San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-25

raised dots and necks OF bright coIors con-
trasting sharply with tho neutral tinted
ground These raised figures, instead q
detractlng from the rest of the weave,
serve 70 render it moro attractive. Per-
sOnally never have liked crepons at all,
but 1t appears that no lady is satisfied I'M
less she has crepon gown of some kind.
The light mohair woolens and brillan-
tines are all shown in Craped weaves, and
the summer silks show crinkles Of various
depths and effects but the rage for craped
weavos has never caused feminine allegi-
ance to sweIve from the fine wooden dag
onals, and we see them in hundreds OF va
rieties or patterns The wide vale dag
onals in black and the diagonal cheviotS
are made up into elegant spring suits
The basket and canvas effects come next
and all of these make handsome tailor
suita The ohevron weave is favodte and
when made OF the soft mixed colors Ia de-
servedly so. Small silk tailor buttons to
match the color are used quite freely on
the tailor gowns, there sometimes being
three dozen set on the skirt, nine on each
side Of the two front scamS Then three
or four moro are put on the upper portion
of these seams TO close the placket and the
pocket. Clusters are also frequently set
upon the waist These buttons should not
be over half an inch in diameter and a
trifle smaller If obtainable
saw pretty new silk gown made with
the crepon effect. The ground is of taffeta
glacee in fine broken stripes, which give 1t
a notified appearance. Over this at irreg-
ular intervals is thrown series of high
crinkles in darker color. The effect is
very curious, but pleasing. This gown
was made with plain blouse, with vel.
vet stock and draped belt. The sleeves
were pulled at the top and very long over
the wrists, where they buttoned snugly.
The skirt was turreted over a flat band Of
velvet. Perhaps there were ten different
solors and shades in this dress but the
prevailing tone was soft indigo blue.
Indigo, by the way, is a very popular
color in all sorts of materials; also in mil
linery. Cornhower blue is in for another
season, with all the heliotropes One of
the prettest little fads is to have fancy
bow made of narrow ribbon in at least
three shades of purple pinned to the cor
sage or on the mite of muff that one
carries simply to have place to keep the
hands. Very few women know what to
do with their hands any better than men
do, and as they don't like to carry bun
dies, and parasols are not in yet, NUTS
give them what they want
Speaking of parasols reminds me that
they are to be called sunshades this season,
and they will be much smaller than here
tofore and overwhelmed with silk mus
lin, null and chiffon. The handles will
be of natural woods, and as far as posi-
BILE will be of such woods as have a nat
ural perfume, such as cedar, sandal etc,
Some are called Iris" but If / am not
mistaken there is no kind of woody
stalk about any iris. Still there may be
since there is the parasol handle, and it
does smell like iris root. l might mention
that all the sunshades shown as novelties
have puffings on the top, but no flounces.
l saw several of MORE, black or colored,
and these were lined with white forentine
silk. They had no lace or fringe and were
scarcely half the size of those of last sum
mcr. 1t is possible that the new shade
and summer hat are intended to replace
them.
These hats are enormous and copy the
Gainsborough and Gismonda by turns.
They arecovered with high nodding plumes
and faring bows and baskets of flowers.
The bonnets and some styles of hats are
lower, but very much wider than before.
The bows stretched out on each side are
in some cases ridiculously large To see a
woInan's profile her bonnet is tiny and
lovely. Let her turn her face toward you,