Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-09
MARCH FASHIONS.

dress and fashion, as in OLher practica
details Of modern life, is due to the fac
that out of a mass Of fashions the bes
features have been taken and combined
with what experience has shown to be
the best methods of uniting the modern
exigencies in regard to clothing. Street
dresses must follow certain we'll defined
rules in order not to be conspicuous OF
attract undue attention. The short
woman can wear her skirts demi-trained
and untrimmed. The plump woman can
display her figure to advantage in a
princess dress, and the medium, slender
figure indulge in delicate stripes and
fabrics, speckled or dotted by figure.
The large woman, tall in proportion,
should never wear anything but solid
fabrics-black or neutral in tint, and
unbroken by line or dash-but she may
revel in trimmed skirts, provided they
are draped low, and by adding few
loops of crimson or gold satin ribbon to
the folds at the back, where they merge
into the train, will shorten her perspec-
tive and sufficiently reduce her line OF
length to make it harmonize with the
line of beauty.
All the soft materials in cotton, wool
or silk-and the two first have been SC
greatly improved that they are now
equal in appearance. and more sympa.
thetic to the touch than the last-adapt
themselves to the graceful designs of the
present day, designs which ladies ough
to prize and cling to as long as possible,
for they will not be fully appreciated un.
til they permit them to be superseded bv
something far less desirable, and whose
stealthy approaches my be seen in the
efforts to revive the panier, the shor,
apron and the grotesque conceits of Paris
during the first consulate.
SPRING WALKING COSTUMES
The street dress must be dark, short
and unoLtrusive to make it suitable fo1
walking in different kinds of weather and
in crowded thoroughfare. The present
styles OF dress adapt themselves to every
requirement Of in and out door life, and
the best styles can therefore be relied
upon for certain degree of permanence
The "Mathilde" walking skirt, for ex
ample is more fashionable to-day than
when first issued and will be good for a
year to come. The ''Griselda' walking
skirt IS another excellent design for walk
ing dresses, and either of these may be
used for spring costumes with entire
certainty that they will not be likely at
present to lose their popularity. With
these skirts, which require but moder
ate amount Of material, and are exactly
adapted to the all wool materials, or the
pretty mixed fabrics of silk and
wool, may be employed the ''Clementine
or "Pamela" basques, the "Melanie" OF
the "Balsamo" The ''Melanie" is pretty
and youthful, very stylish for comb
nation of silk and wool and veivess.
The ''princess" walking costume is 8
still excellent model, and forms a charm
ing design for spring dresses for street
wear, in conjunction with long Jacket
Or tichu draped and knotted at the back.
Ladies who wish it can revive for house
wear the French waist, with it's belt and
simple skirt, trimmed with two or three
narrow hounces, and cut 50 as to Gle /
the ground. This is really pretty dress
In delicate striped or checked ginghams
for the medium sized slender woman, and
very convenient for wear with aprons OF
silk or muslin.
Charming spring suits are in prepare
ton in gray and fawn shades and small
designs which quite cover the surface
They are made short with draped polo
nalse or deep, close basque and trimmed
skirt, the flounces Oaing kilt-plaited OF
triple box-plaited and spaced between
The sleeves are demi- long and filled in
with fine plaitings of crepe iisse, and the
garniture consists Of combination OF
blue and wine. colored ribbons, arranged
with more or less profusion. Nothing
can be more picturesque to street cos.
tune than the straight mantalet, knotted
in front, to complete dress which is oil
one solid color o. of two shades of tile
same color with hat to match. The
fashionable shade of the season for these
complete costumes is no longer the pale
mastic, but deeper shade, verging t.
coffee color. and fawn is also considered
very distinguished.
LISTERS.
These useful outdoor garments will
hold their own for travelling and riding
cloaks, and are being made in a larger
variety Of materials than when first intro
duced. In addition to the improved
waterproof c'oakings in dark gray, navy
blue, brown and black, listers are made
in long-haired mastic cloths of differen
shades an furred upon the inside. so tina
they are suitable for the coolest weather
and ~ the warm weather approaches viii
reappear in mohair, alapaca and in sum
mer silk and all the gray shades of linen
More dressy garments partake of the
dolman shape, although they are cut very
close to the form and remined one very
much Of the "visite' of twenty years ago
Of which they might be called a graceful
modification. Unless the garment is Gu
in the same material as the dress, there i
little variety in color or fabric. The sof
camel's hair cloth has superseded til,
drap etc, and the trimming of ricl
passementerie and crimped fringe, which
falls from the upper side and has no ap
parent heading, is the most used and de-
cidedly the most graceful of textures.
MORNING CAPS.
Daily these are growing more stylish
and dressy. A very snowy specimen i
made of white tulle, lace and wine colorel
velvet ribbon. The high Normandy
crown is made Of the tulle, but has thu
front half trimmed with triLls ct the lace
passing over it from side to side and sep
arated from each other by bands of the
velvet At the base of the
back of the crown are two folds of the
tulle, aud attached to these is four
inch cape of plated lace. At the bass
of the front Of the crown is a band of the
velvet, and to it is attached a narrow Lace
frii- From underneath the cape at tht
back falls loops and ends of the velvet
NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON.