The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-27

IDEAL is to continue them so. Now
gauntlcts conducc To an effect of big
ness, and loose sleeves to an effect of
littlcncss, hence the gauntlet must 20;
quod crat dcmonstrandum
But, theories aside, what is summer
going to look like with hoop skirts on
the tennis field? Will good play be
possible? Yet that, as we ali know.
doesn't matter, when YOU come to the
heart of things, particle.
/ VIII the summer girl wear hoops
when she goes boating? She can't
get into II canoe with them-that much
is certain. And mountain climbing!
What jolly larks the chipmunl1s and
the woodchuclSs up in the Catskills will
have this summer with crinoline pro-
cessions welding ribbon-ticd Alpen-
stocks in front of them.
What jolly larl1s we're all having
right along, for that matter For dress
is mighty interesting just now. / sat
III a window nook overlooking the
avenue and watched the girls They
were worth watching. The first who
went by was i'll black satin-and SO
was the third. and the fifth, and. in
deed, every other one. But the first
had heliotrope ribbons. They were
tied about her waist and then in rows
mp under her arms, and they finished
with gay little bows. Girls have worn
ribbons all winter, of course, and 1
have told you about them, but some
how it lends fresh joy to life to sec the
gay colors uncloaled and uncaped,
Haunting in the light of day and on the
avenue.
There was girl behind the first girl,
who wore brown and yellow checked
tweed, fleclled with red and gray. The
skirt was so full you were very con
sciouS of the hoops underneath it. and
1T had three fiat rows of brown silk at
the bottom, edged with brown velvet
piping. The bodice fastened quantity
down one side, and it had deep turn
down frill of golden brown silk about
the shoulders which rose and fell in the
April breeze like wings
wonderfully pretty hat went with
this gown, a little fiat brown straw hat,
running over with buttercups Do you
love butter? l. don't really care
whether you do or not, but it would be
hard to forgive You if you didn't love
the little yellow meadow flower with
which the youngsters make their tests
of ones dietetic affections
There were white gloves on the ave-
nue.. What do you think of that for a
spring fashion? White gloves at eleven
in the morning and with tailor gowns.
There were white wells, but they don't
count, not being new. One gloved and
fri nj
most white also, so light and glitter
ing was its silvery gray. She twinkled
and shone like Diana herself before
Diana came down from her tower and
went to unapprecative Chicago. But
it was her flowers l meant to tell you
about, for she wore quantities of them;
tulips and jonquils, massed in GRIM
sons and yellows, as it is the fashion
of the day to wear all things
Do you care for hats, or have YOU
heard enough of them? You must see
enough if You go out upon the streets
at all these bright days. saw some
thing uncommonly piquant which was
to the eyes a wide bow of golden
brown silk, flaring on either Side of
the head,with two outstanding punches
of white hyacinths in the middle.
Another cOncoction a great deal on
the same order would be called bon
net, probably. 1t was alleged to have
straw crown, though nobody could
see it exactly. Somewhere, no doubt.
the straw was hidden away, but all
that appeared to the casual vision was
n pointed wing of pinky white velvet.
standing out over either ear with big
cluster of pinl<y roses binding the
wings together on top of the head and
browning the pretty toilet of the nm
commonly pretty girl.
| There are black hats in plenty for.
this is at once spring of colors, and
of black, too. What but black chin
could go with the founces of blacl,
satins that fill the promenades? Blacl,
chip, with wreaths of green bows
standing saucily all about the crown.
| A curling black feather is l<notted into
the wreath in front, and another and
longer behind. I like spring fixings,
for, if there's nothing partic -ilarly new
about them it's easier at least for them
to put on plausible air of newness
than for the gear of any other season
ELLEN OSBORN.