| Show Scarlet Sporting Dress Bright Frocks For the Skating Rink New Suede Card Cases as Big as Ordinary Writing Port foliosSome Fetching Littler I Novelties I Ne YOrk Dee 29 1S99Lapped In pillows and swathed in masses of the faintcstblue crepe de chine the hostess lay prone and suffering in a violet I lU1unted Sitting room That is what my dear I can thc real black bread of life she moaned melodiously at Mrs Van Knlcker bocker seated beside the divan her fair brew an wrinkled with sympathy 1 Until ou cane 1 was beginnIng to f I regard existence as a holloW sham and mocker S And hoW did it all happen dear i On the fee at the rink day before yesterday I Was brought home quite I Insensible from pain and have not been abl to eat or sleep for the horrible angulsh ever since came filtered through a lace edged handkerchief And how beautifully you do bear it sighed the smpathetic occupant of the chair It you could have seen me in my skating dresa Mary continued the voice behind the yalenclennes tear stauncher The most becoming thing Ive owned this winter Id on4y had it on once andandu A faint gurgle very clearly Indicating Indi-cating to thE listener that an2ther shower of tears threatened she hurriedly S hur-riedly and diplomatically inquired Do tell mo what it was like My youngest sister 1 out yot know this 01 season she must have a skating suit and I am quite put to It for advice to give her Tell her to have her skirt only to the ankle None of the smart women wo-men are wearingothelrs an inch shorter that Is absolutely necessary tcspond ed the 110stcsswlth a bUdden return to fortitude and things of sublimao interest in-terest Last winter most of us skated In golf skirts hzfrlred flannel or velveteen vel-veteen shirt aists but this season the consensus of opInion seemed to be In favor of a becoming little gown that will not only do for skating but forbad for-bad mjnton bowling and the like winter wIn-ter sports where one really wants a 11ort klrt anff a prett trimmed waist I Sporting Scarlet a On careful Investigation 6f the whole question I discovered that do what you like scarlet must play a lJromine11t part in ones winter sporting S it 4 4 i 5 NavY Blue and Scarlet Cloth Costume dress and for a young girf 1 dont k think I have seen anthlng more entirely en-tirely worth of imitation than the ffimpll graceful and quite inexpensive little skating frock that Miss Stuve ant Fish wore the evening of my un hhpp accIdnt The skirt was of epral red vienna and entirely pleated You ltaow the > ort or pleated skirts they are wearing nowadays Thegoo Is simply pinched together on the hipline hip-line the pleat groing wIder and wider toward the foot With this very chic mUoskirt was worn a short tight fitting coat If the richest blOwn velveteen havIng twoS two-S big revers laid back to right and leftover I left-over the bust and n wtd collar stand 4 lug tip behind the ears The lining of the collar and central facing 5o the Iccrs was dPllO with red cloth to j r j A > i i match that of the skIrt while in her round brownvelye toqueflourishe two red badges ot courage Inthe form of a couple of bright re wings set like those in the caps of mercury With a trio or cheerful cluster coral buttons offsetting the front ot her jacket and dark brown dog sktn gloves you can hardly think of anything at once so tidy without primness and sOgay without with-out frivolity as that pretty suit New Year Economies If you are 0 talking aboutrInlt and rainy day dresses may I come in and add my mite of information inquired I Iaisle suddenly appearing In the 1I 1 I I Ii i S I S I r o S = j 0 I t S = 2PERSIAN LAMB AND SEALSKIN SKATING JACKETS doorway Just about t1e first of the I year remarked the newcomer putting her feet on the fender 1 am almost economical That is one of my new leaves my good resolutions and you tony guess how nobly I am living up to it when 1 tell you of my gown I can use it for all and any qceasions on ctts ta JrlUi fraJ I which a short skirt is requiredmine is a thorough plain army blue cloth that has a habit back and drops to the ankles where over my calfskin boots 1 wear gray spatter dashes All the girls who skate and walk much in short skirts wear the ankle protectors made eithCr of heavy gray cloth or soft sUEde They give the foot such a sturdy businesslike air and beside they are warm and more or less protect the dress hem With my skirt I wear a closefitting jacket of black astrachan high of collar col-lar long of sleeve and given a distinct character of Its own b1 stole ends falling fall-ing to the knees in front and a quaint pointed yoke of blue cloth braided in black soutache The hat for this Is an alpine shaped crown oC felt to match my skirt braided in black the brim I edged with astrachan and a couple of black bird wIngs at one side and if 1 I say It myself Ive not seen anything more attractive for the money A Model French Skating Dress Of course if you need something that will signify purely girlish charm and wintry appropriateness I cannot recommend a model more enthusiastically enthusiasti-cally than a dear lftU navy blue and scarlet cloth suit in which a blackeed miss whose accent was delightfully foreign wore at the rink only last night To the knees her blue skirt isas stitched back and front and then I below that point it flared open to show how the inside of the blue box pleats were lined with scarlet cloth Her dark blue basque coat had its whole front of scarlet cloth braided In dark blue and crossed by scarlet SilK Hussar cords A muff and boa of mink and a toque of the same fur Its crown entirely filled In with holly gave her the aspect oC a Christmas fairy in consequence of which added to her black eyes and her bewitching broken English she skated with the men three deep abOut hero her-o Buying a Purse 1 wish volunteered Mrs Van Knickerbocker In a momentary droop Of the conversaWm that somebody would give me a new purse My heart has gone out with no uncertain emotion of covetousness toward these new suede change pockets in gray soft fawn and black that are made quite like the small coin purses we have been using for the past year with a strap tO slip over the fingers but n button to hold the flap down in front Something qulte new eh Inquired the hostess interestedl The newest and smartest of the toilet trifles replied her friend The button in the1front you know Is a little lit-tle knob Osilver with a small topaz 3tixican ruby or a moonstone set in the center and while r hung aver the counter trYing to decide between a fawn or pearl gray suede my eye was caught by some equally smart and unique card cases It Is the fashion just now tO Carrr a big card case big as a writing portfolio almost and made of some rich soft leather or beautiful old brocaded silk Those oC suede take my fancy Immensely and I may as well admit I bought one Of the pearl gray kid stitched with gray silk having two flaps held by silver buttons In which amethysts are sunk What a charm there Is anyway In little things murmured Maisie reflectively re-flectively Now handkerchiefs are my pluaus toose ueucaiC gossamer squares of white with flowers made from inset bits of colored muslin and mere traceries trac-eries of tine embroidery done about the edge at every petal They are the Irresistible ir-resistible attractions particularly when every woman you kpot Is collecting a set of violet or rose bud or my of th valley handkerchiefs and o small are sonre of them that they CM be tucked I In the palm of ones gl eDo e-Do you think they arc quite so beguiling be-guiling though commented Mrs Van lckerbocker as she drew her fUrs about her as We jewelqd arrowhea pins or the lovely wampum muff chains one of the most heartless jewelerS jewel-erS In tOwn Is showing Those5 muff cnalnS da llng vitti wee jewel tipped arrow heads hale Just the tOuci of S 5 5 S r barbaric beauty that appeals to me a1d are Infinitely mor l channing and fashionable fash-Ionable at present than anything In 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