Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-05

country dampness. They have woven a jul
dicious amount of fine mohair with the mus
lin and have produced an ideal fabric in con-
sequence. Instead of the sharp, almost
singing colors used last season they have
taken popular fancy at its word and pro-
duced the most variegated list of adorable
grays in their mohair muslins and then en-
broidered on the crisp surface in white and
black.
No woman's heart but must yearn over a
counter full of these beauties that are
double width and cost from so cents to S1.25
a yard. They are meant for makeup over
colored slips, of course, and the bust models
seen so far show skirts cut almost tight to
the knees, ~bristling and billowing below with
a series of five to nine small flounces below
that point. Another commendable freak is
that of edging muslin frills with a very mar
row gathered quilting of ~taffeta, both its
edges fringed.
Advice from Paris.
From Paris comes the advice to cease
fastening any skirts behind and as often as
not to wear with muslin or cloth pouched
lace blouses, buttoning up behind or ON the
shoulder and under lhe arm. Many women
arc buying with their mohair-muslin
gowns enough of the goods to have a toque
made to match each costume, and they are
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quilts, colored in pale rose and wedgwood
blue and fastening all the trimming with
silvered or gilded skewers that the milliners
have Just got in stock.
All Silver White.
But to go back to fannel-embroidered
silver white flannel is quite the most modish
possibility for spring. Bridesmaids and even
brides are going to wear it, and the reason
why Is plain enough, it is so brilliant and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is a white that has
q sheeny surface, like satin, and then on
this surface is woven in cream white silk
any form or ornament, from a polka dot
to wreaths of flowers. AS a result we
have a novelty that comes like the spangled
net In dress pieces, ready to put on a foun-
dalton and needing no decoration. Some of
these tints are made up with overskirts
falling In a series of Columbine points upon
knee deep knife pleatings and sometimes
the skirt seems to open all the way from
hip to foot by means of a series Of charm
ing little buttons.
Quite as handsome and fresh to the eye
are the spring cloth dresses, layishly
adorned with silk fringe. Now from time
to time there has been talk and speculation
about fringe, but at the present moment
1t has arrived and will make its presence
ornamentally felt in the Easter dress pa
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every woman's heart. Some boarding souls
have rich old fringes twenty years old to
bring forth from trunks and linen wrap
pings and haunt in their friends envious
faces. These flowers run from three inches
to three feet in depth, with the tasselly
finish to the open meshed net portion quite
deep.
A shade of willow or stem green Henrietta
cloth, silk poplin, or rich mohair is most
approvedly contrasted with black or a shade
of green so deep 1t is termed depth of-the-
forest green and here Is where the fringe
comes in. You have a plain, slightly trained
skirt and you lay your deep or narrow
tlounoe around 1t in two rows from the
knees down, or lay on in points. Over
your green waist you place your fringe in
a pouohed front from the bust down, let
ting the tassels fall out about your hips,
and thus arrayed you will get your due