The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-12
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
Seen of Sunshiny Day on the
Streets.
Tho Now Sturs and the New Ways OF
Combining Them : Chnractcristics OF
tho House Gown--So,nc Gowns Tint
VIII Not Gu To Chicago.
lcopYRrGnT. 1893. !

Some women do not care what sort
of gown they wear, SO long as all is
;spicli and span beneath its hem Thcil.
lingerie must be the pink of perfection,
and for more than that they do not
care; the dress over may be old-fash-
toned or thrcadbare: they are perfect
~ Indifferent TO outward appearance
so long as they rest serene in the con-
sciousncss that, in very fact, they are
-daintily clad! Then there's the other
sort of woman, the one that doesn't
care how she looks on the street
so long MS she is attractive ut home
She viii throw any sort of old gar
rncnt about her when she goes out,
and rush through her shopping or
other business, regardless of the crowd,
and thon go home to fix and primp for
hours, in order to look pretty and
homciikc. These are the charming
home women that make such pretty
pictures IN great chairs, with graceful
garments suggestive of the Greek
These arc the women that devote much
thought TO the tea and house gown;
and it Is these that are specially de-
lighted with the pretty gowns of to-
day The tea gowns have shocked or
'shirrcd or gathered yolcs; they have
loose empire belts; they have lace cp-
aulcttcs over the big sleeves; they have
al! the soft silks, all the pretty crepons
and all the crinllly silks; they have all
tho dainty colors, and all the pretty
lace rnilles. Who could help loving
such beautiful things?
1t was so very bright out that
every woman that could get there
was III the brilliant crowd that
sauntero6 along the other afternoon
in tha bright sunshine. There was the
woman clad in the very latest-thin.
of rose TO deep brick color, and then a
big pattern of dull green palm leaves
scattered over. There were three min
ute black net rutfles on her skirt, each
one headed by a band of jet as broad
as the rufiie. The jet ornaments on
her bodice were fastened on Jacket
shape, and at the front, where the ma
terial was gathered into full folds, was
fall of ashes-of-rose chiffon. She
wore small, fiat sailor hat of rough
straw, old rose, with few rosettcs OF
green fancy silk net, and a few
-nigrettes.
Right out of candy shop walked
forth, brazen as you please, Miss Shirt.
Front, with neat, plain skirt, of the
>velvct-rntfle variety, and with pale
pink shirt, stiff, highly polished, show
ing at the sides also, hiding itself
farther back under the small Bolero
Jacket Of brown velvet. The soft
crush velvet belt coming up over
looked rather queer beside the hard
surface of the shirt.
The woman in the brocade, however.
won the day. She obtained all the
stares, all the turnings around, all the
"Just looks!" all the ''See theres!"
You'd think her dress was so heavy
that she wouldn't be able to walk be-
meath the load. But that's the beauty
of the material; it looks so thick and
rich and olG-fashioned, and it is really
just as light as q feather. You'd think
it was genuine old brocade, but when
you touch it you find it is satin thread
wrought on fine gauze, raised in such
fashion as to look like heavy embroid-
cry. But there's nothing beneath the
ridges, and there's nothing to give it
any weight Such material would be
comiortap pie even on very warm day.
All the latest stuffs are particularly
.h'n' Aou Gun look through almost
every one OF them. Most of them are
very eastern in appearance and are
very fascinating with the tiny silk
spots or threads run all over, making
such quaint designs. They are little
expensive, to be sure Six dollars q
yard is the price of that deceptive
brocade, but what would you?
You can get such wonderful effects
from these beautiful, changing materi-
ais, that You are more than compen-
stated for their cost. OF pale yellow,
shading into dull heliotrope, you can
make plated skirt-the plaits rather
close over the hips, but falling widely