The courier., 1902-03-01
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sides Zone doesn't mind the train), are
almost unpresentably soiled TO q dis
tance of at least four inches. The
pale blue corded iridescent silk which
Miss Bingham wears i'm the last two
acts is also worth describing. 1t is a
rather elaborate affair in which to
take orders, but this, perhaps, is TO
remind us that Lady Margaret is not
a 'really-and- truly. dressmaker, even
il she does eat the toast like an over
worked modiste. This had the same
inevitable sleeve cap of velvet, chif-
fon middle, and lace cuff, that adorns
all save one or two of the gowns, and
ii had, too, a high collar of lace. 1t
was cut princesse, quite plain in the
back, and had a wide stitched collar
over the shoulders, with ends reach
i'm to the waist. A very long, old
fashioned, heavy gold chain, falling to
the knees was worn with this, ending
with a turquoise cross set in old gold.
Miss Bingham wore also a necklace of
turquoise.
Lady Margaret looks very charming
and pretty i'm the white canvas gown
and Tam O'Shanter cap i'm which she
makes her first appearance. The skirt
is made of inverted box plaits stitched
fiat and left fiaring at the bottom. The
bodice has a many-pointed yoke of
Irish lace, and the sleeves have
wide-fitted lace cuff. From above the
elbow to the cuff the sleeves have that
same fulness of chiffon let in to be
caught again at the cuff. In the third
act Miss Spong introduced a white
costume, the skirt of which was an
exact duplicate of the one l have just
described, except that it had an inser-
tion of filet lace about the bottom. The
sleeves were identical. The bodice was
of heavy lace, on a filet foundation,
made in one of the Eaton shapes, end
ing in slashes bound with cloth. One
large pearl on gold bar fastened the
lace in front 1t was a more appro-
pirate gown than Miss Bingham's, but
not so elaborate.
The diamond gown made for the
Queen of Portugal, in the Bijou pro-
duction, and the heavy lace fiounced
princesse, with pearls and large con-
made for the Queen of Spain, at
Daly's, are both disappointing. The
diamond gown has no diamonds
anywhere, save three or four rows on
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green panne velvet girdle. The skirt
is bead-covered. At Daly's | could not
help thinking what a pity it was the
Queen of Spain let Clotilde spoil her
lovely lace gown by those tawdry
pailettes. 1t seems to me a mistake
to have so much duplication in the
costumes of the minor characters in
the two productions, particularly as
the chief theme of the plays is fash
ion. Minnie Dupree, in the first act
at the Bijou, wore a gown made ex-
actly like that worn by the head filter
in the modiste's establishment at
Daly's. The plethora of copies of the
Paquin sleeve L have already noted.
Again, all the models wore princesse
gowns, much bespangled. At Daly's
the models were short, thin and plain
girls. At the Bijou they were tall,
thin and plain. In fact, Miss Bing-
ham has surrounded herself with a
group of abnormally tall women, and )
1 never did think this sort looked their !.
best in princesse gowns. The sleeve
less model gowns, by the way, all have
tulle knotted just below the shoulder
and falling over the arm. They are so
similar, save in material, that / fancy
Miss Alice Fischer's shrek upon see