The times., 1899-02-26
Spring FLOWERS,
LACES And TULLE
Ribbon Shirt Waists Are the
Coming Fad.
Also Glass Buttons as Big as De-
canter Shoppers.
other Novelties Are OversLirts and
Transparent Wool
Goods.

until Easter. The cry that becomes al
most universal now is for overskirts, and
tulle toques and transparent goods in wool,
baptiste in cotton, and satine-faced foulard
in silk. Such is the epTome of spring
STYLES, and now for the enhancing little
details To begin with everything that can
be possibly trimmed with yards upon yards
of narrow gathered ribbon is trimmed with
it. 1t comes all prepared in narrow lutte
string width, with a cording down the
centre pull on one of the ribbons turns
the cord into a drawstring, though the rib
bon can be quite as prettily put to very
orthodox uses.
So exceedingly lovely are some of the
Morris patterns for ribbons this spring that
they retail at s1.75 per yard, and this is
for ribbon only three and one-half inches
wide. Their commanding beauty of color
and unusual charm of decoration have in
spired some thoughtful soul TO set the
fashion of having shirt waists made OF
lengths of ribbon laid together, The rib
bon edges are united by a beading on
very narrow lace inserting or piping OF
some satin in a solid color.
Such shirt waists are made with the rib
bon running lengthwise or crosswise OF
the figure. and are the result of the siren
uous efforts to find something new in fan
cy bodices that threaten to be done to
death Another species of ribbon, yely
much used for this purpose, is the rich
white or mauve article striped with black
velvet A richer fabric than this it is i'm
possible to find, and the ribbon par excel
lence for the hordes of muslin frocks soon
to be Undertaking. about us, is very
much grained taffeta that is soft withal,
and edged with a narrow chined floral
band that finishes in fringe. The fringe
is merely the raveled edge of the ribbon,
and is stamped with the floral pattern,
too.
The new way of using ribbon around
the neck is to buy one three or four inch
es wide, pass it twice around the throat
tie bow under the chin, carry the ends
down to the waist knot smaller bow
there and then let two sliced tabs fall
three inches below this second bow, which
is made fast to the dress or shirt waist by
means of an ornamental pin Pretty
fronts are made of colored tulle powdered
with large silk dots and worn as above
described, while cut white crystal buttons,
some of them as big as the tops OF decan-
ter shoppers, and some of them with little
pictures in their depths, have made every
other species of button look eminently
passe-
II you drop in for a half hours talk
with your milliner, she will tell you that
your spring walking hat must be of felt
or straw, with rather tall alpine or su-
gar loaf crown and a perfectly fat jutting
brim. This goes by the name of the Tyro-
lese, for 1t appears that this is an adap-
tation of the headgear popular in the Ty-
rol.
A Tyrolese hat has roll of straw trim
ming cast about the crown, knot OF il on
one side, and then the proudest, longest
red and green tail feather from a naughty
bsrnyard lord stuck into the knot Very
often a roll of some coiored silk is laid
. inside the straw trimming TO lend tone,
and the top of the crown is woven we'll
open 10 give the head plenty of ventila
ton
It is strange but true that the prettiest
flowers that have appeared at the millin-
ers' so far, are sheafs of hyacinths. Stran-
ger and truer is that they are going TO be
very much worn because they are so art
fully put together and so deliciously col
ored that they produce most graceful
decoration. a black tulle hat, with full
wreath of what they call market hya-
NlEAHS iAudA thtlE EiddaAIoA IA
tones of purple), bound about the crown,
and nothing more, is about the prettiest
half-mourning millinery any woman can
wear.
Bridemaids' hats are the only wide
brimmed ones seen, and when made OF
white tulle and under-side of the brin is
ornamented with rows on rows OF narrow
white gathered ribbon. All this wedding
magnifcence is expected to be tied under
,ta in, b,-a fnl TIA K
ing on things bridal, the low-necked mar
riage gown and bridesmaids gown has
come into fashion again. Sleeves are still
long, and all the brides and their attend
ants wear the fat pendant curl on the left
shoulder, falling even to the bust. Lots
of bridesmaids have powdered their han
this year, and the effect is said to be very
nice indeed
These were referred to above, and it /.
only fair TO tell those who live in warn
climates in summer to give their attention
TO the etamines, mohair grenadines, lac,
poplins. etc. that make up our colored silk
into such cool, seryiceable costumes. Wo
men who look for pretty business anC
travelling suits can't go far amiss In havin;
any one of these worked into the form 0
walking skirt and coat. Be sure TO hay
the coat short an Eton behind, IL the fig
ure admits, with rather longer fronts
rounded or pointed at the bottom.
There are all sorts of new devices re
sorted 10 in the makeup of the popula
net and lace gowns. Economical womei
who still want to be within the pale O
the mode, get lovely effects in Tosca ne
OF silk point d'esprit, 10 which they sey
with their own fair hands, after the dress
maker has done her part, an abundance o
spangles. The spangles when bought b.
the box are cheap. II is putting then
on in complicated figures that brings VI
the price of spangled net so high. In tw'
or three evenings woman can spangle he
own gown. Not in elaborate patterns,
is true, but quite effectively enough an
the spangles she sews on remain twice a
long as those on the costly ieweled net
The most interesting sort of an evening
gown. for a young girl. is white poin
d'esprit peppered with silver spangles an
made up over pink silk slip that has on
thickness of pale green chiffon between tn
net and the silk.
In the finishing of OF the waist line O
an evening dress, the skirt top can fit owe
the basque bottom or the waist bottom
claim supremacy. Slim wasted women ar
very fond of drawing length of the soft
est Liberty ribbon about their waists an
making a small bowknot OF the end
through a small buckle or ornament 0
briliiants.
The same method is often pursued wit
regard to q neck decoration-with ou
practical summer shirt waists the virtue
OF a smart new belt can be advocated.
Is a velvet girdle, matter of an inch I
an inch and half wide and all button
holed about the edges with bullion thread
In place OF a buckle. holes in one end {
the velvet band slip over gilt buttons /
the other end, and by means OF a sere
OF holes and buttons IL is possible to max