The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-27

opulent; with such famed beauties as
Mrs. Burke-Roche and Mrs. Yznaga
and Mrs. Duncan Elliott, who, as
Sallie Hargous, was the reigning belle,
and with the beautiful great houses
and lawns for backgrounds, what more
could dress require?
The royal will, this year, is for fuss,
furbelows, founces and frivolity.
Severe simplicity is dream of the
long, long ago; two or three summers
at least, and that is an eternity. With
many falls and ripples of clustering
I lace, with whim of structure and oddity
of ornament, with shoulder puffs that
+ swell like the sails Of the yachts just
! beyond there, when the wind blows
free inshore; with waists of tiniest
span and full spreading skirts whose
ample space leaves scarcely an insh
unadorned, the seasons styles have
/ left severity far behind. The central
! woman is hidden, not expressed, by all
this wealth of detail.
Is this why the fin de steele fashions
are pleasing to most women? Are
they kind to her whose charms of per-
| son dfe 30 Sly III dS W uceO COuCedl-
ment's aid?
Women do like the gowns of 1893. A
word. a phrase, caught here and there
tells the story. Such a phrase as l
caught at piazza party the other
day when an airy creature came glid-
| ing down the broad, shaded room
for rooms these great verandas
with their lowered awnings are
her slender figure erect and all
about her the sheen and the
simmer and the tremor Of sheer
silk and lace, hung, as it seemed, in
sheer bravado OF uselessness wherever
silk and lace might hang. It was then
that little woman behind me, far
prettier but not thus arrayed, whis-
pered with tinge of envy: ''She looks
as if she had just stepped out of
painting" All. that is it. The pictures
that we have all seen of the radiant
DANES of crinoline d-and-yes, and
of the chignon and the beauty spot of
black court plaster, how they come
back to US!
And are the chignon and the beauty
spot coming, too? There are whispers,
| and whispers.
Colby and critically analysed. the
picture gown was one of moderate
spread of skirt, comparatively, but its
| flounces of silk and lace, three on
shoulder and seven on skirt, its frolic-
some sleeves and bodice and the
| whimsical hat overlapping all gave
an expression of lightness and grace
OIL
would have loved to paint. Such
gown wouldn't be of much use on
board a yacht or at a bsrryspicking
froic, but on the broad piazza,
screened from the too venturesome
wind and garish sun. its triumph is
complete. 1t would not do for game
Of tennis, but right royalty it answers
its purpose when worn on the top OF
coach or drag or brake. while its fair
some other polo expert essay difficult
shot.
Curiously enough. it is not seldom
the evening dress-the ball dress
! which shows most conservatism Of the
old traditions. One Of the most beau
tiful which l have seen had 10.
single founce on skirt or shoulder.
True the shoulders were enormous
psiffs and the skirt showed the modern
fullness. but from the very edge OF the
bodice opening the MATERIAL beauti-
ful white brocade with flower pattern
swept in graceful, line, broken only
by wide purple belt at the waist
The garniture WIS of pink roses,
.
seluins glitte-ed on the satin sleeves,
and down the front at either side the
long lines of roses reached TO the hem
The sleeves stopped almost where they
began. after tremendous excursion 10
nowhere and baek-how else can
sleeve fulfill its present mission o.
fullness and yet stop al Inid-rpper
ARMAND long elbow gloves were
worn. The whole effect was noble IL
the extreme, and not too heavy, for
Newport evenings are cool
ThAre cnrne- as. said whispers