The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-09

because she has learned better and
dresses In exquisite taste to-day.
Prominent among the costumes she
viii wear In Washington when sno
goes out in public In this city is dress
of silver colored corded silk with
duchess lace TO trim the low bodice and
deem duchess lace founces about the
trained skirt, caught mp with clusters Of
violets.
An empire dress of pale vieux, rose
brocade is even more striking, with it's
big empire sash and sleeves of duchesse
satin in deeper shade. Lace fiounces
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 60
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 muff en- suite
are trimmed with Parma violets and a
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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 steaming cups,
fragrant of lemon. Mrs. Dolph wore a
dark green brocade frock, figured with
clusters of tiny pink roses. 1t 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 pinks and green's.
Festoons In the same colors trimmed
the chemisette, and the green velvet
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. IL had
short puffed sleeves, edged with a
fringe of pearl chains and low bodice
with large revers coming in points over
the sleeves and edged with white feath-
er trimmings.
Mrs. Carlisle was In blue silk, bro
caded with silver flowers and trimmed
with heavy silver cords.
A pinky 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 noticed
the other day, embroidered in gold and
heavy silk and worn with dark green
velvet mantle, trimmed with sable calls.
It's too early to say very much yet
about any but the simple spring gowns.
Some things are settled, and more are
not, by any manner of means. The
dressmakers at this season initiate the
example of theater managers at special
matinees and try fashions on the dog,
to speak vulgarly. Styles are issued,
that is to say, experimentally. Some
take and become the leading spring
models; some don't take and are with
drawn. Nobody knows yet which the
dog will take TO and which he will
chew. 1t is generally believed, how
ever, that the dog has accepted reversi-
BILE 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 a half is the accepted
circumference with the conservative
dressmakey. These are they who scout
hoops but pin their faith to horsehair
as dress extensor and skirt stiffening.
The crinoline situation is queer. The
opposition has collapsed because Of
business. Crinoline advertises, there
fore crinoline Is to be respected. At