The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19
PROPER DRESS
FOR THE DRIVE.
Some Of the Light, Fluffy Carriage
Designs for Summer Afternoon
PRETTY FOR COACHING, TOO.
The Gayest Colors Prevail, and There
Is Little OF the "Tailor-Made" to
be seen-Some New and Love-
ly Parasols.

PARIS. June 9-"Painted. powdered.
dainty and gay. rolleth my lady on"
Down the Champs Elysees and through
the Bots in her Victoria fitted out all in
pale gray or tan for her spring drives.
The great mass OF the ordinary ara
content to pay their two sous for
seat along the driveways just TO watch
these women Of fashion in their elegant
carriage toilettes glide by.
And pleasing pictures they are too, for
their toilettes, their pose of languor. the
very tilt Of their fluffy parasols. all de-
note a striving after effect
The big picture hats made OF bright
straw and all sorts OF gauzy materials
are put on with the most bewitching TIT.
Sometimes they make a sort of halo
around the high pompadour by being INT
ed quite back.
With young women and girls the pic
ture hat loaded with plumes or flowers
that tips directly Up at the side Is popu-
lar A great many of tia carriage hats
are designed 20 be worn quite over the
forehead. The one characteristic or all
these carriages hats is their becoming
ness and richness Of color.
NECK WARE.
On warm afternoons there are great
many collets to be seen made OF the
bright fluffy materials that fashion IA
vors so much just now. Nd on cooler
DAYS my lady appears I'm a long. smart
carriage coat that entirely envelopes her
gown.
one Of these wraps made on the new
est lines il built Of pale gray cloth. IL
fits close into the curves Of the figure and
the fulness at the back is supplied with
fun cores inserted below the waist-line.
Around the bottom 1t is cut with
rounded corners and is finished with two
circular ruffies of the cloth with strapped
edges The wrap buttons straight down
tho front In an invisible way with
strap finish The collar is a high Medict
with rounded corners. Broad pointed
cuffs give a finish 10 the sleeves.
The hat worn with this wrap Is one
OF Virot's creations. It IS an enormous
affair of black tulle covered with APP
plique OF black lace traced in strass. The
low crown IS covered with quantities OF
white and black plumes and under the
right side Of the brim, resting on the
hair. there is a bunch Of flame colored
nasturtiums.
FOR DRIVING.
A pretty carriage gown. designed for
A Young matron. is made OF course,
meshed bluette grenadine over white taft
feta. The skirt IS trimmed around the
bottom with six rows Of shirred white
ribbon edged with bluette velvet. Around
the hips there is a similar trimming OF
two rows.
The corsage IS a sort of jacket with
short full basque made Of white MORE.
II IS covered with an all over pattern IN
bluette silk and steel beads and opens
over a fun vest Of white gauze. The
edges Of the Jacket are scallOped In
squares and trimmed around with mar
row bluette passementerie and between
the scallops there is visible frill OF the
gauze. The sleeves Of the grenadine
have a strip Of the scalloped MORE COM
ing from the inside seams and running
their length Narrow blue passementerie
finishes the edge of the scallops. The
centure and high straight collar are Of
bluette velvet 4 full butterfly bow
of gauze finishes the neck Of the jacket.
FOR A BRIDE.
4 pretty soft carriage gown designed
Tor young French bride IS made Of deep
cream foulard with a narrow violet
stripe. The lining is OF white taffeta.
The skirt fits close over the hips and
the fulness at the back merges into a
demi-traln Coming from the left side
of tho waist-band there Is frill OF
hand embroidered white gauze that
slants gradually over me right side Of
tho skirt and continuing, gives the effect
OF n tunic.
The cgrgage IS a blouse Of tho striped
foulard that opens at the left side. II
Is cut away 10 show a small V and
draped collar OF pale violet satin. Two
broad frills of the hand embroidered
gauze give the effect of wide round COL
lar.
A FUN bow Of plain white gauze Is at
tach,d at the end OF tho frills and a strip
OF the same is draped over the edge OF
the corsage. where II fastens 10 give
pretty finish This is caught down into
the high draped girdle OF deep violet vel
vet The sleeves Of the striped fOulard
are plain with n bell finish at the wrists.
The hat worn with this gown is
great round affair of violet satin straw.
II has a draped crown OF white gauze
covered with appliques Of English lace.
studded with strass. At the back Of the
hat there are eight white and violet tips
some OF them nodding over the crown
and others falling on the hair.
A NEAT DESIGN
fluffy little coi-, worn with dresy
carriage toilette was made Of light gray
gauze. II was printed with the most
delicate Japenese designs in pink and
blue: and was made over a lining Of
bluette taffeta. II was covered with two
frills Of ACCORDION plated gauze edged
with ruches of bluette satin.
The yoke that was fun and cut IN
points was OF bluette velvet. A scarf Of
white spangled gauze was draped around
the COLLAR and tied in a. full bow az the
throat The embroidered ends extended
below the edge OF the collet.
Enough cannot be said In praise Of
the lovely parasols that these women OF
fashion carry on their dives. One that
I noticed particularly was simply cloud
Of white chiffon covered with butterflies
embroidered in gold.
These are not intended 20 be closed.
On the contrary they are 10 - carried
always open so as to flaunt their pretti-
ness to the breezes.
NINA NOOnWTN