The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-16
MAKES FUN Of FASHIONS.
Howard Fielding Ridicules Gowns
~ and Rails at the Ways Of
Society.
Lucid Explanation of the Mean
ing of the Feminine Term
"Bias."
Why Trains Ares Held Higher Than Hore-
tofore-Evoluti0n of the Thea
ter Hat.
Written for The HELENA INDEPENDENT

Written for The HELENA INDEPENDENT
nEW YORK, APRIL 16.-ALL Il
~ ready for the Easter Sunday oh.
* servances. They will begin witt
the usual parade on Fifth avenue
after which the procession will review ii,
self in the various fashionable churches, and
will then march home to lnnch. Women
will 90 in silk and laees; in coats which are
too loose behind. and shoes which are toe
tight before; in their best clothes all o fthem,
and one, | am told, in q spirit Of Christian
devotion. But this il only hearaay, and in
any case l propose to eonfine my remarks
to such novelties as lave a chance of tax
ing some hold upon the fashionable world.
Il is easier to write of these things this
year than last, for society is smaller. The
number was 400 last year, bat, as every
body knows, Mr.. McAllister has cut il
down. BY next year there may be nothing
left of the 400 ut the two ciphars (hilnself
and ono other in which case I shall have
nothing to write about. Now, however, 4
great number of thoughts come to me on
the eve of this religious festival.
Mrs. Madison Brown will attend church
cial Easter gift from her husband, who
made q pretty penny by wrecking the G. Il.
d ". railroad recently. The goods are the
latest Partisan craze, and wero smugrled
into this port BY Nine. dc Menthe, the pop
ular dressn,aksr.
Mrs. shifter. who obtained her last di-
voroe IN the Cherokee strip Just before il
was opened for settlement, will wear a qovn
embroidered with lilies and will carry a
bunch Of lilies of tho valley in her hand.
In the Fifth avenue procession it ia doubt
full if any woman will attract more attsn-
ton than Mis-. John Henry soaker. Mr..
soaker will, rs usual, attend service, Mt hia
club. and will watch tho parade from ths
window. az he and his set have done for
tbs last thirty years.
The soans which will be presented to
thar gaze AZ thay sip their brandy and soda
will be grand in tho extreme. shall not
attempt to describe in advance what thsv
will sec. Indeed, there 10 no knowing whit
Mr.. Soaksr and his friends may bo sesinp
at any moment. ] shall speak Of what /
know about fashions from my own obssr-
vation. | will not engage to furnish pat.
terms of the garments which I shall de-
scribe; but my language will be 30 clear
that almost any woman can block the
things ont for herself.
ChanKsnblo goods are very much worn In
Nav York this spring. Fabric, color and
cut are mmaterisl. All 4 woman need do
IL TO wear tho costume any day when ii does
not rain. walk two blocks on any Now York
street, and she will ind that the dress has
changed from its original hue to u dull
brown, the color Of dirt. Al this fashion
will Inst until tbs streets nre swept it bids
fair to be Az enduring as the fashion In
noses, spoken Of by Moses to Aaron.
Those lovely English boacoats. ont to 81
like . shirt on n handspike, arc coming into
for women. They can be WON
with almost anything, but probably look
best with curvature of the spine.
The fashionable girl 10 going wild about