The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

is trimmed with a great many rulings
and is loaded with decorations of all
kinds 1t is elaborate from the hand
sornely embroidered skirt yoke right
down to the deep ruff1e, which is bor-
dered with lace and used to trim the
foot of the skirt
The extent to which skirt trimmings
are used can hardly be overstated.
There are skirts so covered with trim
ming that the material of the skirt is
scarcely visible. And over all there is
a deep fall of fringe which nearly con-.
ceals the entire trimming of the skirt.
The fringes of the season are very
interesting and their uses are continu
ally on the increase. There are now
whole coats, in three quarter lengths.
made of fringe. These fringed coats
have a lining of taffeta and the fringe
is put on over the taffeta in a curious
way. 1t is fastened at the neck, where
it is put on very full. 1t falls to the
bottom of the coat and is fastened in
place here and there with bands of rib
bon
Fringe as a trimming upon summer
dresses will be popular and will be
seen upon all the light goods. 1t makes
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is quite delightful in pale shade Of
cream color upon skirts and coats Of
the same shade.
Paris has come out emphatically for
white and never since the days when
the white flag waved above the Tuile-
ries has so much white been seen. In
1915 the fine DANES wore gowns all of
white and they carried white fans.
Their heads were dressed with white
feathers raised to an enormous height.
and their underwear, trimmings, ho-
siery, shoes and all were in white. The
drawing-rooms were shining with lus-
trous white and Paris fairly cleaned
as the beauties of the city moved as
though enveloped in clouds Of white.
Again white will be quite as much
worn as in 1915 days and there is. really
no limit to the number of materials
that can be obtained in white. White
chiffon velvet makes a gorgeous even
ing gown and, trimmed with white taf-
feta and white lace, 1t becomes alto
gether charming. 1t is so soft that 1t
adapts itself readily to drapery. and
1t is so fine in Its texture and so deli
cately becoming that all can wear it.
This is a season that is specially for
the thin woman, but the fat woman
need not despair. Many OF the gar
ments are designed peculiarly for her
and are cut and hung with her full
outlines specially In mind. Indeed,
there ore dresses that are made in such
a manner that one cannot tell whether
a women be fat or lean, for her proper
tions are hidden underneath the long
lines, the full fronts. the voluminous
sleeves and the abundant rufies until
not even she herself can say accurate
ly whether she be a stout woman or
not.
A fashionable woman desiring a
handsome cloth suit for spring sought
her modiste. "I desire an 1880 dress" +"
said she, "but I fear ! am almost too
stout to wear Il.
The dressmalzer smiled incredulously
ana shook her head. You know little
of the fashions" replied she; ''look at
this gown"
Slipping skirt over her customers
head, sho rapidly hooked 1t and ADJUST
Cd the waist. The customer looked at
herself In the morror. There she stood
arrayed In an 1880 gown Of biscuit ool-
ored voile trimmed with lace precisely
the same shade.
The skirt, which was enormously full,
was shirred around the hips In such a
manner that It added poth!rs to the