The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-25

1t is undeaslbly plaid season; the spring
proved the fact that plalds are popular. and
now for a month plaids will again hold
sway in great brilliancy.
'Ihe plaid season." said very fashion,
able Paris dressmaker. sis frem April 10 10
June and from September 10 to Novem-
Der l."
Z, is true that during the SIX Weeks Vi
the plaid Sc ason plaids are orousht out a"u
fairly Haunted in the breeze. lou Sc
eaudy plaid vests and no less gauay piaia
coats. you behold scarlet p!aid riopoh
upon a mixed PLAID straw tOcue and you
See aouse bodies piaided until the "eAref
is a grand mixture OF color.
ne favorite, and me showfeS, bit Oh piaiu
which ono can wear N ones costume ID
the plaid vest, which Tor the next SIX weghs
taxes tne place OF the muslin snlrt waist
The vest is made sleeveless VITA a SIN
back and a plaid cio.h trent. me peok
may be OF taneta aud the front Of scott1
sulting. The buttons may be OF pearl ana
the lining of the lapels OF bright SILK
The paid vest fits very tight ~ the waist
In fact it is decidedly gloye-h0ing' us
glory Les in the fact that 1t Is yer! shu~'
and the very incest handIwork Is heves
sary 10 secure a good fit. The vest u worn
over a white muslin shirt 'front.' when IS
attached to broad white collar piaid
tie to match the vest is worn WIN 'his.
ana. into the tie, are stuck numerous sporty
little pins Of various designs
PLAID COATS
The plaid coat is OF a heavier grade OF
cloth and II hangs loose in the front very
much like an English huntinS coat IL
is trimmed down the front with large pearl
buttons. which do not however, do the
real work. The coat is firmly hooked and
the buttons are merely for ornaments.
The popular new coat collar is one which
flares all the way around. 1t has heavy
stltchirgs and is something like Medicis
collar, only not quite SO tall. The coat has
uo4ified sleeves which are, however, large
enough to slip over a silk waist, and it
is lined with thin silk TO make 1t pull on
easily.
The larger the plaid in the coat the
better, provided it is not 100 large. A
plaid Of four inches is fashionable as IS
also one OF two inches. The ugly plaids
are those which are so large as to cover
the whole of the back in one square.
Plaid ribbons make very jaunty little
hats for fall. The ribbon is tied il a very
upright bow knot and the bow knot is
then stood upon the front of the hat with
its loops proudly erect. The plaid in the
ribbon is supposed to match the plaid in the
Jacket and thus the fall woman looks very
much like piece Of novelty goods as she
salees forth on the first brisk day in her
gay plaid.
Plaids for house waists are decidedly
novel. Some of them are figured One Of
the prettlest was q very thin cloth plaid
figured with violets The violets were scat
tered all over the goods Another was fg-
ured with small bunches of roses so that
the plaid goods was made very gay with
the flowers
PLAID SKIRTS.
Plaid skirts are trimmed with bands of
braid. but very seldom with ruffles. A
plaid ruffle is always bewildering thing
and the fashion makers have just about
abandoned the idea of using them. Plaid
skirts are treated to bands OF black braid
nut on in clusters of from four to ten
rows each. The clusters are brought closer
and closer together as they approach the
waist.
Any plain band trimming can be used