The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-07
F|biT HINTS ON
SPRING FASHIONS

NEE YORK, Jan. THE first signs of
sprlnG are here IN the new shirt waists.
Ines Will be followed within a week or
two ". other models, but the stores must
make room for new things by disposing
OF the present stocks in the regular Janu-
airy sales.
But back to shirt waists. White will
continue to reign unrivaled. That much
Is assured. The new designs, whether of
silk OF organdle, satin or the cheapest
lawn, are in white. Trimmed! Most elab-
orately. Lace is used with lavish hand
and mingled in every imaginable way with
other delicate and artistic trimmings.
Most OF the designs button in the back,
style which is really left over from
last year. For stout and elderly women,
however, the fastenings are concealed, for,
despite ats smartness, the waist fastened
at the back has age limitations which must
be observed by women who wish to follow
the dictates of common sense in their
dressing.
Jokes will be a modish trimming for
spring shirt waists, the round shapes shar-
ing favor with irregular designs. This
gives a splendid opportunity to use the
dainty insertions with fancy stitchings.
Some beautiful belts and stocks accom-
pany the new waists. The former are of
white kid combined with silk and the
various metals, such as dull silver, gun
metal and gold. Stocks do not show much
that is new, but the lack of novelty is am
ply supplied in the artistic arrangement
of the latest neck fnishings.
The go-between styles that will be seen
between now and the regular spring open
ings leave nothing to be desired. Smart
women are inclined to change off from
cheviots and zibelines to hop sacking, can
vas and the diagonal serges. These are
made in tailor fashion and trimmed smart
ly. Jackets are getting shorter and many
show the cutest little facings of embroider-
ed felt and silk. Hop sacking with hairy
nap is very SWELL to use vulgar ex-
preston. A chic model is trimmed with
black and the jacket has four overlapping
cape collars, while the skirt is gored and
stitched until it almost stands alone.
Nothing has held its own among fash
ionable trimmings like Mexican drawn
work. This fact is no doubt due to the
difficulty OF imimating the decoration and
IT'S well-sustained price. 1t is shown on
frocks of all descriptions and appears to
especial advantage on tailored design in
| coarse, why canvas. The Mexican drawn
work is executed on the fabric itself, com
bined with crewel embroidery. The can
vas is a queer shade of light brown, sug-
costing mile or putty 1t is uncertain
which, and the embroidery is pale rose. A
| rose-colored suede belt confines the bodice
ano, rs clasped with a big coral buckle.
Matching the gown is an elegant mole
| skin coat lined with rose-colored panne vel
vet, over which falls low cape of mole
skin.
The daintiest features of dresses made
in diaphanous materials for afternoon and
evening wear are their girdles, sashes and
other waist trimmings. These have never
been so varied and delightfully."- chic as
this season. Dresden and Vatican rib
bons are mostly used. Stout figures look
well in the corsage bands that support the
figure, while curving into lines that often
lend grace and comeliness where there is
none. Sylph-like forms requiring perfect
freedom with certain air of abandon for
their greatest effect are held in slightly
with soft belts. 1t is no longer the
smart thing to tie belt in bow at the
back, neither are long streamers worn.
The Ascot sash is the newest creation ana
very pretty. 1t consists of band of
Dresden or Vatican ribbon brought
around the waist and tied in four-in-hand
knot at the back. Instead of hanging
straight and stiff, the ends of the ribbon
are pinched up and finished with silk tas-
tells or looped through embroidered silk
rings.
The long neck chains of fine gold and
silver set with small jewels are pretty. If
imitation stones are worn they should be
duplicates of turquoises or corals, because
counterfeit brilliants are considered abom-
Unable taste. Even pearls are not advisable
unless they are real, for they soon lose
their lustre and give ones jewelry an "all
but" appearance.
Earrings and bracelets are worn to
greater extent this winter than in many
years past. That is, one sees them decorat-
ing the ears and arms of really fashloably
gowned women on the street. If the morn
ing costume includes an elaborate tailored
design considerable amount of jewelry
Is permissible, as long as the hashy eff
fects are eschewed
Jeweled insects have almost entirely Civ
en- way to floral designs. The possible
exception is the butterfly and this is
retained because it affords chance for
really artistic matching of precious stones
with brilliant effect. But wild roses with
diamond and pearl centers, turquoise for
get-me-nots, coral geraniums, sapphire gen.
tians and pearl wild roses are much to be
desired.
In the matter of hat-pins the shops are
showing extra long pins with handsomely
jeweled heads that are stabbed in at thee
back and run all the way through the
coil of hair, then pinned through the hat
at the front. In cases where the hair
is worn low, an elastic band is used to
keep the hat on the head and the pins
are used merely as ornaments.
Some of the new fur toques are prettily
trimmed with bands of chiffon and mohair
braid Spreading fat crowns that bend
into shaped brims narrowing toward the
face continue to be a favorite design.
Where they fatten at the back to fit over
the couture two feathers of contrasting
color can be added as the sole but eff
fective decoration.