Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-02-02

ing each other and giving vicious little
digs at each other with sharp pointed par
asols in the struggle to reach bargain
counter"
Those bargain counters are but too often
a delusion aud a snare, and after the buyer
has fought for some piece Of stuff or other
she finds on sober judgment and examina-
ton that she has paid more for this straggly
end of silk or velvet than "A piece off the
freshest roll would have cost, or that what
had appeared so fair and fine at first was in
some way injured or defective. But neither
one lesson nor ten will convince rabid bar
gain hunter that it is better to buy what
you want when you want it and as much
as you want than to buy remnant that is
always too much or too little. This does
not apply to the standard woolens, which
are, as think have said before, true econ
omy.
SO let us look at some of the new styles
In fine imported gowns. We notice first
and foremost that there is a good deal of
drapery on all the garments that will bear
it. This means that some of the long coat
wraps are being draped across the front. on
the hips or Il little in the back, and that
the close fitted pOlonaise is seen very often
Some of these have short draped fronts and
the back breiulths hanging free. Others
have fronts reaching to the bottom of the
skirts and lOOped up on the sides. In Short
this mode is bound to copy closely after
that in vogue some eight or nine years ago
This Difference note-that there is slight
raising of the back breadths over small
pad scarcely large enough to be called a
hustle, yet enough to show that nature has
been slightly supplemented.
These polonaise costumes are every one
endowed with some small decoration, or
the cut of the collar, sleeves or the garment
itself serves to recall some historical epoch,
it makes no difference what, from the time
of the palmy days of Rome to the second
empire. 1t is enough that whatever caprice
it is it shall be becoming.
! | predict that very many of the daintiest
and most fetching of the summer gowns
/ will be Dolly Nardens and Vatican shep
herdess styles. Those dainty and delicate
lawns and "sprigged" muslins will be love
ly made so, though as yet the preference
seems to be for the 1880 modes
This climate lends itself to almost any
kind of material, even during the summer,
so that the handsome heavy gowns of this
season can be worn for long time and be
quite in style | think it is the men who
believe that women's fashions change every
week, and that what we get Monday is
passee by Saturday. 1t is trne that there
are always new things coming out, but a
good dress made in becoming and modest
style remains in fashion as long as the wear
er cares for it. Sometimes change in the
trimming or an alteration in the sleeves is
necessary, but the gown itself is good for at
least two seasons.
Now, one that | saw the other day is Of
that kind. The dress was of dull gendarme
blue tricot and was cut princess in the
back and the front was drawn across with
several plaits at the waist line, which broke
the severity into artistic folds. The whole
dress was bordered with Alaska sable, and
at the waist and on the shoulders tails were
used as ornaments. The forearm pieces
were entirely of fur and reached well down