The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-15
SOME EASTER STYLES
HANDSOME THINGS THAT WILL BE
WORN BY THE WOMEN.
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with Beautifully
GOwned Women To-day.

Easter is always associated in the minds
of women with new gowns and bonnets,
and. in fact. a complete new outfit. For
weeks before Easter the fashionable mod
istes work night and day trying to please
their customers by turning out new gowns
TO be worn on Easter Sunday for the first
time. 1t is said that the majority of per-
sons, that is. women, flock TO church on
Easter Sunday, not only to hear a sermon.
but also to view the gowns and bonnets
worn by their friends, and also TO show off
their own.
One of the late advices from the East,
and, indirectly, from Paris. is that the
styles worn by our grandmothers are going
to be fashionable again. Not that the
styles are going to change Immediately, but
the undercurrent is for a complete revision.
which must occur within the next few
months The present vogue-tailor-made.
bolero, princess and other costumes, with
plated, clinging s~kirts-will move out of
the style procession. and a new set of ideas
will take their place. Empire style it will
be, but Of the second empire. The Josephine
styles will be ~supplanted by those of Eu-
genie. The new point in the skirts will
be the abandonment of the trained skirt
in favor of the round or bell-shaped.
Simplicity is the keynote of the style of
dress which will be adopted for street wear
during the coming summer. and, on the
other hand, nothing will be too elaborate.
either in construction or adornment, for
dressy gowns for receptions or driving. On
these lace, fringe and embroidery will be
used in profusion. Black t~oilettes for sum-
mer will be decidedly in favor. Black
crepe de chine will be fashionable, trimmed
in black Chantilly lace or embroidered in
Self-color.
Among the assortment of new neckwear
shown there are some handsome scarfs i'm
ported from India and Japan. These scarfs,
which are to be very fashionable with
evening gowns, are about a yard and a
quarter square and fashioned of the most
delicate silk crepe. Some have exquisitely
drawn patterns in floral designs, while
others are decorated with embroidery. The
scarfs, which come from India. are of some
sheen material with beautifully embroid-
cred flowers. These japanese and India
scarfs are sold for from IS to SIS. Other
made in this country, and some
imported from France, is fashioned or
molines, mousselines, chiffons and liberty
silks in all the colors imaginable. They
come in jabots, with ruchings and ribbon
trimmings, and bows or in ties n are
variously priced. In this line of neckwear
everything is crinkled, or, as the French
say, soufle, which means very light and
frothy. The tight, hard. plain goods. al
though neat and very well suited to tailor
made gowns, are not particularly good
form, neither are they quite as new as the
many things which are shown in the light
materials.
In the parasol department there are a
variety of styles, of which the French goods
are perhaps the handsomest. The parasols
nave one point in common, whether manu-
featured in France or America, and that
is in the style of the handle. The handles
are all princess style. with a rosette. or
bow, or tassel and fringe as a trimming on
the stick. Several of the French parasols
shown had lace insertion in the same color
as the covering, making a very pretty
effect. Another one shown, a black silk
and satin check, has a border OF lace. An
other one was a delicate French gray, with
jeweled embroidered butterflies strewn over
the cover. A white silk parasol had black
lace butterflies over the entire cover. An
other pretty one was a white silk, lined
with pink. A wide scalloped border OF
stripes, was edged at the top and bottom
with ruches Of white liberty silk. The pink
lining gave a delicate and pretty effect to
the white covering. The Dresden patterns
in parasols are going TO be quite fasnlon-
| able: also the Persian silk covering. An
other style is the French cut parasol,
which is shown in different colors and Is
! edged with a heavy silk cord, the same
color as the covering. The only trimmed
| parasols shown are in white and black chlt-
fon. The chiffon rutfles are trimmed with
dainty ruches of satin ribbon. The polka
dot parasol will be popular with the sum-
| mer girl. They are shown In innumeraDle
colors and are decidedly chic. The parasols
| range in price from $50 to So