The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-17

soda. biscuit, gray and brown, all with
the W hite. The silks were draped with
beautiful lace bands. medallions and
edgings. Wide ribbon also lent it's rich
finish. Ribbon is used to greater ex-
tent than usual for all sorts Of gar
ments, yet lace is the trimming beyond
all others in popularity.
Nearly all the silk for the season
ahead of us is soft and much like
Grape in draping qualities. Some Of
the daintiest of the soft silks have
fakes Of silk floss on the surface.
These fiecked effects are carried into
the light wooden dress goods, especially
noticeable being some of the voiles.
These are very lovely when the soft
The hopsacks and several of the stuffs
generally made up for tailor suits
show the same fancy. The old fash
toned all wool delaines are shown as
among the newest of the light weight
woods, and as great care has been tax
en- in the printing of them they are
worthy of a place among woman's
prettiest things. Trey make up into
delicious tea gowns and afternoon
dresses. The colors vary from very
dark solid colors with tiny flower
punches in natures tints to ivory, pale
blues and hydrangea, nlauve, mastfc,
fawn. turquoise. reds in several shades.
and, in fact, SO many shades and tints
that | could not mention them all, but
this | may say: The small bouquets
and sprays of flowers portrayed in the
design are exquisitely beautiful and
more like microscopic pictures than
printed patterns. Rich ribbon in form
of sashes and narrow to match for
bows. with loops and ends. and lace
lots of lace-make the accepted trim
ming. Cream and white, also ivory
with small natural flowers, are among
the designs, and black and eolors. and
also with white only, form some OF the
prettiest combinations. Black and
white, with one or the other in prepon-
derance, will be among the most fash
ionable of all the combinations in hats.
dresses and all the other paraphernalia
and impedimenta belonging to woman
kind. Parasols of white silk and chif-
fon have great black chenille dots. On
the parasols the medallions are placed
as well as on the dresses.
Fringe is again put forward, and this
time 1t may become rage. for the
fashions Of today are so nearly like
those of the days when fringe was
seen on everything that 1t may come
as natural sequence. There is de-
ctded movement in the way OF skirts
iounced to the waist and double and
triple skirt effects, and that will be
welcome change to eyes weary OF the
light skirts. As the newest skirts are
shown we may notice that they have
long, flowing lines, but there 10 q some
thing foreshadowing the things OF
which I have spoken, though just
what 1t is or where 1t is impossible to
say. But so 1t is. It began with the
hats. but until the blouse is relegated
to the limbo of old styles 1t will not be
noticed. The evening dresses are more
defined than the street attire, and there
Is no hesitation in openly adopting the
1aSlIOnS OF our kEdAuAIOAhChS Wteh
some slight notifications.
1T is often amusing, Ii not altogether
profitable, to trace styles, and yester-
flay I came across the origin of the
new feather buster fancy of wearing
the aigret on the millinery of today.
AS most of us know, this aigret Is now
made in the shape of a small buster.
with q regular holder, and is set on the
hat or bonnet so that 1t sticks out ex-
actly in front. Well, this style dates
from the days of Solyman the Mag
nificent, one of the earliest and. Incl
ientaliy. the most bloodthirsty of the
Turkish sultans. lie wore one on his
turban. and from then on the sultans
have worn the same kind Of aigret.
though at different angles, in their
headgear. And some Of the foreign mill
fary officers have aigrets very nearly
Ike those of today, and they are worn |
Ia Quite as aggressive manner.
HENRIETTE ROUSSEAU.