The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
PARIS SHOWS
MANY NEW SKIRTS
inventive Genius Of Modistes Exhaust
ed on Lower Part of the Gown.
TWO AND THREE DROP SKIRTS
Exquisite Curved FIonnccs Of All
Kinds of Lace Come Ready to Be
Sewed Upon Gowns-NIak-
ing Over Old Parasols.
TWO AND THREE DROP SKIRTS

PARIS, April ls-..The first models of
the season are always more or less ex-
,,erimental,'' sighed a modesto. gazing
pensively upon a large square white.
pastebeard box labelled with the name
of a fashiogable American woman who
lives upon the Avenue des Champs Ely
sees; Il have made my best selection,
but you Americans are 50 governed by
your natural tastes and individual styles
that we modEstes never feel sure that
We are going 10 suit you.
Perhaps madam, when she receives the
tailor-lnsde dress OF biscuit cloth, VIII
say that biscuit is not becoming 10 her
and that ] should have chosen the new
Ereenfsh grey If I had selected grey she
might have wanted lilac. she was away
at Cannes and could not communicate
with her when she ordered.
The modiste well understood the uncer
tainty of catering 10 the dreesInahins
tastes of American women, for no mat
ter what may be the ruling fashion or
the popular color, Ia belle AHneTicai4e VIII
tsorsa III, all for some thing which is becom-
ing to her
That pretty American. Mrs Austin Lee,
VINO is said to have qparrelied with the
Countess Castellane over the Count, has
1enaciously clung to the kolero through
the past two seasons when boleros were
snore or less passe. Her figure, inclined
10 be too Large below the felt, was nicely
balanced by the little short jacket with
fits loose fronts and its tendency to.lnalle
the bust look full Now the holero IS
in again and half Of the gowns are
made with the little coats.
NEW SKIRTS
But The Princess is alsa in, and, where
there is 40 bolero. you see the exactly
opposite extreme, the long, tight-ittins
Princess. open in front and fitting snug
" TO the back and the hips.
Ali the inventive genius of the Paris
designer has been put upon the skirts.
which are made Gp in so many differ
cnt mays that you can scarcely describe
the Fashionable skirt al all. There is
the skirt which is corded around the
hips, failing fun from the cording to the
floor There are skirts tucked around the
9iii,s. Yet with 50 LITTLE fullness that
they are scaut skirts for all. There gre
skirts laid in the tinist box piaits all
Ire wa3' 10 the knees and fiarins below
The knees: ard skirts With one big box
s5lsft IN the middle of the back: and
skirts with I,laits ali the NAY around.
There Will always be a liking for the
plain gored skirt trimmed with applique
and for the skirt with a ripple around
the foot, and the woman who is selecting
q gown can take her c9loice. of these.
I:lsf IL IT DE tailor-gpaffe gown tina; she
IS selecting ietit be one with a satin face,
moi Tsa s,eas5szs and in any OF tbs shades
OF green, fawn, biscuit, grey green. nickel
fsers. ssiG,n4ne, lilac or Roman blue.
These are the shades Of the season. You
viii think them :, little conspicuous, per-,
ha,As for the tailored dress but they
are after Dame Fashions mode, so what
do you want2
Two of the most magnificent lace foun-
ces were viewed the other day ere they
were packed IN . box and sent 10 a state
ly resident upon the Avenue de Trocadero
a few doors from the new hane Of the
Prince Of Monaco. One of the tioances
tsa2 81 Iena5sss1nre lace. esauis4teiy Sc.
ieeteT. ard undoubtedly made By hand and
10 order. for il was shaped to the skirt
which II was 10 adorn. The upper edge
OF tie fsounce was ready 10 be seAeu
directly upon the skirt. the lower edge
WAS sealloped and finished with lovely
pattern.
The whole ,svas shaped IN such nian-
ner that when applied To she skirt. II
wss;,id hang as 4 very fall fonHce. An
Other mas in Venetian lace. shaped in
circular forsn and fittiag the skirt per-
5acfsy. only Americans can afford
these things. said the saaeswoman 10
me. lingering them fenaerly as they Ia.