The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-23
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
VIII Mrs. Cleveland Adopt the In
feted Skirt?
Spring Materials Carefully Dissseted-
Their Peculiarit1es and Marks q
Beouty-The Spring Cape-Pothts On
the Leaten H2t-A Lace Dress.

dress? It viii be quite the thing now
for good long time to come, to follow
the doings at the white house, and par
ticularly those of its beloved mistress
Then, just as soon as Mrs. Grover ap
pears in new gown. coat or bonnet, II
will be ours to secure one like it in
color, shape or size. 1t would not be
good taste to have it 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 it in our adorn-
ment.
Let us hope devoutly that she will
never don the inflated skirt. For il
she forever disdains it, then may we,
too. feel quite serene IN our slightly
faring ones
But we need not wait for a 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-
anime more closely, we wonder what
gave us this first impression. For we 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 a
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 bewidering
fabrics we shall select for our own.
Shall it be this thin, sheer goods that
has fine silk stripe running through
It, and, besides, a sort of spider pattern
all over it9 Or this dark blue with dull
pink feur-de-Hs closely covering it?
Perhaps this gauzy black stuff would
be better vita 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 yet; 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 it apart
from the dozen other materials you are
bound to HE 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 ont. In a 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 a yard. But numbers of
them are much less expensive.
The pnzzlipg question is, how to have
them made. If 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 be?
While the world is lowering in state
of uncomfortable suspense, wondering
what viii 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 ali Of us, that SO far the skirts