The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-16

! They-and by they I mean the fashion
able set-are preparing for Newport. Ev-
erybody who is anybody goes to this city
by the sea for a day or two each summer
If for no longer. and the making of n New
! port gown Is something that occupies an
important place in the life of every mojiste.
Newport goEns. while costly this sea
son. viii be characterized by simplicity of
fabric. The cottcns. with a lace stripe run
ming through the batistss with satin stripes;
the challics with odd little silk cmbroideries
upon them. and the figured stuffs in wash
! goods will be taken and transformed into
things of much beauty.
In getting ready for summer early there
Is A satisfaction that amounts almost to
happiness. and one has the delight of han
ding the goods in the shops before they
have become common.
Very often. though it seems ridiculous to
say so. the best materials are really sold
cut. and Tor several years l have thought
that the frst-come-irst-ssrved rule was
best exemplified in the buying OF spring
fabrics early.
Spring Cotton Made Attractive
by a Lace Flounce.
We each of us bought a striped cotton
the other day. similar to the cottons In
that figure in the Mrs. Depew trousseau-
and such n trousseau as 1t is!
This cotton is n celestial blue OF the
shade that fairly rivals the heavens above.
1t has a little white across it. like the
clouds, that shifts over the blue and partly !
obscurcs It. This simile is further assisted
by the lace fiounce, which is arranged upon
tn skirt. and by the lace fril at the yoke.
These lace frillS are something quite
novel and not at all Ike any that have
ever been seen before. Their foundation is
pillow ribbon. !
Pillow ribbon Is a ribbon that comes at
about 81 a yard. It is in many n color ana
can he shirred by pulling a string at one
end. This gathers it so that It makes Il
neat rufhe.
This ribbon IS shirred into n rufhe. and
IS attached to the yoke of the gown 50
that 1t makes 4 nice frili or fail of silk.
over this Is arranged n ruffe of lace. fall
ing so as TO cover the ribbon. The two
one over the other, constitute a very nice
trimming for any waist.
The pretty feature is that these trim
mings are made detachable, so that. after
a gown is tubbed, the trimming can be
put on and arranged to look fresh and new
This system of arranging the summer
6""H newly AFTER each Tubing adds much
to its beauty and really makes It a new
gown again. 1t is a little trouble but very
well repays the time in the freshness which
1t hestows upon the garment.
All who have worn summer powps a-.
acquainted with the faded. halr-shrunken
and wholly unattractive appearance which
the gown takes on after it has been i
treated to soap and sun. and the privilege |
of wearing a gown that looks ever. fresh is
one that all will appreciate. Is it not so?
Mrs. Rockefeller's Easter
Gown of Satin and Lace.
Mrs. John d. Rockefeller. Jr., is setting
a nice example to society by wearing gowns
that do not cost the whole of her husbands |
fortune, per gown. One of her Easter crea-
ions, a thing to be worn to Easter dinners.
shows a crisscross Of black satin with a
network OF lace set in. In the open crosses [,
there are dots of black velvet. The neck is
round and absolutely without a finish of
any kind. 1t is fiat and smooth and nm /,
touched ny a rufhe, or a ruche, or a frill. |
or a furbelow. This very simple neck is
severe and taxes a woman's throat to its
utmost.
Upon the front OF the waist there Is fas-
tened its only trimming. This consists of a
big velvet knot as large and larger than a
dinner plate. and one mass of knots and
loops, of ends, and queer little iutting cor
ners. a most effective bow.
In the middle of this bow there Is set a
buckle of rhinestones. with tiny eineralds |
and turquoise and the smallest fire opals, !