The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-16

SPRINGS first FASHION FEATURE.
Our rev FORK Correspondent
Tells al ExcIusive Bit Of
Spring News Which viii De-
light Ex2ectant fsmini1isy.

NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-Summer shirt
waists displayed n January and bought
hy fashlonable women as eagerly as IL
the dog-days were upon Us and shirt
waists an absolute necessity. This is a
mystery only 70 be understood by the
feminine mind. for when did man ever
f0sh 10 buy his summer outfit when snow
and Ice reigned supreme and furs were
tse only desirable wear? MOI Woman
alone Understands this, and IL you ask
aer why, VIII explain with scornfui sur
prise al your IGNORANCE: THE shops have
Their shrt-waist openings in January, and
II l don't secure the new models and the
novelties now they cannot be bought
later, ard her statement is correct.
strange 10 say.
In the first place. my readers. you mus.
give away your lovely transparent or
ganoie waist of last year. for while there
Is little. II any. change in the cut opaque
materials are de rigeur for wash waists.
f1aues, white shirting linens. canvas
cloth, ginghams, sateens so fine and lus-
trous that they look like silk. are made
Up and shown at the openings as the only
correct thing. There are many white
waists. the handsomest in pique made
with attached cuffs and detachable coll
iars These details remain the same as
last year. The full fronts are gathered to
the shirt yoke and the effect gained by
the material and cut only as a contrast
to these are waists of white. she rt-bosom
linen made in the same way but the full
fronts are ornamented by clusters of fine
tucks slanting 10 the center There are
ether white waists shown, lawns and lap
pets Pique In checks with pin-head dots
or color and plain pink lavender and blue
are charming and new. Gingham is in
high favor. complicated red plaids. two
toned checks. and dainty lines of white
on colored grounds are displayed. These
have detachable collars TO match, but
white may be correctly worn In place of
these
In sateens perhaps the prettiest designs
are those with white stripes like the ging-
hams, on colored grounds spotted with
pin-head dots in black.
In the canvas-cioth waists we find pale
green plaids artistically mingled with red
rose and blue, yellow and green combina-
lions. In the cambrics and percales are
lovely checks on white grounds. The
bars forming these checks are nearly an
inch wide and are in floral designs, ex-
quisite lavender and pale blues. Crossing
these are other floral bars mingled with
stripes of black.
The rage for gray has reached and
claimed the shirt-waist at last and some
OF the prettiest and most becoming are
pialds OF all tones of gray. / have writ
EN- becoming but let the blonde and
the pale woman beware of them. They
are only for pink cheeks or faces with
dark. rich coiorings
The latest in jewelry is the tendency to
render jewelry something more than the
mere accessory of woman's attire. This
tendency Is very marked. and much of the
stock of every fashionable jeweler con-
sists OF articles of daily use having an ar
tistic as we'll as intrinsic value. Foremost
among those stand buckles, which the
universal fashion for belts has rendered
the almost necessary complement of ey-
cry elegant costume Serpents twisted in
to an endless variety Of forms continue
to provide many Of the designs, executed
either in dull gold only. or with polished
stones set in here and there. But the
greater novelties are the buckles whose
shape and decoration appear to have been
copied from the Louis XIV. and Louis
XVI. picture frames in carved gided
wood that connoisseurs now value so
highly. They are square, obiong, oval
, round now decorated at the top. now at
The corners or Of such complicated
! shapes as the shell rocco styles, suggest.
and are generally In metal only-oxydized
silver or gold. paraeol and umbrella
handles provide another favorite object
for the exercise OF the jewelers. art
Here fancy has full play both in design
and in the choice of material. The heads
strange wild fowl besides the more IA
milar duck. cock and swan are chiseled
out OF rock-crystai, jade. jasper. onyx.
coraline. blo0dstone, lapis-lazul and the
like. two or more Of them being com
bined 10. represent the different colors Of
the beak and the piumage. The slender
neck of the swan, twisted into a loop,
makes a conventional handle. and the
heads Of iong-oeaked birds are also sin
led b.a \
head in black steel-eciat given to it by
the addition Of diamorS; eyes-is particu
larry suitable for an umbrella. But the
jeweler does not confine himself In or
anthology. he goes In for the strictly con-
veniional and the fancifal ny turns For
knobs the ovoid form prevails, whether
in smoothly polished crystal or stone, or
in frosted gold spec killed. with small dia
monds or pearls; handles Of this sort gem
orally form 4 part Of set, including T.
ard twelve points for the parasol ribs.
4 pretty conCcit is imagined for the point
IF a laGy's tai cane; it Is made IN the
form Of a pine cone and Is clustered over
With diamonds each half-openea sale
showing bright gold within. Clasps for
cloaks are being restored 20 favor. Vever
edits some new ard beautiful designs.
borrowed ffom natural forms such as
the horse-ches;nUt The ntstletoe. and the
thistle. the stalks twisted Into frame for
an unstudied arrangement OF leaves. her-
RES or flowers the whole executed In
gold. FURNISHED ard enaneled Among
the small knick- kuacks thot gain import;
ance from being produced In the precious
metals and ieweie,f are gold rings for
the house w3fr's bunch Of keys set with
carhuncle or cats eye.
There Is a sudden fur5Te for turquoise.
Turquoise hearts are considered the dam
;iest Of all the hearts worn as pendants.
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