St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04


| cloth appears as a narrow border only;
| the same arrangement is followed at
| the back, but the band widens again
where it follows the back drapery to the
waist on the left side. The front, edge
and sleeves of the plain corsage are also
ornamented with pinked out bands of
cloth placed under the chequered ma
terial.
WITH THE ADVENT OF SPRING
the dry goods merchants are showing
new designs in silk and WOODEN dress
| goods, trimmings, etc. In the silk de-
partment faille Franchise, MORE Fran
caise and MORE antiques are the pre-
vailing material for wedding dresses,
evening wear, and so forth, and
some novel and rich effects
| Gold and silver designs in
tinsel on white silk ground are very
handsome, and are being used extern
sively for evening costumes. The tin
| sci designs run On sprays or fern leaf,
weeping willow and fancy geometrical
| pattern. Pompadours are shown both
in stripes and figures and in all tints to
be used with any selected material of
one color. MORE Franchise and taille
Franchise are still in large demand, and
are popular goods. Some beautiful silks
in these lines are on the counters.
Taffeta silks with changeable effects
and in every conceivable color are ex-
tensively worn. A curious effect is
appear to be certain color, and looked
| at another way are an entirely different
shade. The novelty of these changea-
BILE silks, it is expected, will make them
very popular. Other silks on much the
same style, but with slightly different
pattern, are the peau de sole and the
scintillicut glace. The silks are to be
made up almost entirely without trim
|. ming, their peculiar richness being all
that could be desired. Novelties in
trimmings for silk dresses include pretty
designs in pompadours, etc. One charm
ing piece of goods is long Cluny
stripe in the center, with a lot of
little rOsebuds and sprays on either side.
This design is in all shades. In combi-
nation goods, design is shown in three
materials. the dress itself being of one
material and the trimmings i'll others,
the shade being precisely the same
| throughout. Some very pretty effects
| in ombre stripes are also shown. Surah
and Tussah silks are still popular, and
a large assortment is to be found in
checks and stripes. The Tussah silk is
not much heavier than Indian silk, but
is much stronger. Wooden goods are
trimmed with elaborate designs worked
in the material in velvet, gold, silver
and Damascus steel, producing
A RICH EFFECT.
A full and handsome line of Benga-
lines, challies, dress veilings, silk pom
gees and Henrietta cloth in many taste
full patterns are exhibited, also some
pretty and tasteful patterns in soft
goods, suitable for tennis, seaside and
mountain suits. Steel, gold and silver
dress trimmings in elaborate designs
are also shown. The metal work on
some of the dress draperies is remarka-
bly, artistic.
l have seen some very tasteful dresses
which are being made for the forthcom-
ing fancy dress balls. One of these,
| which is at once simple and elegant, is
the "Snowball.'' The short skirt of
white faille is covered with three
plated flOunces of white Grape cut into
points at the edge. At each point hangs
large ball in white floss silk. similar
one being placed between the points.
The corsage is cut with round waist,
and has a ceinture in satin, falling in
open in Y shape, the left side of the
opening and the plated vest being set
with large silk balls. Similar balls form
a coronal at the back of the head to at
tach the full white tulle veil, which falls
to the hem of the skirt. White silk
stockings and white satin slippers with
a ball of floss set in the instep of each
are worn with this toilet. Another
original costume, also in white, is
that of the white cat. 1t is in white.
plush, the skirt made short and looped
at one side, the looping being lined with
pale pink plush. At the left side cats
tail, made of white plush, energies from
the folds of the skirt, and is attached to,
the hip with a knot of white ribbon.
The lOW-necked and short-sleeved cor
sage is bordered with white fur.
Around the throat is tied a pale pink
ribbon with large bow under the chin.
The couture is round cap in plush.
with cats head set at one side. A
very novel dress is that of the serpent
charmer. The short skirt is of pale
green silk, striped with satin in varied
and vivid hueS. Over this is a second
skirt in pink faille, draped in large
scallops. The corsage, the belt and
short tunic, cut in very deep narrow
points, or rather teeth, are in change
able green silk, brocaded in a fish-scale
pattern. This brocade represents ser
pents skin, and is very effective. A
necklace in several rows of small, many
colored beads adOrns the throat. A ser
pent in caoutchouc, painted in green
and gold, is twined around the right
arm. The hair falls loose and uncon-
fined over the shoulders, the head being
encircled with gold serpent.
A DANCING PROFESSOR
said to me that there was less aversion
to the exposure of the feminine foot in
London than here. There is craze for
muscular development over there The
most fashionable dancing schools are
those kept by women-broken down
| gentlewOmen, and even one or two titled
ladies. A great deal besides dancing
| is taught in these schools. There are
lessons in calisthenics, moderate gym
nastics and what is called department.
In the latter women are taught to sit,
| stand. walk and bow gracefully. They
are even Instructed in the arts of eat
| ing. talking and whatever else is neces-
sary to polite existence. These classes
were originally formed for little girls,
but adult classes of the same sort are
now regular institutions. They are now
attended by women who fall into or
| marry riches, who make hits on the
| stage, who want to shine in fast society,
and all such folks.
"But speaking of nice women exclu-
sively," said the professor, sit must be
the case that thousands of lovely
English girls are as accustomed to short
skirts as they are to Waterproofs OF rub
bers. They wear short skirts in the
gymnastic classes, at dancing school, at
rowing. shorter yet in bathing. Their
tennis skirts are always shorter than
those worn here, and, in a word, the
whole subject is viewed differently over
there. Our women and those of Paris
seldom need to free their feet, while
the average healthy English girl is
constantly employed in some way
where long skirts would be in the way.