Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16

Organizes E'aconne, NoGsseilne de
PInde, Parisienne Piamsties and Ba-
tiste.s Here's another. -Batistes,
Lawns and Dotted AusitnS" And when
we enter the shops we and the counters
piled high with them. and with pretty
challies a. well Truly this is a queer
country. The seasons are changing,
they say, and We are doing our best 10
help them along. But IL pays 10 invest
In these gos,ds now. for the daintiest Of
them costs bat ftfty-two cents per yard.
and some other beautiful ones but
forty-two. Whereas last summer we
had the greatest difficulty in getting
them At any price few weeks after the
season had fairly opened
But I hope you still feel some siight
interest in winter gowns, for want 70
tell you about the latest for evening
wear. In almost every one made gauze
cuts very prominent figure, and il yoa
have an old figured silk. make it up
with one of the bright new gauzes;
You'll never recognize the old gown. l
assure YOU Some most wonderful eff
feets can be secured from their eombin-
ing. For instance, l saw red and
green shot silk, made with overdress Of
black gauze thickly besprinkled with
yellow blossoms. Then there was . red
silk with golden flowers upon il and
black gauze over, run with . satin
stripe. Ii is quite interesting to puzzle
the combinations out, for when they
are drawn closely together it Is almost
impossible To tell whether the stripe is
on the silk beneath and the flowers
above. or vice versa And the whole
forms an extremely brilliant effect. 50
desirable these gay months
Then SO many evening gowns have
their colors brought out and accentu-
ated by velvet sleeves of q tritle deeper
shade than Is the color Of the flower in
your silk or the thread running through
it. or the trimming edging it The vel
vet should be of the minor color in your
costume, but always of deeper tint.
Two beautiful gowns were spread be-
fore me as I came pleading for some
thing new To my old friend. the maker
of gowns. She smiled at the some
thing new" in sort of incredulous
fashion, but answered by picking up
two beauties, whose exquisite loneliness
made one forget To look for freshness of
design. The first was OF white, striped
with satiny diagonal III pale water
green. Over bands of rich sable at side
and bottom hung soft drapings Of white
game. caught in loose knots at short
intervals: the fur and gauze were again
combined in the low bodice with beau
tiful effect.
The second, of heavy old-rose satin,
cut princess, had q tunic over OF old
rose brocade with white design This
tunic was very original, being plated
into the left shoulder in three large
folds, then brought loosely across the
front, falling over the right hip and
down the back in a long full train The
dress had rich ivory-white feather trim
ming at feet and neck, interspersed
with velvet bows.
1t looks as il evening bonnets would
soon be regarded with complete dis
favor, even by the feminine world.
Now that the Theater of Arts and Let
tiers has so effectually succeeded in re-
moving the bonnet during the perform
ances. other theaters may take it up.
The popular bonnet has been so minute
of late that no one could possibly OBJ
ject to 1t, and yet large enough hats are
still worn TO make things uncomfort-