San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-14
FASHIONS TICKLE FANcIES.
Things to BE Noted by weii-Dressed
Women.

she is so fond of pansies that she is
bound to have them around her, even IL
they are not real.
A pretty Viennese jacket is made of
silk crepe gauze, plainly gathered and
set into q ruche across the front, the
shoulder straps being formed of folds
of the crepe caught here and there
to form little frills, and terminating
with pendant bows and ends of pink
satin ribbon.
Widow brides are tentatively assert
ing their disbelief in the old saw which
relegated them TO ugly wedding frocks
for their second marriages. They are
eschewing the conventional gray gown
and bonnet, and with the best results
are presenting a drawer show to their
friends. Lady Cramartief, in her
quaint gown, set famous example;
she was wise, too, to wear the tiniesr of
transparent head dresses, better de-
scribed as tiara, though called by
courtesy bonnet, with flowing veil
of gray tulle, which was thrown back
from her tiara.
A charming dress for q middle-aged
woman was seen the other day. A
broad breadth of striped MORE and
satin was introduced in the front of
the skirt, and at the back the bodice
had a deep lace basque lined with the
same MORE, and the bodice, which was
somewhat full and literally trimmed
with lace, divided by jet, had hand
some senorita front, composed of cut
Jet, through which sprang the large
sleeves. 1t was an important looking
gown, made of kind of new wool end
silk combined, and admirably adapted
to it's present purpose.
If you are stout woman who wishes
to freshen up her last springs black
satin, you could trim it with valen-
ciennes, Brussels or any of the hand
some guipure laces, either cream or
butter color, and these seem TO me
more appropriate than black, but that,
of course, is a matter of taste. You
can have black valenciennes now as
well as black guipure and Chantilly,
or you can use black chiffon, but I
should advise some dropping jet fringe
falling from the waist in front. This
entirely breaks the line of the figure,
and diminishes the apparent size of the
waist.
1t IS quite surprising the hold
spangles and sequins have taken on
fashionable fancy as trimming not
only for elaborate evening gowns, hut
for day dresses, waists and wraps.
Judiciously employed these glittering
disks are effective and on certain
gowns charming, but the most careful
discrimination is essential to elegance.
Fine gold disks intermiXed with bits of
mock gems and Persian colored span
giles form highly favored GALLONS and
gimps, but it is quite possible to vulgar
ize a dress of very elegant texture while
decorating it with this trimming,
little of which goes a great way in Inc
matter of garnish.
The new high collar for fur cloaks is
made on very different lines from these
of last season. The spreading part Is
set on a wide and closely fitted band
that fits choker-fashion about the
throat. This makes the spread come
becomingly high about the ears, and
the very plainest girl takes distinction
from this sort of background. The
enormous "beasties" displayed last
year are again in the shop windows,
and it is question whether some of
those that are offered are intended for
floor mats or to be worn about the
neck. So big is the head sometimes
that it IS enough to make timid wom-
an afraid the departed animals ghost
might all of sudden make the jaws
work and snap her head right off.
The fancy bodice may be somewhat
on the wane with women who can
afford to promptly adopt the newest
notions that their dressmakers adj
vance, but to most women it is still
acceptable and welcome. If the latter
sort of dressmakers need any sort of
assurance that these waists are still
stylish, all they need TO do is to take
a look through the stores, and there
they will be confronted with a host of
them, with the proportion of novel
ones as great as it ever was. Many OF
the new sorts are made with little frill
appearing below the belt at the back
and over the hips, stopping just short
of the front. This little frill settles
all the difficulty about making the
bodice and the skirt meet nicely, and
is also very becoming to many figures
Equal to the Emergency.
They are telling the story in London