The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-05

all. Her hat was yellow straw plenti-
fully draped with yellow chiffon, and
the wings adjoining It were of yet an
other yellow; at her throat she wore
a yellow bow, and the lining of her
brown serge skirt was mustard yellow,
in, 1 presume, the most bilious shade
she could procure. I walked after her
for some distance and longed-yes, posi-
tive'y longed-to be able to say to her:
DO get a contrast next time, there's
a dear girl Believe me, you have not
got matching bump" But we were
strangers, and so perforce l held my
peace.
1t IS by her attention to details that
the French woman has secured for her
self the position she now holds in the
world of dress. The other day, at a
SALE l saw well-borne-out example of
this in the person of a charming woman
who, 1 heard her say to her friend,
had just returned from Paris. To be-
gin with, the gown in question was
blue serge-just ordinary English scrge,
neither better nor worse. The skirt, a
perfectly plain one, was very long; in
fact. though not trained, it quite
touched the ground. The lin
ing was of a dull heliotrope glaze
silk, finished at the edge by a smart
little double frill. The coat, we'll, the
best description l can give of it is to
say that it more resembled a basqued
and banded Elton than anything else.
Let me make my meaning clear. The
upper, or coat, part was Eton-!lhe kept
In at the waist by a smart band, fast
eHing by an antique silver buckle. The
basque fitted au merveil, and was
wi hout sUs icion of dizziness. It, and
indeed, the whole coat, was lined with
glace silk, matching that of the skirt.
The reVerS were rather narrow ones,
much and deliberately braided with
black silk military braid, as were the
sleeves and the jaunty little collar, the
latter, by the way, being so fashioned
that 1t could be worn either up or down
and looked equally well both ways. L
saw this for myself, for when the wear
er rose she pulled it up to her pretty
little ears.
The vest-for the coat being Eton-
esque necessltated wearing a veSt-was
of black chiffon over heliotrope silk
tucked in a truly wonderful manner
when one considers what exceedingly
difficult stuff to manipulate chiffon is.
At the throat it was finished by an
enormous bow, also of black chiffon
clasped in the center by a cut-steal
buckle. The hat worn was of dark
blue satin straw, somewhat inclining
to the mushroom shape, though of very
moderate size In front two ostrich
tips Cblack) were set either way, and
were clasped in the center by SINH
lar buckle to that worn at the throat
AT the back the hat turned up sharp
iy, and bore half a dozen outstanding
bows, wired, of course, of heliotrope
ribbon. There was, needless to say,
the usual bandeaus, this time at the
back, however; but it was completely
concealed by a huge bunch of black
velvet roses with dull-gold hearts, like
nothing in nature, certainly, but none
the less pretty for that. The gloves
worn were of the palest shade of he
liotrope, almost white, and daintily
stitched with black. I sat for a long
time, quite forgetting my lunch, en-
joying instead the sight of what was
a truly charming and moreover, dis
tinguished looking costume At last
Its wearer rose to go, and then I dis
covered that her love of detail had not
stopped short of hat and gloves en-
suite, for, when she swung her skirts
to one side and grasped them tightly
yet gracefully, preparatory to crossing
the road, I saw that the upon she
wore was also of a dull shade of he
lictrope. 1t had innumerable little
fiounces, to be exact, at least some
eight or ten, perhaps more. Each of
these was cut on the cross, and piped
at either edge with black silk piping.
After that put up my lorgnette to try
and find out what her stockings were
like, and, sure enough they, too, re-
peated that keynote of heliotrope The
smart little bottines were of patent
leather with broad flaps.
Now. you cant imagine how an