The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-29
light effects a. the new

I transparent light effects a the new
l gowns.
Tho lace picture hats are among the most
| attractive of the Easter models. Tho lace
] drapes the brim. half yelling q full-blowr
rose in some becoming color or, perhaps, q
| bunch Of smaller flowers.
! And the crown is quite hidden by q ruffie
OF plated lace. The aIl-black lace hat
made in this way is most fetching. with
\ just one touch of color. and that IN the
| flower which peeps out from beneath the
\ lace fill on the under brim.
| The transparent idea in millinery IL also
seen in an entirely different style Of hat.
EMBROIDERED Wells
DRAPE THE STRAW TURBANs.
Turbans of straw braid or of small fiow-
ers like violets or rosebuds are draped with
embroidered wells.
Both net and chiffon wells are used for
this purpose and extremely pretty effects
are obtained; at the back the ends Of the
veil are allowed to fall over the hair. and
| the way they are arranged adds much to
the smart effect Of the hat.
The fuller the veil lie at the back the
better.
Now that crowns are coming into fashion
again. 1t is interesting to note their great
variety.
A particularly dashing hat with a dis
the cavalier. 1t is made with the crown
of flowers, high enough to be seen from
every view of the hat
The brim is broad and turns up to show
the under facing of lace, while at the left
side is a full black aigrette. which gives
the hat a certain military air. The caya-
lier hat is also seen with the crown a mass
of leaves and fruit instead Of flowers
A smart-looking hat has the crown of
green strawberry leaves, with little Wild
strawberries nesting among the leaves. TIE
brim Is of red straw braid qppliQued with
black lace motifs, and at the side is
feathery black aigratte.
The ruche this year is quite as important
as the spring hat. This question Of dressing
her neck In a becoming way IL interesting
the fashionable girl IS never before.
BLACK AND WHITE
RUCHE MADE DEEP.
There is nothing smarter perhaps-at least.
nothing more satisfactory-than the blacl,
and white rrche made deep enough to have
the effect OF a shoulder cape and FASH
toned Of white silk with frills Of accordion
plated white chiffon and fecked with big
black velvet dots.
Such ruche is fastened with black yelyet
ribbons which can either be tied in a bow
with long ends or caught in many gradu-
ated loops
with silk fringe and made with long sto,e
ends finished with fringe. Is one of the nov
elites of the season. It is good style in
heavy ecru lace over black taffeta with
the shoulder cape and the stole end trimmed
with silk fringe in the same color as the
lace. >'.'
Like the gowns, there is no end to The
eiabortion of these neck pieces Many of
them are Of silk yelled with chiffon which
In its turn. Is half covered with an en,'
broidered design.
A neck scarf made in this way had for its
foundation green taffeta. This was yelled
with black chiffon. which was embroidered
with clusters Of red cherries and green
leaves. neck piece Of this sort is generaI-
ly sold with a hat to match.
The evolution of the shirt-waist suit "a
something to wonder at. Once It was plain
and undeniably only for morning wear
Now 1t is elaborate and quite the smart
thing for almost any occasion that does not
call for evening dress.
sHIRT-wAIsT SUITS OF
CHECKED TAFTETA.
There are extremely chic looking shirt.
waist suits made Of checked tafYeta sill,
trimmed with appliqued bands and designs
OF plain rilk outlined with a fine silk braid.
and there are Others of dainty foulards
trimmed with GALLON which make most at
tractive costumes. especially when the fou-
lard Is dark In color and hecked with a
white or delicately-tinted dot and when the
galloon matches the dot in shade.
. OF course. the shirt-waist suit which IN
seen in such great variety 10 not made only
OF silk; It is exquisite In deliberately en-
broidered linen and Is also made up in mo-
hair. embroidered etamiae canvas and
many other fabrics.
Copyright, 1900. By the Economist Camsrs.