St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-01

mere braids are sold that are wider
than soutache and used to decorate
costumes, capes and Jackets. When
skirt trimmings are used most of them
run lengthwise, but few dressy
spring costumes show the Skirt
trimmed in horizontal rows.
Among the new goods for spring are
stylish, curly cathcart-cheviots, silk
threaded, all-wool English tweeds in
various rich color schemes. A pretty
exhibit of Pashmina and Himalaya
novelties and extra rough boucles, but
very soft and silky to the touch, q
special line of caniche cloths and
another of Highland killings and silk
and wool tartans for fancy waists; and
fourteen novel varieties of French and
English woolens in plain and fancy eff
fectS are shown at a celebrated import
ing house on Broadway.
Perhaps were textures never more
beautiful and colors never more gay
than now. And in tho spring-so base
ly do we anticipate the seasons, and
desert for the future the present ere
we can make friends with it-in the
spring there will be bonnets. Some of
the cutest ideas in spring millinery are
from Paris. These are small hats and
tiny turbans, bearing usually the
names of court beauties long dead and
gone. The Dubarry shape has fiat
brim, turned sharply up behind, of col
ored straw in mixed tints, a crown of
ribbon in close vertical plaits and
sheltering ostrich plume or two swept
over it, The ribbon crown will be
snowy in a brilliant red.
The Lamballe is not very disSimilar
in shape, but is of felt, constructed
with a long bow of rather narrow rib
bon in front and loose plat of white
sprigged ribbon standing upright about
the crown, these latter now quite
common arrangement.
Fancy belts of fine gold plate not
more than two inches wide, and
fastened with very handsome gold
clasps, are worn with some of the very
elegant dinner, reception and even call
ing gowns of the season. Some or
these are in filigree devices, others are
in openwork FORM set with mock gems
Contrasting with these are empire belts
Of velvet or satin, laced or buckled, or
trimmed with iridescent galloon with
buttons to match These belts are eX-
tremely wide and though often very
stylish in effect, are becoming only to
the most slender forms.
Fashionable designers and modistes,
both here and abroad, are slowly but
very surely varying the contour and
arrangement of dress sleeves without
making any radical change in their
general effect PuffS there are STILL
but they are smaller and most frequent
ly in dropping pear shape, and the huge
balloon model looks as If much or It's
gaseous filling had escaped, and thus
reduced it's distended proportions. AS
for the mutton-leg model,it has reached
a normal size, and the butcher would
now recognize 1T and understand how
it obtained it's name.
Although the fichu can scarcely be
included among the accessories of YER
liable full dress, it is certainly very
useful and becoming addition to the
alter. concert or small party attire. 1t
is very frequently worn with pretty
blouse. which is made of light blue
taffeta, cut out rather deep at the
neck and with short sleeves. The crepe
lisse fichu to this is slightly rounded
and edged with broad, gathered
frill, with selvage edge; the pointed
ends are tied in loose knot over the
bosom, and fall below the waist. A
very dainty lace jacket is made With
the like purpose Of smartening up the
bodice; alternate stripes of yellow satin
ribbon, the same width, come between
the stripes of guipure lace insertion,
which is a little more than an inch
broad. Small rosettes go down the
middle of the back, and the four-1nch
broad lace frill is charmingly arranged
to fall over the left front, and be TAX
on to form a basque behind. A ribbon
ruche goes around the neck, and rib
bon bows conceal the front fastening.
The lace sleeves are seven inches deep,
and headed by a narrower frill to
match.