Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-11
GOWNS FOR GIRL GRADUATES.
More Picturesque and Enchanting
Than Ever Before.

NEW YORK, May 16.-whatever may be
the shortcomings Of the oratory Of the
sweet girl graduate, her gown Is invariably
sure to prove a thing Of beauty and her
general appearance a Joy forever. Every
year she grows a trlfe more picturesque
and expansive in her ideas Of what the gown
for this great occasion should be, and a few
dressmakers, who are empowered TO reveal
some OF the secrets OF their wOFhrooms,
have confessed that the tendency among
the graduating classes this spring is to get
together and dress alike. This idea has
been borrowed from the well known prin-'
ciple that obtains at weddings and accord.
ing to which the best effects are secured
by gowning all the bridesmaids with uni
formity Of cut and material.
II there is a very big class, Of twenty
or more, the girls break It up, for sartortal
reasons, into groups OF six, and a committee
Of four In each set OF six Is formed to sit
In solemn conclave over samples and fashion
books until a harmonious and generally
becoming costume is selected. The contract
for the six sweet frocks is then confded to
one dressmaker, and the result, so the girls
say, is bound to prove more pleasing and
economical than when each graduate goes
It alone on her gown and strives In secret
70 outdress her associates.
Model FrockS for the Platform.
Some OF these dress clubs, for SO these
groups are called, have voted hats off; some
regard hats as the very GROWING triumph
Of their model frock; some are going in
for stately trains and gorgeous parasols and
some are going to reflect the fashions OF
the Empire, or 1880, or Louis Quinz, or
Marie Antoinette in their frocks and frills.
Auua -~.,.,,noaA In Favor pf
white and some captivating suits are being
made Of old iv~ory-white nuns yelling, trim
med with stitched straps OF white peau de
cygne. These yelling gowns do not, how
ever, preponderate. The graduates would
be less than feminine II they did not lean
toward and yearn after the nets, and
esprits, the pure white b~atistes, silk mulls,
Irish handkerchief lawns, mercerized mus
Inns and white Swiss muslins.
With these transparent fabrics lace pre-
walls for decorative purposes, though some
Of the most charming models seen so far
have been treated with entredeux and
nounce edging Of esprit footing or plain
footing. Again, a most novel and happy
idea has been materialized in hanging deep
silk muslin hounces on a skirt of white
Chinese or Louisine silk. This design is
asreeably illustrated by a view OF a little
gown, the body Of which is made OF creamy
Louisine decorated with dotted white satin
lines. Below the close-htting skirt top
drop two deep founces Of cream SILK null
edged with Valenciennes rosette lace. SILK
null and lace form the front, collar and
sleeve puffs OF the waist, while the re-
mainder Is wrought Of material to match
the skirt. About the waist goes a narrow
atrap Of the rosiest pink Louisine ribbon
-. -z-- Gail 1Nnnod adh AndE of the
came. A pink chiffon hat with an array OF
white chiffon roses above and below the
brim ia the final touch to this model gown
for a group Of six.
Graduating Hats.
All the graduating hats, when they are
mart of the class costume, are made either
of cream-white hair cloth or OF whlte
Mahnes net or chiffon. Roses, lilies OF the
valley, sprays of %dogwood blossom and
clusters Of white wisteria are the CHOSEN
flowers and at the rear OF every chapeau
falls a looped scarf of lace or chinon' OF
Liberty silk.
while the hat is only occasionally the
associate of the ommittee-chose gradu-
atinE gown, the parasol and the sashes are
a. ,mnortant and universal ~adjuncts as the
undersleeve or the full founce. A rightly
constituted maiden could no more graduate
without her sashes than a bride could go TO
the altar without her wax orange blossoms.
N the class gown is drawn out on distinctly
aimple and economical lines the glory and
EXPANSIVE hufiness of it's sash Is not
pinched for an inch. Some OF the most
adorable sashes are made of crepe de chlne
Rauze, exquisitely embroidered ana carry
ing a fringe eighteen inches deep other
sashes are made Of net and hung WIN
chiffon flowers; the majority, however, are
OF wide, glittering satin taneta RIBBON
drawn In a roll about the waist and railing
IN long loops and deeply frtnged ends In the
rear.
sashes and ParasOls.
II is a within at once pretty and popular
70 match the sashes and parasols. both
are all white, or white with lace anu
colored flowers and ribbons, or with a
satin taffeta sash a satin taffeta parasol Oh
exactly the same color is carried Inc
soWn. however. with which the decorated
sunshade seems to enjoy the closest sister
hood, is one cut quite fat or In a pointed
opening at the reek. The girl graduate Is
sure to possess a throat well worth SNOW
ing and when a wide collar all OF lace OF
of lace muslin is folded back from her
round, white neck her otherwise simple
lawn gown develops at once into a tole'
Of charm and moment. No less pretent'ous
or more successful impression of this could
be offered than in the white class gown
made for a group Of graduates whose brains
outweigh their pockets. The material Is
nothing more expensive than white mercer
lied muslin. The skirt and waist are per-
pendicularly tucked in clusters and the
borders are carried out In a deep cream
t,nttatton Valencienpes OF small expense,
The wide and open collar is finished by a
scarf Of blue chiffon and two long sash
ends OF blue chiffon, elaborated with many
bouillones OF the same, that fall in the
rear. A white Louisine parasol striped II
blue, with a blue enameled handle, Is tbs
FINAL touch OF sweet and simple elegance
that should become any girl under the sun
The Delightful Details.