The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-18

gestion of improvement, some unsatfs-
factory feature in every design, to keep
their occupation alive.
It seems to be one of womans pet pre-
negatives TO deplore the frequent changes.
in fashion from time to time, but this
she affects as a sort of palliation of her.
frivolity, when in reality there is moth
ing else quite so interesting or exciting,
to the average woman as what is coming
next in fashion. Her mission in life
would be crippled indeed If there were
no fluctuations in the market of modes
in dress. She thrives on them. providing
her purse is a long one and there are
no stumbling blocks III her way. Rapid
changes in fashion do not feaze her; she
is educated up to high ideals of dress
and fully appreciates all of it's adj
vantages. She applies the same intelli-
gence to the subject of artistic dressing
that she gives to the seemingly more
important questions of life, and the re-
suit is obvious; while other women who
have as much money and equal oppor
tunities for seeing and knowing the best
of all that fashion and good taste car
between failure and success.
Every revolution of the wheel Is sure
to bring new notifications, even though
some old-time fashion is revived. but as
yet there is an air of uncertainty about
the coming modes which later importa-
lions will no doubt remove. Meanwhile
rumors which may may not be verb
fed weeks hence are rife.
One, which woman should hope may
never be confirmed. is that there Is a
tendency toward larger sleeves. The ex-
pansion Is below not above the elbow,
and spreads out bell shape into a deep
hounce. The sleeve is quite close-fttlng
from the shoulder to the elbow, and is
evidently some variation of the old-tirne
flowing sleeve. It's use just at present
is confined to- etea gowns and Jackets
which sometimes have a close sleeve of
tucked chiffon and q long. bell-shaped
sleeve falling over this. However, such
an extreme in sleeves need not be an
ticipated for the immediate future, the
close-ftting variety being almost certain
to endure through the coming season.
Mousquetaire cuffs are a feature OF
some of the new sleeves. They extend
quite up to the elbow and are cut to
flare little over the hand.
SKIRTS FULLER.
AS for the new skirts, we are informed
that they are to be fuller, but not In the
sense which adds any superfiuous ma
terial around the hips. Slenderness of
figure is still the leading feature of sue
cess if you would be convincing expo
ncnt of the real beauty of present modes.
While the skirts are plated and tucked
to every conceivable manner. they are so
artistically cut and made that the plaits
accentuate the slenderness of the figure
rather than add to its apparent size.
There Is more fullness, but it is all
around the feet in added flare and plait-
ings. which make the outline especially
graceful. Another feature which we can
rely on, If reports are true, is that the
length will not be shortened; there will
be no deviation from the rule of long
skirts which has prevailed for some
time, except for special gowns made for
outdoor sports. One design. which Is
popular just at the moment, has five
shallow box plaits, one directly in front.
one at either side and two larger ones
meeting at the back. These, like all the
plaits, are stitched down half way and
carefully pressed.
The kind of material employed deter>
mines the treatment to g great extent,