The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-17

up with dignity, the dapper little autocrat
delivered himself:
There was man from Cleveland in
here Yesterday he used to know you when
you lived in Cleveland. He saw you in
DIR. John Halls church last Sunday in
you. lie said he looked across the aisle
at you and you were just like fashion
plate, for all the world"
NV friend was not brave enough 20 tell
the tailor that she objected 10 looking like
"A fashion plate, and so be inflated himself
like turkey cock i'm bright weather and
proceeded 10 make her brown and blue
checked Orkney tweed in the manner that
seemed good TO him and not at all in the
manner that seemed good 90 her
The autocracy of the tailor bodies even
more i'll than common this winter for
there Is hardly a fashion or a fancy on the
schedule for the season that does not al
ready manifest wild impotence 10 kick
up its heels and run of into coltish vag
aries. For example, saw very pretty
pinkcheeked girl yesterday in a frock Of
plum color and apricot yellow. She wore
q bonnet of plum coiored velvet with "a
yellow crown oyerset with jet and trim
med with plum colored plumes. She
had yellow gloves, a vest of yellow kid
and-this was the touch OF extravaganza
in the ensemble-to the back of her revers
collar faced with yellow was pinned an
apricot yellow velvet rosette with ends
long enough TO come forward under the
arms on each side and TIE in bow just
below the bust, the loops falling quite 10
the hem of the gown. The ribbon, mind
you, was not narrow ribbon, but broad
and heavy and fully conscious of its own
exceeding worth and dignity. At the
early season tea 10 which the apricot and
plum costume was invited, its wearer
stepped on the velvet ribbon at least half
"a dozen times while alighting from the
carriage and going up half dozen steps
to the front door.
| don't know that the eccentricities Of
fashion are of large interest. and yet in a
way IL gratifies one'S sense of humor 10
see what is worn. Take as an instance
the travelling cloak have figured. IL was
my fortune to sit beside this cloak i'm run
from Newport To New York after the last
of the regattas. IL was worn by tall and
extremely handsome red headed girl You
can imagine how the long straight lengths
of IL seemed TO sweep down and away from
her. Its fabric was tan-colored canel's
hair; its back was fitted close, "A deep box
plait running down the middle. Its fronts
were loose, bound with dark red braid
and fastened with buttons. Over the
sleeves were caps forming double capes
which reached TO the bottom OF the waist
behind. It's not bad sort of garment,
and it's nothing against IL If IL reminds
one of costume plates of the twelfth cen
tury, but 10 cannot be denied that IL II eN-
treme.
Consider, too jacket of which made a
study at one of those functions called pri-
vate openings, meaning displays for the
benefit OF invited guests chosen from the
"elite directory" | am not sure that |
can describe ii correctly as TO its details.
The waistcoat with its deep basque cut in
one with the garment was of dark Span
ish yellow cloth inclining 10 brown with
yellowish ivory buttons notified with
brown. The coat was of a rich dark ma
hogany cloth edged with a narrow band of
even darker velvet. From beneath the
square collar standing up the throat came
the ends of dark velvet tie expanding on
the white shirt front frilled with white
rufiies. Note the lace puffs at the wrists
below the cuffs. and tell me if the young
woman who wears this jacket wi not
figure bravely as fine young cavalier.
Yet haven't committed myself TO adj
miration of it, mark this, please.
As If paniers did not announce with
sufficient clearness fashions intentions TO
accentuate the hips look at the picture |
give you of trunk hose. IL was at one of
the autumn weddings that | saw this cos
tune worn by a piquant young matron.
sister to the bride. / recollect the colors