The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-04-21
FASHION LETTER.
lady Modish on Spring Fads.

The way some OF them at this season
of the year devote columns Of their more
or less valuable space to EASTER Bon
nets, ""Easter Frocks, ""Easter Finery."
or however they may see fit to caption
this obsolete subject, would reflect small
credit upon the editor of the leading
paper Of any country town.
How the editors Of our great journals
can countenance the annual spinning 1T
yards of copy out Of nothing, on defunct
custom, has been matter Of wonder
ment to me for years.
1t is surprising they do not print long
essays railing against women who go to
church for the purpose only Of studying
their neighbours bonnets. IL l am not
mistaken, both traditions were facts in
the dim long ago when New York was a
village, but although the Easter tradi-
tions survived the strides OF progression
the longer, it is now just as dead as all
the other provincialisms that existed
with it.
Believe me. you poor, dear. misguided
editors, Easter bonnets." Easter
Frocks," easter Finery" are distinctly
bad form these days. Not only are the
women of the hdut monde cognizant OF
this fact, but it is known almost as well
to the women OF the monde that does
not boast of being hdut.
However, there are some people who
do pin their faith implicitly to what they
read; il they "see it in the paper" that
is to them a conclusive argument, fixed
and unalterable.
1t is these trusting few who are being
misled.
II you sac on Easter Sunday any wo-
man gorgeously and unseasonably
logged out in an EASTER bonnet" an
EASTER frock" and general Easter
finery'-the unconscious amusement Of
many observers-be sure she has read
it in the papers" and knows she is right.
But it does not seem worth while on
the part of the papers to spend so much
time and space in their Easter numbers
to accomplish so little. Now, does it
| hope some of them will find some
body to tell them all about the passing
of fashions for Easter before another
year rolls around.
As the season advances, every day
sees some new fad or fancy exploited.
At the moment. ruffs to be worn in
place Of the fur arrangements Of the
winter are of absorbing interest to femi-
ninity in general.
Every spring sees the development
and establishment of some new fancy of
this kind.
Years ago it wds the boa of ostrich
feathers that ranked the big best in the
favor of the ultra-modish. Then fol-
lowed a succession OF the frou-frou
things of crimped Liberty gauze, tulle
net or chiffon. Last year everything
was boullionees. and this year it is os
trich feathers again. more elaborate and
more costly than ever. l think l spoke
of the vogue that rufus of chenille-edge
chiffon, with long chenille ends, we're
having some weeks ago. At that time
the boa of ostrich feathers had not as
serted ITSELF Now it is an even thing
which is the smarter or the more desir-
able. The chenille rufus are the smart
est in black, while the ostrich boas must
be very pale gray to be "the latest"
Mrs. "Clarey" Mackay is wearing a gray
ostrich boa, for which they say she paid
the considerable sum Of sl20. Miss
Gerry affects a gray boa, and so do
dozens of others of the smart set. The