The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06

Ut WHILE tne air II raw ard cald
~ N II and the ground sun show
A\AAE ing traces Of tns bea9ttfaI
AWAN STOW a. 81 e known is &eg
York. the shop Sinaows are
filled with TIE daiBtl.sfs
sisieyt ard finest OF fabFies-xonderfni err1-
isFcidereti rngslins sscss we're brought
years ago from the mysterious countries
beyond THE seas, printed musins s1sE as
Mary Washington wore. wonderful eon-
srasss In color in the dainty cotton mate
.iais that seem 10 have igef8nGsa 10 the
DAYS OF Marie AntosneiFe and Petit Trs3-
non. And with IL az hey arc - caeapi
Wren our muslin gowns were brought ny
seE2e tyagesinX cousin from China. fhsT
were really worth their weight b. gold
When domestic manufactures were uu-
known, a eoft0n fFock was almost as sx-
,senssse Al q woolen one. Bet nowadays,
when clever American girls draw the de-
signs when wonderful Ameria an iooms
weave tho material the beautiful artistic
fabric II within the rsaeh even az the
man ~so has 10 economic.
She IL the wise woman wi1a buys her cot
ton ffocks while IL II set winter. Why
Because she has her choice OF designs and
because she can set her material while IL Il
Yet fresh and before IL shows the effect OF
passing through many hands Then. get
ting the material 50 early. the wise woman
can devote plenty of time TO choosing her
decorations and 10 seiectiag the modes in
which her gowns shall BE-. Perhaps she
has chosen dainty white muslin with 1T
tie dots shfckiy embroidered upon IL. She
goes 10 no pattern house for her design a
month ago there came from Paris some
photographs of famous French beauties in
their summer toilets. and II Is these she
VIII initiate. Her dotted muslin viii be
made after tho fashion ~ that worn by
Mile. Yahne as she energies from between
two velvet curtains. The skirt is finished
with three tiny fufiies while the bodice
has tucked yoke and eorsage decorated
with frifls OF faIsnciennaA lace and inEeF-
ton. Tho sleeves are glove fitting. but
trimmed atth the lace. while the crush belt
and soft collar are Of white silk. rhieg
Immensely so. And yet while Ii IL IN tho
ssyae IL does not after i serviIe fashion
Initiate the gown worn by Dorothy. Gwen
dcEeB or Cynthia,
Another cotton Is made after one OF Anna
Held's newest frocks This shows a dec
Grafton Of the dainty ruffles edged with
narrow lace. while big white paraEol is
made--in the photo. at least-so seem a
special part Of the toilet. But IL Is her
Jacket of which the wise woman Is PROUD
est this spring-the Jacket oyer which all
Paris n raving. IL j. the dainty little coat
worn by that wonderful beauty Marsy In
her last new play. II Is OF bright red
eioth sfV%ihk lapsi GaclfikS or white, but
the coat Itself Ia so cut that. though IL
fits the figure. there Is a certain Iaxiiy To
the front which IN an ingenious cnmpro-
nfsse between the bsgging OF the ubluul-
fess blouse and the severity Of the classic
Jacket. Surely the wise woman c3ald not
choose three better models than those pic.
tured. fer the French actress even on the
stage. never goes 70 an extreme and al
ways sets the mode In England and
America the actress initiates tle ladies' of
tho great world. In Paris the most arts
tie dreAsmsker brings all her genius TO
lear unou "A toilet for the stage, since she
- sure that II will be extensively copied
by the most fashionable women. As -