The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-31

is soft and adapts itself easily to the
figure, taking up very little room inside OF
the dress.
Clad in one of these Chinese silk union
garments the woman who wishes to look
slender and to have her clothes fit we'll
may rest secure. She hooks her corset
over her undergarment and then puts on
her dress. No corset cover and no petit
coat are worn unless the dress is such as
to demand something underneath more
than the undergarment. When possible,
only a divided skirt is worn, but if the
gown is very thin petticoat is required,
and this, instead of being gathered upon
band in the old bulky style, is sewn upon
a yoke which fits neatly and closely over
the hips without giving additional bulk to
the figure. Thus it is that fat women are
enabled to make themselves appear so
slender that one is led to inquire what has
become of all the fat women that used to
be seen upon our streets.
From all indications in prevailing fash
ions, capes, wraps and coats will be worn
all summer. The warmest days see them
upon the streets in abundance, and at the
slightest hint of cold breath every woman
has donned her outside garment.
To preserve the appearance of always
wearing a jacket, the gowns which have
been planned for August weather have
waists which are made exactly like coats.
OF course no dress waists are worn under
these coats, and the wearer appears very
natty and finished" without suffering
from the burden of too many garments.
The style is decidedly an English one,
and is popular for the season.
1t IS also very English and very fashion
able to cling to the fur capes, wearing one
on little ocean or fresh water voyages and
carrying one over the arm for use on
draHghty train or overcrowded cars when
necessity compels one to improvise seat
or pillow. The travelling rug, which is so
popular with our English cousins, is in
some sense replaced by the fur cape with us.
Lace makers are jubilant over the pros
pect of brisk summer and fall trade.
Everything which can be trimmed with
lace is thus adorned. 1t matters not
whether the lace be black or white or
colored so long as there is plenty of it and
it is deep enough to fall over the hand in a
broad ruffie
A lovely yellow brown French challie
was trimmed with black lace A ruffie of
the lace fell over the knuckles to the depth
OF five or six inches, and side pleating of
the same was put on the waist outlining
Spanish jacket. Around the basque was
fall of lace nearly half yard deep ex-
tending nearly to the knees. The waist
was given a coatlike effect by Louis Qua
tore cuffs and long coat tails
The English Newmarket jacket it coming
into favor. 1t is long, reaching half way
to the knees, with lapels turning back from
vest of different material. Two straps
or couple of fancy buttons secure it at
the waist. The cuffs are deep and faring.
A beautiful Newmarket jacket recently
seen was of corn flower shade of smooth
cloth. 1t was edged around the cuffs, col
lar, lapels and bottom with gold cord. The
vest was of white duck lined with prim-
rose surrah. The vest was adjustable and
could be fitted to the jacket or taken out
and supplied with new one at will.
Gray corduroy is to be fashionable ma
terial, both for the house and for street
wear. A very dressy gown of it was cut
upon the Princess style. 1t was laced up
the back of the bodice. The front of the
bodice had waistcoat of ecru brocade
with gray ground. Epaulettes of the cor
duroy were edged with silver and bronze
tinted gailoon. Strips of the galloon ex-
tended down the sides of the skirt. The
entire suit was model in taste and skill.
the fit being perfect and the style adapted
TO the tall blonde who was to wear it.