Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-04
THE WINTER sHIRr BdIsr.
1t will Play Just as Important a Part ms
1t Does During the Summer Months.

IL VIII Play Just as Important n Part ms
1t Does During the Summer Months.
The shirt waist Is not to be retired
from active service with the muslin
trock and the Leghorn hat. 1t will play
quite rs important part in winter
wardrobcs as it has in summer ones, and
it will, if anything, be more attractive
in silks and heavy goods than it has
been in duck and linen.
The winter suit, which will be the
favorite and which will serve the same
purpose as the blazer and Elton suits,
dear to the heart of the summer girl,
Will consist of tailor made cloth skirt
and coat With the skirt and beneath
the coat will be worn shirt waists of
divers hues and materials.
Sometimes these suits will have a
bodice of the cloth, cut low, to allow
the wearing of linen chcmisette and
tie, made double breasted and as vest
like as possible, but these will be worn
only in very cold weather.
The new shirt waists are charming.
They are made of the warm-colored
silks that seem particularly adapted to
fall wear. There are hin checks in
brown and rcd and in blue, gray and
red. Brown checked with yellow is a
tavorite combination. Black and white.
black and brown, stcel-gray and par
ticularly warm shade of olive are among
the other combinations. All sorts of
plain silks are also in demand for these
waists and stripes are popular. Silks
brocaded or printed with flower pat
terms are very little used, except in light
colors for evening bodicGs.
The Young person with a fondness
for "tlutfs" and frills INDUCES this to an
extreme in her fall supply of bodies.
There are iabOts of silk down the front
and as many double ruffles MS fash
tOnable sofa cushion boasts. There are
yokes outlined with frills and there are
pelertnes and shoulder rutiles. some
times the yokes are outlined with bands
of black satin ribbon, which start Mt
the corners in pert little roscttes. some.
times several bands Of narrower ribbon
are used.
Tho tabernacle young woman, on
the other hand, carries severity to its
limit in her fall wais.s. They are made
as nearly like her summer ones us posi-.
Die. They have narrow double yoics
IN the back and in front are gathered a
little at the neck ON each side of the box
plat, which goes down the middle and
is Respondent with studs. The standing
collar, the cuffs and the plat are as
stlh rs buckram can make them, The
tastcnings for these waists, like those Of
the starched linen ones, consist of studs
and links in all degrees OF simplicity
and elegance. One Of the prettiest Of
these waists was u golden brown taffcta
silk, made to be worn with Il brown
cheviot skirt and coat. The studs and
links were of Roman gold, with the
owners monogram so deeply cut into
them that they presented very cor.
ruscated appearances. \ belt Of brown
ribbon, with plain Roman gold buckle,
was worn with this.
Evening bodice of white China creme
are made with crush collars and girdlps
Of primrose yellow velvet. If the front
OF lie bodice is rather plain, jabot Of
lace often depends from the collar.
Heavy ribbed white silk, with fine
stripes Of rose, yellow or lavender and
broader stripes Ut eose.set old fashioned
flowers, make beautiful buitces. FIRE.
quently black satin collar gives the
touch Of decided color that lends dis.
tinCtlOn 10 such waist, but tGete is
danger that tnG black satin collar and
girdle is going to become too common.
Silks with small flowers sclttere, ali
over them, alter the Dresden China
fashion, are also to be used for evening
waists.