Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-08
vOMAN'S INTERESTS.

The American women in Paris. for
their beauty and excellent taste in
dress. are receiving very favorable
comment The following Paris letter is
clipped from San Francisco paper:
The dressmakers have risen to the
occasion offered by the crowds OF for
eigners in Paris, and it is an open qucs-
ton whether the Exposition on the
banks of the Seine or the shop windows
and show-rooms on the boulevards arc
winning the greater amount OF money
and attention.
MRS. Potter Palmer is one OF the fair
Americans beloved of the Partisan
dressmaller. because she is handsome
shows off n fine gown to the greatest
advantage. has quite faultless taste and
never begrudges the price OF lovely
creation. She lunched last week In the
gardens beside the horticultural houses
in most commendable study In
mauve. The goods was lovely etaminc,
which. though made in abominated and
perlidiouS Albion, is used in a thousand
styles by French dressmakers, who can
find no other light wool goods one half
so durable, cool and graceful. The skirt
of Mrs. Palmer's gown was set off by
double rows of cream guipure insertion
about the foot, down the front. across
the back and in seven bands over the
hips. Both yoke and collar OF her waist
were made of bluette blue panne over
laid with cream guipure. and from the
yoke fell gracefully about her shoulders
broad. lace-tfimmed collar OF eta
mine.
ION top of the lady's lovely silvery
hair was set a hat of mauve Grin,
bound about the crown with one band
of black velvet. which seemed to be
the stronghold of pair of very downy
pumes of darkling blue that nodded
directly in front. White gloves, 1t was
observed. were worn with this. They
were fastened at the wrist by two very
big dark blue pearl buttons and
stitched. in tone of blue to match, on
either back. When the luncheon was
| over and the lady rose she unfurled an
extremely charming sunshade OF blue
taffeta. the handle ending in gilt
rams horn. and all the inside of the
sillten dome was lined with cream lib
erty tissue, frilled about with narrow
blond lace, so that 1T seemed as il n
cloud of some fairy texture foated in
side the canopy.
THAT is the way, however, with all
the newest paraso!s. Many of them are
lined with accordion plated chiffon.
silk muslin. and even the finest tulle
This lining does not reach quite to the
rib edge of the silk. but is drawn full
over the wire supporters that run from
the ribs out to the stick. Here a lace
fril is whipped on. and the result is
misty fullness filling in all the inside
of the sunshade when 1t is open
Another famousy we'll dressed
American woman at the Paris Exposf-
| ton is Mrs. Ogden Mills. who takes her
| tea every afternoon in the lovely gar
den Of that choicest little hotel on the
Place Vendome. Mrs. Mills wore the
other afternoon an enchanting little
suit of black stripes converged at the
waist line. Over these tucks ran seal
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waist opened broadly upon the shout
der and bust to display yoke and vest
of white embroidered silk. Tabs OF tur-
Quoise blue velvet depended from the
front of the yoke. where a scarf OF
| black chiffon knotted upon the bust and