FOR MUSICALES, PRIVATE THEATRICALS, ETC.

=For Women.=--At an evening performance, full dress, jewels, and white
gloves. For an afternoon performance, dress appropriate for luncheons,
receptions, etc.

=For Men.=--If the performance is in the evening, full dress must be worn.
If in the afternoon, frock coat, gray trousers, and so on, as before
described.

MOURNING DRESS.

=For Women.=--A widow wears for her first mourning dress, a black worsted
skirt and waist, made as simply as possible, and trimmed with folds of
English crepe; a small bonnet, made entirely of crepe, with a long crepe
veil falling in the rear to the knees, and for the first month a veil of
equal length covering the face. Inside the front of the bonnet is set a
white ruche of lisse, the unmistakable insignia of widowhood. If desired,
bands of hemstitched organdie may be worn without impropriety at wrists
and throat. Black kid gloves, a black-bordered handkerchief, black shoes
of soft dull finish complete the costume. After a year and a half or two
years, crepe-de-chine, lusterless silk, etc., may be worn in place of the
crepe-trimmed gowns, with black hats or bonnets, and dull jet ornaments.
Six months later, white and lilac may be used sparingly, and after six
months again, colors may be resumed if desired.

A married woman in mourning for child, sister, brother, or parent, wears
the above costume, with the exception of the white ruche in the bonnet.
Mourning should be worn for about the same length of time.

It is optional whether or not mourning be worn for infants. If so, simple
black, without crepe, is sufficient.

For a mother-in-law or father-in-law, black without crepe for one month
should be worn; to be followed by black and white, or gray, with lilac,
for another month.

Young unmarried women should not wear the black bonnet and veil. A black
gown trimmed with crepe, a hat trimmed entirely with crepe, small
face-veil of black net with a wide crepe border; black gloves, a
black-bordered handkerchief, and ornaments of dull jet are proper for the
first six months or year. For second mourning, white is used with the
black, and lilac.

Middle-aged, unmarried women wear what a married woman wears, with the
exception of the widow's weeds, and for the same length of time.

For an aunt, uncle, or grandparent, simple black without crepe, worn for
three months, is customary. Jewelry that is not noticeable may be worn
with this.

Children