Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-18

goes out in public in this city is n dress of silver colored corded silk with duchess lace to trim the low bodice and deep duchess lace fiounces about tue trained skirt, caught up with clusters of violets.
 An empire dress of pale vieuX rose brocadc is even mere striking, with it's big empire sash and sleeves of duchcssc satin in deeper shade. Lace fluunceA and diamonds are the accessories.
 A tea gown, which is likely, perhaps, to be more in evidence at present, Is rather odd of design, being of corded black silk, with skirt full of black ostrich feathers. A black velvet ribbon sash and huge leg O mutton sleeves gu to its finishing.
 One of Mrs. Cleveland's street dresses is of petunia cloth, with jet embroidery. cream guipure lace and large velvet sleeves. The big hat and huff en suite are trimmed wiGh Parma violets and cavalier cloak of purple velvet is the cold weather accompaniment.
 Lent is not kept very rigidly here and dress is the more elaborate. At an aft ernoon tea day or two ago notables past, present and to come mingled most amiably over their steaminR cups, fragrant of lemon. Mrs. Dolph wore n dark green brocade frock, figured with clusters of tiny pink roses. It was laced up the back and had Vatican plait from the shoulders; the empire bodice had a pale pink crepe chemisette, the waist outlined with green velvet and
 an odd fringe in pinlzs and greens. Festoons in the same colors trimmed hn N-n1v vaf sleeves showed under sleeves of puffed crepe de Chine.
 A young bride who was spending her
 honeymoon at the capital wore a white princess robe of silk yelled with long , 'cobwebby breadths of tarlatan. It had short puffed sleeves, edged with q
 fringe of pearl chains and a low bodice | with large revers coming in points over the sleeves and edged with white feath-
 CT trimmings.
 Mrs. Carlisle was in blue silk, bro-
 caded with silver flowers and trimmed
 with heavy silver cords.
 pinlky fawn silk was one of the prettiest things in evidence, with moss green velvet bodice and sleeves. The | full skirt just touched the floor and | was trimmed with bands of velvet from | the waist down.
 Lenten costumes for the sewing | classes and lectures are not so peniten-
 tial as they might be. An art green | cloth was the material of one l noticed
 the other day, embroidered in gold and | heavy silk and worn with dark green velvet mantle, trimmed with sable tails. | It's too early to say very much yet | about any but the simple spring gowns, Some things arc settled, and more arc | not. by any manner of means. The | dreSsmallerS at this season initiate the example of theater managers at special matinees and try fashions on the dog l to speak vulgarly. Styles are issued
 that is to say, eXpcrinl2ntally. Some
 take ed become the leading spring l models; some don't take and are with
 drawn. Nobody knows yet which the | dog will take to and which he will
 chew. It is generally believed, now
 ever, that the dog has accepted reversi
 ble cloths and short clothes and short
 capes and dress goods fifty-two inches
 wide. Nothing short of fifty-two inches
 is of much use, in fact, in the making
 of the new skirts, which are full all ! around and have but one seam.
 Six yards and half is the accepted ! circumference with the conservative 1 dressmakCr. These are they who scout hoops but pin their faith to horsehai1 as d dress e>:tcnsor and skirt stiffening The crinolinc situation is queer. The opposition has collapsed because ot