The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
EASTER FINERY
NEW THING IN SPRING MILLINERY
SHOWN IN THIS CITY.
The stores Are Full of Pretty PAT
terms for WORen-StyIes i'm
Hats and Dresses.

The coming Of Easter is stin welcomed
b. all Christendom In spite of the cvnics
who would fain have one believe that bu-
man nature has outlived its old-time emo
tions. and the sound of Easter bells Is vet
the signal for putting away ones winter
melancholy and ones winter garments to-
gether.
Many large and fashionable weddings will
occur during the month Of April. the
trousseaus for which are now being made
BY fashionable modistes.
The millinery departments in the large
stores on Washington street have all had
their openings the past week and are dis
playing a large assortment of beautiful
hats. many of which are imported direct
from Paris. All the hats have a general
appearance of the head CT being fat. but
when put on, the tilt, which is either on
the side or slightly TO the front. gives the
desired high effect. The trimming seems
10 run TO pink mostly, with a great quanti-
" OF foliage. The very new Paris trim
ming. something quite new. is called rot
ten roses" the roses and foliage having the
appearance Of decayed flowers. The roses
are peculiarly cOlOred and rather striking.
DAt~N ffANtN I4DDpu Is also USED on almOSt
everything. a new shirt waist hat which
Is being introduced by one concern is made
or Cuban and tuscan braid and trimmed
with soft scarf silk. held in place by a
buckle Of the same straw. The hat is wired
and allows Of shaping TO suit the face. An
cutting hat shown is made of stitched
tafeta in a small square pattern, the upper
brim being white and the under brim black.
The hat is trimmed with a graceful sweep
OF white chiffon. with a pompon of coque
feathers The golf hat TO be worn this sea-
son has n wide brim and Is made of differ
ent colored straws or braids and Is similar
In shape to a wide. rolling brimmed child's
hat IL is worn tilted 10 one side. with two
conger quills caught in the brim with a
soft silk scarf around the crown. One OF
the dressy imported hats shown Is of pink
silk braid. mushroom shape, held off the
face with a bandeau and simply trimmed
with a large bow of pink luzlne silk and
a cluster OF French roses and foliage on
the crown. One Of the new toques to be
worn with tailor made gowns is made OF
the new basket weave braid. which comes
I'm all colors. and is simply trimmed with
folds OF moline and two Scotch quilts. A
young girls hat is of black braid. the under
brim being white. The brim is high on one
ShN aHN Alilnt Will Itu ldtlcld SIN
caught with a rhinestone buckle with a
large quill. y French picture hat shown is
Of Cuban braid and made with a double
brim. between which are foids of soft white
chiffon. with a crown effect of black vel
Vet ribbon. The hat is tilted high on one
side. slightly to the front. by a bandeau. or
which is n cluster of pink roses and two
Amazon plumes.
The stores are showing a great variety
of lace, mousseline and summer fabric
robes ready shaped. but to be sewed to-
gether. The skirts come all trimmed, with
nothing TO do but sew UP the back seam,
and the waists are all ready to cut out and
fit Among the ~prettiest for summer wear
are the new French grass cloth robes and
the fine tissue grenadine robes. Some are
brocaded and others have renaissance braid
set on in design. They are made with the
circular 1ounce effect around the bottom,
on which is set plated rufies. and some
are trimmed with ribbon ruching. The cot
ton eolian robes. with renaissance braid
trimming, and the point d'esprit robes are
also shown among the assortment. The
latter robes are among the prettiest. One
shown was trimmed with straps of narrow
white taffeta stitched with gold thread and
around the bottom nine rufies of net edged
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d'esprit robes has a Persian design in
renaissance lace braid, the rufles around
the bottom being edged with the renais-
sance lace. There is another assortment
of French batiste robes trimmed with en-
broidery and lace insertion, with clusters
of tucks and some of them with tucked Cir
dies.
One of the handsOmest of The thin robes
IS fashioned of Paris muslin, with a floral
design OF renaissance lace braid set on and
medallions here and there of hand painted
flowers outlined in delicate tracings of gold
thread. There are nine ruffies of the mus
lin on the circular 1ounce. each edged with
renaissance lace. All of the cloths shown
for the new spring gowns is sheer and soft
. clinging stuffs. Some OF the ~prettiest and
most fashionable of these goods are called
satin striped tamise, which sells for $24 a
PATTERN: another is called carmelite, sheer
goods with a wide ribbon strip running
through il. which is sold at 81 a yard.
Crepe zarine has a seemingly gold back
ground with a conventional design Of white
and black, which is s. a yard. Other crepes
sell from 81 to 81 and IS per yard. In wash
fabrics the mercerized goods are expected
TO be most popular for summer wear. and
all the French ginghams, challies and dimi-
ties have at least a mercerized stripe. There
is also a large assortment of fOulards to
select from and other soft silks 10 select
from.