The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26

You have already seen the fall tailor
made with its Elton jacket OF its fetching
little bOleTo. but the afternoon or the
evening toilet with this same becoming
little coat is a real novelty. The after
noon toilet We illustrate this week is an
example Of this style, also of the mingling
# silk and velvet, which Is fashions
whim for the coming season. For the ele-
CANT walking dress other than the jacket
and skirt. We are now committed TO the
skin tight gown. This class OF tailor made
must fit without wrinkle until the knee
is reached. From that point IL flares de-
cidedly, though this fact does not make
it's weaTer any more comfortable. All this
Is In direct contradiction to all We have
been led 10 expect and shows that even
/ the great dressmakers do not make the
! styles. They create models but women
! adopt them or reject them, as they see
| fit. 1t is a pretty safe thing to say in this
connection that one or more of the fash
! ion leaders In Paris just now must have
elegant forms which they are thoroughly
| resolved to display. Our back view this
week shows the correct outlines for this
class Of costumes. In tho case of the two
piece gown, the joining between waist and
skirt is made as inconspicUoUs as posi-
ble
For instance, ! have come upon black
cloth made very long and very tight, with
a palm design in black lace inserted at in
tervals upon ii, with the outline strongly
marked with two waving lines of che
nile. The dress is lined with bright pas
tel blue silk. which shines discreetly
through the meshes of the black lace 1t
( is made as a simple princess robe, which
means that the skirt fastens above the
bodice as invisibiy as the narrow stitched
/ band will allow The collar and small
round yoke is Of pastel blue velvet dotted
with tiny spots of chenille of a darker
shade.
| To return to the bolero. I nave been
/ shown a pretty white cloth dress made
with two narrow flounces en- forme at the
! bottom of the skirt. and strappings of
| channels cloth. The bolero bodice is cut
/ in the form of gentleman's dress vest
| and trimmed with a double row of cha
mois strappings around the opening, and
| descending to the end of the bolero In
| front and continued down the skirt. The
| bolerO fastens on one side with two large
| chamois buttons. The chemisette worn
with this costume is in pale blue mousse
| line de sole very finely tucked. and the
/ large bow tied beneath the chin is of the
| same color and material.
Some New Materials.
I have been the round.of the stores this
| week and find that plain fabrics will be
| considered better style than anything
! else but there are some delightful items
| to relieve the monotony. The fancy cash
meres and wooden bengalinas show stripes
! in silk so potential that the material II
! the first glance would seem 10 be made of
| the super-added fabric. Others have lace
stripes and minute spots, for we must
| recognize that spots are not disregarded,
and that they play their parts in the ipI-
mediate modes. Vicuna is SO useful that
we are all glad that it remains with Us,
| and matelasse is come back again after
I d somewhat new order with check effects.
/ Fancy spots figure on useful whipcord, and
/ in all these there is no particular run of
any one color A good many of the stGffs
have self-colored spots, and these are
specially introduced on the material CT
woven of the cashmere yarn. There are
( shot coatings with pin Spots in color CT
/ black, and vice versa, and the newest
stripes are of the very finest hair order
I our market is flooded for the moment
with materials of tartan mixtures. anJ
there is a great feeling for Scotch tweeds
Amazon cloth, which is certainly most
fashionable in plain colJrs, has been
brought out with pin stripes, admirably
! suited to bicycling gowns. Shepherds
Maids in red and white, black ana white
brown and white. and navy ana white are