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Show SUGGESTED BY NATURE. A WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF GRAY AND COPPER. Soma of tha I.ate.t Dainty Filing, for Women Who Are nrnutlful and In 111. Fnxliloii, Too The li. of Astrakhan and rerlun Lamb. (Special Correspondence 1 Nnw YoiiK, Nov. -'0. A couple of years ago I was waling down New York bay, and over to tho west great masses of leaden lined clouds were banked tip, thick and morose looking, as if heavy with impendingstomi and disaster. Just as the boat came abreast of the Statue of Liberty the setting sun, big and bloody, broke through the somber clouds, giving to each of them a border of cnpiery red that gleamed like tho flowing embers in a fire, sometimes dull and then again flaring up with a dazzling brilliancy that caused the whole heavens to glow with quivering lines of lurid Hatne. How grand and beautiful a sight it wan, with DAINTY THINGS FOH riiF.TTY WOMEN, the tall sentinel with her uplifted hand appearing to point out new beauties ami glories I cannot paint: but it was all one gorgeous opalino flame on its background back-ground of cold, dull gray. I sat back and watched its ever changing chang-ing forms and tints, and then wondered why some one did not think of it anl devise a gown that should bo all Pomlwr, leaden gray with a bordering of this rich, luminous, coppery red, and now I find as among the most elegant and stylish styl-ish combination of colors just these very ones, which proves th.'.t great minds do sometimes run in tho saaio channels. Tho combination of Ihese two colors is a daring o-ie, but indescribably rich but it must bo mado by a master hand. The gown miv.t bo tho clouds with the royal lining. Ono newly imported gown for home wear that I saw at a grand opening of the finest Paris costumes was of soft and rich failluin dark slate gray, with the front breadth of coppery red velvet and with sleeves of the same. Another toilet had a skirt of gray ladies' cloth embroidered in darker shades. With it was worn a jacket of coppery red, closely braided with very dark gray soutache, with vest and upper sleeve of gray velvet, darker still, and with a vest and rolling collar of the same. Tho hat carried out tho same idea, with its ehandroti bows and yellowish yel-lowish pink plumes. j It seems as though t!. use of astrakhan and Persian hrnb is growing in favor very day, an 1 sleeve to house dresses are ofU-n made of ono or the other, '.'leeves are made of material contra t-;;g t-;;g with tho dress .13 often as of the atne m-.iteri:tl, and the drew or cloak e.'in be made of two materials combined in.l the sleeves differ from both. They ire made very long, and, while large at .he top, grow very narrow c.ttho wrists, some of them buttoning closely up the forearm and others being laced. Flounces and rose plaitings aro very pretty, and form a desirable! break in the severity of the clinging st vie now so general. gen-eral. The old stylo of liaving four or five narrow pinked out rallies scantily gathered and overlapping each other is very pretty and dainty. This is for silks and light goods. Hardly any home toilet is now thought complete without the addition of one of the fancy little ruffs, tie !, jabots, or feather or lace boas. In the illustration wL mm M m ' GRAY AND COri'Ut BOTH. 1 is a jabot rail made of black lace, with a : silver edge. It requires four yards of chiffon point to make it. The foundation founda-tion is of net. in a plain band, with a tab in front on which to tack the gathered lace. Beside it is a pink ostrich feather collar, with tie of black velvet ribbon. This is universally becoming, and the ' ends of tho ribbon can be as long as the wearer likes. The crepe lisse ruff is made by tacking together two or three pieces of ordinarily full crepe lisse ruffling. ruf-fling. ' Pink, yellow, white and lilac, aro all used in this, als'j black. It is tied in tho back. Somo young ladies la-dies like tho soft surah and India silk ties in dark colors, with bright polka dots. Others like the dainty j plaited falling collar, shown above, mado of four yards of point d'esprit Lice, white over colored ribbons. There ; are styles for all tastes. j " Olive Hahper. |
