Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-05-22

Ing JacketS are claiming mUcp ATTENTION,
and we see many very handsome things
in that line. The illustration shows
few Of these better than one could de-
scribe them. There are some most beau.
tiful new materials intended expressly
for such garments, the most dainty one
being Of soft crepe dc chine with swivel
figures woven at quite wide intervals
over the surface in soft pinks, green's
blues, yellows and other dclicate shades.
the whole picked out with gold or silver
thread. The designs are far apart and
thus allow any sort of arrangement Of
drapery.
There IRE several fancy silks designed
expressly for the fancy morning Jackets.
mostly in narrow stripes or small figures.
The jackets can be worn with perfect
propriety Mt informal teas, the one
thing most particular being to have them
suitably trimmed. BY following the gen
eral plan, trimming of any preferred kind
Gun be applied.
They always tell us about Solomon
when they want to impress upon us the
unusual righteousness of any conglomern-
ton Of new goods or garments gathered
together for new season. feel sure
that old Solo1ton never saw such an ar
view The wisest man Of his time
would open his eyes If he saw half the
things I have just seen.
There were cloaks that looked like tea
gowns, so richly were they ornamented
with lace, chiffon and embroidery, to say
nothing Of the material itself. There was
one made of pearl gray cashmere sub
lime. 1t hung from yoke to the ground
in sort Of loose sack and had quite
train in the back, while the fronts hung
open, showing a complete lining Of very
rich pale pink satin brocade. On each
side Of the front there was light stray
Cling pattern of silver embroidery. This
extended nearly to the waist.
All down the front there was perfect
fluff of chiffon ruffiing, white, with pale
pink buttonholing on the edge. There
were over six separate rutlles, all gather
ed into one seam. There were two or
three smaller ones sewed along the inside
edge. The sleeves were large and gather
ed into deep cuffs lined with the satin
and the chiffon. The collar was so large
that it fairly hid the whole head except
just little Of the face. There was a
beautiful ornament Of silver with silver
chain to hold it.
Just imagine Solomon trying to under
stand the mysteries Of all this! One may
say that oil the cloaks look more like tea
gowns than the ten gowns do themselves.
When there is a cloak for day wear Of
the long variety, it Is made with studied
simplicity. The only ornamentation per-
Missile consists Of stitching, mostly in
strap design. Some of them have bias
strips stitched upon them made of satin
either In the exact shade or one or two
shades darker. If there Is any other
garment more shapeless or ungraceful
than these long coats, I have yet to find
them.
One cannot say the same for the short
spring capes, for they are literally COW
cred with everything you could imagine.
The other day I saw several Of these in
one place, and they were fairly loaded
with all sorts of things. The prettiest
of them was made of pale heliotrope
Relutina and lined with white satin. A
bias sprung founce Of the same was set
upon the bottom, and this, as we'll as the
rest, was lined with cream satin. Al
most everything that is lined is lined
with satin. On the outside Of this ruffle
was an application of rich renaissance
lace. Under the edge were the usual
chiffon frills to add lightncss to the
whole. The high collar, like the poor, is
always with US, and these collars are as
high as can be worn.
This particular kind Of cape is rath'
er more adapted for visiting and tc
wear at teas and afternoon receptions
than general street use. The collars are
always faced with shirred or very mar
row chiffon rufiles. On the front of this
cape were two long scarfs Of the velu-
tina. lined, like the rest Of the cape, With
deep fall of the chiffon ut the bottom.
Last week l spoke Of the Elton suits at
length, and so it is not necessary to say
more than that the short jackets Of all
the variations of the Elton will be worn
BY everybody.
The spring woods for these everyday
suits are in dull shades, running from