The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-03

snort, aS suits TIE taste OF the weaxer.
They are lined with heavy brocafles or
yelvets. ard have the yoke ard high
Ms1Sci collar trimmed with gailoon, Jet
or gold embroidery. An attractive cape
seen at the sbeater hast week was of
green velvet. lined with tr1uussse blue
brOcade. the yoke and cpssar being OF
god embroidery. This cape barely
cieared the waist line. Another velvet
cape was trimmed with broad revers OF
sable fur. stretching to the shoulder
ard gradually saperins TO . point .
little below the waist line. The collar
was also Of sable Bright red capes are
much in vogue. Many OF them are EN-
prosdered In black braid They are
lined with black velvet and have
black velvet hood stretching froan
shoulder 10 shoulder. Capes OF liberty
satin. ACCORDION plated and finished
about the neck with an ostrich boa. are
very chic garments for evenings wear.
Plain skirts prevail. the latest being
five and cne-s1alf yards in cirvumfer-
encaand exceedingly plain over the hips
Several OF our leading houses. howev-
er. are trying TO introduce the much
talked OF tiraped skirts These are In
three styies-the skirt icoped up Ia
GucQue; the shawl drapery. opened ard
crossed in front over a fun skirt, ana
the Gretchen skirt, caught up slightly
on one side TO show little OF the un-
derskiT1- An effective way 10 trim q
gored skirt Is to cover each seam 20 the
depth of about half o yard with Van
dyke points Ia cut jet. the points going
upward from the bottom of the skirt
Throatiets. as these neck arrange
ments are now called. are the delight
OF every wonlan's heart. On many OF
the winter gowns fur is combined with
lace. which, though ii seems rather an
incongruotiS combination. forms very
effective collar and is quite the TAD at
present A green broadcaoth gown had
a stock Of sable fur. at the front of
which were two rosettes Of pink chit
fon. and from these rosettes fell long
scarf ends Of embroidered pink chiffon
With this little addition the gown was
In good form for the afternoon TEA. at
which 1t was worn. Another stock de-
cidediy out Of the ordinary was OF black
satin. On each shoulder were several
satin loops OF red. green and duh yell
low. with q toning of black 1t Is the
flower stock. however, that Is In the
very acme OF popularity at present.
These are made of fun pleated chiffon.
studded with three clusters Of flowers,
one at the back and two at the front:
or sometimes are made simply of a
wreath OF flowers. the ribbon loops
standing out. over the shoulder. A
stock OF dark blue chiffon. with clus-
ters OF dark carnations. is a fayortte
combina ton.
Fur Is used about tho neck Of all the
swagger party gowns (er1nine r. the
favorite fur Of the hour). and q fast
ened at the side with q bunch Of flow
erA
Long, wide Barcelona silk ties are
much In vogue and being worn, all used
as q boa. by day. or form a becoming
headgear for evening entertainments.
Red predominates In the fashions for
the spring. According to the French
color NRrs1s, ruby. Bengal rose, fuchia
and aznaryslis are the chosen shades
most Of Them resembling the shades
of the Agnerican Beauty rose. The
spring shades OF blue are hyacinth,
bluet and bottle-blue. There are three
leaf green shades. begonia among them.
and others OF emerald tints. The new
shade OF purple Is deeper than that OF
Parma yiolets and is similar to the
purple crepons worn this winter.
Small fiat bonnets are predicted for
the spring. They are worn quite far
back upon the head and require the
hair to be knotted low in the neck, at
ter being drawn back loosely from the
forehead. vioaess are the favorite
trimming for headgear. alike for street
and evening wear. The black Gains
borough hat seems to be more popular
at present than those OF white, which
were 50 much worn last season. The
bridesmaids at a recent English wed
ding wore charming costumes OF pink
and white striped skirts. with bodices
OF white ACCORDION plated chiffon over
pink silk. Their large black Gainsbor-
oughs were trimmed with velvets and
sable tails. and their bouquets of violets
were tied with long pink ribbons