The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-04
Dame Fashion, the Patriot.
Red, White and Blue Are Colors Adopted for the
Season.

Special Correspondence of the Globe
NEW YORK, July lit has at last
been decided that the central colors
which will rule during the season are
the royal red. white and blue From
these it is expected to develop many,
tone schemes. If the world of fashion
is not gorgeous, it will be odd indeed,
Royal red, as all the world knows, is
scarlet. The version of it which APP
pears conspicuously in dress, is some
thing a shade or two brighter than q
Glove carnation. There is velvet
petalled geranium which touches il
exactly. and which in consequence has
jumped into favor. A dress of this
hue for day wear is carried out in an
accordion plated skirt with a red net
bodice. the detail of which is a long
history of tucks, pufiings, gaugings,
Quillings and ruchings, all on the
smallest scale
The effect, though soft and fluffy, is
not one whit clumsy. bHt, rather,
eminently hecoming to the figure. Rose
red is also worn and Appropriately. "A
crepe du chine gown, made in a soft
deep shade of rose red, has an en-
broidery of roses and foliage in a high
tapering spray at one side of the skirt,
and narrowly almost all around the
hem, the roses and foliage executed in
silk and tremendously shaded. A green
crepe du chine belt defines the waist
line and the bodice shows a yoke and
collar of green crepe du chine on which
the design of roses is continued in en-
broidery
> Royal purple has had its turn and is
not hue that looks its best in sum-
mer, while it is aggressive to the reds
and deep pinkS now so much in favor
The orchid and pimpernel hues, how
ever, will be much worn, while the love
Tor green wakes warmer and warmer
1t is an altogether amiable color and
is most successfully combined with
black. white, red, blue, yellow, brown
and pink. while it offers an endless
variety of choice in shade. Green with
silver grey is a combination which
finds favor as does green with Parma
violet White is, as it has ever been,
the most worn of all in the summer,
but this year 1t is contrasted with
deep, bright tones.
The time for garden parties and al
fresco fetes, particularly at the seaside,
is now, If only the weather will per-
init. The dress is ready and the wear
ers too. but only continued sunshine
will bring this combination success
fully to the front. A lovely frock is
made of ivory white soft silk. woven
like alpaca. The skirt is of the radiat-
ed accordion pleating for which taste
has not yet abated The bodice is part
1y yelled in very thin cream-colored
embroidered blonde. This is closely
shirred around the sleeves and Is
drawn down the front and back, while
little, light looking frills Of it fall be-
tween puttings of the silk on the Shout
ders.
Blue is a favOrite hue this year, as
stated, and somewhat brighter shades
of 1t are worn than any we have seen
for some time. The effect is in no wise
garish or crude. 1t is, indeed, very
good, while the color proves generally
becoming. Excellent in taste is a dress
of glace silk of cOrnf1ower blue shot
with silver white. This is yelled with
chiffon of deeper softer shade of the
same color, having cream colored lace
inserted down the side seams, showing
the paler blue silk beneath. The bodice
is an exceedingly cleverly arranged
bit Of millinery. The whole of it, with
the exception of the sleeves, is Of the
darker chiffon, with lines of the creamy
hued insertion following the prettiest
curves of the figure and drawn down
becomingly at the waist. The sleeves
are Of the glace silk, tucked finely on
the shoulders and again at the cuffs.
There is a careless looking full vest
bordered by insertion of royal blue
chiffon, and a standing collar and ru-
diments of a yoke made of infinitely
tucked cream-colored silk. The guam
tity of tiny tucks, infinitesimal frills,
liliputian puffings, and diminutive
ruchings fill the contemplative mind
with wonder as to how such work can
be effected in the short time often given
for the making of one of these elabo-
rate up-to-date dresses
Muslins, gauzes, Zephyrs and grass
lawns are very popular as materials for
the early Victorian costumes, which
the fact Of the queens jubilee has Civ
en- even to Americans. saw one such
dress made of silken muslin with
little white sprigged rosebud on it. The
whole Of the skirt was fiounced, each