The effect of the coming elect be to postpone most of the Christmas festivities until the Hen Year, but char-provide Christman cheer for the poor, cannot take place after next month trid of these there seem to be quite number this year. Personal doubt whether even Gage for so greatly as antici then Sent can tile te cos mover, any more than they can tell which aide will be victorious. In a speech I heard Lord Russell make a few nights
seemed to be that meither case the Irish ald chet the on0 certain thing wee of each other thet may sot be yo esl hdc hom of pews int hoose of two factions at war
terrible as it sounds, unless Mr. Redmond's American dollars can buy him an undue share of votes, which would be a aad thing for us all.
In the dance dresses of this winter the Enzncte I think wil be sceatly all seem to be io search of materi-Stn wich wil saad oot aod be disc. tive, Nearly every gown is of at least two colours with at times most vivid contrast. In a dance I was at a few nights ago one of the prettiest tras comapoond of bright cheery-oofoered satin, with an overdress of dark mole grey chiffon, edged with brown far; of course the overdress was only tonic length and ended jast below the knees and the far was narrow, and round the waist there was one of the new perfectly flat and straight sashes (which I cannot, quite like) 80 that the effect was not #0] dark as one would imagine. Bat both neck and sleeves were outlined with far, that to some girls the dress would hare been trying, only the wearer in this instance bad a lovely skin and dark hair (in which she had a wide twist of red satin); so he looked quite charming.
Another gown, even more ancommon, was a mixtare of screen satin char-mease and Juiberty art cretonne veiled in tunic style with black chiffon and lace, edged with venetian beads. The cretonne was cream and white striped—in wide stripes—with sprays of peonies and leaves at intervals. the bodice and upper part of the it and below it was the charmeuse about nine inches deep. The ninon had a deep border of black Valenciennes lace worked up into an elaborate pat-tarn and near the bottom came the shares, many coloured beads, also worked up into " design. The front and back of the bodice was composed of the new bead trimming where large beads marbles) and quite small ones are need
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