The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-21
THE REALM or SOCIETY.
Resume of the Various Happen.
ings Of the Week.



Mixed stufFs OF silk and wool look
and wear vel. bat those os cotton viii
be torment and disappointment %
who so spend time and money upon
them
The peIlisxe reappearz in force Ia the
spring ifuportzt1ons, ard now has
sieeyea full forty inches wide st the
top and gathered into enormous puffs
At the armhole.
Three ross Of ribbon Or lace fBses-
ton OF q contrasting color, set above
fxo-inch hem, is favorite GnIsh fer
draperieS of either silk or wool--He
Yak Commercial adreYfissT.
About tue auaintess OF the new old
STYLES is that showing full plain skirt
fully gathered 20 short waist. with
wide revers, skin-fsght sleeves ard
stomacher Of gathered musiin.
For summer, fashion allows 4 loop
OF cord upon the parasoI 70 swing Il
over the arm. and DEGREES that the
bow at the tsp shall be wider, icopser
and more pronounced than ever.
Handles extremely lopg are also
fashionable.
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borders, VIII take the place OF nun 4
yelling in this summers gowns. The
bordered staff makes the skirt that
is either open nc one side TO show the
underskirf, car else lightly held together
with gimp or frogs Of braid.
The so-calIed Greek polonalse Is q
princess garment cut fall upon the
right shoulder and draped across
slightly below the lett hip. The back
falls quite stsaighf, and at the front
there are breadths reaching from the
belt 70 the foot under the poionaise
A Partisan fancy for ball gowns + 20
wear draperies or gauze. either white
embroidered with black or black en-
broidered with white. above gar light
satins, and 20 bold the thin fabric in
place with rtiany bows Of narrow rib
bon matching the foundation In color.
New black lace gowns are in princess
shape, with the sixty-ineh Chantiiiy
pieased over them and falling straight
from neck TO foot The buik Of the
nndergown il black, bat the full front
is often draped over green, or rose, or
gold color. or else over silk heavy with
metal embroidery.
Delicate shades in wool goods. fanci-
full designs in the cut and trimming OF
ready made dresses and wraps, the
large variety Of robe or bordered dress
patterns the continued use Of green.
with black and yellow more eonspicu-
Gus than ever before. are the leading
features in the spring exhibits.
Draperiea are seen upon the skirts of
nearly all the spring gowns, but they
are soft and ciinging. with 40 stsspic-
ion OF boufsancy about the hips or
back. The Greek apron IL very much
used. IL falls straight and open at one
side. and Il drawn up IN full ial,ot
folds under big cabbage bow upon
the other.
The jacket is utterly out OF place
over directoire gown Instead, one
must wear either mantle with four
capes at the back and long fronts with
wide lapels at the top. or else SIX capes
all around made of cloth OF two coIors
simply cut upon the edges and finished
at the throat with high collar and
fiamboyant how of ribbon.
Though no longer especially stylish,
jackets viii be much worn. They
have skirts good deal longer than OF
yore, aud when made OF light cloth
are much trimmed with matching
velvet. For dark colors braid is still
the favorite garniture. When not
lined throughout with silk or satin
they are very deeply faced.
Fringe. which il always popular
when given a chance, Is 10 be sysin in
favor. A blue aud white India silk
has the girtilc ends trimmed in white
silk fringe. and a vest of the knotted
part A dust-colored cloth, with
bright Persian bordering, has the bot
fntxx re the sS1a RAN n I'D fsssxt
wide fringe OF brilliant coiors. The
accordion skirts excite fauch CON-
ment, not always favorable.
There are just four things up To- the
present time that are decidedly new in
regard TO women's dress. There are
lots of other things. but these are
general, prominent and important
The first is the effort that Is being
made 70 boom" silk back into posalar
favor. The second is the tendency Ter
the coming summer towards the use
OF brighter and gayer colors and more
striking patterns. The third il the
tendency towarda the picturesque in
dressmaking, and the fourth is the
disposition TO discard steels. bustles
and all anatomical machinery and
appliances in dresses and have them
clinging or simply draped 10 the figure.
Plain killed skirts, with no drapery
at all, promise 60 be very fashionable,
and their first cousin in style-the
accordion skirts already familiar
ON the promenade and in all pgoba-
hiiity viii be more worn during the
summer thansany other style. Sashcs
will be all the rage and tao woman not
n grandmother who can possibly have
one will not consider her wardrobe
complete without sash. Some think
they make any woman, no matter
how old, young, while others think
they make an old woman look ridicu
lous. Skirts are made q little longer
and they generally touch the ground
in the back
In millinery the hats for spring, as
rule, are low and fat, bat the trim
ming brings them up TO any height
desired The Greek toQue Is very
popular and promises 10 be more 30
for those to whom classic style Is be-
coming, Sometimes a wreath of tine
flowers borders the edge. Black lace
capotes viii ba much worn as the
season advances. In the decoration
of hats and bonnets II will be decidedly
a flower season. For bellies and young
women who go in much for style the
modified tsalnshorouEh hat, with
brim turned down on one side and mp
ON the other. viii hold its own. The
Princess of Wales little ia; honnetS,
with large bow ON top, will lie the
very fashionable thing ia honnets ~
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