The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-05

ten-about skirts of five to seven yards
in width have ceased to be the fashion.
To I've 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 a low skirt trimming. and
this will be more especially the case
with handsome dress toilets elaborate
ly decorated as TO bodice; n while
many Of the new corsages are round,
there appears to be n repcwed tendency
to point the corsage somewhat, which
is Of advantage to all but slender
This may reduce the number
of folded belts. girdles and directoirc
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
ders. dropping toward the elbow where
they meet the close forearm, or stop
short altogether. IL the sleeves are to
be half long. The rounded, half-open
necks of evening toilets are riyaled 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 rcpped fabrics
less expensive than the French wool
bengalinc and tricots Of the winter,
hat 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
seventy-five cents a yard. f,s@n4
Pretty costume capcs" viii 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. il may
often happen that it is Of a different
and lighter fabric for example. a cos
tune cape of black watcred silk with
jet drop trimmings may nave a collar
cite Of black silk muslin thickly gath
cred. and edged with narrow ccru lace
forming a round cape at the back, and
descending in cascades to the bottom Of
the front A simpler costume cape Is
made of marquise brown reppcd wool.
soft and silky as bengaline, and match
ing the gown in kind. The cape ia
composed Of a circular flounce gath
cred to a round well-ftted yoke. The
yoke and standing Medici collar ara
covered with fat bisc or ecru guipure,
and the yoke Is framed in q ruche of
No. Q ribbon. A wider ribbon Is twined
about tn. lower edge Of the collar
and formed into a bow at the
back. Panels, overskirts, slight Ira
pcries and triple skirts on bell
shaped foundations, all appear on new
from Paris. Blue serge and
sacking dresses with triple skirts have
black MORE shirt waists with full
costume cape Of the wool goods to be
added for the street The edges OF
both Grape and fiounces have five rows
IF machine stitching as a finish, and
the scape has a b~ox-plaited ruc;.- Of
black moirc ribbon aroun the neck.
The Princess May" corsage will be
q popular spring model on gowns
either simple or elaborate. The dircc-
toire ends on many Of these corsages
are heightened TO reach the skirt hem
after they are knotted. Brctelles re-
appear on fresh gowns and toilets.
They are not likely to be abandoned
very soon. as, whether gathered. plait
I'D, notched or plain, they impart the
approved dropping effect and give an
appearance Of breadth 70 the shout.
dsrs aud slenderness to the waist
KATE DUNuAM