The Washington weekly post., 1900-04-10

brides. The girl who marries in the spring
has no excuse for not having a beautiful
wedding and a "trOusseau ravissan.e q"
Think what inspiration she can draw from
nature, who is showing her samples in
leaves and flowers every day, and giving
Us examples in color combination that We
may richly profit by. There Is every lati-
tude given this season for originality and
distinctiveness of style. The shops are
aglow with every variety in color, fabric
and cut, and novelties of every sort
abound.
1t is quite the fad to have the bridal
gown elegant but very simple, and it Is a
pleasing fashion, too. What occasion
more highly warrants dignified simplici-
~ of style?
One of the prettiest weddings I have
heard Of this season is to occur directly
after Easter, and to be celebrated at q
country home near New York. The bride
is to have eight maids in attendance, who
are to wear frilly gowns of solidly-tinted
light yellow organdie The bodlces are
to be made long-sleeyed and high-necke
except for a little V at the throat The
skirts have three narrow frills at the bot
tom The frills have no trimming but a
tiny silk-stitched hem. The upper parts
of the skirts are draped with FIVE petal
shaped paniers of very pale shade Cf
yellow chiffon. These end in points and
stop Just about six inches above the frills
al the bottom of the skirts. A fiehu of
the same yellow chiffon, bordered with
tiny hemmed and silk-stitched fr lis, is
draped over the shoulders and tied in a
knot lust at the top of an Empire girdla
of crushed primrose panne.
As YOU have doubtless guessed, the
whole uniform is made to look as much
IKE a fresh, sweet daffodll of early spring
as possible. and to carry out the idea the
bouuuets are TO be huge punches Of daffc-
Oils, tied with yellow gauze.
Hats for the Bridesmaids.
The bridesmaids hats are charming,
and are in a style that promises to be very
nopular this summer They are wrought
in four shades of yellow, tOning into 4
| deeper yellow than the gowns. They are
made on a foundation of a yellow straw
Nat under the br1m Of which are little
punches Of artificial primroseS and black
velvet rosettes showing against the hair.
, The ton of the brim is covered with four
or five circular pieces of crapey yellow
chiffon, which are simply hemmed ana
stitched on the outer edge and lit without
| fullness around the crown. All Of thesa
cirou,ar pieces are some little wider than
| the straw brim that they rest upon, and
! each succeeding layer is trifie smaller
than the one below IL. You can just imas-
inc how soft and pretty the whole thing
! is and how changing and varying are It's
| hlies. OF course the deepest shades are un-
dernaath and the paler ones on top The
| strayy crown is Veiled by folds Of yellow
| chiffon. and a lot of pretty yellow jon
ouils are grouped at one side, with some
rosettes OF narrow black velvet ribbon
This style Of hat is very picturesque and
| seems 10 be highly in vogue. see them al
| all the importers, in ever so many diner
ant coIors. They are lovely In violet and
lavender, and so pretty in shades of blue.
| r,om 4 regular china blue 10 SKINNED
milk shade that is very nearly white. II
| &c such a good way TO make over a last
years hat. too, because the frame is en-
| ;traIv covered. ard enough chiffon and
! Nowers 10 make 1t can be bought al small
| expense.
The brides costume IS not 10 be OF
duchess satin and lace. as usual, but is OF
an exquisite Oriental satin Where the
| shadows lurk ia the folds of the gown
| there is a plnlsish hue. that gives warm
| er blushlng tone 10 ITS Whlteness, put u is
rot enough TO be called rosy and might
easily escape detection. The skirt is Gu,
with a round train and falls in heavy
Meats from the waist in the back. The
| front seams are opened about foot and
| a half above the hem. and fan of gath
| cred mallne covered with small seed pearls
appears between the widths OF satin
The bodice Is extremely simple. tight
| fitting and seamless In the back and front.
| II is cut square IN the neck, the square
| outlined b. "A wide band OF white pearl
| embroidered velvet, and filed In with the
| pearl studded maiire. The collar is alsa
| of maline. transps rent ana finished at the
! top by a line OF seed pearls. The tight 1T.
| ting sleeve OF the Oriental satin slopes out
| into a bell at the elbow with a quaint, pic
turesque effect, and an undersleeve OF the
maliae forms a dainty puff beneath the
bell. Long gloves meeting the sleeves at
| the elbow.