Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-04-06
SOME NEW YORK FASHIONS

me various spring openings held at
present are most attractive, but Just a
tribe beWildering in the quantities of
dlHerent gowns that are displayed
mere is no one particular style OF
gown exhibited, but there are street
gowns, house gowns, evening gowns.
and gowns for every known and many
unknown oceasions-each and all of
which are fascinating in texture, color
ana design. Undoubtedly the fashions
LOT the spring and summer of 1899 are
more alluring than usual. The fab
rlcs that are used are so MANY and
varied that too much monotony is pre-
vented, and although, of course, three
or four different distinctive coors are
particularly fashionable, as is always
the case, there is wider range than
usual, and this makes more variety of
cholce. The new styles as regards the
change in the cut of the skirts is very
marked-too marked altogether to he
safe for the generality of people to at
tempt; and, indeed, too much canno,
be said as to the danger of adopting
the present extreme styles without due
consultation as to ones shape anu size.
Tor there Is danger of a graceful. AL
most artistic, fashioa being made a
carlcature of by amateur dress-making
and poor taste combined. There is no
reason why the present exaggerated
style of skirt should not be modified
TO be becoming to everybody, but un-
quesuonably most of the styles are in
tended for slender people, and conse-
quently are quite unsuitable to stout
or short women. There are more mid
summer gowns, as they appear to be.
exhibited at the first openings at the
modlStes than there are of any other
KIND except the tailor-made gowns.
The reason for this is, probably, thai
people like to get their summer things
out OF the way very early in the sea-
son. Judging from what we see ex-
hlblted, it is to be great year for
the wearing of wash materials Last
summers intense heat seems to be
taken as warning of what we are to
expect again, and everybody is busy
preparing for the worst. There are
great many more materials, such as
are worn by people in tropical climates
now being exhibited. There are pine
apple gauzes, muslins of every texture.
dimities, Madras suitings, gnghams.
percales and lawns. Many of them
are so woven that they look like silk.
and are of a color dark enough to
wear in the street even for hard wear.
The piques are to be as fashionable as
ever, and are even lighter in weight
that has stood the test of public crit
icism, and is firmly established as
good material for hard wear. 1t is 70
be used in the jacket and skirt cos
tunes that are sold ready made
Some of the skirts are circular, others
have the attached founce OF last year,
and still others are gored. The jack
cts are all short, on the blazer style,
and are to be worn open to show the
shirtwaist or false front. The Jacket
finished all around in scallops, with
scalloped revers, is very smart.
There are, too, the fy-front coats that
were seen last year, and also the cut
Always. The dark piques are trimmed
with bands of the same material, or
with wh..e duck or linen: sometimes
with black duck or black linen The
smartest are trimmed with the same
color as the costume. -Harpers Bazaar