The morning times., 1896-03-22

ling and large boxes There are plenty OF
trouSseau hats being trimmed, TO be lad
away for the bride TO gather up upon her
wedding tour when she shall reach Paris
The favOrte wedding color of the year
is magenta and next 10 il blue.
RumOrs for the coming warm season
afloat at Jhis date should be taken with
some reserve. However sincere the reports
Of innovations agd tuc mode thItllluSJrate
Innovations, neither one nor he other are,
10 Sp.aN generally anything bat may yucS,
and the wise woman Will be SurTst or be
ing iu fashion if ber spring gown is copied
after a late model or the winter. This Is
Cgr.a.l. and IKE better to tell 10 To my
readers than u deceive them with ac-
counts Of new aad sNtraCTd.Gury garments
that, like CeTtaia castles, are only N Spain.
The spring situation iB Paris with Refer
CuCe 10 she I3@uiGUS is L;tUituaiIyIS fCii1wS.
Straishtwdy after Christmas the dress
makers that have foreign clientele PEE
pare a set of spring modes. intended prin-
Cipaliy for foreign dTeSSTudk kcrs, who must
be served early. Now these drcSSnlakers
viii not be willing 20 cross land am sea Tor
gowns that resemble too much those OF last
year; they must have Il certain number OF
innovations. This is not TO say that the for
eign clientele Is more keen, perhaps, than
( the French after novelties, but UaaU IL is
served CdFICE- IutSG ElDuei>s therefore.
show two characters. Certain Of them are
a development In continuity OF the form OF
winter. modified here and there, but still
familiar, in which reappcarS the materials
OF the last warm season. all touched with
new delicious refinementS; they are chic:
7 they are beautiful; they are safe TO follow;
/ Certain others cmbOdy the innovations.
/ These innovations at the first-elass dress
makers are not meant To be misleading,
Efsf ufs4r-
/ probation Of the drift OF public taste, or
/ else they are a particular creation OF the
/ drpSS.na ker that She would like to put in
| fashion, they are genuine attempts at re-
] newng the mode. The trouble is thaS no
/ one can vOuCh for their future. Your dress
! maker. reader, IL she has been TO Paris,
/ wilIofferyou both lit is besttOc choose among
white brush pompon.
| The test for innovations viii come, but not
/ until late In Paris there is a Crucible
! that is wanting elsewhere and that Is
! considered final II is found in the great
| spring reunions OF the COncoUrs Hip
| Diaue. the Salon VerniSsage. and the Grand
! Prix The last OF these comes the 9th
| of June or theTea bouts. and If fashion
| remains intact after being shaken through
| these three sieveS 1t may Oe depended upon.
| It is not a vulgar exaggeratiOn; it is or
| thOlOx and will be worn all summer and
| longer But until the Grand Prix gowns
| are being made not reliable person con
! nected with dress viii pretend TO say
with exactness what the summer Charaf tel
| OF dress will be They can only apprOxi-
| mate.
All this is meant to explain why one
should wish 10 be In the movement, but
not ahead OF it, and why, when a ne "
style is attempted. it has become the rule
to, as il We're, try II on the dog"
| confess that it is only half a truth / an
| telling, but have embarked on too long
a subject TO continue There are exCep'
tionS TO the modification. but the general
| conditions are as I have said.