Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-11

wear Easter goWns-if they can get them
but in Paris everybody has an Easter
dress.
Nor is this confined to tailor made
walking suits alone. A new dinner dress
for Easter is as much a necessity as a
street gown.
This year the popular Easter entertain
ment will be the dinner dance. which is a
delightful function here. The dinner
dance, as known in Paris. consists Of a
very elaborate dinner of ten courses 10
which the dowagers and q few young
people are invited. After dinner. which Is
served at s O'clock, the young people ar
rive, coming about midnight. There is a
short dance. then comes supper, followed
by the c~otillon which lasts until almost
daylight. That is the genuine dinner
dance.
1t is a charming thing to see some OF
the dresses that are now being built for
these Easter functions. They are so de-
lightful both in material and cut! SO
absolutely novel; and SO distinguished
from last seasons modes are they that
they catch the eye at once.
NEW STYLES.
Fashions have so changed since last
year that the styles Of a season ago seem
absolutely Gothic compared to this years
fashions. They are different in the cut OF
the skirt, the shape Of the waist and alb
solutely different in the sleeves, which
are now so tight that they make the
hands ed. Many of the dresses are
without shoulder trimming, although
most of them have a little ruf1le or epau-
lette upon the shoulder.
The Princess is lin" It's long, trying
lines are seen upon figures good, bad n
Indifferent. A descendant of a famous
dressmaker once told a stout American
lady who applied to him for a Princess
dress that "only angels Should wear the
Princess
But I would like to wear a Princess"
said she.
Then I shall put angel wings upon
1T replied the dressmaker. And he did.
After fashioning the Princess for this
stout lady he added wings to the should
ers and to the hips, relieving the plain
ness of the Princess. 1t really made quite
q different garment of it-thOse sleeve
wings and the ~paniers.
Paniers are coming in style again but
you see few of them as yet.
Your correspondent had the pleasure a
few days ago of attending a dress rehear-
sal of Easter dinner dance gowns. Five
Z tIllC OlI II dNS SNl
spending Lent in Paris We're trying on
the dresses which they will wear during
Easter week.
DRESS FOR A BLONDE.
Ona Of them a tall, willowy blonde with
a figure like the typical angel was trying
a gown built out of soft white silk. 1t
was very tight fitting and lay over the
nips with unwrinklod smoothness.
The skirt was lined with a delicate
of yellow satin and fell in graceful
folds about the figure.
The gown WIS a Princess with an alb
breviated train. The bodice was decol-
lette cut in the shape of a Y. Around
the neck was a trimming of accordion
chiffon which was continued up
the skirt in overskirt effect. The
trimming was in white and russo green
arranged in ruffles. The green ruffle was
set above the white ore, the latter af-
fordinG a soft, fresh lining for the for lleT.
Around the throat was a narrow band
of green velvet ribbon clasped at the
back with a diamond catch. The sleeves
were tight and finished with rutfles OF
green and white. White kid gloves will
be worn and g hand painted fan with
pearl sticks will be carried when the
Young woman appears at the Easter din
ner dance.
A pretty brunette, also the owner of a
very handsome figure, was gowned in a
toilette of bluish-pink crepe traced in vio-
let designs. This is one of the new ma
~terials. 1t is something like the custom
airy crepe, except that it is less open and
the figures are of satin instead of silk.
i have seen it in nearly all of the new coll
Ors.
There was nothing unusual about the
skirt except the way in which the trim
ming was arranged. 1t was close fitting
over the hips with much flare around the
feet, and a short train. The belt was OF
violet satin ribbon and the ends, instead
of being allowed to hang free were
brought around to the front of the skirt
crossed and pinned in place with a NINA
ture brooch edged with ~amethysts and
pink pearls.
The bodice fastened at the side and was
full at the front, though the fullness was
scarcely noticeable. The neck was cut
square at the front but was high in the
back. Tt was finished with a rather sailor
like collar of embroidered violet silk
made upon a foundation of pink. The
collar was finished with two narrow
frills of bluish-pink lisse.
A small V-sha ped vest of the same ma
terial showed timidly from under two
straps of violet satin. which we're crossed
and fastened at the side seams. Like the
skirt decoration these straps were con-
fined with a miniature pin framed witt
amethysts and pink pearls. A ran OF
small ostrich tips will be the only other
ornament to the gown.
One of the members of this quintette OF
lovely women was a debutante, who was
presented Christmas week. Her gown is
Of thin, silky goods and shows two
shades of green-sea green and the Ole
fashioned bottle green. The skirt has a
diamond shaped trimming upon each
side finished with a heading of the dress
..-. F-l,1 g :, t-iY ~ ~ =, r 10 clp,
posed of light green chiffon embroidered
with the dark shade, and the lower edges
are finished with a deep ruffie. The bod
ice is treated in the same way with the