The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-15
THE YOUNG Girl
SUMNER { GOWNS.
Tucks and Tunes are Used for the.
Decorations.
APPLIQUE OF FINE LACE.
1ucks and Tunics are Used for the
In CROWN Dresses There is Fad.
for the Lattice Tunic Falling to
The Floor Shawl Dresses
With Fringe.

PARIS. April 5.-The young girls 3eason
begins in Paris In April and ends In june
In April the girl dresses in white, is con-.
i!rmed and takes her first communion.
Iater there follow little Entertainments
among the very young SCI and the glri
As launched into a pleasant though imma-
ture society OF young people.
Confirmation dresses closely resemble
graduating gowns. The p;cttiest are of
silk nuns yelling. trimmed with lace OF
the Empire The underskirt is accordion
plated OF is laid in very narrow tncks
from belts to hem. The tunic is pointed,
the points being trimmed with lace. Double
box plaits. the plaits very tiny. are lalo
upon the Sides With the lace points IAN
ing between. Surplice1 waists ore coniined
lat the belt with deep sirdies OF the nun $
yelling. The surplice falls over vest
of lace, while the sleeves have niue
caps OF lace.
The May Party is another event in
the life of the young girl. For TINS
she has a white dress, most coquettsh-
ly trimmed, and when she goes iorth
she wears a little veil suspended from
a crown upon her head; a pretty sight
truly. Dotted null afforded the mate
rial for very taseful little May Party
dress, nearly completed. "hlle
white satin ribbons were its Garnltures.
The skirt had a deep flounce of the
null and The waist was one OF the new
folded blouse waists over a vest vain
1ucks laid from side to side.
AFTERNOON I,RESSES.
Very pretty afternoon dresses for
growing girls are made of white tucked
organdic. the tucks running round and
round the skirt. At the foot there are
7uflies of the organdie, each rufi1e be-
ing edged with tho larrowest White
satin ribbon. While satin ribbon in
e c a
head of the rufiies AMI is finished in
true lovers knots upo,, the side of the
skirt.
Many of these tucked waists are very
pretty, with the tucks laid in groups
of three, and with only half an inch oil
space between the groups. The FINEST
house coats are mace up with these
waists: they are of tuckng. and are
lust large enough to fiji the arm-hole.
Graduation dressese will be very pref
~ this year with their trimmed skirts
and fancy little waists. They are made
of thin materials and afford tine
glimpse of the silken lining underneath'
fortunately there are so many substitutes
for silk that the lininiy need not be very
expensive; even if ii were all of silk 1t
would not cost heavily. for there comes
a kind of white Oriental silk at seventeen
cents or Whereabouts. yard.
The question of the trimming of
skirts is unsettled. shall the skirts be
trimmed or untrimmed? While one CO.
lerie OF modisteS are declaring thaI
the fancy modes viii not prevail anoth-
or set is trimming TIE skirts and main
tanning that no skirt will be Fashionable
in midsummer unless it has its quota oil
ruffies and lace
A fashiona bic American woman went
to a certain famous Paris dress-maker
the other day and asked him TO make
hale n for. N aWDOrt III
August: Impossible, Madame, said
he.
But will pay YOU any price.you ask
for them" replied tue woman.
Impossible repeated the famous dress
maker, The style5 are not yet de-
clared. Anything l. might make for You
now might be GU, of style in August
and positively Gothic"
SUMMER GOWNS.
Notwithstanding this authority the
couturiercs are fashioning some very
beautiful summer gowns. One in par
ticuiar is foulare in Roman blue. with
email white figures. Falling over the
entire dress like a tunic is an overdress
of ribbon put on IN large square lat
tice work so as to show the foulard IN
derncath The waist is made in the same
WAY, while the ytke and sleeves are OF
tucked organdie with narrow bands OF
lace laid in between the tucks. There is a
Josephine tiischu # organde. edged with
lace.
A pretty gown made for Mrs. Lang
try is a shawl dress OF lightweight
cashmere with glossy surface. 1t is made
ND with the fringe bordering the tunic,
which is long ard cut in many points.
There is little bolero with very deep
points, a Very deep White satin collar, and
covering fully a third Of the bodice is a
very deep Turkish Girdle OF Roman red
satin.
Hats run towari the conventional walk
ing hat. turned up sharply at each side
and brought dowl to point in the front.