The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-13

that IL is practicable for all wear, iron calling to dancing, and from house gown ! to dinner gowns, then, indeed, velvet hai
 reached certain triumph of art.
 Brown Visiting Gowns.
 A visiting gown Of a warm brown-tar velvet was very showy thing. It was \ quite plain in that 1t was made on snir' l waist lines. The skirt, by the way. Wal one of straight-gored ones, with marrow plaitings around the hips. to be tminc- diately released In the skirt part. The waist was a blouse waist.
 ' The waist was trimmed with escurial | lace, put on in the form of incrustations. | The figures were cut out and the lace | applied. Then around the edge of the | lace pieces there was a little border of jewels. These were of the mock variety and could be sewed through and through, I like buttons.
 The girdle plays an Important part in the new gowns. One of the handsoniest of girdles is made upon a foundation oe bone and crinoline. The front Is very deep and is boned and the back is treat ed in the same way. The front is made of folds which cross and come up high under a series of httle knots of ribbon. The back Is finished with a very long chiffon scarf whose ends tic Tn tine back.
 aRnOtucf Sltulcs tttb 0uS tutcnQeQ lOE street wear, is made of Very light weight velvet. lined with velvet. so that it is two-sided. A wide band of the velvet is brought around the waist and tied in a knot, while the ends hang down to the foot of the gown. Then another piece of velvet comes around the waist, is tied in a knot high between the shoulders and the ends hang down again, almost trail- ing upon the floor.
 The appearance of the girdle almost in- dicates that it Is to be sash summer and. in fact, the first of the summer dresses all seem to have sashes of one kind of another. And here is where chif- ion comes in handy, for the chiffon sash sets off a gown so very well.
 A gown which was built of biscuit -col- ored ladies' cloth had sash of biscuit colosed chiffon doubled. This sash was edged with a ruching of plaited satin rib- bon put on so as to border the chiffon sash all the way around.
 Those who liks the appearance of the sash and find 1t becoming will discover that 1t is much better when 1t is trim4 med around the edge with something substantial, such as plating of ribbon or of satin, for in this case it will not blow up as itsotherwise would.
 Spring Girl in Golden Brown.
 lovely, lovely gown for the girl of spring Is made of golden brown broad cloth. 1t Is sweep length and is visit ing gown. being far too long and too pretty for shopping or pedestrian wear.
 The skirt, which is made upon the plain- est lines. is trimmed with long stitched bands of brown broadcloth of the same material as the gown. These bands are cut in points and are so long that they FaQrh 41tr4 f.o1f v-fsrH.& S7n k-. bottom of the gown. where they are fin- ished in sharp points, each point fastened with a big brass button. The skirt needs no other trimming than this, for it Is a kind of trimming which carries its own dresatness with it.
 The upper part of this suit, which is one worn by one of the Vanderbilt wom- en, was cut as an Eton, which closely fitted the figure. It was trimmed with stitched bands of broadcloth, each one finished with a brass button. And these bands, somehow. produced the effect of box plating.
 The sleeves were very wide and very full and were brought in at the hand into wide cuff, which was split open. The cuff had four brass buttons
 In all of these visiting costumes fine sleeve effect Is produced by the very wide plating around the hand. The lin- gerie cuff' 1t is called and all materials from the durable and washable lawn to the delicate chiffons are employed in It's manufacture. i
 The most useful and the prettiest, from a tailored point of view of the lingerie cuffs, are produced by taking the ready made knife plating. which comes at about 7b cents award. and buying enough of 1t to sew into the sleeves. It does not take a great deal and the result is marvelously good. Of course, the trou- bie Is to keep these lingerie cuffs immacl ulate. But 1t can be done after few talks with a white goods cleaner.
 Fancy Vests, Sleeve Rufles.
 One woman who wears the long white ruffies at her sleeve of lace and of plait- ed tulle and of lawn and of taffeta and what not makes it her practice on talk ing them of to rub chalk lightly through the lacy parts. The whole is now done up in blue tissue paper, as that is said