The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-06

matching one color of the mixture. The
latter method is productive OF very attrac-
tive results. Mohairs are stylish for this
use also. and will be serviceable as well.
Among the woolens for walking suits are
many rather indistinctive plaids and checks,
both of them pretty and especlaLy-well
adapted TO the finish of stitching. The So
called homespuns are offered. too. perhaps
because no field of dress is TO be without
its stylish open weave.
Considering how high value Is put on
the appearance OF softness IN nnlsnea
dresses. the use of braid is surprising. both
for the number of gowns showing IL and for
the lavishness with which 1t is put on some
of them. But it should be remembered
that brads have changed as mater
ials have-yes, have become proporuonately
even softer. Consequently a BEAUTIFULLY
pliable material may be trimmed with a
braid two inches or more in WIDTH Such
trimmings are a stylish finish for tailor
suits, and when put a gown prepared
with some degree of elaboration are EN-
plOyed with a very free hand. Gold DraldS
are found in surprising widths, too. but
the danger point with them is not look
of stiffness but a confession or a lack OF
taste The gold trimmings should De useu
ra Their sparingly. and careless employment
of these wide gold braids Will be lkely 10
suggest the barbaric Much OF the gold
trimming goes to make some military nm
iSh, usually rather faint in its suggestion
There's to be a run OF this sort or tnlng
for summer. for the young folks at least
So epaulets and frogs will be generally
something else that il is safe from gaudi-
ness. even when the trimming is used freely.
Thus the more stylish pasSementerles often
have gilt threads showing here and there,
and the shopper will find anything she
wants between the all gold and those in
which the gilt is but speck almost lost
in the greater amount of white color
Gold is present also in embroideries in inn
pressive quantity. Much embroidery is or
the raised and filled sort and cloud-like ma
terials now and then seem almost over
pr1h mo 81 npnt E'rinPpS
are going 10 continue their winter vogue TO
judge by the quantities of them on the shop
counters. The narrower sorts seem In the
lead. For dreSsy get-upS ruchingS are to
be a much favored means of ornamentation-
Lace trimmings become of greater value
when sheer fabrics are SeaSonable. Model
dresses suggest with some force that there
is to be a whimsical fancy for the use
OF heavy laces on delicate fabrics and or
hlmy ones on firmer goods, but this notion
need not worry those who at first thought
do not approve it, Such may follow their
own taste in lace and be stylish without
trace of freakishness.
The showings of dress goods include much
that conveys an impression OF extreme
thinness, but for the real thing in coun-
terfeits of the cobweb, consult the neck
arrangements provided for summer even
ingS. And you may be sure that they will
be seen of spring evenings, too, for they
already are in the stores in quantities, and
are altogether too fine TO be held in hand
until spring is over. Lace, chlfton, mus
lin-dnything not over the feathers weight
is shaped in stoles and boas, often with
cape-iike arrangement for the shoulder, and
all made deliberately, but with everything
meant to suggest airineSs and delicacy
with the utmost strength. Spring wraps of
weight sufficient to afford warmth TO their
wearers are unusually varied, though not
making marked a showing in this
Spect "a the winter outsideS did. But con-
sideriHg the season there are many long
wraps Yet these are outnumbered by
short ones, which end anywhere from just
below the waist TO just above it. They
range from snug fit in back TO boxiness all
around.
New York, March 4.