The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-28
FASHIONS BY ONE WHO KNOWS.

| The wise woman will have several
very thin flmy gowns laid away in her
| trunk for the trying heat of late sum-
! mer which we are sure to have this
| year.
1 In the mountains and even at the
| shore the weather so far has, with a
| few exceptional days, been too cool
| for the wearing of these gowns, SO
they are, of necessity, in reserve for
| warmer breeZes.
| From the peeps we have had OF the
| thinnest summer gowns, they are
beautiful, embroidered chiffons having
| the lead among the expensive crea-
| tons.
A cream colored chiffon, heavy and
| fine in quality, is made over canary
yellow silk drop, with most agree
able result
The chiffon is embroidered elabor-
ately in big double roses Of chenille
and silk, with trailing stems and wide
leaves, all in one shade and scarcely
differing from the shade of the chiffon
itself. The skirt, which is deeply bor-
dered with flowers, flares considerably
at the bottom, and is almost tight at
the top save for some small hip tucks.
The bodice is quite simple, being one
| mass of handwork and embroidery,
blousing slightly in front at the belt
line, and the sleeves are short and very
full.
Nearly all these chiffons have fes-
toons Of flounces falling to the waist,
either tucked or hemmed about the
bottom. They are extremely graceful,
beginning at the end of the sleeve cap,
just a few inches below the shoulder.
,, Another idea in chiffons is to have
black or white chiffon made over some
delicate color Of silk.
A black over the palest baby blues
was a most successful toilette seen at
the recent Long Branch horse show.
1t was worn by very wealthy New
York widow of the Titan type, and
nothing is more becoming to such
complexion than this combination of
delicate blue and black.
The bodice had a deep round yoke
of alternate fagoting of blue and
black showing white chiffon beneath.
From this yoke fell deep fiounce
of duchesse lace of rare pattern, colored
black and reaching to the waist, or
rather to the blue girdle which formed
the belt.
The skirt was shirred in innumerable
fine, close rows to the depth of about
twelve inches, whence the material fell
in graceful long folds. The bottom
was fagoted in a-doZen or more rows,
the effect being charming over the
blue. = - -.
sA2big black chip hat. made after an
old-time model. with one faring up
turned side went with the gown. It's
brinl was trimmed above and beneath
with long black and blue ostrich
pIumes showing the quilts in the most
approved and fashionable manner.
A sun-ray costume of pale pink over
the most beautiful white silk slip I
ever saw attracted great deal of at
of q dinner
The sleeves were not accordion
plated, for they usually ruin the effect
of an otherwise pretty plated cos
tune, but were made with the angel
like festoons falling from cap, of
which I have before spoken.
For an arm of any length at all the
machine plated sleeves are impossible,
as nothing could be more graceless and
devoid of the lines of beauty.
These filmy5 materials lend them
selves rather we'll to the triple skirts
seen this year.
An effective gown of this sort had
each of three skirts tucked before be-
ing put together, and garnished about
the bottom with hand work in a Pc
culiar sort of fancy stitch.
The round Jokes to bodices are
again in vogue and are decidedly ia
vored by slightly built women and
of the thin-faced miss or matron for
evening wear.
A French gown of sapphire blue
chiffon was made over pure white
silk, and was tucked all over, begin
ming with fine tucks, which formed
the round yoke of the bodice, and end
ing in great wide plaits at the foot Of
the skirt.
Velvet ribbons were cat stitched to-
gether to form sort of garniture for
the. bodice.
A picture hat of lace and purple and
sapphire orchids completed the cos
tune.
OF course, black and white in this
style would be ravishing in effect,
though not so novel ssome of the
newer combina tons.
Often the hats worn with these chif-
fons are made entirely of the same