs in clinging, suppln folds, and not
at all Itko tho flimsy, fluttering stuff
with which wo usually associate tho
namn. It was made very plainly and
severely, with a double skirt effect. Tho
bodico waB also .lain, and showed a tiny
guimpo of whito mullo embroidered in
gold thread. Tho drupory of tho skirt
was outlined in an exquisite but fino
design, dono in tho gold thread, and this
design also appeared on tho bodico and
sleeves. This does not sound well, but
it waB exceedingly smart. And the girl
was tall and slight, and it suited her
tremendously.
Another girl whoeo gown I liked woro
white Liberty satin, polka dotted with
Brussels net. I wonder whether I can
make it clear how it was done? It was
as though the satin had u lot of holes
the sizo of a penny punched out of it at
intervals of.about three inches. Those
holes wero backed, so to spoaK, by the
net. Machine stitching outlined each
polka dot. The skirt was quite plain
and mounted over an under slip of
chillon. The bodico waB of the same
material as the skirt, draped eo as to
givo it a pr'nctBB effect, and the long
sleovos and high guimpo wero trans
parent and made of the not, tinoly tuckod.
It was one of thoso f rockB that a man
would call "sweet" and a woman would
know was "doar."
I do not know what has happened to
overybody, but thoro is no doubt about
it that Simplicity in many cases, of
course, "elegant" Simplicity, but still
Simplicity in the note of tho hour.
At the beginning of the season I Baid
it was coming, but had no idea it would
come so quickly.
It really would seem as though people
felt it is bad form to be rich, or at least
to appear rich.
Its influence is being felt in the man
ners bb well as in the clothes of the
smart set.
Simplicity cannot enduro that high
and mighty, etand-ofll9h, I roally-do-not-know-whether-I-canafford
to know-you
manner which has been much affected in
bygone yeare, and which mado tho bent
of ub appear as a cross between thoBe
two abominationB, a cad and a snob.
The fashionable manner of the hour
iB to bo very Bimplo and direct, frank
and cordial with even the people one
knows the leaBt about.
This new manner creates a delightful
atmosphere, and I adviee every one to
cultivatoit.
A few years ago a woman togged her
self out to go to an afternoon toa with
as much elaborateness bb Rhe would for
any state function, whicb as stupid on
the face of it, as the fashion of tea giv
ing was intended for the very purpose
of dispensing with more formal enter
tainment. But the fact did not seem to
be appreciated at the time, so the hos
teas received her guests of an afternoon
in a decollette gown, and the guests
arrived In satins and velvets, gorgeously
begemmed and bejeweled.
Now that Simplicity and good taste
reign, or are trying to reign, decollette
gowns in tho daytimo aro aB obsolete as
men's dress clothoB for the samo hour,
together with tho blazing diamond
studs that used to adorn tho manly
bosom in tho early days of Amorican
society.
Today ono may go to tho biggest kind
of affair of an afternoon with ae littlo
preparation as ono pleases; in a cloth
gown, mado Binartly, of courso, but as
simply as ono likes.
This is a blessing to Mrs. Littio
Money, for under tho roign of simplicity
sho may hopo to mako an oppooranco
equal to that of Mrs. LotBO'DucatB.
At a toa tho other afternoon Mrs.
"3tuyvo" Fish, who ought to havo tho
very latest thing, woro a tailor-mado
gown of red cloth, Tho Bklrt was
sovoroly plain; tho coat, which was
equally plain, was quite short in tho
front and had long tails in the back.
With this smart coBtumo Mrs. Fish
woro a black velvet toque.
Mrs. ITonry Burnett has boon wearing
quite constantly for similar occasions a
snuff-colored cloth gown also raudo
quito plainly, with some embroidery on
tho bodico, its only ornament. Ono
could mention many other woraon who
have adopted tho gown of cloth for
their favorite day toilette.
Thoro is ono thing that Simplicity
oxacts, aLd that iB careful detail in tho
unfurbelowed creations that she advo
cates. Every false note is unmistakable.
A great many women have not grasped
this point as jet. Whon they do, thoy
will understand that they must give up
buckles, and ornate fnstonings of all
descriptions, worn on the small of tho
back and the pit of the stomach. Both
of tbeso atrocities destroy tho very effect
that simplicity would produce.
Ail the funny littlo flxinjio at the back
of tho neck will be tabooed also, as they
havo already been by Simplicity's most
intelligent followers.
How a woman can, for a raomont,
docoive -herself into thinking that, by
destroying one of tho prettiest lines she
has, she increase! her ntti actions, is
boyond mo; for I 6haro the French
adoration of the feminine neck.
Upon tho treatment of tho neck of
tho woman's gown ofton depends tho
successor failure of her onsemble.
Another detail that Simplicity exacts
is perfect corseting.
Tho long run on tho blouso had u
great tendency to make many well
dressed women decidedly careless in this
particular, and some of them do not
seem to have realized that tho present
style iB a very revealing one, and, if
they are not careful in having thorn
selves well corseted, all the world knows
It.
1 have po often board women make
tho statement that they aro wearing
certain stays for which they were pay
ing, say, eix or eight dollars because
they could not afford better ones; and
yet, ut the moment they wero exploiting
this argument, they wero probably wear
it g a two hundred dollar gown!
The sartorial economy of a woman is
amazing.
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MASTER'S SALE.
Docket T, No. 28.
In tho circuit court of tho United
States, for tho dist'ict of Nebraska.
Phoonix Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, complainant vb. Bertha E. Fin
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pursuance and by virtuo of u decreo en
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teenth day of December 1807, I, Snrauol
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cash, tho following-described proporty
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Lot. number twelve (12) in Block num
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