The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-28

round, and accomplishing the wonder
full feat of falling softly in spite of the,
to unaccustomed eyes, tremendous dis
tention. You don't like the combipa-
tionP Its the red and yellow of the
April tulips, and you can't better them
in garden bed, you know,
AT millinery opening it appeared
that hats, after all, have changed com
paratively little. A black chip was q
good model. It's crown was an inch
and half high and curved. Its brim
turned up and curved like an old-time
riding hat from the front to the middle
of the back behind. 1t was lined all
about with buttercups and trimmed
with black plumes and yellow ribbon.
A model bonnet was Of jet and gold
threads, with standing bows of blue
velvet in front and an odd arrangement
OF lace, like ROSTERS tail feathers, fan
ming out behind. 1t tied under the chin
with blue velvet strings.
A brown straw was more striking
than either of these. 1t was trimmed
with two wide loops of velvet, one
green. the other of the shade of the vel
vet, and with roses i'll pale shading to
vivid pink tones.
There was n man who hunted New
York over for hoop skirts the other
day; not the new crinolincs that come
from Franco, but the old ones that used
to be made here. He got the addresses
of six or eight former manufacturers
and found their buildings torn down or
devoted to other uses. Crinolinc MAX
ing is Il lost art, and but one man in the
~ lrnc o. q.
has samples of the make of the
4O's, the SOS and the COS. lie bought up
oil that existed when n revival of the
| fashion was threatened in 1881. There
are thousands of the old skeletons still
in his hands; covered with white tape
and pink tape and blue tape they are,
most of them. I went to see his storage
rooms as l would have gone to a mu-
scum. 1t was like rcvivifying a mummy
to think of bringing these things out
again.
But while sat looking and wonder
ing two old women called, one com
Portable and portly the other shabby
and white haired. The man did not
know them. Don't you remember
mc?" said the one. 81 am Miss Ada
-" said the other. 1--WE used to
work for you," said they both, ''and we
thought you might want to take us
back, for we heard that hoop skirts are
coming i'm
1t was n pathetic minute to live
through The man remembered them
both, when he had looked at them and
thought Il bit, as among his girls"
when his hoop skirt factory was in full
blast generation ago.
1t was the coming back of trade
from the dead, for the man, though he
sent them away, told them to call
again.
But this is not fashions Here arc
J Ito return to our muttons-some hoop
; skirt gowns. The first is n tea gown.
Think of lounging on divan in steel
| springs. But that's what we're com.
ing to. This one was Of cream-colorcd
crepe, with hanging sleeves and n big
drapcry sash of yellow silk. You have
to adjust it carefully when you lie back
in it, else it'll fly up about your heels.
The next is a Japanese lounging
drcss. Think of the three little maids
IN crinolincl The gown that's after the
manner of the three little maids was of
rose pink silk embroidered with but
tcrdies in rose and blue. 1t had Indian
ganzc sleeves and, yes, it was mod
cratcly' stiifened with horsehair.
a third tea gown was of pale creamy
brown satin, with a Vatican back and
n cascade of yellow lace on each side of
the loosely flowing front The sleeves
were blue velvet in the Velois shape
and the crinolinc-alas! that say it,
was quite appreciabc
AS good an example of the new fash
ion as have seen wa, Il pale pink bro
cade gown, with every seam widening
below the knee and kept out by two
pink flounces, with a white one be-
tween them. 1t h;.d pu.frd sleeves of
pink velvet and pink chcmisettc of
the same stuff coming ont from the bro
cado front and softenei with an edge Of
lace and passementcric.
For day wear rongh scrges are every
where, and thrcc-qunrter clocks appear
in their company, pointed back and
front. with high collars aud full skirts
to accommodate the crinolmc.
EsIrS OSBORN