Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05

adornment of our friends "at homes,"
 garden parties, etc, would look at its
 best with the closely drawn fichu drap-
 cry at the top carried out in a bright
 shade of pinkish mauve chiffon, bordered
 with soft frilling, which is edged with
 narrow baby ribbon in a pale shade of
 yellow, while the glace silk corsage and
 sleeve puffs might be either In mauve or
 yellow. The bow which catches In the chiffon frills and holds in the bodice at
 the waist must be of satin.
 I think that with a view to It's double uses you might allow yourselves to have long, transparent sleeves of chiffon, fin- ished with little plaited wrist frill, and you must refuse to be parted from the pretty little basque drapery into which the frill of chiffon which outlines the central plait of the bodice is continued for I can assure you that Dame Fashion is not going to forsake the basque. Indeed, if all our little frivolous frll- ings and puffings were to be taken from us at once we should be rather sorry ob- jects, l fear.
 If you wish, when summer comes to provide some fitting headgear for wear with this bodice, you will be safe in choosing wide toque composed entirely or many roses, in various tones of pink or yellow, any f1atness of shape being atoned for by a series of high loops of the green straw, which in It's appearance is | cAdClly ike the HeXlD1e WlSDS with Which | flowers are tied up.
 The eccentrjcities of straw this season seem indeed to know no bounds, and we | have some varieties interwoven with | chiffon and others with silk, while still | again some are of cobwebby consistency, though one and all are alike in being yelled with cloudy folds of tulle.
 | Tulle is, in fact, to be the trimming par
 excellence of all the smart millinery of the season, prospect which is not all 1 together pleasing one, for with all the l good will in the world we cannot per | suade ourselves to believe that the | charms of tulle can be anything but
 feeting, and liable to disappear prompt | ly and finally before the dampness of
 the slightest drizzling rain or the ravages
 of summer dust. | However all this concerns Dame Fash | ion not at all, and so tulle will be used to
 an enormous extent, and it must be ad- | mitted its appearance Is all that could
 be desired. Picture to yourself, for ex- | ample, hat of green and black mixed
 straw, with folds of black over white | tulle yelling the brim, and with punches | of white mauve violets and yellow cow | slips nestling here and there as trim | ming, while high osprey of the violets
 adorns the left side. Or again, on hat
 Of green rush straw white tulle over | green tulle produces an exquisite effect | In conjunction with punches of lilies of | the valley.
 | If you are already provided with a 1 smart cloth gown and are desirous of in- 1 dulging in more elaborate dress, 1 think that you will probably find the l model of which you are in search in a l new toilette de viste, one of the latest creations Of a famous Parisian house The original model was made I must tell you, in mordore bengalne, the loose cor | sage sides caught into tight waistbana and showing a gilet of heliotrope satin adorned with an elaborate embroidery In gold, while the revers were of helio- trope velvet, fastened with two porcelain buttons. The sleeves are arranged with box pIaited pelerine effect over perfectly tight undersleeve, and as to the skirt, it is bordered with deep band of the em- broidered silk and is also provided with a band and tabs of eveque velvet. which give the finishing touches to particular ly distinguished toilette which I should advise you to copy in it's entirety, for the coloring Is one of it's greatest charms and could not be improved upon
 GRACE MORROW.