Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1888 — Tights to be Worn by Society Belles. [ARTICLE]

Tights to be Worn by Society Belles.

Press. ”’mSi \Tipfhts, it is asserted, are the latest in' underwear. The use of them by women in private life has so far established itself that inquiry shows that one or two of the largest dry goods houses are getting in especial consignments lor the delectation of society belles. Tights as worn under gowns are almost invariably black, as being mote chic and more Frenchv than others hues. They are put on precisely after the actress fashion, that is, drawn up from the feet and smoothed over the figure. What particular feminine fancy such a light under a bushel arrangement ministers to it would be hard telling. One woman who has adopted the fashion says that hers are light, copl, and comfortable, the best of garbs for hot weather. The decline of the bustle and return to straight draperies displaying the figure has something to do, probably, with the whim.