The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-23
GTdCGfulaS Lily in Her Clingng, SiluOuS EtaInine
1902. Economist Camera.

Copyright. 1902, Economist Camera.
The visiting gown CONNIE il faut for the
spring season has been decided by lie
monde elegant to be the costume made of
lightweight Wool the lacy etamine, the
nuns yelling, and other delicate types
that, silk lined, are cool enough for sum-
mer wear, except in the extremely hat
weather. But it is the etamlne gown
that by all odds is to be the leading
favorite for afternoon calling, driving,
etc. for it readily lends itself to the lacy
expression so much to be desired by the
fashionable contingent at the present
moment As to the material itself, it Is
just wiry enough to most satisfactorily
shed the dust, yet so pliable is it that it
clings to the figure in the most fascin-
ating and fashionable way which has
dictated that the curving outline which
is half concealed is far more beautiful
and dangerously alluring than the same
form too distinctly revealed.
The same truth is eXemplifed in the
many yoke effects, sleeves and collars
composed entirely of lace or tucked chif-
fon, through whose filmy meshes can
only be family discerned the rosy tinted
skin beneath, for assuredly a beautiful
neck and arms are never half so lovely
as when partly hidden or yelled. Then,
too, is not this fashionable style just
the thing for the majority of women,
VINO, alas, do not possess the plump, fair
neck Of a Juno, nor yet the delicately
tinted rOse-leaf complexion of a Venus,
though so many women are learning how
TO put on or take off flesh in a truly mar
Vicious manner. and thus preserve their
youthful figures to a wonderful degree.
IL Is Tor this reason that there are no
more old lady styles; for why create
modes for a species Of womankind that
IS really becoming extinct? The secrets
n 10 oil or I1fVo o,t1xr efr1
led and so thoroughly mastered by the
American girl that soon she will be ca
pable of transforming herself at will into
the figure any passing fancy may make
her endeavOr to initiate. To emulate
the figure depicted by some fashionable
artist or illustrator is now almost as
easy for the majority of women as TO
change the mode Of dressing the hair.
However, fashion demands very little in
the way of change in figure and outline
this season, the straight-front corset with
a higher busted effect still reigns SUI
preme, and long may it continue on ac-
count not only of its health giving quail
tiles, but also because of its contributing
so largely to the reposeful and graceful
carriage its wearers so readily assume.
The WaiStine is much more perceptible
in the newest Partisan models than was
the case during the winter. There is still
clinSing to the pouch front, but in a
Wy HAuNil ilOullieu lOTNl, ana one Wnlcn
IS far more artistic than its predeces-
sors. 1t is just this touch of artistic
modernness, combined with the his
torlcally correct, which make the reigning
modes 50 acceptable to the refined woman
who aims to-stamp her particular indi-
Viduality upon everything she wears
This Is the woman who selects the eta
mine or yelling gown as quite the most
correct thing for visiting and carriage
costumes, and to ner all eyes turn as
she steps lightly down from her victoria
or traverses the corridor Of some par
ucularly swell hotel. Not that her ap-
parcl is so pronounced in its expensive
ness as to demand such attention; but
chiefly because of the elegant simplicity
which characterizes it-for the graceful
clinging draperies, as well as for the
beautiful combinations of materials and
happy blending of colors.
Gray Is one of the particularly swell
colors at the present moment among a
certain set of smart women; so many of
them seemingly thinking it intensely be-
coming. Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt has for
the nOnce abandoned her erstwhile favor
tie fawns and taken up with the -silvery
sraEs that combine so fetchingly with
touches of black, whether of velvet, chit
fon, lace or MORE. Mrs. George Wander
bit is likewise partial to the same color
ing as her kinswoman. but to it she has
added individual touches Of orange velvet
heliotrope shades or green's of soft, vet
vivid hue. This addition of green to a
blue etamine costume is most delightfully."-
b-acE braid, with its mingling of gilt,