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Show FEMININE FANCIES. Hardly a woman wears her bair entirely plain. She may not be glTen to puffing and wavinjr and curling the Jocks themselves, but she is very apt to introduce soma sort of ornament into it. Bandeaux are very popular, popu-lar, and come in gold, silver and tortoise shell, as well as in ribbon to match the g-own. Then there is an especially elaborate elabo-rate piece of network of gold and pearls called the Mary Sutrat coif, which is worn over the loosely coiled hair, but is rather expensive ex-pensive for the women of moderate means. Very prett braids in silver, with high, crown-like fronts cut in long, slender points and either burnished until they shine like diamonds or left dull, are becoming to all faces and need no special arrangement of the hair, as they sit weU on the head, whether it is arranged high or low, A bright wheel woman has the following device for keeping her skirts down. It is worth a trial. Il is one of the detsils of a costume designed for wheel women, and in competition for the New York Ileeorder prizo for the best dress for this purpose: 'Buy a yard of firm black garter elastic. Cut in half. Make two loops, fasten them on the inside of the skirt, opposite the ankles, an-kles, about four inches above the bottom edge of the skirt. Make them large enough to tit securely over the feet. When riding the wearer slips her feet throun these loops, and the result is that the skirt is clear of the pedals and wheels, is kept firmly in place, evenly divided on each side of the saddle, and never blows up, even in a strong breeze. Bow knots for general adornment are very popular. Enameled bow knot- are worn ia the hair representing ribbon bows. They are worn all over the corsage wherever fancy dictates, aud the latest use for them is to fasten belts of ribbon. Housekeepers' Wtikitj. There Is one point about a gown which every daughter of Eve desi es most to know, and that is, "how it is made in the back." It !s said that girls are going to wear flow, ers tucked into the hair again in the old-fashioued old-fashioued way. In Russia, by way of acknowledging her inferiority, the bride pulls off her husband's boots in the presence of ths wedding guests. |