St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-09
Fashion Notes.


again this spring, and they look as
smart as ever with the jacket quite short,
cut single-breasted with the buttons on
an invisible flap and narrow, high revers
and turned-down collar. The back Of
the jacket is tight-6tting and the sleeves
are small and gathered, not plated, into
the armhole as last season.
French blue is to be a favorite color for
outing suits for summer wear to take
the place OF the winter purple street
gowns. The parasols and stockings in
this color are stunning.
Both plain and trimmed skirts will be
worn this season, but the latter are con-
sidered the newer and smarter. Braid is
the favorite trimming, although milin-
ers folds of satin are popular on hand
some cloth costumes. A tailor gown Of
blue covert cloth has soutache braid set
down the seams of the skirt, and the
short, close-6itting jacket is trimmed
with braid on the edges and on the
darts. Skirts of thin materials are to be
hounced and ruffled in every imaginable
way.
pretty fancy is the use of checked,
dotted and embroidered black nets, made
up over colored and fancy silks, for
dreccy h;ub necl ad coctuu,ac
Eton Jackets of linen and other wash
goods are to be worn with false fronts in
place of shirt waists by older and stouter
women.
AS to colors, red in various shades will
be much worn. Soft grays will also be
very tshionable, the outcome of the high
favor in which chinchilla stood during
the winter. People, particularly blondes,
found the color so becoming that they
desire it in spring costumes as well. 1t is
an extravagant taste, however, as it is
easily faded by the sun and spotted by
water. Black is always pretty; it makes
so desirable foundation for the rich en-
broderies and multi-colored ornaments
and trimmings now so much in vogue.
Purple has survived the winter
Ruches, founces, and full plaitings will
be used as garnitures on costumes for all
occasions.
The newest caper of fashion is to wear
long. tight sleeves with decollete bodices.
The sleeves must be of transparent mate
rial gathered and closely following the
shape of the arm.
Tailor-made pique costumes will form
one of the very smart styles for after
noon wear this summer.
The new three-piece skirt has a very
wide front breadth.
Pointed epaulettes, toreador jacket
fronts and plain and folded girdles still
lend great variety to spring street cos
tunes and house toilets.
White batiste, silk null, and chiffon
blouse vests and loose waist fronts are
made with bands of handsome lace in
sertion that cross each other, forming
blocks either large or small. pretty
effect is gained by placing pink, blue, Oh
mauve ribbon under the crossing bands
leaving the white blouse itself with nc
background OF color.
Wash-silk shirts will be very mucl
worn, and in these more latitude is al
lowed. One pretty new pattern has on,
pleat in the middle and one from each sid,
!, of the neck to the waist, making three il
all, we'll separated from each other. Thu
: spaces between are filled in with very
small fine tucks, with continuation o
the same small tucks on the shoulder
: and the sleeve. The latter, however
reaches only as far as the armpit, tn,
fullness being gathered into the wais
below.
The short linen collars, turned owe
stocks, have become so popular that they
will doubtless be more worn next sum
mer than the wide ones.
THE materials shown for the early
Easter costumes range from the smooth
cloths and mixed suitings down to thu
pretty light weight silks, heavier striped
mores, and miroir effects in wool,
writes Isabel A. Mallon in the Marcel
Ladies Home Journal. "The suitngs il
checks show the mixed effect caused b,
the skilllul ntermingling ofmany thread
OF different colors. They are also in tn
plain shades of mode, steel blue, silve
gray, heliotrope, cadet, and the man,
other colors that are approved for sprin!
: wear. In the smooth cloths the rattle
bright green known as emerald, a some
what deep but still bright blue, reseda
and, of course, black, are noted Silks il
, the plain colors are almost entirely use,
e for skirts another silk, figured or striped
: but in harmony, forming the bodice o
jacket basque. The bolero jacket wi
e obtain for the spring costumes.
y "Sleeves are fitted to the shape of TIL
arm with great care, They are inyar