The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-10

Garden hats are just beginning te
show themselves, and looked Mt onc
very critically for the especial benefit
OF TINS letter at an carly tennis party
yesterday. 1t was fiat, woven of gray
green rough straw and trimmed will,
mignonctte and pinks-big, plump,
sweet pinlls, such as used to grow in
grandmother's garden borders The
girl who wore it was red-headcd and
piquant She had blue eyes and
irecklcs and ~ wonderfully trim figure.
Her hair was heavy enough to make
You wonder how she managed to carry
1t. and she had gray green dress.
with pink carnations at her bosom.
Have you seen the peculiar dresses
that are all rutiles? There was one in
evidence ut the tennis party. 1t was
silvery gray silk, / believe, ana for
making it exceeded anything hitherto
made. 1T was more made, mean;
there was simply wonderful amount
OF making to it. 1t was made with
RULES from feet to waist, narrow
ruf1ies that riflied and fluttered in the
sunshine. Above the waist.wa cape.
and this too was ruffied till YOU
couldn't see between the frills. AS
you looked at her she rustlcd like
leaves in breeze, and when her sillzen
foliage turned up its under side YOU
couldn't help wondering if that was a
sign it would rain next day. Do you
know' wanted to make her jump.
If she would only have skipped rope
for few minutes the effect would have
exceeded anything.
Another tlounced frock was of yellow
striped foulard dotted with black.
Like the gray it was ruff1ed clean to
the waist line and had n sensational
effect in wind. 1t had n black satin
coat bodice and two frills of yellow
crepe de Chine at the throat, with full
yellow crepe dc Chine sleeves. Would
You like to wear it? You could to nd-
vantage if you were just the sort Of
clear-slllnncd brunette who had it on.
The best player-for there was a net
ana there were rackets if / have ig-
norcd them to talk of clothes-was n
girl in pale and tan-colorcd serge. with
bands of violet satin about her skirt
and an odd blouse of violet crepe de
Chine, whose sleeves were three bio
puffs each, caught with violet ribbon.
was this an odd frocll to play in? It's
more the froclS than the play, you
know, so carly in the spring. When
she wasn't playing this player wore n
little tan-colored coat, with a great
frill in front and broad waistband of
violet satin ribbon.
There's a lot of violet to be seen. nv
the way. noticed pale violet-colorcd
cloth walking gown this morning with
double skirt bordered with pale green
and gold. Would you have expected
that combination? If you wouldn't Won
don't know colors and the fashions
You would expect black satin, of
course, with everything, and so You're
not surprised to know that the violet
and green and gold had black satin
waist band
Bizarre hats, of course, were quite as
common as hats that were not bizarre.
More so, probably. One was of a most
aggressive red straw, with black ribbon
and great clumps of violets.
Another hat was bordcred with corn
flowers in the brightest blue that is
dyed, with peacock blue wings for a
background. could tell you of more
In plenty, but you know as well as I
do that the most extra ordinary color
combinations are being worn.
DO you care about the spring we'd
dlngs? l could tell you, if you do, of
any number of pretty trousseaus. A
wedding gown for Il very young girl
was Of pure white satin, with a lace
nonnce on the Skirt caught up here
and there with clusters of orange
flowers. The bodice was covered with
creamy chiffon and bands of lace in
sertion, and from outstanding
shoulders plaits of satin fell gracefully
draped white chiffon sleeves. Two
little punches of orange flowers were
tucked into the folds of the bosom.
a reception dress belonging to this
brides trousscau had it's skirt arranged
in three deep bands, the divisions
marked by cream-colorcd guipurc in
sertion. The bottom band was of anne
thyst silk, the second of pale miroir
velvet, and the third or top band OF
peach blossom. The bodice was palcr
than peach and had q yoke covered
with lovely rose point lace, open at
the throat just very little. The 1890
puffed sleeves were of transparent lace
from wrist to elbow. Over each shout
der was velvet epaulet, and the belt
was of velvet also. Tho gradation of
color in this frock was too exquisite to
talk about, TO know anything OF
them yoId have to see them.
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