The record-union., 1897-03-21

Bolero Jackets and short capes of fur
will be worn all through the spring with
wooden tailor gowns that are not pro-
vided with small coats to matcn, ana
also with many of the beautiful SILK
and wool costumes and those OF dOuDle-
faced cashmere made up with armure
or corded silk. Light, fieecy furs ana
Z;blinettes will be much used TO trim
dainty houSe-dreSseS. Some OF the
xiblinette bands on French models DOR
der the fronts of the gown, with
graceful arrangement beyond, OF ac-
contemplated chiffon frills. rms
trimming also finishes the edge of the
large sailor-collar that terminates IN
pointed fichu ends at the waist In front.
There are tailor made" suits for the
maiden of twelve-a real shaped skirt,
with jacket, worn over a fancy chem-
isette or blouse and blouse bodices that
turn away with lapels showing a fancy
chemiSette and stock. The tailor also
makes sack coats with strapped seams,
long listers with many buttons and
quite as many pockets, and fur
trimmed cloaks, rich with ermine or
sable
Caplike bonnets, with strings, have
punches of ostrich feathers standing
UP from over the forehead in smart
fashion, and even the baby, when he
can hold up his head, wears bunch OF
feathers on his cap. Small maldens
wear large pokes of shirred velvet, with
the feather embroidery about the brlm
and a wealth of plumes noddlng above.
Little girls of twelve have less elabor-
ate "pokes" made Of felt, trimmed with
velvet loops and cocks feathers. One
OF tan felt has several bands of green
velvet about the inside of the brim,
ending in big rosette behind each ear.
a cluster of green and gold wings, with
green ribbon loops, trim the crown.
Other pokes have soft velvet crowns
and narrow brims, arranged in a high
circle above the face. BuncheS of tiny
piumes or velvet flowers are placed
under the brim.
For the summer season, fashion is
again going back to the Gainsborough
days of large aureole hats to gauZy
fichus and other airy draperies crossed
over the corsage, of skirts of diaphanous
and floating textiles, and to all sorts of
lovely picture effects. We shall have
for materials a host of exquisite
gauzes, tulles, plain and Powered or
CANDIES, and India muslins, grenadines,
bareges, CLEANLINESS, openwork silk can
vas, ETC., and on nearly every toilet, We
shall see accordion pleated frills or
lace, and often both these delicate and
becoming accessories. A model for a
bridesmaids toilet is of white tulle over
white MORE. The folds of the pointed
tulle border are drawn tightly into
pointed girdle of very small pearls. A
strap of this trimming goes over the
shoulders from which fall sprays Of val
ley lilies, and at the belt are the same
lovely flowers. The sleeves are nothing
but triple frills of the tulle, and on the
front of the bodice is a bolero effect
formed Of very beautiful Venetian lace.
A smart cloak for girl of II is cut
sack shape, with breasted front
There are short revers, a border down
one side and about the hem of chin
chilla, and deep turnover cuffs and a
huge muff are of the fur. The material
is a covert suiting of electric blue.
Red is always pretty for children, and
Is particularly popular this winter. An
elaborate cloak for tot of three years
old is of deep red velvet, trimmed with
Greek lace and chinchilla: both the lace
and fur edging the three tiny shoulder
capes that are cut short to extend even
q trifie over the sleeves.
House gowns Of red cashmere have
elaborate braided patterns or are
trimmed by yards and yards of tiny
velvet ribbon, arranged in elaborate de-
signs. Short red Jackets are effectively
worn over white frocks, and there seems
to be no end to the number of pretty
costumes in this color for children.
Corduroy velvets are used both for
gowns and quaint palisses. and some of
the latter are trimmed with plain vel
vet, which is used for revers, cuffs and
pockets in place of fur.
A smart gown of gray corduroy has a
row of green ribbon velvet rosettes down
each side of the skirt, with two cores
ponding rows on the waist. The front
of the garment is blouse fashion, with
the back princess shape. The bows ap-
parently end the princess half of the
little costume. There is a green choker
at the throat that turns away under the
chin to show the lining of pale blue,
which appears again under the velvet
forming the fiaring cuffs.
A number of ultra fashionable women
have appeared at balls. Cinderella
dances, and similar functions in very
deliberately trimmed dress skirts, some
wearing gowns with skirts frilled to the
hips with accordion pleatings, abbre-
waiting very greatly their apparent
hight, and making them look like ami
mated lamp shades in the whirling
mazes of the dance. 1t has recently
been very often announced that very
deliberately trimmed skirts are worn
upon the promenades in Paris. This is
not true. The street gowns worn by
women of the highest position in Paris
are quite without eccentricity-and on
the latest models the skirts are medium
in size and show but little decoration
Modistes are making a new style of
underskirt to wear with spring CO.'S
tunes and toilets. The skirts are mar
rowly gored and at the back an ex-
tender or dress improver is adjusted