The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-27
FOULARDS ARE STRIKING
BRILLIANT DESIGNS IN WHITE,
BLACK AND BLUE

many waists and Guinipe Effects
How to Alter IA BIouse-Separate
Waists the ThinG-Dresses of
Deep Sapphire Blue Velvet
Belts of Black MORE Ribbon.
Correspondence The st. Paul Globe.
NEW YORK, Feb. PA have been
permitted to examine the wardrobe Of
one of the four hundred who is just on
the wing Southwark. Among the be-
Wilderingly beautiful gowns laid out
Tor inspection were three of the new
large figured fOulards, and very strik-
ing they were. The skirts were all
ruftied' and the waists were all corn
paratively simple. The white Jokes
and solid colored sashes gave the
necessary tone. The baby waist is not
q blouse, simply a full gathered waist
down into belt. The sleeves are gath
cred and thus carry out the soft effect.
1t seems to be the aim in making up
summer silks to have as marked a con-
trast as possible to the incoming sever
ity of the fitted waist of the tailor
gown.
Separate Waist.
Women are not willing to abandon
odd waists, for it is possible to make
them more becoming than the waists
of whole dresses, and a variety is OBJ
tainable which cannot be managed
otherwise, except by those whose
purses are exceptionally we'll filled.
Black cloth black satin and the various
black ruffied taffeta skirts are for wear
with the new models we illustrate this
week. The first design IS a satin, the
with
specially new feature of this waist is
the large yoke collar finely tucked and
edged with cream guipure. The second
model is in new gray-green light
weight cloth. 1t has a white satin yoke
and front covered with cream lace,
and insertion to match. A white kid
belt with jeweled buckle and slides is
worn with this.
The third figure wears a dainty waist
of fine cashmere with brown velyc,
epaulettes, collar and belt trimming Of
brown silk braid and turquoise nail
heads. The last young woman wears
a fitted basque of stamped black velvet,
the design stamped on the velvet after
the garment is cut, an entirely new
idea. The back has a boXpleated bas-
que While the sides over the hips are
filled in with black or white lace as
preferred. The sleeves are of gathered
mousseline de sole to match the chem
isette. jeweled clasp confines the
garment at the waist line. The revers
on the chest are finished by a frill Of
lace.
How to Alter IL Blouse.
This is for the luckless women who
have rashly invested in a blouse at
the January sales-Oh. those too de-
lusiVe sales-and are already tearing
their hair with chagrin. A friend show
ed me one that she had picked up
odious term-at the sale of a noted
Broadway house. What made you do
it," | asked her sternly ooh" she
SAID plteouSly, 1T was so cheap
hadn't the heart to pass it by" We'll"
l observed unfeelingly, 'if you haven't
more sense than to invest in gar
ment the bare materials of which must
nave cost at the lowest computation
so, you deserve your fate" 1T wasn't
even shop-Worn," she replied in miti-
Satlon All the more reason for you
tc beware of its seductions," ] retOrt-
ed crushingly. Whereat she said that
she came to me for sympathy, not for
satire; and what was to be done with
the offending blouse now that she had
become its poSSeSSOr? Here let me
own, once and for all, that the coat
in question had an undeniable fascina-
ton, or would have had were it not
That type of Sarb is now hOpelesSly and
utterly demOde 1t was of deep sap
phire- blue velvet. fortunately, lined with
a rich quality gros grain silk Of it's
own hue. The broad directoire-like
revers We're of white satin covered with
Sequined net. The fiat collar was also
or white satin covered with the net:
and the whole, revers and collar, was
outlined with mink of really excellent
quality. The sleeves were of bishop
cut and Unfortunately full according to
IL
usual basque, and the usual belt. in
this instance Of black MORE ribbon.
with something elaborate about it in
the way of cunningly applied sapphire
sequins.
What can be done with it?" uueried
my friend in disconnected accents.
Surely, you can suggest something"
For the moment 1 was nonplussed
There the blouse lay, in it's neat box.
surrounded by tissue paper, the win
ter sunshine catching the folds and
turning the deep sapphire of it's hue
there we stood and looked at each
other. Then a sudden thought seized
me. In the twinkling of an eye l had
that coat out Of its box and examined
1t. my friend waiting breathlessly
meanwhile. Il have it," I exclaimed
eXcitedly. What, you think it can
be altered, be made really presentable
ard up-to-date, and all the rest of
it! Oh, you dear thing"
AS | am morally certain that a fair
proportion of my readers have, tempt
ed by the absurd prices at which these
Russian coats were offered at the re-
cent sales, done the same thing, 1 will
explain how we brought that blouse up
to the mark, at a cost that was abso-
lutely nil. To begin whit opened in
front somewhat in the shape of a V,
disclosing the dress bodice On either
side were the large revers before spok-
eli Of One good point it had in it's
favor, and that was that the back, in
stead of pOuching in the usual way, was
plain are tight fitting. An ordinary
coat-back. in fact, neither more nor
less. The sleeves We're the first con-
sideration. These were carefully I'M
picked, and then steamed, in order that
all marks of stitching, etc, should be
obliterated. AS I have said they were
amply full, and the dressmaker whose
professional aid we called in found no
difficulty in constructing from them the