Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-25
ELBOW SLEEVES
IRE I'm AGAIN.
LITTLE HOUSE COATS OF PIQUE
ARE WORN WHEN THE DRESS
IS FOR THE STREET.
PIQUE TO BE USED EOR TUNICs.
Rose, Cinder, Khaki, Josephine and
. Wcdgewood Blues Are Among
the Best Colors-Turkish Belt Is
Now the Thing.

/ PARIS, March 15.-The house dress
portant part of her wardrobe that she
icheerfully devotes whole days of ent
to its planning. With all patience she
stands erect while the soft fabrics arc
fitted to her, and draped upon her, and
again she takes her place in front of
the designer while the ribbons are
placed and the final touches added to
thes dress.
The temptation to say that this year
the dresses are prettier than ever be-
fore can hardy be resisted, especially
as the voluble little French dress
maker declares that this is so. In
quick jabber of French, with a word
Of English thrown in-which is con-
sidered very smart in Paris-she
proves her words by holding up before
your eyes whole breadths of lace cloth,
yards and yards Of skilfully embroid-
cred Oriental silk, quantities of the
most delicately tucked goods, and,
more than all, and in greater profu-
sion, piece after piece of the figured
stuffs which are revival of the Rom
ney period.
The long low shoulder is struggling
into evidence as shown by the waists,
which are cut so low upon the Shout
der as to almost bind the arm. The
pessimist sees in this a return to the
days Of restricted dress, when a wo-
man could neither lift her arms, nor
raise her hand above her belt. But
the modistes laugh merrily at these
fears and explain that the shoulder is
cut in such a way that it will be as
free as when the shoulder seam was
placed near the collar band.
Deep Yokes.
The fashion of sewing piece Of the
yoke upon the top OF the sleeve to
make the shoulder look low. is still
seen, but it is not quite as popular as
it was.
1t was cabled over to the United
States early in the season; and, as an
item of positive fashion now comes
back again. that there should be no
yoke waists this season. Investiga-
ton, however, proved this to be with
out foundation. In ten gowns ordered
by Miss May Goelet. that heiress who
must make brilliant match this sea-
son, there was not one without
yoke. several were of mousseline de
chine, very silky fabric of white
through which ran stripes of silk and
Batin in different colors.
The pastel shades hold their own so
we'll that women of pale types are in
despair. Your correspondent saw the
nations in Europe seated at church
last Sunday with his three daughters
ranging in a row alongside him. All
were supremely blonde and all were
dressed precisely alike in blue gray,
with silk yoke and Robespierre cuffs
of pastel silk. How pale and insipid
those girls looked and how interesting
their blonde types would hive appear
ed IL instead of those pale colors,
they had chosen Vandyke brown or
Wedgwood blue. All are wearing
khaki color now, and like absent
minded beggars some of them look in
that sickly dust color, unrelieved by
even a touch of black.
France has no love for England just
now. as far as the courtiers go. for
England is ordering black and khaki
color and little else, while France runs