The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-27
BY Our Special Correspondent
MIRIAM SPIER.

The season for getting clothes IS at It's
height and we are now arrived at the
very important stage Of wearing what
= me newest and most up-to-date Too
much emphasis caraot be laid upon tho
necessity Of proper dressing. 1t is posi-
DIE by the mere way in which one turns
The wrist in fitting on a glove. to make
IL look well or i'll cut 1t is possible by
setting the hat trine too far back. or a
OIL too far forward Ia appear ridiculous,
while person having exactly the same
model and wearing II properly viii &C
ouire that peculiar style which French
people call chic"
Gradually from the floor, where the
fuIness o. skirts n short time ago lay
IN folds' gathers and pleats are working
their way upward. The feminine sill
houette from looking like a flower in
Nerted on its cOrolla, with a tiny calyx
at the top and innumerable petals Mt the
blossoms edge, now begins 10 look more
Ike that Of our ancestors. who so left
their mark upon the STYLES in 1880
Sleeves, in the very newest ana most
audacious gown have their fitness below
the elbow and in the skirts. the fitness
Is lifted from the floor to the hips. where
II lies in folds and gathers.
Lhere IS hardly woman under 20 who
Is not loath to see the carefully acquired
lines of her figure thus gradually envel-
oped; it has taken so long. such excr-fe,
and so much sclf-dcrial to do away with
hlps' and now. with the gaugings and
tucks in the new skirts" one might as
vel have hips as not.
Inc general change brings with It n
multitude OF smaller changes; already
coTsets are higher in the Dust than fast
year. shorter in the hips ana smaller nj
the waist. Ii stands TO reason that If the
fulness of our gowns is TO be at the hips
we must make ouu waists smaller in order
TO look as though we hac any figure at
ALL and that necessarily, our waists be-
Ing narrower, our hips must be broader.
Although the 1851" modes are fashion
able. and quaintness IS the fancy OF me
hour, the wise woman will adopt only
thoSe features thar are especially suited
TO her conN en:ence or individual style
DFooping shoulders. the IuIl round sA.rl.
No4umlIouS sleeves ana The old-rasaieiI,-,l.
Fe4eIlhe are some or the picturesque
modes OF the moment. and the shops
abound IN exquisite materials thar nave
DeSA ManLIGcJUrtu eSpeclai.y Tor eloy-
ing them II is the JA-I, slender woman
'Aae wears THESE moucs Il. ucsl au....i-
'"se' those OF snort stature or IucII.tuu 10
S1OulneSs VIII Wisely Choose l4.r slylvs
mat especially become Aer.
or tie uresSy street costume TIE mate
ila4S preferred are sUIJ ana ddaptcu 10
l1E straight SKIRTS the apparent SIM
ihclty OF Mnlcu must De NeAIu- 10 the
I4oulSteS. Inc new cnlnoD-N eLourS Is Inc
material above ali others Tor Jayse arts
nc creations. IL Is delicate ana u.ts Il
ssInlpstllne surface, win scarcely zr-..e.
weight IMAM 4 touiarC, ana Il N4n u.t-
wear NeiNets wltn u more crisp oa.y. ..e
most bvauLtu cOlUrs are pIucuUao.e IA
tius iaorIC, shades that are oNgt.s.1e b,
afuhcIal light and sugsesL eNtui4s l1l-
IetteS OF rare beauty, WlIle Inc stree. col
otS are many ana warned Tnc popular
Selofs are brown, IN ali It's SEauiuss. WIN
cinnamon, perhaps, n highest Iasur. b--e.
from Il Say TO 4 uaGk-tUuc, anu ile slLt.
AoMeI-4lAG puppies, Gallla. raspberry ana
curFant req. cray Wsll be maca worn.
zoo, from cniQer or ash sray, and sJel.
10 gris-feutre and The oiUe-gray OF TAX
ana per!Ninkle violet ana Aelclrpo,.
shades remain extremely popular am. IN
handsome materials. viii DO seen d,
oreSSS gowns. As = rule the aorl..s-a.l
coloTs tuls season are NOT the indefinite
pastel unJs. bur the plala. simple tones
Ihere Is an extensive variety of novel;
ties in imported fabrics. arlur-. Them zfba-
lines and canels-hair weaves. shown.
mixtures Of two or three contrasting COZ
ors, with heavy ruohaIr matte eVerr!a.,i
as tie Distinguishing feature Of some AZ
the samples These goods arc fashioned
into the most .nOdiSh coac-arti-s.,,rt p.
for street wear. Plain moha.rs ana ST.
cihennes are exceedingly popular az -rs
present moment and are t. be chained In
VIDE range OF col0rs. from creams I'D
black, and neat effects are just now eu.,e
as active. beias especially suited for las
making Up OF tailcr-made suits for street
wear.
The newest thing in the French taflo-o.
suit is made OF wolfe plgntIflliiy trimmed
and with the trained skirt ard sh0~t
jacket either Of the eton or boIsro car.
scter. A PaQuin s0vyu q JhIs latter stu,
which has just been imported Is mad,