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llSSSctvSU 12 THE COURIER. A IH5 j3fc JP a JP "L PK L tiiuoftiu cinii y. oiiiTcnfe nuum uiunn a oun wx i i i K i i S.--13. Cor. 13tb and O (Sts. A New Store, and a New Stock of Reliable Goods, well selected and of the very latest styles. Toadies' Suits apes and (tdllarettes. Ladies' Fur carfs Ladies' Fur afld (Iotlj Jackets Ladies' Fup and (lotrj Crapes Ladies' ress gkirts Ladies' gnaer-gkirts Ladies' Wrappers f Ladies' Qlooes and HSieP1? Ladies' Corsets and Under wear badies Mackintoshes. " .-! MWiffi'dWI! T--- ' Mail orders filled same day they are received we pay express charges. Lincoln (loafe & guit f S.-E. Corner 13th and 0 Sts. - - Lincoln, Nebr t X $ RflgHfoN LETTER. -Lady Maiith otuEvtaiag Drat. . all functions that occur after the day's end. Of course, there are women in town progressive enough to have already done this, but they are ao distinctly in the minority as yet that they are conspicu ous. As we hare no leader of fashion, unfortunately, let the press advocate this important question of evening drees for women with the same vigor thftt it used to for the suppression of -the the ater hat let " the press urge the adop tion of the evening dress for women as a national custom, as in England, and the women of this country will be ander as great a debt of gratitude as the men were when tbe knell of the theatre hat was sounded. , By evening dress. I do not by any meanB want to convey the .idea.that every woman should be required to ap- pear "en grande toilette" after the lamps are lighted. What I do mean is the ab solute supprsBsionof iatsand the adop tion of gowns for evening wear without high, choky collars without hats, high collars are invariably unbecoming; and having the throat free and the gown cut ever bo slightly decolete adds immeas urably to every woman's comfort and appearance. I have commented be!ore upon the BlownesB of -the American woman to adopt the fashion, bo long and much in vogue among French women. Of dis pensing with collars whenever it is pos sible, on their houBe gowns and theatre gowns in Winter, as well as on their day gowns in summer,-substituting, often collars of'pearle or -eoril with diamond elides. This season the fashion seeme to be growing, however, and I hope to see it firmly established before long. The smartest of these jeweled collars I have seen has fourteen strands of pearls and only two slides set with jewels. Tbe front slide is a wide affair, often meas uring four inches. Tbe slide worn at them best, and were having such a nice time doing it! . B""?u"De,,ere BhouldLpursue .the back ia an ioch wid and thfl h It seems only yesterday that women . .u. . V .. .u . r? or jet or coraTUlt afBttnmtwr-tlw . iruiu iud icvei ui iuo lupe 01 ine women s biubi wuiucti, u ib were roucmug and rebelling with noticeable violence against the innovation of appearing hat less at the play. It is a pronounced feminine charac teristic, happily,- that once tbe feminine mind recognizes the inevitable, it gen erally accepts it with considerable phil osophy, supplemented by a libera! sup ply of graciousnese not an easy combi aation to acquire. But I have noticed that a fine cultivation of it results most ly in giving the casual masculine ob server tbe mistaken impression that wo man's way is woman's will. Moot men, for instance, in glancing over the auditorium of a crowded play house, who notice the absence of the of fending "theater hat" from the feminine head, would undoubted! experience a the inevitableneas of the fiat of "Hats off, ladies P have removed their hats from their heads only to wear them on their knees, where they are nursing them and their gracefully concealed wrath simultaneously. And this brings me to the question I want to discuss. Why should women submit to the an noyance and inconvenience of this same nursing of hale during a whole evening at the play? It is a foolish fashion that destroys pleasure and ruins headgear. Why, in the name of all that is sen sible, when it is good form to sit at the brain wave of congratulation for the wo- .P'ay hatless, should it not be good form slides am hnld in rOara. nn nit.hnr oiHn heads to their laps, and it will quickly by a knire-edge of gold. discover that the majority of these Mra ..Jdck A8t0 Mnj George lucky (?) creatures, though bowing to Gould . nd Mr(I 0,Hnn . k httint superb collars of pearls and diamonds. men, and argue that at last the "dear t liegs'' were doing just what pleases illlllllllMIHIMimilllMlllMIIMI tttjtlj AT : , 1201 O Street. I M. I. L GOSPER Has an elegant line of i mm UTS BHTS Also Medium Priced Trimmed Bats and good batrtor a 'little - : money. Look th rough the stock L and be convinced. 1 shihmmhim'mimi'iiuhiiihm to dine hatless even at a restaurant before the play, or to be seen hatlees en route to and from the play? As a matter of fact, it is good form, only the American public is led by the New York public, and the New York public ia afraid to introduce the custom As a nation we have the queeiest habit of copying other nations and stop ping half-way. Since England serves mostly as our pattern for our mode of living and code of manners, why hesitate to adopt her methods thoroughly? Women do not wear hats at or after dinner in England, as we all know, but they do wear dinner gowns invariably of one kind or another appropriate and comfortable for the occasion. They don't take off, and put on again, hats in crowded playhouses, and go after ward for supper, looking as though they bad been involved in a melee of 'some kind. Hats should be abolished by Ameri can women altogether, ana at once, from The lees expensive ones done in coral or jet, such as Mrs. "Tommy'' Tailer wears, are equally smait, quite. possible, through the economy exercised in one's milliner's bill to the average purse. Transparent collars are one of the novelties on the day gowns and blouses. They are done in lace or gold gauze, and sewn with mock jewels and gold thread, and will be worn throughout the season. There is a touch of gold in everything, apparently. Mrs. Potter Palmer wore off the ship, tbe other day, a gown of dark gray rough cheviot, braided with dark military braid out lined with gold. Rather an incongruous combination in 'description, but distictly smart in effect. Town Topics. Bixby It's the little things that worry us. Mrs. Bixby Is your conscience troubling you again? Town Topics. Do you get your Courier regularly ? Please compare address. - If incorrect, please send right address to Courier office. Do this this week. "Dobley has at last painted a picture that will keep the wolf from the door." "That so? Painted it on the door, did he?'' Town Topics. "Higbee( made a -record on his first trip across tbe ocean." i , "How was that? ' "He didn't lose a meal." 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