Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-31

present is made OF lace, velvet, bro
cade. jeweled embroidery, and even
narrow bands of Russian sable. And
automobile coats and bicycle costume
are positive necessities, not TO speak of
short gown appropriate for rainy
weather, a long coat. and above every
thing else dust cloak, which last, by
the way, is one of the most bewitching
things that fashion can furnish. One
OF these gowns made for bicycling is
in two shades of linen a light and a
dark blue. The upper part of the skirt
cut in yoke shape, is of the dark blue,
with the lower of light blue. There is
blazer coat of the light blue with a
waistcoat of the dark, and the way in
which the two shades are combined
shows the French cleverness to per-
lection, for it outlines the figure and
at the same time gives slender APP
pearance. A dust cloak in beige mo-
hair is so long that it reaches to the
foot of the skirt is half fitting, and
finished with shaped ruff1e that goes
around the entire garment, with
high, faring collar and reveres. The
reveres are arranged so that they can
be folded under when the coat is but
toned, and the buttons are superb Gre
atoms of the jewelers. skill This is
only simple dust cloak and consid-
cred very cheap, yet the price asked
for it would at one time have been
thought sufficient to buy two or three
frocks in Paris
"A great deal is said about the Exposition
buildings not being finished and the gem
eral air of excitement and hustle but to
Keen observer there is a great deal of
quiet easy going among the work people,
who seem to be interested in what they
are doing, but who evidently do not in
tend to be rushed to death. There is moth
ing more interesting than to drive to the
Exposition and watch these people at
work. 1t is quite the thing to do, and al
ready it is possible to see many of the
new styles in clothes. One thing that is
seen at once by anybody, whether they
are interested in clothes or not, is the ex-
traordinary effect that is given TO the fig
ure by the way in which light and white
cloths are used in yokes. These fit the
shoulders and the back very closely and
then the material of the gown is put be-
low 1t, so that from a distance the effect
is that of a daringly decolette waist; but
of course these are only idle thoughts,
and the fashion is one that is very popu-
lar. A gown of this description that has
met with great favor, judging from the
number of particular styles that one sees,
is made in gray and black or the favorite
shepherd plaid, of which French women
always have at least one gown. 1t is
trimmed with stitched gray cloth of a
very light shade, and the cloth fits the
upper part of the figure, including the
upper part of the arms, as if it were the
skin itself, The light cloth is again re-
peated at the foot of the skirt and for a.
short distance on the box pleat just below
the belt. The belt, by the way being very
narrow, the entire gown is in pleats, but
arranged in some marvellous fashion that
gives slender lines. Another smart gown
is of challi, which is to be a very favorite
material, and which some dressmakers
taffeta silks. This gown has white
ground with arabesques of stone blue
With yoke of guipure lace with dark blue
velvet ribbon, and with a succession of
dark blue velvet on the lower skirt it is
finished with little gold buttons that APP
parently hold the wide pleats Of the skirt
in position.
Another gown seen the same day was
one of the bareges, another of the new
fabrics of the year In color it was gray,
green and black; the skirt was pleated,
but at regular intervals was slashed to
show deep yoke at the upper part of the
skirt made of guipure lace. Where the
skirt was slashed it was held together
with bands of black velvet ribbon, inter-
laced in trellis effect The waist was in
| draped folds, edged with lace and cut
open in V-shape back and front, with the
same trellis embroidery as on the skirt
and with an abnormally high lace collar.
shaped so that there were points behind
the ears
The hats are bewitching, of all the diff
ferent kinds of straw and many new
kinds, including a variety of material
that was never intended for headgear.
net the old-fashioned Panama hats and
the new-fashioned ones, all are seen and
trimmed with big bows and rosettes, or
with flowers and bows, but each and
everyone so unique and becoming that
they would quite put to scorn the old
time dream of an Easter bonnet, and the
man who would make a complaint of any
price that his wife would want to pay for
one of these specimens of milliner' s.
skill would never get his case with a Jury,
provided the woman was allowed to wear
the bonnet in court. 1t is just as well
these hats are becoming, for the price of
hats has, like everything else in Paris adj
vanced materially since last year, and any
one who wishes to consult economy had
best buy their hat before they leave
America, and at the same time go to
some scientist and have their moral back
bone strengthened If they cannot have
their bank account enlarged sufficiently
TO meet the prices asked