The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-07
The WOMAN OF FASHION
Will Mrs. Cleveland Adopt the In
nated Skirt2
MRS. GROVER SETS THE FASHION
Spring Materials Carefully Dissected-
Their Pccuiiarities and Marks of
Beauty-The Spring Cape-Points on
he Lenten Hat-A Lace Dress.

Are you going 10 get Clevelhnu
dress? II will be quite the thing now,
for n good long time to come, to follow
the doinps at the white house, and par
ticularly those of its beloved mistress.
Then, just as soon as Mrs. Grover APP
pears in new gown, coat or bonnet, 1T
will be ours TO secure one like IL In
color. shape or size. II would not be
good taste To have 1t reproduced in
every particular, but would be deli
cate acknowledgment of our apprecia-
ton of her taste in gowning to appro-
pirate some portion of 1t in our adorn-
ment-
Let us hope devoutly that she will
never don The inflated skirt. For IL
she forever disdains IL, then may we,
too. feel quite serene in our slightly
faring ones.
But we need not wait for hint from
the white house before buying our early
spring gown. for all of the spring goods
have something In common, and we
can scarcely stray very far from what
she chooses. The spring goods are alike
after fashion, and yet, after another
fashion, are surprisingly unlike. AS
we cast one careless look over large
number of fabrics we decide that 1T
makes very little difference which one
we select, as they all look so much
alike. And then, when we come to ex-
amino more closely, we wonder what
gave us this first impression. Forwe find
| that there is scarcely any actual re-
semblance. They are, it is true, all Of
| some)dull, old shade, but, on the other
hand, of almost every shade imaginable
| They have, also, almost every one of
| them, some thread running over in
| foreign color. But we discover, also,
| that these threads are rarely alike in
shade or texture. In addition to this,
we make up our minds first that the
queer, crazy designs formed by these
threads are rather similar, when sud
denly it dawns upon us that no two OF
them are alike. This arouses our in
terest, and we begin to think them
worthy of closer attention after all.
Then begins the absorbing question of
which one of all these bewildering
fabrics we shall select for our own.
Shall it be this thin, sheer goods that
has fine silk stripe running through
it, and, besides, sort of spider pattern
| all over it? Or this dark blue with dull
pink fleur-de-is closely covering it?
Perhaps this gauzy black stuff would
be better with the fine gold thread
SO closely woven that it almost con-
ceals the groundwork; and yet this
dull pink with funny irregular dots of
paler and duller pink over would be
prettier vet; and these palmer ma
terials with the silky stripes are very
attractive. Dear, it is so hard to make
up ones mind.
But it really matters little which one
you take. For. believe me, when you
get one of them home and see il apart
from the dozen other materials you are
bound TO like it, and it Is almost sure
to be becoming. For that is the beauty
of them all. They are all soft, and yet
there is something about each that
makes it stand out In word, they're
awfully pretty if you consider each
alone But take my advice, and don't
look at too many at one time or you'll
never in this world be satisfied with
one. The very finest of them, with the
patterns run over in silk threads, costs
three dollars yard. But numbers of
them are much less expensive.
The puzzling question is, how to have
them made. IL it is really decided that
we are not to have the hoopskirt, what,
then, are we to have? And if it is not
yet quite decided, how soon will it beP
While the world is lowering in state
of uncomfortable suspense, wondering
what will happen next, it is safe to OBJ
serve the rules laid down during the last
few months. At least there is one COM
fort for all of us, that so far the skirts