The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-19
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
The Tea Gown must Now have a
pemi'train, ar least-The Newest
Styles in Dressing the Hair.
Correspondence Of the Press

NEW YORK, April 17.-Let no one i'm.
agine that the tea gown has been for
gotten in the list Of feminine garments
for the season, for it is still prettier. IL
possible, than ever. Stateliness goes
with tea gowns, as well as that soft. lazy
grace that finds all the pretty attitudes
on the corner sofas or the iackknife
chairs. Imagine stately brunette in a
tea gown of golden plush, with its long.
graceful lines breaking into ripples Of
sunshine as the wearer moves. To that
add facings Of pale pink faille, and you
have an ideal gown that all will envy.
The tea gown must have train, or at
least a demi train, or it would lose its
dignity with its shorn length. The tea
gown is one of the most fetching gowns
there is. A delicate blonde could have a
sage green plush with pale pink bands
and revers and rival her brunette sister,
or she could wear blue, and there is moth
ing to hinder those who cannot afford
plush to look pretty in the same gown
made up in cashmere or one of the
cheaper grades of goods. 1t is the shape
and style that make its beauty, though
truly the richer the material the surer
the wearer feels of going to the good
place when she dies.
This stands to reason, for then one does
not give lodgment to the sin of envy in
her heart, and as noblesse oblige, so good
clothes in measure oblige one to live up
to them.
What pretty go-about gowns are being
made now for the young ladies who love
to ego about in brisk, swinging style.
A new street dress for young lady who
is now balancing in her own mind
whether to go to Tuxedo, Lenox, New
port or the Yellowstone is of satin faced
ladies' cloth in aubergine, or egg plant
purple, which is indeed a very rich and
elegant color 1t is laid in box and kilt
plaitiugs and trimmed with old gold castle
braid, and with buttons of the same dull
color. The vest front is of old gold surah.
The hat to wear with this is of old gold
colored Milan braid faced with velvet to
match the dress and trimmed with lace
in fan frills.
A toque of the dress material, with old
gold colored silk pompons, is with the
gown and intended to be worn when
travelling. Next to dresses come the new
spring wraps, of which the variety is
limitless One of the newest fancies is
to have shoulder cape of ostrich feath-
ers-that is, the fluffy part stripped from
the stems and sewn on a strong net foun-
dalton.
AT the opera these weeks we have had
chance to see the very latest in fashion
able hair dressing, as SO many of the la
dies went in full dress. The Duchess of
Marlborough set the style with her POM
padour couture, with magnificent tiara
of jewels and her little tuft of pink
feathers. The fancy now is to have the
whole of the hair crimped in rather wide
waves and this brought back and up
ward, where it terminates in large loose
twists, which reach from the top down
to the neck, where it ends in short curls.
Flowers in wreaths and small feather
pompons, jewels and bows of ribbon are
all used as decoration.
The hair is gathered into an irregular
curly bunch in front, which leaves the
temples exposed. For home and street
nearly the same fashion obtains, except,
of course, in ornamentation. High Span
ish combs are used then, or other fancy
tortoise shell ornaments.
Flower necklaces and boas were worn
by nearly all the younger ladies. They
are of forget-me-nots, violets, small roses,
white daisy chains. Natural flowers are
worn wherever possible-a pretty fancy
and one peculiarly suited to the pretty
young wearers.