The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-16
Fashions
for Spring

New York, March 16.-variety is the
most striking feature of all depart
ments of dress, and Is especially no.
ticeable among the tailor gowns, which
formerly were distinguished for sim
plicity and undertaking limitations as
TO styles.
All that is reversed, however. and
the problem of choosing a model for
your tailor gown is almost as perplex-
ing as the neckwear variations. 1t is
impossible to set forth any one charac-
teristic as leader, since there are so
many styles: but the little position
back, variously shaped. is distinctly
one of the features, while the Eton
coat, minus both collar and revers, Is
another one.
Rows of stitching, rows of braid and
narrow bands of embroidery, are the
modes of finishing the edges of these
very desirable little coats, which VIII
be shown TO the best advantage III
light colored cloths worn over a dainty
lawn blouse. Various notifications OF
the straight Aiglon collar appear on
other new Eton Jackets with halt
double breasted front which turns back
In revers effect when the Jacket Is
open. A turnover collar which extends
into straipht tabs down either side of
the front Is one variety. This sort of
tab front is seen again on some of the
short boleros where the tab extends
below the jacket
The position is attached to the back
Of some of the Etons which meet the
waist line. Agar. the coat has a belt,
or a semplanCe of q belt, from which
this little appendase falls, and 1t takes
the form of a narrow side-plaited frill
or two narrow tabs, possibly supple
mented by shorter overlapping 'ones
one tab three inches wide, directly in
the center of the back, is another form
decorated with braid.
An idea which gives variety to your
costume Is a detached belt and postil-
ion combined, which can be worn or
not, as you fancy. 1t is simply one
form of belt to wear with a shirt waist,
and with stock to match II is very
pretty, made of embroidered velvet.
ETON JACKETS.
Some of the Eton jackets have a de-
tached belt of the same material COW
cred with stitching. 1t rounds down a
little directly in the center of the back,
Is pointed slightly on both edges in
front and fastens to the Jacket with
one hook only underneath the back. 1t
adds a becoming length to the Eton
jacket. which. by tho way, reaches al
most to the waist line and curves up a
little at the center seam in the back.
One very novel jacket is quite short
at the sides. pointing down little
deeper at either side of the front, and
has what Is called a shield back cut
in one piece of the width of the shoul-
ders at the top and shaping down to
a narrow rounded point two inches be-
low the waist line. 1t laps over the
sides of the Jacket of course, is finish
ed on the edge with stitching, and is
attached with buckle to a wide
, 1aped belt of silk, which slopes down
to ordinary belt width in front
Revers and collars are plain or fancy,
as you wish, covered with either en-
brcidery or stitching and one pretty
dark blue serge suit shows revers and
collar faced back with taffeta silk of
the same color. and finished on the
edge with an inch wide fancy blue
braid dotted with white pin spots.
Some of the fancy jackets have the
elbow sleeves with undcrsleeves of the
same material, but the popular sleeve
l'I lut lloft Slilnle IoGIn hI ldlIOT
dress is the coat sleeve, which flares
little in bell shape at the hand. In
the advance models for spring cos
tunes the undersleeves are quite small,
but all the predictions for sleeves in
the thinner gowns, to come later, in
dicate larger, more puffy undersleeve
or one quite plain and fitting the arm
closely. A gauntlet cuff falling partly
over the hand is substituted for the
straight round cuff, while for the thin
gowns a frill of lace is added to the
narrow straight band with a dainty
ind most becoming effect.
MODEL SKIRTS.
skirts for tailor gowns are fashioned
in various ways, but the model which
Is said to prevail in Paris is the circu-
laf skirt with the circular founce. II
fits the hips closely and the fullness
IL the back is confined with inverted
plaits two small box plaits. or one box
palt tapping toward the center on
either side.
For thin, as well as cloth gowns, the
circular fiounce is very popular, es.