The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-25
THE WOMAN OF FASHION
s<RG AIMS DEAR TO al UOsftN.
KIND IN THE sIIERS FxRRICs.
a SILK and Satin season-rhe slmpl. Gown
is the striking Gown-New Jackets and
Lace Cape.
lCopyrlsht. 1881. for the Timss.l

matter how strong is the resolution with
which one starts out 10 make n tour OF
the shops, sooner or later that resolution
is sure to be broken. I passed heroicaliy
through shop after shop. turning resolute-
" from tempting arrays Of lovely gri- |
pures that were only twenty-five and thir-
ty-five cents yard; all sorts Of beauti-
ful spring stuns costing anywhere from
fifty cents TO two dollars n yard: boas
and chiffon and crepe and lace fronts.
with the very latest droops and the very
lowest prices: silks Of all sorts and des-
cription. And all ;hesc sacrifices culmi-
mated In an absolute surrender 10 the
prettiest s2teen ever saw-lino sateen.
as it was called. that cost seventeen
cents yard. II had a soft black ground
and was dotted with tiny flower sprays
some old rose. some in yellow and some
In lavendar little open work stripes ran
through. making the material light and
summary looking. How the women did
crowd about that counter How oufcllv
the yards were counted and cut off The
old rose was the favorite This Is The
way TO make il up for a tea gown: Get
a yard OF silk or satin. good quality. for
your yoke and small shoulder ruflles A
black satin ground. with a heavy pink
cord over is pretty. or pink ground
with black cords. Around your yoke
there falls narrow ruffle or the sateen.
edged with a bow of narrow old rose
satin ribbon. The ribbon trims the shout
der RIFLES also; and over them falls other
Iuffies Of black lace: just the finest and
most delicate quality you afford.
Have n bow Of narrow loops at one side
OF your yoke, and At the shoulders. Try
this. and see II you don't have tea
gown that Will not quickly soil. and viii
be home
occasion
But above and beyond everything else.
the shops are filed with silk bargains.
II is to be Il silk season. and even IL
IL weren't. the sight of these shining
heaps would be enough to make IL one.
Formerly silks that were marked fifty
cents yard amounted to very little. and
were not worth the buying; but now a
very good quality Of China silk in any
one OF the fashionable shades costs no
more than thfs-purchased on a bargain
day. Then there are all those pretty
crepe ana puckered silks. SO suitable for
combining with the lace fronts: and the
beautiful stripes for cool summer waists ::
and the heavier moires and satns for
trimming sink attire is no longer con-
fined TO the favored few. and Il silk gown
repays one. for there is not Il summer
material that will wear better than a
good China silk.
The new designs are nearly all stripes
4 green has narrow black lines closely
running through il. and is spotted with
an indistinct globular pattern. in dun
sage tints; a black and white with the
two colors evenly proportioned. shows
small white flower the black stripe:
a China blue, striped with white. has
"A cross line. formed Of tiny white and
black dots. a very pretty grey. rather
elaborate, has a broad stripe or the qua
ller color. closely lined with black. and
dotted with Marie AntOinette flower
mir cfr ri
the old-fashioned SolferinO pink. followed
by a wide gray stripe, set with quaint
nosegays of roses and fine flowers.
a light Magenta is striped with black
satin. and the satin has small punches
of flowers shot in a light and dark
Magenta shade
The simple half-inch stripes of deli
cate colOrs. combined with white, are
among the prettiest. In a very fine quail
~ they cost Sf.25 a yard. The new India
silks are effective. The pinky cream
ground is lightened by tiny satin dots.
and the patterns are in shadowy, imper-
fectly formed circles, shading from pale
TO deep tints OF Il color-heliotrope, old
green, old rose. or some other. They
are made up with velvet or satin that
matches one of the tints.
The making of the spring costume
goes merrily on; the Easter throng to-
day will display a goodly number of
original gowns, quaint and gay But IL
will be neither the quaint nor the gay
that will catch the eye of the idle stroll
Ter. That is the disappointing part of it,
TO the original girl. Her bright colors will
become only small part of a bright
multitude. Her odd rever. the peculiar
droop Of that ruffie the fanciful cut of
that overskirt will fit in with a host
OF other quaint and fanciful notions
But it will be the tall. slim, straight
girl, with a fautless. straight gown. of
no pretention. that will catch the eye of
that idle stroller. This iron gray girl, for
instance, would always command your
attention. She looks straight before her
as she walks. she steps bravely out from
her untrimmed skirt Of dark gray che
viot. Her long basque, with godet folds,
is wrinkleless. She is saved from dull
ness by a bit of Magenta that shows