The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-05

who are little out of proportion would
do we'll to let it alone.
The Princess requires a rather full bust,
long, tapering waist and good hips.
Short-waisted women look well in the
blouse with a pointed belt somewhat like
girdle, making the waist look longer.
The Princess as worn in the street, Will
be buttoned either in the back or on
the side, and will be severely plain. The
yoke and sleeves can however, be of a
different material, with good results.
PRINCESS DRESSES.
The Princess is so difficult to fit that
home dressmakers better not attempt it
unless they feel pretty sure of them
selves. 1t is SO easy to make Princess
waist draw little on the sides or
wrinkle across the back that even pro-
fessionals sometimes fall into error. The
best goods for a Princess is a heavy
weight, not too heavy for comfort Of
course but heavy enough to hold it's
own.
In the street these dresses escape the
ground. but in the house they sweep the
floor all the way around.
A determined effort is being made to
revive the long skirt for the street, but
women of the magic circle known as the
Four Hundred do not wear long dresses
in the street, and it will be impossible to
make them fashionable. The walking
length is much more suitable and sensi-
BILE.
There are many new fabrics this
Spring known by fanciful names, but
they are all variations of the delightful
ohoI tba dur 81 rnRra and the
ever-popular family of silks. Velvet is
sold in light weight for less than 81
yard. A certain shop in New York re-
Gently had special sale of narrow width
velvet which it was disposing of at the
slaughter price of 40 cents per yard. Hap
pening in your city a few days later
1 saw the very same quality of velvet
selling a few cents cheaper. So you
have, right at your door, metropolitan
bargains at low price.
SILK DESIGNS.
In silks the faille and stamped foulards
show all kinds of designs in squares.
crescents and rings. They mark the re-
turn of the ever-graceful Persian palm
leaf design, but polka dots are rather
passe Blue in all shades is by far the
most popular, though black, and, occa-
sionaIly, a myrtle green or petun1a red is
seen but always with the white figures.
In the light woods cashmere, light cloth
and crepe de chine are all used success
fully to give the clinging effect, as also
are the beautiful French challies, often
with satin bayadere stripes.
Long coats will be made up of not only
the suitings, but silks as well. Sometimes
the fronts will be only rounding coat
length below the waist, with narrow tap
ering revers opening over full fancy
blouses of spangled or jetted nets, chiffons
or lace.
Black velvet ribbon is shown on many
of the new dresses. One illustrating this
was of mauve cashmere combined with
crepe de chine of the same shade. The
yoke. sleeve caps, and underskirt were
of the crepe embroidered with silk and
seouines in the Persian palm design
Across the cuirass front or cashmere a
huge bow knot of black velvet ribbon
was appliqued and holding the peplum
in front was another bow on the circu-
lar underSkirt.
A charming frock for a wee grille was
of myrtle green foulard, with great
splashes of white buttercups 1t had a
woke and sash of plain green silk. The
French idea of short skirts and long
waists for little girls is being adopted by
the smart set, and socks or colored stock
ings and shoes to match are worn by
children of six years.
NEW COLORS
The new colors this Spring will be olive
white among the white shades, and auto
mobile red in the bright reds; brick red
will also be a fashionable color. In fact
there will be many reds worn. The new
blue is pearl blue, which is something
like crap only deeper. The new green is
celery green which is a yellowish
oh q M hut
with a great deal more yellow in it. .
We are going, into the vegetables this
year, as shown by the popularity of arti-
pink, cherry crimson potato brown, car
rot orange, and squash chrome
We also have again old-fashioned plum
and last Springs pear green.
MARY GOODWIN HUBBELL.