The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-04-01
Fashions of the Day

There has been during the past week
grand unpacking Of models-gowns, I
mean, not persons--at all the dressmak.
ers. Every place one goes into one finds
an atmosphere Of suppressed excite.
ment. and a general air OF hustle and
hustle prevails In the various establish
ments which is 10 sharp contrast to the
quietude that reigned when miss Loeb
invar" came 'out OF the west" and first
inveigled me into going "trousseauing'
with her.
A great many Of the gowns we have
seen are very pretty, and in one or two
instances | was tempted to buy the only
original" gown, but the knowledge
that would Of a certainty see It and
all the other "original' gowns copied ad
nauseam before another month had gone
over my head prevented me from yield.
ing to weak moment Certainly II is q
bore to struggle with ones clothes in the
effort to have ones things individual
and smart az we'll. but in the end it pays
that is, IL you are q modish you are
sure to think it does. II a nodish can
not be smarter and more individual
than anyone else 10 the world, why,
they are looked upon In scorn by all the
rest Of the modish family.
Although many OF the model" gowns
are pretty and some few OF them OK.
ceedingly good style, must say have
yet to see any that are particularly
wonderful or startlingly new. The best
coats are short, an inch or two below
the waist.line only. Short jackets in
silk, that we're worn little last spring,
by few ultra.smsrt women. myself in.
cluded. will be generally worn this sea.
son. 1t's sensible, practical fashion,
for silk 10 cool and sheds dust delight
fully. and I could never SEE Why lee
autres were 80 slow about adopting the
fabric last year. Silk coats this year
will be made In black silk with polka
dots Of satin OF various sizee, % we'll a.
in plain silk tafietss. Wsistcosts OF
white and colored pique are worn with
these little jackets and the skirt may be
in silk or In cloth as one pleases.
One OF the model" gowns has the
coat in black-dotted silk and the skirt
in gray-dark gray-cheviot. The coat
has white pique waist coat, and tho
ensemble is really smart to degree that
delighted my modish soul.
Tucks are again in favor. Every
blouse one sees is made OF tucks of
some kind. with entire deux galore In.
troduced or else lace applique. The
last thing to be tucked is a coat. Il IL
the best model I have seen, The en-.
the coat is mass Of quarter inch tucks.
and is equally good dcne all in tsffeta
and cloth. The tucks are arranged
some on tho straight and some on the
bias. 90 that any clumsy effect is skill.
fully overcome. Then fiat piece of
taffets. or cloth, deliberately machine
stitched. outline the back, the double
breasted.f front, tho fsring collar and the
under arm seams.
There is also piece Of machine.
stitched taffeta or cloth that outlines
the waist and decends below il for an
inch or'two. This 10 not an ov.rcl.ar
description Of this fascinating garment.
know, but it happens to be really sp-
precisted. In the meantime. believe
me that'it 10 the smartest thing that
Paris has sent Nc 90 far this season.
The skirt to be worn with this Jacket
has the prevalent double skirt effect.