Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1893 — THE FAIR SEX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE FAIR SEX.

Mrs. Charles Carroll, of New York, made an arctic voyage as part of her wedding journey round the world in 1891. There is a club of native women in Japan ifvhich has fcr its object the rcinbess. . < -——= t HOME GOWNS. A simple but pretty indoor gown is of diagonal cloth. It must be of light weight, a fine cheviot being the most desirable goods. The skirt has a seam in the middle

of tho front breadth and is perfectly plain, with a deep hem showing. The bodice is unique. It has a round yoke, buttoning on the left shoulder. From this point the full lower portion of the waist is cascaded to a depth of thirty inches below the belt In the back. The edge of the cascade is outlined with narrow velvet ribbon, also the yoke and collar and cufis. A velvet belt confines the fulness except in the front, where the cascade hangs straight from the yoke. The prevalence of gowns with immense sleeves, velvet bretelles and Spanish jackets trimmed with fur, has created a demand for loose cloaks which can be put on without an entire loss of one’s temper and the utter destruction of one’s gown.

The long coat shown in the cut c[ULte fills these requirements, and is, in addition a graceful and elegant wrap. It is of modest colored cloth, with straps and cuffs of rich gold embroidery and a yoke and side panel of brown velvet. The front is straight and slightly full, fastening an the hip under an embroidered strap. The collar is of Russian sable, and a band of the fur extends across the foot of the front. Nothing is so full of possibilities as the soft, shapeless felts which are shown by the milliners this season. In the hands of an artist they become triumphs of skill, but otherwise they are simply scarecrows, as can be seen in a Twenty-third street crowd any day. A French importation recently seen, however, was a real beauty. It was in vieux rose felt, trimmed with a great black velvet bow placed against the upturned brim at one side. Black velvet and tips were on the crown, and a bunch of shaded pink heather nestled under a curve of the brim in the back. A FRENCH EVENING GOWN. . A novel French evening gown is made with a new fan-shaped bodice. The full bell skirt which broadens out toward the bottom is of daffodil peau de sole, trimmed with a narrow niching of heliotrope chiffon. The ruching is arranged in a loose twist and is here and there ornamented with upright loops of heliotrope velvet ribbon edged with gold.

The bodice appears like an expanded fan with five tapering sections scalloped at the top. It is made of heliotrope velvet and gold bullion. Above the bodice a full chemisette of daffodil chiffon shows. Shoulder straps of heliotrope velvet are worn and the short sleeves are just a loose puff of the daffodil chiffon. The bodice laces in the back with gold cord.

THE FAN-SHAPED BODICE.