The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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nice enough. The organdie should be
bought with a view to the color of this
lining, and the result will be an elegant
gown. Some of the new organdies have
tinted floral figures on white or
cream ground. These look we'll made
up over light silk of some suitable color.
Some are in coral spray figures, and
these are very effective, as they show
up in such relief over the ground.
/ noticed some new organizes with
bourette stripes in cotton. There are
also plain organizes for evening wear,
and many dainty French and Swiss
designs in every conceivable variety Of
pattern, mostly floral. These sell from
twenty-five to thirty cents per yard
and are yard wide. 1t is not the cost
of the organdie, but the trimmings and
lining, that makes the dress expensive.
/ must not forget to mention that there
are black organizes and black and
white ones for mourning. There are
also black organizes with exquisite
colored figures. Dresden figures. col
ored stripes and navies with white dots
are also to be mentioned among these
dainty but useful goods.
Theme are new cotton stuffs called
fCulard. from the soft twill. They have
a silk finish which makes them very
pretty. These, so far, have only been
shown in the navy blues with white
figures and cardinal with black ones.
The percales are unusually fine this
season, and they make excellent gowns
for morning wear. They are shown In
every design and color made fashion
able this spring. Ginghams and the
Blarney tweed linen crashes are among
the most eagerly sought for of any or
the useful summer fabrics. The gowns
are being made now to lay away.
The gingham frocks are nearly all
made with straight full skirts gain
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in the French style, or 1t is made with
something Of a surplice In front. Self
belts, self sashts and cute little self
figaros cut ON the bias go with these.
The ginghams were never more popu-
lar and never prett1er. The Madras
figures give a very stylish effect, espa-
cially when overlaid with the rich and
heavy ecru laces on the waist and
sleeves. Very many Of the summer
gowns will open V-shape quite low
in front, with full puffs of silk null
or other transparent stuff drawn down
the front quite to the belt, like the
pretty kerchief Of long ago.
The linen crashes which are made
in imitation of the Barney tweed de-
signs, will be used mostly for outdoors,
and they are indeed beautiful and re-
fined in coloring and strong as moth
ing but linen can be. These will be
made into tennis, golfing, cycling and
mountain gowns, with the natty DlaZer
jacket The finish given to these pl-
quaint suits is as fine and careful as that
given to CLOTH covert or cheviot. The
colors are all subdued and all but one
obtained from the natural flax in dif-
ferent stages Of it's preparation. That
single exception is garnet.
There will be much linen batiste used
in making summer dresses all IN
white. There comes a fine inserting
made of batiste about four inches wide,
and this will be set in three and four
rows around the bottom in bayadere
style and put to some ingenious use
or other to ornament the waist and
sleeves. Some of the linen batistes have
incredible quantities Of lire lace upon
them in white, ecru or champagne
shades. Valenciennes, point de Paris
lierTe, imitation of torchon and maltese
laces are all applied to the thin dresses
with the greatest prodigality. Silk chif-
fons for scarfs are quite new. They
may be in any color or black or white.
They are two yards long and twenty
inches wide. and they go around the
inside of the collar and are tied in an
immense bow. Sometimes the ends are
edged with lace.
l think have mentioned all the new