The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-25

case there was a regular little figaro
made of it, edged with small gilt acorns
as fringe. Some persons may not like
the Persian trimming. Such may have
their skirts and waists and sleeves,
too, if they 50 desire, made with pats,
either knife, side, kilt or accordion,
as all are in vogue now. This glossy
and rather stiff material lends itself
admirably to plating, and I Go not
think there are any other goods that
retain the creases so we'll under all
weathers. There are ether colors and
qualities of mohair fabrics, all snowy
and Of good wearing value. Some are
brocaded and some printed, but the
prettiest are quite plain. The black
mohair stuffs promise to be very pOpu-
lar for ordinary summer wear.
The new colors ought to delight the
eyes of these who love flowers. There
are pinks Of every shade, yeIIows from
narcissus to mandarin, blues in all the
possibilities, from the palest hydran-
geas to the rich, deep cornAower, all
the puppies from The ralest lilac to the
deepest heHCtrCpe and vi0Iets in every
shade of that well loved blossom, and
all with the perpetual background of
refreshing green in all ITS varied shades
from the yellowish pea green to dark
myrtle and oak In spite Of the numer-
Gus designs wherein many co9ors
mingle there are still very many gowns
seen made Of what the French cali
united color" Is, goods of ali
one tint or color Grays, browns anc
heliOtr0pes are ofteRest seen, but there
al -s,rl,% Ill F4r14 oil
blues, greens and petunias. All these
are very bright. Blue for the street is
apparently less liked than any of the
other cOIOrS. Magenta and cardinal are
also seen. In some few cases these
glazing cclOrs are s6ftPned with a veil
ing of lace or net or 0ne or another of
the beautiful grenadines, but not as
often as they should be.
There is one bright color called
cerise, which means cherry and it has
somehow managed by some occult
necromancy to steal the very transIuc-
ence Of the luscious OEheaTt cherry. An
afternoon gown for summer or late
spring promenades was Of this color in
a light crisp taffeta There was a row
Of white lace sewed almost fiat around
the bottom OF the skirt about three
inches from the edge. This was head
ed by a band of white and gold tinsel.
Another similar arrangement was
placed about eighteen inches below the
waist The bodice was made of lace
in French style with a ruffie of lace
at the bottom. and a wide Swiss belt
of myrtle green satin. There was a
square yoke effect wrought by a piece
of tinsel stuff. bordered with three
folds Of the green satin. The high
stock collar was also of the green.
with a lace ruff. Lace caps and lace
cuffs trimmed the tight sleeves of the
cherry taffeta. The fair owner Of this
enticing gown had bolero hat of
myrtle green rough straw, with any
amount of pink cherry blossoms
liberty. and d great one, to be taken
with nature for the sake of carrying
out an idea in fashion Back of these
were bunch of myrtle leaves and a
little fan Of tinseled white lace.
Another brilliantly eolored outdoor
costume was poplin of a deep
magenta, verging on purple. This was
made in quite a new design. The front
breadth Of the skirt was laid straight,
with fold at each side. The side
breadths were cut straight from top
to bottom and plated down the hips
ten inches, the take up" falling free
from there The waist was as novel.
There was q shaped yoke of deep
petunia velvet crossed by narrow black