The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
TUCKED CHIFFON qOQUES
The Bere,ta is fhe Height of Pa
risian + shion.
Automobile Red PctticOats Cut on
the New Lnmpshade Pattern Are
Blazing Their Way Into Favorable
Noticc-BIack Net Fans for Sum-
mer Balis-Beribboned Sunshndes.

NEW YORK, April do you realize
that spring is here and that one of the
most important missions in life is 10 spend
hours in the park watching the arrival
of the birds and flowers and
There row. Masie," interrupted the
hostess. from the depths of gilded cane
arm chair. softened with rosy satin eush-
icns. don't be a hypocrite, remain your
own sweet natural truthful self and cou-
fess you never knew there were any birds
or flowers to be seen yet, nor any park for
that matter, until YOU put on that effec-
tive new frock you are wearing in order
to walk abroad at the solicitation of your
tall blonde best young man. I'll warrant
he told you it was a becoming frock and
so it is too admitted the hostess, letting
her pink wool work. that exactly matched
the satin of her chair cushions and the
petals of the great bowl of roses beside
her, slip uuheeded to the floor. while she
leaned back to get a fairer view of the
slender young woman standing before her
With great amiability Masie revolved
slowly Oh her heel showing her skirt Of
nickle grey cloth laid all about in a Sc
steel buttons. her pointed waist coat of
the same materials but with two revers
of pale green pompadour brocade, her to-
lero coat Of grey with black velvet decora-
ton OF the revers and cuffs and an inner
vest of pale green surah with a necktie of
cream chiffon.
~ like your hat, too" confessed the
hostess. in friendly tone, and regarding
the chic little toque of grey gros grain
ell xr-ifh hifpr of r,1ix nj n
primroses at one side.
oh thank you kindly replied Maisie,
dropping courtesy, and then drawing up
a chair in order to help herself to fairy
like slices of toast and sniff luXuriousiy
at her ease the blushing countenances of
the costly roses.
Some people" went on the girl re-
fusing tea with the fiippant assertion that
toast and roses were an ample diet for any
woman in such weather. may not know
that my hat is the freshest thing in the
garden of chapeaux. This is what is called.
in the language of the fashionable MILL
ner. the Beretta shape, very jerky and
impudent. don't you think, for a copy of
an ecclesiastical idea. Ell? l bought it
along with the :aost ravissante little white
chip, garnished with white chiffon over
pale green taffeta. To one side sits a
cluster of grapes so succulently green. SO
enllTtll ~ NueAl tAptCt "
be followed by focks of hungry and adj
mirirg birds whenever l wear it"
Rather early in the day for white chips.
il seems to me-" commented the listener,
going back to her pink wool and work nee
die industry.
s'Perhaps," was the toast muffled admis
sion, but there is nothing like skimming
the cream of the season. You SLOW coach
es. like Mrs. Van Knickerbocker and 9TH
ers. who wait for the sun to declare his
powers and spring to prove her presence
in leaves as broad as your hand. are apt to
take second best. | went over good deal
of millinery ground today and incidentally
fell a victim to the sweetest thing in red.
Ripe geranium red and toque at that for
apparently the big rounding turban shaped
hats are not going to relax in the least
the tenacity of their hold on public esteem.
And now, Pauline. remember this when
you go 10 buy. that the toque of tucked
chiffon is supreme. Onto a frame of wire
width OF plisse chiffon is wound most ar
tistically, coming to an airy mound over
the brow and in the top and sides Of this
beetling cloud, so to speak, cluster, the
shaded flowers are planted. My sweet red
toque wears handful OF the most natural
looking geraEiums and then l fasten it on
when l assume it, with a pair OF hatpins
ornamented with weeny baskets in silver
set with marcassite stones"
Mrs. Back Bay, who has become such
a glass of fashion and mold of FORM was
in here for a bit this afternoon spoke