Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-07

brilliant by the addition of silver pail (
cites which sparkle from the belt, the
neck and the yoke, and are again seen
at the head of the %fiounces, which are
put on in a curious pattern around the
foot Of the skirt. This gown il for
piazza wear of an afternoon, or, il
made upon expensive lines. with neck
cut in point or uar is for evening.
The new neck is decidedly pointed
and is for wear in decidedly (OfdimQN
and is for wear in street and house.
Many couturieres are cutting the sum-
ner net dresses with elbow sleeves and
pointed necks. The necks can be filled
in with vests and berths and the
sleeves cam be heightened by gloves.
They are also making the lace sleeve
to be worn under the elbow sleeve. ,,.The
lace sleeve As gathered along both
seams. so that it is a shirred sl&eve.
If made of chiffon the sleeve is shirred
very thickly so as to require no LINING.
Summer skirt trimmings are varied,
yet all skirts show something around
the foot If a ruffle is employed it
varies in width, from marrow to wide;
If applique, 1T is put on in diamonds or
circles and, between the figures, there
are the most elaborate bits of seQuin
or palette trimming.
Skirts have suddenly taken a leap
into the very midst of fashions fuss
and feathers. The plain skirt could
once be worn with any fancy waist, the
elegance off the toilette depending upon
the bodice alone. But now it is differ
ent; n the shops are filled with hand
some separate skirts which are to be
worm with plain waists and little Etons.
THE SILK SKIRT.
The glace silk skirt is made most
deliberately, with deep ruffies of chiffon
put On over colored silk, the top of the
deep ruffles being caught down by tiny
hlyn0haC Rf NIk HnuynrS Thn Ckirfc an
treated are no longer tight, but show a
tendency toward the umbrella, which
flares all the way around.
In summer fabrics skirts are Powered
and s%prigged and made over Il founda-
ton skirt of gay color.
At first hint of spring all the gay
world of Paris rushes off to the coun-
try places. Back from the Riviera in
the early part of March, or the last of
February, they remain at home only
long enough to order fresh W and
away again to the country.
One day the fashionable houses that
face the beautiful vistas which open
toward the Arc de Triumph are aglow
with bowers; the mex day they are
closed, while the gay occupants have
fitted. All the country houses are
thrown open for a fortnight in early
Since the American triumph of the
Countess Castellane her little ladyship
has been a recognized leader. She is
not pretty, but very chic. Am early
spring gown worn not long ago was OF
! cindre taffeta sprigged in steel blue.
The understand has a three-inch fOunce
of blue velvet appliQued with cut steel.
The tunic had a long narrow point in
front bordered with a marrow band of
velvet; and aroun the sides and back
there were three very deep ruffies, put
on in an entirely new style, the ruffles
of varying width. growing wider toward
the middle of the back.
The waist was similarly unique with
the front cut in a Grecian square over
a vest and sleeves of white null en-
broidered in delicate pink flowers. A
Turkish tunic, very deep, confined the
waist.
A picture hat, lifted at ONE side to
matched the blue of the outside, was
set jauntily back upon her brunette
head.
MISS MoRToN's GOWNS.
A modiste showed me the order for a
handsome American trousseau that she
whispered was for Miss Morton, daugh-
ter of Levi P. Morton, who is to be
married this spring. The order gave
her carte blanche to produce the hand
soonest Newport gowns that could be
selected for summer and autumn wear.
One Of the gowns already decided
upon, and nearly completed. was a
banana colored silk faced challie APP
pliqued with very narrow leaf green
satin ribbon scarcely wider than a
cording. The Gown was in two parts, a
Princess falling from neck to floor, and
a Princess tunic open in front. The
slip was made of cream colored null
with a deep LOUNGE of the challie
around the feet. The tunic met at the
neck and again at the waist with a
! ri mnn6 Shane1 nnaninp OVpr the hl1St
The new summer gowns are so diff
ferent from those of preceding seasons
that one looks at them with wonder
and, sometimes. with w The models
are preposterously e-xartvagant and
your fashion chronicler hesitates about
describing them because they are SO
far above the moderate or average
purse. On the other hand. they serve
the purpose for which they are intend
ed, of conveying the advance styles
and nearly all of them are capable OF
being initiated in cheaper designs.