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Show Woman's World. cZX. i Specially Prepared for Our Feminine Readers. ; Ostrich Plumes on Hats. ' Masses of ostrich plumes will be used upon fall and winter hats, and the nov-J nov-J c'lty will be in the way they will be put on the chapeaux. A hint of this com- i j inp mode has just been given by the Countess de Greffulhe, an "advance I guard" of fashion among smart French j I 'women. The hat which Mine, de Gref-t Gref-t fulhe has just worn, and is the T'oie-runner T'oie-runner of the new fashion in hats, his j three octrich plumes wavink upon it. recalling: the Prince of Wales iami'iar ; crest, with this difference that each of the three principal plumes branches j out into a number of smaller plumes, ; making quite a mas of feathers waving wav-ing in the air. Of course, this mode of weather trimming is only possible upon wiijc uai, ana me wearer must be I I able to carry off the. effect. j i An amusing methods of shortening, ! j the long skirt at will has found favor in Taris, which recaJis the "Pompa- uour panniers." This consists in gath- ering up the skirt by the means of a J . series of ribbon bands cleverly fastened . in the belt, and which loop up the skirt i in a graceful fashion, and can easily be released at will. I When Woman Is Well Dressed. , A woman is well dressed when she is 1 becomingly and appropriately dressed. Otherwise sht is at a disadvantage, al-, al-, though her attire may be a costly one. Neatnes is the first esential in the art ; of dressing, and then comes color, which should be becoming without being obtrusive. The material of the dross should be the best one can afford af-ford in order that it will look well, Wear Wp'l UnH cvit-u cgllcrQnlln in i Ur, i c-nd. Cheap fabrics soon lose their beauty, and therefore it is not economy t to buy them. No woman is well dressed unless her attire shows graee- ful effects and becoming lines. If all the accessories of the toilette are not in perfect harmony, then the result ! must prove unsatisfactory. The violation viola-tion of the laws of harmony detracts Immeasurably from one's appearance. ' An excellent way to maintain a charming charm-ing individuality is to always adhere to one becoming color. Pittsburg Observer. Ob-server. Blessed Is This Woman. Blesed is that woman who never expects ex-pects too much of her friends and wi looks tolerantly and philosophically on their failings. Many disappointments . would be avoided if, instead of looking for much from people, there was contentment con-tentment with what was received. A : good recipe for happiness is to expect ex-pect much from one's self and little from others. A large amount of the discomforts of life is caused by our expecting ex-pecting from others what we could get along with very well. "Go where you may," says Goethe, "you still find yourself in a conditional world." We are governed by conditions, and the only way to pass through life serenely Is to accept them in a manner that will prove that we possess that beauty of character which makes us look to ourselves, and not to others, for what Is best. Pittsburg Observer. Question of the Corset. The question of the corset is again being seriously agitated in Paris, and thf leaders in fashion now declare that ; the corset of the future, that is to say, the near future hv vhirh the cTtiin? season is meant, will be a corset not to squeeze the body into a smaller looking "silhouette," but support it into a "graceful" form in other words, j the new corset will not lessen the ap- rea ranee of the size of a woman's waist, but support it. The new corset, an ideal one promised French women. ; Is to be of a light material not boned with stiff whalebone, but strenghtened with tiny silk fibers massed together to replace the bone. The form will be straight in front, and thus the present figure will be in no way altered. Jt ;; will not touch the stomach, as far as f, bearing against the delicate organs is f concerned, for it will be firmly pressed against the back. It will be neither long nor short, but a medium length. ' Its principal object will be to give the figure a correct line and a supple, molded appearance, impossible in a , tight, stiff corset. A tiny waist is no longer a "thing of beauty" from a fashionable standpoint. The effect of the "ensemble" of the figure is what i Is most to be considered. |