The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-01
IT NAY BE COMING.
THE NEW SIEETE-IT CERTAfNLf
LOOKS THIT Wy.
Less Uncertainty About Hats Aigrette
Strongly In Tavor-Eiack an" Cola
The Popular Thing.


pitv the sorrows OF a poor picture
play man! s...
r,ere il one such in this town to-day
most unhappy. lie Is prouucins d pap
ar story 10 100 read py nimsth anu o.
1ustrated by pictures thrown upon ian
tern screen Those pictures nc bv's ~
pbotographlug real people li I0"i
Times against real bacAgl ounus' Al -
n tremendous task, and only one man ia
the country has yet found inc th~ieS ~
deX.Iopea the many-sided genus 49,
sary 10 accomplish il. INN 1 nave 'i-i 49,
INTO an agony OF apprehension 10y A"s
article OF last week. limiting al TIE pos
siblity OF the new sleeve. and MN nave
Mr. kaufman's sketches further uehio'
allied You can't redress pnOtOBialh-
ed women like a live one.
II a mere man with "a camera u ne
aeitated by the menace OF the nc" sieeF',
consider what must De the sou-N IVES VI
uncertainty surging through tne u0sol-'
of the half million professional ana i"eH
~ million amateur miliincrs OF the lo""'
What a waste Of emotion. For so often
the apprehension is unfounded, or the
appearance of the new mode premature
or tentative. For my part IT were
man with a camera or arMOmah WIN
needle. Ia stin make the sleeves DIS
and sleep sound o nights. Inc nc"
sleeve may be coming II certainly looks
that way But II doesn't take long 10
wear out a dress. and the present mode
Will die hard.
There Is less uncertainty about hats, be-
cause the record making and pace-set-
ting hats come al ready-made nom
Paris. and they are now nearly all made
or MANNED. both for spring and summer
Toque. shade and picture hat-much as
AZ has been. the hat Will be. peauu-
ful imported hat called the butterfly. TO
translate its French name, is a toque OF
iet and spangles, trimmed i'm front on
the brim with six roses. white, pink ana
yellow At the back IS a large black
silk bow, divided by a high quilting OF
cream-coiored lace. Before the bows on
either side are arranged rays of odd end
tufted feathers A buckle of emoralds
and rhlnostones CLEANS and flashes In
front. and there are two more roses on
either side
fancy straw hat bears about the
brim a decoration Of quilted drapery OF
apple-green silk and emerald green tuIe.
There's spray-sOmehow the word
doesn't seem quite appropriate-of tiny
red apples with their clustering leaves.
tied with a bow of black velvet ana
there's a big bunch OF violets as the back.
These horticultural and pomological eN-
hibtions sometimes cause one TO "diidte
with the wrong emotion And much DO
] prefer 10 them. Partisan though they
be- and hence 20 be rcvcronced. simple
wide shade hat with q bow of lace and
net veil And worn above pretty
face. 'twere pretty hat enough.
The prevailing tendencies i'm hats. the
Zeit Geist thereof. are from the Partisan /
standpoint. easily stated. The use OF the !
aigrette IS strongly I'm favor and it VIII
continue 20 be as much OF a faN0rtc as
IL ~rsfm L.. p u ID
this is true of tho making OF gowns as /
wel-but there viii De allcviatinF circum- /
stances and chief among these, gold f,
Gold embroidery or black eauzc veincd /
with strcaks Of gold. plumasc powdered +
with gold dust and the sheer barbaf-sm =
Of gold buckles and cresconts viii provo /
that silver cannot have things all IT'S own /
way Much Of the new ribbon trimming I
for hats and gowns alike viii be woven I
with threads or strands OF gold and the I
Same device viii be introduced into the /
plating Of stfaws The frillcd and pulled /
arrangements OF cauZc or net. the !
"poufs" and aigrcttes. Will be emiuently Z
suitable to the spring and summer sea- +
ron. Evel quite heavy stuns viii be 50 {
treated, gbssamcr. plssc. muslin. crepe, .
chiffon, tsllc or net for instance. Wide 4
lace bow ties. fastened at one side are .
likely 10 Dc popular. but 10 is less easy
to nrophoSy upon this dubious ground. {
Ribbons 50 narrow are used FOR bows so |
BIZ shat they are sometimes wired, Ike |
bargain sale roses \ better device is 10 !
provide a bow OF muslin or net with a
sewn-on edge or narrow ribbon 10 keep |
II from becoming discouraged. Hat rib |
bons are woven with two faces by way |
OF contrast and gauze ribbons are now
made striped with satin or silk. or with /
lines IN gold pattern interviewer. Small !
patterned oriental and Dresden designs !
are commonly used and there IS a tend !
ency TO tilt hats down over the eyes Of |
the fair Ucarers
u IS not new discovery that a pretty |
girl looks pretty IN black. or anything /
else. II she he a pretty young widow. |
with a face a trihe saddenod or sohered !
by a glimpse az the stern realities. black 1
has new meaning. OF course. ono OF /
the prettest mourning dresses I have ,
seen is a perfectly plain black skirt o. I
lustreless SILK. bodice covered with /
dotted black net and big sleeves covered /
also with net Big sleeves look somehow J
incongTuous with the idea Of bitter grief. !
but such Is life' And did no more than !
note tho incongruity FOR the young Wild |
owls companion was a pretty girl IN
very curious and snowy gown also black
with plain skirt. a velvet belt square
low coraage. narrow shoulder straps. and L
below them. after an appreciablc and APP /
preciated CLINT OF white. firm flesh. a 4
hanging sleeves OF black satin. figured /
and dotted with Jet and silver ornaments |
In snaky lines similar TO those which /
wound their sinuous way and down the /
bodice. And here were long narrow V |
points OF velvet reaching down toward !
the waist. the points bordered with rows
OF close set ornaments and below the
waist the basque Of highly ornamented 4
velvet shot nj the sides. went down az /
front into two long points.
These thorf-sllrted basducs. by the
way. have lost little OF their popularity.
Probably at least third Of the street |
gowns and one-sixth OF the evening
frocks are made with them. and they
Influence 10 Their own Jaunty shape re- !