St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
FASHION NOTES.


The handSOmeSt carriage cloallS are
of gold cOlOred cloth into which is
woven glossy chenille fringes of dark
seal brown. Some of them are trimmed
with wide bands made of these chenille
fringeS.
The rage for tinsei has extended to
the Jerseys. Dark red, blue and brown
jerseys are braided with spiral whOrls
of tinSel gallOon. A gray one is COW
cred with silver braid set on in YER
micelli pattern.
The use of neck and sleeve wear is
bands of silk null or canvas, which
have so long been popular, the dress
makers are ending home dresses with
narrow frillS of creamy lace plated
thickly in at the wrists and neck.
Women who have pretty feet, and
who find low shoes more becoming to
their feet than boots, have most ingen-
iously solved the difficulty of wearing
low shoes in cold weather. They still
cling to their dainty little ties, but
wear with them thick cloth CATERS,
which button half way up the calf, and
are not only pretty but very good form.
They are fleece-lined, making them
warmer than boots, and are of Yery
dark blue or black cloth.
The narrOwest width of picot-edged
ribbon. too, is forming large part of
the neckwear and appears in great
many of the dainty fichuS, vests and
plastronS of transparent materials
which are worn with simple costumes
to make them more dresSy. A ruching
for neck and sleeves is made of many
loops of this narrow ribbon set into
band, and though it is frequently made
up in colOrs, white is always prettiest
and most effective.
Dresses for the early spring can be
made economically by choosing con-
trasting remnants from the remnant
counter. AS, for example, charming
gown can be made by choosing small
piece of suede colored cashmere, which
will serve to put facing two feet
deep on sham skirt. This can be
braided with dark green braid Of the
kind that comes already made up in
patterns and ready to be applique. For
the long draperieS and basque get green
cashmere of the shade of the braid.
Into the bodice should be set a vest of
the suede thickly covered with braid,
and the collar and cuffs should be fin
iShed i'll the same manner.
The dreSSmakerS are endeavOring to
bring back the trimmed skirts, with their
multitudinOuS plaitingS and fiounceS,
but women who have their clothes
made at home by seamstreSses who are
paid by the day will make hard fight
against it, as they have learned by eX-
perience that at least full days time
| in the making of a dress is saved by the
fashion of untrimmed skirts. Some
skirts are made entirely of plaits, how
ever. and for light WOODEN fabrics, such
| as crepeline, cashmere and India silk,
and even in net and piece lace, these are
made with accordion plaits extending
up to the hips, and with short and
rather scant drapery.
| During the cold season little girls as
well as boys wear long leather CATERS
that button up to the knee. They
are superior in warmth to the old
fashioned knitted leggings, and admit
of short-skirted girls and knickerbOck-
cred boys playing out of doors and in
the snow without danger. They are
closely strapped under the instep, are
made of dark, tan-colored leather, and
| faSten with black buttons a little larger
than the ordinary shoe button. The
| tendency nowadays is to dress small
boys in long trousers during the winter.
usually of the sailor pattern, feServing
knickerbockerS for summer weather.
With these little sailor suits comes a
short coat of heavy pilot cloth, with a
deep turnover collar, embroidered with
gilt anchors.
Women who make a study of dress
with view to combining beauty with
skirts and perfectly plain waist that
hooks up the front under flap instead
of buttOning. This plain corsage is the
foundation of endless variations. One
of the prettieSt of these changes is
made by the addition of a high collar OF
alternate folds of cream-white crepe de
Chine and the metallic-edged ribbon,
which is Of white MORE with picot edge
of many loops of silver tinsel. This
forms the collar, pointed plastrOn and
half dozen folds about the sleeves
Another pretty device is to turn in the
gown slightly at the throat and set in a
crepe lisse, edged with Irish guipure
From this depends full Fedora vest OF
the same, tied in at the waist with rib
bons and with broad Vandyke cuffs al
the wrists.
Partisan women are wearing straight
princeSSe robes under their long coats
for carriage and street wear, and they
serve as visiting toilets. One of these
is of dark red cloth opening over a
front of black cashmere DIES Indies anC
trimmed with panels Of black astra
chan. The rest is of plain cashmere
laid in small tucks stitched near the
edges, and is confined by soft, wide
girdle of black faille; the petticoat from
is of the same India cashmere embroid
cred with small flowers and Greciar
border. The collar and cuffs are alst
of this material. The cOrsage front i.
cut in Vandyke fronts below the waiS
and Ornamented with black soutach,
embroidery: The back of the gown ha
continuous breadths of the red cloth
with added fulness in the middle seam
below the waist. Red faille or velve
gowns made in this way have the mid
die forms of the back cut off below tn,
waist and the skirt fulness gathered
there.