Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-10-19
pORTIl'S new YORK LETTER.

PUhllh j NEW luith bIilLlt'
PHYLLIS and I spent yesterday in New
va,b and We determined, before We
l ,v home, to get a look at some Of
ssn nav INNOVATIONS. We were fortu-
ln' DI enough TO be admitted to one Of
,bose ateliers of well-known dress
maker, u Baedelser OF fashion and
Wnrray of form. LET me show you some
somn am sending to Mrs. Blank, +" she
I'M TO MS. Il would like you to see
t tSem now, for they will not look well on
,be c" woman who ordered them. She has
nnt Tho air distingue that is necessary
~ carry OIL the present styles. " Very few
Somen can wear a novelty with the
WA Of French woman. One sees
ey here and there, but they ere seldom
,hs soclety women. You see them in
i he most expensive shops, at the
matipees and at the cafes. Who they
ara M, one knows, but they are always
nm 10 date. just now it is essential
ar n woman who wishes to appear we'll
5rossed to have the new figure, and
,h,t depends upon her corsets. 1t is
The ineXllicable something that dis
tinLulsneS IHe Wuilun WIN INV LOW
6rure from the ordinarily well-dressed
woman There are just two things that
make her. went on this dressmaker,
1.-THE way she holds herself and the
STAYS she wears.
And then some women have such a
vay of clinging to old traditions. For
Instance, a pretty blonde is told at Is
that she is lovely In pale pink and we
And her on the shady side of 30 still
wearing the same pinks, forgetting the
conditions have completely changed.
This is apt to be the case with all
women in regard to their clothes. They
gel an impression that certain style
peases them, and throughout all the
changes of fashion they cling to whit
/ often, later on, q distinct disadvan-
tape. A well-dressed woman should be
careful about the little things. ..Oh,
nut on shirt waist and skirt, " says
The careless athletic girl, THAT will
do" 1t sounds easy, it is easy, but
there is more than one way to do il
and on the howl depends whether q
Whman looks like a trump or a model
Of ELEGANCE. Once discover the pass.
word and you are oil right. But women
20 on wearing shirt waists and skirts
and looking like last years fashion
plates in blissful ignorance of the little
things that would change them into
up.to.date figures.
The shirt waist has always been the
all important centre round which al
the details gravitate. II your waist
was all right you beamed plaoidly ano
little else mattered. But the wais
has lost its Place and taken a back sea-
and the skirt is now the hallmark o.
fashion. You can carry off very
Is good. Therefore the skirts will bt
! the thing to look after this season, anc
the line of the we'll dressed woman
begins to tell at the waistband. 1t il
very safe to say that there will be nj
violent changes for the next five or si,
munths A year ago the skirts made I
decided change and it took the fashion
. leaders long time to get on to thes'
| lines, and the Paris designers ssemet
loathe to change them. OF the half
dozen gowns have imported this year
anyone Of them might have been mad
last season. Basques and panels on tn
skirts are as yet the only noticeabl
novelties, The new basque is decided
pretty. 1t is bodice with hip piece
attached to it. The hip pieces ar
often quite full and make prett
ripple over the tight skirts.
The bolero appears again in the tailo
models. Longer in front, with point
instead of square tabs. However
everything will continue much in tn
same style that was laid down for tn
last season. But let me whisper this
the shaped ruflies have had their day
They are passe and are only seen o
old models and ready-made chea
gowns. The tight straight skirt, flar
ing about the feet, will be the popula
thing, Bustles? Eyes" with a smile
you may expect them and on the wir
tor models you will see a pronounce
iournurp. Sleeves will be tighter an
waists longer if possible"
Phyllis and | came over on the
o'clock train and we iotted all this dow
on our notebooks. We had been
some luncheons and to dino at the Wa
dorf, and we agreed that never befol
has there been such magnificent gown
ing as this year. Scaled trimmin
had run riot, but its doom has bee
sounded by the bell Of autumn styl'
and lace, lace, lace. is the story, an
will be the cry everywhere throughol
the winter. think that the old woma
who went up in the sky and swel
down all the cobwebs in the dres
makers baskets this season.
Did you ever see SO many bowsY \
hair dressing seems complete witho'
an ornament of some kind. Black We
vet takes tho lead.
When we arrived at the Quaker Gil
and stood watching some of the WON'T
at the station, as skirts were lifted
SHOW trim ankles and dainty pctticoat
we decided that the silk one is doomt
at least for awhile, and white iace-trir
med ones have their innings. Of cour
the elaborate lace trimmed silk AHA
WI always be worn, but the woman
darty habits now makes herself a go'
supply of cambria petticoats.
Fur is seen everywhere, and the b
velvet turbans are not complete wit
out it,
Red and violet seem to be the up-t
date combination in colors for the
hats. Indeed, colors never on speak,
forms before are mixing in intima
relations. "
am tired out; the panorama OF col
Is dancing before my eyes. Ii y
want to know more you must come a
Da,iso