Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-04-17
FASHION NOTES.

A jacket for q theatre wrap is Of
brocaded gray silk, with cuffs and IN
odd collar of black with an edging OF
silver cord and rhinestone embroidery.
A new cycling skirt has two straight
plaits in the back which are made
separate and partially detached, SO
that they fall gracefully on either side
of the wheel, and beneath this is
regular skirt at the back which com.
pletes it for walking skirt as we'll.
The handsome and graceful baskets
that may have been received, filed
with bonbons as gifts, may be con-
verted into beautiful flower holders
by lining the empty basket with
fitted piece of waterproof cloth on
thin painted cloth and sewing it closely
around the edge of the basket. Fill it
with wet sand and stick the sand full
OF blossoms.
Spring jackets are as varied as the
wrars, and come in three different
lengths, with both high and low COL
lars, SO it is impossible to decide yet
which will be the leading style. They
arc made OF ladies' cloth, serge and
melton, in both dark and light shades,
and the pale tint OF yellow ecru lined
with some delicate shade OF satin is
considered very elegant.
The Russian style of coat has place
on the list, and the French jackets
display quite a little decoration be.
sides buttons and stitching. An ex-
ample of this is in black cloth, and it
fastens on the left side with two large
steel buttons. 1t is lined with pink
silk. The collar and crescent shaped
rever are covered with the same color
and finished on the edge with a mar.
now band of black velvet and two.
inch insertion of yellow Venetian point
above.
A good example of one of the ex-
travagant fancies in dress is q hat,
pnrasol and neck rucLe to match, for
which you can pay 800. One color pre-.
wallis in this elaborate trio, and red
and heliotrope seem to be popular
shades. One set is IN bright red. The
medium large hat OF black lace straw
has profusion OF red poppies and
little black tulle for trimming; black
and tho same flowers form a ruche
with ends of tulle, and poppies decor
ate the large, plain red parasol.
Among the floral decorations at
recent English wedding, insteal OF IA
marriage bell number OF smaller bells
of various sizes were hung together.
The bells were mado OF white bios.
SONS with small orange suspended
by white satin ribbon for the clap.
per. These bells were hung from m
arch made of green foliage plants.
A fight OF white birds was another
new feature among the decorations.
Many OF the BIRDS were suspended by
invisible wires, AMI one or two of them
were resting upon nrou the mounds
of flowers or the handles of ribbon
trimmed baskets of blossoms.
One of the newest tailor. made COS.
tunes has princess sides and back,
with vest fronts in well defined points
over q full-length front of contrasting
fabric. For example: A seal brown
cloth is male up with the sides, back,
sleeve-caps and collar of the brown.
The full-length front and the close
fitting sleeves are of the lighter shade.
The vest fronts are of velvet, wrought
in pattern with heavy silk braid.
The side sections of the skirt overlap
the front and are trimmed with
passementerie ornaments in groups of
three. The front of the skirt has
pipings of the material placed straight
across in group of five, a little dis
tance above the hem.
An extremely pretty waist of silk
muslin has the front and back slightly
gathered IN at the waist.line. Across
the front is band OF jeweled gimp,
edged with crimped rutfles of the mus.
lin. Elaborate bretelles from shoul-
der. r.seams to waist line are made of
the jeweled gimp, edged with ruchings;
the high collar OF gimp supports
rnchlng rs full as it can be gathered,
then plated to make additional fluff
ness. The sleeves are puff,d from
wrists to shoulders, and at the tops
have rutfles OF crimped muslin, which
fall almost to the elbows. At the
wrists are narrow ruchings of the
fabric; at the back of the neck is q
large rosette, with how of ribbon in
the miudle.