Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-24
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We Rave only Just put away our beloved
,s.rt-waists and, 10! here they are TO
temp, us again. / have yet to know a
xoman who can resist a summer shirt
waist
winter ones arc different. They cost
more IN the first place. and are not
dainty and fresh and bewitching. The
new ones are more irresistible than ever
before In place OF the stripes and checks
and soif-colorings we have white grounds
With brilliant floral designs-brown and
Blue and green grounds with ferns and
leaves in lovely contrasts and blacl,
grounds with white and colored blossoms
such a brilliant bewildering, becoming ar
r.y. 10 Is positively wicked to tempt
poor women in this way. am
ashamed 90 confess It. but
boucat six Of them, and 1 had already
two dozen. In addition 20 the display
~ sh.rt-waists. the new storekeepor'
oT.rs US summer materials that are
positive dreams.
OLD FABRICS REVIVED.
we are going back 10 our grandmothers'
time a silk-warp "barege" is. without
doubt. Co DO "the thing OF the season.
The texture. as. OF course. YOU know.
IS char Of clCsely-woven Brussels net,
sll while this has not changed at all.
TO modern designs are very much pref
tsr chan the samples Of the old ma
t,rai that / have seen. so that we have
O. slight advantage over our grandmothers
e
are those with dark ground. strewn with
quaint figures in the real. old broche
cc.1r.rcs. There are many with light
grounds. tinted with new and delicate
shades Of pink and blue, and one inter-
woven with a figuring Of deep purple
really must DO seen 10 be appreciated.
Sluu-striped French challies are also
shown. They are. for the most part, cover
Cd with large floral designs. with the
stripes about one fourth OF an inch wide
and about three inches apart. The colors
Incline towards shades Of blue, with the
designs of a darker shade.
Clallies in foulard design are also sure
10 bee fashionable. some OF them having
white grounds. thrown into relief by de-
Signs of different colors and shades.
GOODS FOR SUMMER MAIDS.
Dainty little summer maids who aspire
20 the fluffy" IN winter, and the airy.
FAIRY Lillian" style in warmer weather,
viii find comfort and delight in the new
tgure-dotted Swiss which is interlaced
with coiored stripes, alternating various
kinds with flowers and leaves. There
are so many OF "the new things" that
sm az a loss 10 know which will please
you best The new organizes are inter-
laced with flowers Of tints so natural
that one wonders why the fragrance is
not there and It is a noticeable fact that
The designers this year have seemed to
realize that the beauty in floral patterns
ls not dependent upon the amount OF
flowers, but, rather. upon their artistic
distribution. Most OF the designs seen
This coming summer will be more deli
cate in treatment and, instead Of seeing
O. mass OF roses in a bunch, we shall
see them IN graceful clusters, with leaves
and buds trailing from the stem.
1 suppose l must say a word about the
F,ripcd nainsook. which, woven with
stripes of almost imperceptible fneness.
are certainly very pleasing TO the eye.
and then there is new fabrlc-mousse-
line de hide, a kind Of hlmy net that
viii not crush out of shape. This is sure
20 be used extensively.
A HINT FOR THE THRIFTY.
It IS needless TO say that at present
all these fabrics are "deliciously ex-
Yensive." and that II you hope TO Keep
m fashion and have not an unlimited
purse. YOU had better wait awhile be
fore starting out 10 shop" This re-
ulnds ne Of what I intended to say re-
raliing women and money. 1t seems as
81 they are deadly enemies, for under no
circumstances can they stay together
very long.
-,-t. t-...,,~~N. .tfs 10 NV attention was
tho crowd OF women I saw the other day
round d bargain counter. Two Of the
choppers l knew. They had spent. to my
knowledge. over 81 in car fares and lunch
in order that they could get a garment
f1r SIS which was marked $3.50 at
store situated within half a minutes
walk OF where they lived. Is II wonderful
that men laugh at us? / talked to a
gentleman friend Of mine a few days ago
on this question. and really his remarks
were most intelligent, even for man.
] say this because 1 do not think the
male sex IS likely 10 see It. But l VIII
tell YOU what he said, and let you judge
frr Yourself: women" he explained.
never keep any account Of what they
erend or II they DO, Il is such a jumbled
a. affair that il would puzzle Chinese
lawyer TO understand It. Then they DO
lct earn the money.
HOW WOMEN WASTE MONEY.
EVERYBODY knows how women buy
endless numbers OF articles because they
are cheap. where a man would have the
came money placed cut at interest. Per
hars the most curious part OF the whole
thing IS that women invariably try 10
he more saving than men. They are GER
lainly more stingy"-this is his idea-"aho