The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-22

woman. why do you never give away any
ideas on the subject under discussion? ?"
enquired the girl from the Golden Gate.
Il have. for instance. a sweet automobile
red toile. bought to be made into sort OF
summer clubhouse suit and stand amazed
before the onerous task of thinking ii into
shape"
''Nothing could be easier" lightly as
sured the lady from Boston. Red, brown.
string yellow and timothy green, all those
shades in toile are to be actually on the
rampage this year. and for your slight and
willowy figure the skirt should be made
plain in front with a box plat running out
over either hip and a double gagged rear
flounce train set on. Those fiounCed trains
are sure eventually. to be far smarter
than the vatican backs we've had eight
months now. To go with such skirt have
a coat OF the same, and its wide revers
faced with cream colored linen. heavily
stitched all over with red silk. and bind
the cuffs and bottom of the coat with the
same. Wear under your coat an automo-
bile red cotton shirt waist with broad
stiffly starched coachmans tie in the same
tone and pin down its two folded overlap
with a handsome enameled gold brooch
What good advice you do give, to he
sure" assented the maid from the West.
But, you know, my heart did lean little
toward bolero jacket"
We'll. they are in fairly good repute
this season." assented Mrs. Back Bay.
but the admirably adjusted belero jacket
is not had from every tailor. Mine to- d
me last week that he is making a number
/ in the palest grey cloth and serge and
| linen, stitched from end to end, from collar
| to tip of tail, and garnishing them with
/ prettily gilded and painted porcelain but
/ tons. The stitching is all done with a view
| to frightening the lines of the figure. and
/ every pretty coatee fastens at just ore
! point in front by a strap or one big, fine,
| and decorative button.
THE woman of EXTREMIST fashion at the
! watering places and garden parties this
! spring will wear as her wrap a jacket of
satin. Last summer you recall. taffeta
! was the thing, but a white or black satin
! short coat lined with soft Marie Antoi-
nette silk, and the revers. seams and COL
lar and cuffs either overlaid with lace CT
heavily stitched. is bound to mark the
highest tide OF extrayagant taste this
year"
Another exceedingly smart thing sud-
denly broke in the hostess coming for
ward to replenish her goblet from the tall
pitcher of amber liquid, lis the muslin
frock made up with lace waist. I've just
ruined my hopes of new parasol by pur-
chasing a gown like that and though
l was tempted by the parasol much
wanted the gown more, and / vibrated at
least half an hour between the strength of
my desire for one of these divinely grace
full creped muslins and a rarely, radantly.
peachily pink cloth suit, the allurements
of which held me spellbound.
My mousseline chirroise, to give it its
full Christian and surname as ii is known
IN commerce. is made over nactarine green
silk. and its skirt is laid in pleats that
are mere pinch in the goods near the
waist line, but grow to great width at the
foot. 1t has a train. of course. and then
the whole body is made of thick cream
guipure saving two frills that fill out the
yoke OF the lace bolero in front The
sleeves are of muslin, and the hat of cape
line shape that finishes me off, is made of
black tucked chiffon with lace figures let
snto the chiffon and tuft of green clover
leaves at one side. Around my neck goes
chain of the palest chiseled gold, whence
bangs upon my muslin and lace clad bos-
ON an ornament of great beauty. golden
Tertad's head, among green lily leaves,
and that last lovely possession came
straight from Paris, and if l don't look
my best in that it Will only be because
my best days for looks are over and the
hour for caps and plain black frocks has
struck at last