The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-02-15
THE GOWN OF EAS1E R..

4AL UVyf N oUE LAOlEn.
ltwlll,be Quite Distinctive In Style
with Peculiar Sleeves and
,s4G Collar. . r
The gowns of Easter will have few
sharply-detined points. That much is
now known. Sleeves will be odd, even
eccentric. Collars will be as peculiar as
sleeves. and Innings will be literally
quaint. AS proof of the last the Brook
lyn Eagle mentions the fact that one of
the Easter suits, just ordered from a
Fifth avenue modiste, is to be lined with
little rufle Of moline, in pink and green,
one set on top of the other, until the en-
tire skirt is lined. This gives forth no
rustic, but has delightful little swish.
Cashmere is back again. Many of the
Easter suits are made Of it. 1t is very
silky, very soft and very lustrous. You
can hardly tell it from silk, viewed at a
distance. Many assert that it positively
cannot be detected; only it hangs better.
1t comes in all the delicate shades and in
all weights, a medium being the most
popular for Easter wear.
Ice Green Shade.
AS for the new colors of spring in tie
cashmeres there is ice green. In the
green's there is also rose green, being a
queer shade of green with touch of red
across it, supposed to mirror a rose in a
rose leaf. Many of the cashmeres are
mace like mirror-to suggest something
else. And you are never certain whether
you are looking at green or blue, at pink
or red, at purple or pink. In red there is
a new pinkish red that is very attractive
and in blue there is a green cast that is
lovely.
Cameo pink is seen in cashmere and
will make the material for many all
Easter suit, and turquoise blue is quite
as popular: Ducks egg, robins egg and
PLAIN egg blue are all three among the
seasons blues. French blue, bluett, mill
range from light to dark, always popular
and becoming.
Cream color seems for the moment 70
nave Wrested the palm from tan as
seasons favorite. A gown, all in cream
Color, was. ordered for Mrs: George
to be made with a plain skirt, swept
around the foot with great swirliag
pattern Of gold, to outline lace applique
Above the gold and lace pattern there
was an eccentric trimming. It consisted
Of diamond-shaped holes cut in the cloth.
Across the holes black velvet ribbons are
crossed, making an X-shaped figure in
narrow black velvet ribbon. Under the
holes there are applications Of turquoise
silk. The waist IS bolero corsage. Miss
Van Allen, one of New York's greatest
heiresses, is to have a bolero suit on new
lines. The skirt, which Is a lettuce green
cashmere, is trimmed with silver; braid.
with a touch of white running through
the silver. The waist is bo.ero with
pointed lapels, turned over. 1t is long in
front, but is slit at each side, and through
the Sits shirt Of brilliant red is plainly
visible.
A hat of flaming red goes with this
suit and to be very modish the wearer
must don a couple of Mary Mannering
curls, for the hat is hat of 1850 and. in
that day, they wore the little neck curls.
- The fashion of wearing a hat quite diff
ferent from the rest of the suit is grow
ing. For years the hat has matched the
gown. Just now there is 4 fad for some
thing different.
Cashmere and Broadcloth.
After the light colors of Easter comes
a consideration of the stuffs. Cashmeres
will lead, but bearing them close Sec
ond will come the satin cloths of which
the name is legion. Some of these have
fanciful names; for instance, a New York
shop was showing a Wilhelmina cloth,
but as a rule they will. come wnen called
by the name of satin-faced cloths.
Broadcloth is with us again in varying
weights; 1t is not best, however, to buy
cheap broadcloth, for nothing wears
and wrinkle and spot. Get, if you get it
at all, good broadcloth.
For the cut-out patterns broadcloth is
the best of all, as it holds it's edge bet
ter. You can trim broadcloth freely, cut
it into holes, and trim the openings in
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fray. 1t is quite different with the other
cloths; and cashmere, SO reliable where
weather is concerned, is particularly bad
when cut, for its edges will never show
neat.
The ladies' cloths are out in full array.
and then there come the yeilings, which
this year are little heavier and can be
made up without handsome Innings. Some
of the veiHngs are of diagonal weave and
are really very admirable. 1t is better,
though, in selecting the first suit of the
season to get something little more sub
stantial; for remember that the weather
has by no means settled and your cloth
gown will have some fighting to do with
the elements.
The hat of Easter will be the pancake
hat, also called the mushroom hat; maybe
the cloth tam; maybe even the beefeater
Under whatever name it is classified it is
the French hat, fat, large and beautiful
~ trimmed with the best goods Of the
season.
They make many of the hats ND as x
ray hats. This yelling is drapad over
velvet, and the whole is twisted around
the hat. There must not be particle of
elevation, or the hat will not be fat. OF
course. it is tilted little at one side, and
roses are set underneath.
For Easter there will be other novel
ties, beside gowns of light colored mate
rails. fancy Innings and fat hats. The
touch of gold will pe uDon everything
and the precious meta; will glow from
hat, from gown and from parasol-for
bows Of gid ribbons will be tied even
around parasol handles.
Nine. Bernhardt's Shoes.
Shoes. it is said, are a fad with Nine.
Bernhard and the French actresses Sc
lection of hundred and more pairs rep
resents nearly every style that was
shown at the Paris exposition. The
shoes are Of fancy feathers, silks and
satins, embroidered in gold, and some
handpainted ones, the latter representing
the work Of clever artists. The designs
are principally floral. Gold and silver
cords are used for laces and wide and
narrow ribbons for bows. The slippers
are edged with laces and ornamented
with narrow ribbon, gold and silver
buckles and rhinestone buttons =