Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-05
STYLES OF THE DAY
MATERIALS CAREFULLY MADE
Pecss'iass<les 4nd Marks OF B<sssy.
The spring c4p~---rosns. on Aha,
Lenlcn H4Af---A Lace Drr.s-

Are you going "a get = Cteve,ard
tresss n viii be quite the thing n5ss.
for good lon, time - come. u foIor
The dpings 81 the waite hl,uss. aid par
ticuiariy these e IL beloved mistress
Then lnst - soon a. Mrs Grov~r APP
rears Ia new gown. ecat ar bonnet. y
viii - curs u seizure onc like T. IN
color. shape or sise, II would not %
good s>sts q have II rrrrsdaecc IN
every particular. bns would - deli
cate Acknowledgements II our zpprocIsr
ton ~ her tarle IA gpwning - sppro-
pr,ate some portion Of Il Ia our ados-n-
useat
Let n horo devoutlg that she VIII
rrTer ton the inflated skirt. For II
she frever di@i1lns II. then may We.
To. feel quits serene IL our A.ghtiy
n.rin1 ones
But we necd Mt walt for hint from
the white house before buying our early
spring gown. for al Of the spring goods
have something in common. snt We
can scarcely stray very far from what
she chooses The slring goods arc aliAc
after = fashion. and yet. after another
f1shlon. arr surprisingly unlIke. A
Ne "a. one careless look over large
nember - fabrics NC decide that II
makes very httie difference which one
~ select. a. they al look 80 much
ALIKE And then. when we com. t. ex-
anime fssre clas<lg. we wonder what
gaze "a this erst impression For we fnd
that there i scarcely any actual re-
s~rubiance. They arc. IL u true. al Of
some da,l. old shade. but. on the other
hard. Of almost every sha.se imaginable.
7 heg have. also. almost every orc Of
them, some thread running over in .
surei.rn color. But we discover. also.
that these threads are rarely alike In
shs4,e esr texture Ia addition Ia this,
We malee np our minds first that the
queer. crazy designs formed by these
threads are rather similar. when sud-
dNniy IL cawns upon u that no two Of
them are alike. This arouses or in
terest. and we begin 20 think them
worthy - closer attention after all
Then begins the absorbing question Of
which one Of all these bcwildering
fabrics W. shall select for our own
shall j. b. this thin. sheer goods that
has fuf silk stripe running through
Il. .nt. oesides. = sort 81 spider pattern
all over ~ Or this dark blue with dull
pink feur-,ie-lis closely covering it9
Perhaps this gsuxy black stuff would
- be.ter with the fine gold thread
- closely woven that il almost con-
eeal~ the groundworis: and yet this
dull PINK with funny irregular dots Of
paler aud duller pink over world be
prestier set. and these palmer ma
terial. with The silky stripes are very
attractive. Dear. it Is 50 hard 10 make
np one's mind.
But y really matters little which one
yen take kor. believe me. when you
1ct Gee e them horle aud see IL apart
from The dozen other materials you are
hound - ike u. and 10 Is alraost sure
- i,e becoming For that y the beauty
- them all They are al soft. and yet
there j. something about ench that
ma<e~ II stand cut. In word. they're
awfuliy pretty II you consider. each
alone. Bat take my advice. aud don't
hook a. TO many - ono time or you'll
never Ia this world be satisfied with
one. The very fnes. - .nern. with the
patterns run over la six threads. costs
three dollars = ysrsi But nnm oors Of
shsfn are much -. expensive.
The pn<ziiug question =. how - have
shrln made II il i really decided that
Ne are not - have tho hsopskirt. what.
then. arr ~e - havc7 And II Il i not
yet quite decided. how soon viii IL bes
While the world : lowering ia a state
a. uncomfortable suspense. wondering
has viii happen next, i .s safe 90 OBJ
serve the rules laid down daring the lass
f-sv months. A. east there i one COM
fort for al OF as. that 81 FAR the skirts