The morning times., 1896-04-05
WHEN PARIS Is GAYEST
French Capital Gorgeous i'm New
Costumes and Headwear.

upon the first seasons gowns OF her debu-
0nte daughter.
Ever SO many dresses were shown TO me
| ready for delivery for Easter wear. They
all had TO the eye, as il first rested upon
them, look OF real spring. saw nothing
that had not little green in it. A bunch
OF grasses at the side, q knot Of them in
front, grasses piled up at the back charac-
tCriZed all the hats, and as for the gowns
/ got the touch of green in the dots, the
spots, the girdles, the ruchings. the sashes
and the bows. There was certainly little
green on everything, though the modiste
shrugged her shoulders and declared 40
when / asked her if ii was design.
one Sun-lighted dress OF a dull yellow
was lined with yellow green. No other
touch of the emerald was upon it, yet you
got the flash as the skirt was whisked from
hook 10 hand and back again.
The gown OF reseda green silk was very
simple. The front was without darts, and
the fullnesS plated into a girdle OF Per
sian embroidery. There was a box pIait
of the embroidery that was put on in
bias fashion from the left shoulder and fell
| over the girdle at the right side. The pu IF
on the sleeve was very short, and the
sleeves were tight, from there down aud
very long, falling quite over the hand.
A hat 10 be Worn with this gown was
| fiat OF Parma violetS on n bandeau of
1IcTt was a DrOau KNOT OF
grasses at the front, and at the back IL
was turned up with ta9 bunch of Amer
! ican Beauties.
A costume in blackand white cloth-which
! is always SO chic-waS trimmed a the front
| OF the waist with black velvet that gave
| sober effect. The waist was not darted.
| and the fuliness was plated down into
| pointed girdle OF The velvet. The sleeves
! were full bishop sleeves, with cuffs of white
satin, and the white satin collar was worn
| with a narrow black tie. The skirt was the
| ordinary godet OF this season.
so MANY HATS.
A dainty little bonnet of black and white
| tulIe, with black and white ribbons and big
! punches Of bright red carnations with stems
| long enough TO droOpov over the Coiffure, W ent
with this gown.
1t takes precisely twenty hats to car
! ry Madame from the winter season TO the
| spring, as the hats keep in touch with each
variation OF April weather. ] saw a gray
| hat set full Of red birds upon a dull gray
| day. And there was a hat all black with
| green grasses and purple Yiolets for a
drlZZie, such as LondomerS Know a II about.
| The gown may be only an ulster or a
| great enveloPing cape, but the hat pre-
| serves the elegance OF the toilet. The hat
and the gloves, yes, and the boots, which.
| by the way, are cork-Sohd for wet wealth
! er, must be elegant Cork soIes, with pat
! ent leather tips, are liked, and the finest
cloth tops anything that makes the LII
| wieldy become dainty. This carries art
| into dress with a vengeance.
A lovely gown / saw The other evening
| al one OF the charming series of entertain
ments given at the British embassy was
| worn by an American woman who sang
| delightfully."- at one OF the afternoon con
| certs. The gown was OF silk cbangeable
| bronze and rose, with an indistincJ little
| figure in a running vine shape. The long
| long yoke OF mignonette green velvet was
richly embroidered in gold and edged with
| q tiny frilling OF deep cream Valenciennes
| lace.
All the front of the yoke was u broad
bow OF the silk, edged with tie lace, and
coming from under the bow was Il full
diminishing box plat, with the lace edeing
that was confined, with girdlc Of the en-
brUidered velvet. The fuilness at the top
OF The puffed sleeves was held for about