The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-01-06

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in width have ceased to be the fashion.
To lie quite exact, they have never
been the fashion. and practically never
existed. Regarding skirt trimmings,
although the graduating decorations
extending up on the skirt are still in
vogue, the majority of spring gowns
will show n low skirt trimming, and
this will be more especially the ease
with handsome dress toilets elaborate
ly decorated as to bodice; and while
many of the new corsages are round,
there appears To be a renewed tendency
to point the corsage somewhat, which
is of advantage to all but slender
women. This may reduce the number
of folded belts, girdles and directoire
scarf effects which are as yet at the
height of their popularity. being espe-
cially becoming to slim figures. Sleeves
continue to fall away from the Shout
dcrs. dropping toward the elbow where
they meet the close forearm, or stop
short altogether. if the sleeves are to
be half long. The rounded, half-open
necks of evening toilets are rivaled by
the pompadour shapes the trimming of
which holds on each side the epaulettes
that fall above the sleeve puffs or the
circular ungathered shoulder cap.
There are shown among spring samples
many pretty all-wool repped fabrics
less expensive than the French wool
bengaline and tricots OF the winter.
that will make stylish and really ele-
CANT costumes. The greens, golden
olives, browns, grays and silver blues
in these materials are particularly at
tractive; and for gay house dresses are
handsome dyes in biege, beet root red,
old rose and Persian violet. These soft
reps are forty inches wide and cost
s~evcnty-five cents 4 yard.
Pretty costume capes" will com-
pletc many of the Easter and post
Easter gowns of silk, wool and silk and
wool mixtures, and although the cape
may match the gown in color, it may
often happen that it is of a different
and lighter fabric for example, a cos
tune cape of black watered silk with
jet drop trimmings may nave n collar
cite of black silk muslin thickly gath
cred, and edged with narrow ecru lace
forming n round cape at the back, and
descending in cascades to the bottom Of
the front 4 simpler costume cape Is
made of marquise brown repped wool,
soft and silky as bengaline. and match
ing the gown in kind. The cape is
composed of a circular hounce gath
cred to n round well-ftted yoke. The
yoke and standing Medici collar are
covered with fiat bisc Or ecru guipure,
and the yoke is framed in a ruche of
No. o ribbon. A wider ribbon is twined
about the lower edge of the collar
and formed into a bow at the
back. Panels, overskirts, slight dra-
peries and triple skirts on bell
shaped foundations, all appear on new
costumes from Paris. Blue serge and
sacking dresses with triple skirts have
black moire shirt waists with full
sleeves of blue and good-sized triple
costume capt of the wool goods to be
added for the street The edges Of
both Grape and flounces have five rows
of machine stitching as a finish, and
the 'cape has a ~box-plaited ruc',e of
black moire ribbon around the neck.
The princess May" corsage will be
q popular spring model on gowns
either simple or elaborate. The direc-
toirc ends on many of these corsages
are heightened to reach the skirt hen.
after they are knotted- Bretelles re-
appear on fresh gowns and toilets.
They are not likely to be abandoned
very soon, as, whether gathered. plat
ed, notched or plain, they impart the
approved dropping effect and give an
appearance of breadth TO the Shout
ders and slenderness to the waist.
KATE DUNHAM