Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-20

DESTINATIONS Decoration Takes the
Place OF sweet Simplicity.


NEW YORK, April ~fs.-sweet simplicity's
occupation is gone, and cstentatious elabo-
ration. that trembles on the verge OF RANK
vulgarity. is the fault we have to find with
the new spring fashions. Too many but
tons, tucks, stitched straps. lace encrusta-
lions, velvet bands, pearl aigrettes. bows
and boas. clashing colors, pufs and trains,
frills and bangles, are working together
Just now for the destruction Of the grace
and taste and distinction Of dress. The old
adage holds that it is possible to have too
much Of a good thing and it applies with
melancholy force to the modes OF this year
end the smart woman OF the moment IL
shockingly overdressed. When arTayed In
her best she looks distresslngly like a
freak Advertisement for all the new fabrics
and fancies Of the hour. From her hosiery
TO her hatpins she is elaborated to the
point OF sheer absurdity, because she in
sists upon wearing all the pretty products
Of the counters combined in and over
whelmingly intricate, dazzling, FUZZY toilet.
The Black surtOut.
All these comments lead up TO the an
nouneement that undersleeves are bigger
than we have yet known them, trains are
longer and hat frames, made Utmost solidly
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The craze Of the hour is for a long, loose
black glace silk coat; this has suddenly
come into rivalry with the Elton coat made
of black moire silk. The MORE coat has
given the little tucked taffeta affair a
secondary place in the general estimation,
but any one who owns a good taffeta coatee,
and who wishes to bring 1t into line with
the prevailing style, must freshly face Its
revers with tea colored lace and hang a
couple Of little stitched leaf-shaped tails
TO its rear waist line.
The heel-long black glace surtout is
meant for street wear and 1t is rather
coquettishly finished about the shoulders
with highwayman capes. piped on their
edges with white or a line Of color. These
take the place Of the cloth Nottingham and
Hampstead coats so popular last winter,
with the difference that the summer top
coat has prodigious folded falling cuffs.
Box backed. straight front cloth carriage
coats, three quarter in length and draped
with accordion pleated chiffon or gorgeous
lace, are the amazing wraps introduced for
afternoon wear.
One Of the excuses for the adoption OF
these big coats, with their Renaissance
collars, falling capes of lace and huge
sleeves Is that they are actually required
as protection against the shrewish spring
days when bland sunshine is not to be
trusted. More than ever have we forced
this season by wearing transparent fabrics
and tucked silk muslin yokes and sleeves
long before Easter, and your economical
woman buys one Of these fine coats with
the justiiable excuse that 1t makes a serv-
iceable evening wrap in winter, after its
spring season Of usefulness is over.
Collars and shirt Waists.
Tassels Of silk. gold or silver at the ends
Of bullion cords, narrow velvet or satin
ribbons Of the same color are one Of the
pretty momentary fancies for lacing and
tying together the ends of a collar or for
use In place of hooks on a cufi, and one
sees thep frequently utilized, in place OF
buttons or links, on the cuffs OF delicate
lawn and wash silk.
The extreme fancifulness of the seasons