The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-24

folk as a fancy prevailing across the At
lantic. Ii has gained excellent standing
now. and. with the numerous fiounce trim
mings in vogue. constitutes an excuse 10
advance the overskirt as a trial Trim
mings shaped in deep points in front sug-
gest the overskirt strongly, but so Tar the
real article is not seen. If ii should come
in while the present extreme fulness of
skirts is maintained. billowyneSs would be
stylish. indeed. This same great fullness
gives a chance for another experiment
this in the direction of hoops. 1t seems in
credible that fashion leaders will take up
this fashion, but an opportunity for this is
coming, if only dressmakers and their Gus
toners have the daring. Other fashions OF
the civil period in already.
Much OF the lighter shades of green is
TO be worn during the summer. They are
notIcea bly, abundant in the silks designed
for shirtwaist suits. Leaf green is
favored shade. White in yoke and sleeve
finish is the accompaniment for gowns OF
inelahorate sorts and also in dressy getups.
yoke and sleeves being more or less highly
wrought I'm the latter Blues are similarly
set off, though they do not seem TO be so
often the choice as is green. An illustra-
ton OF their use appears in the initial pic
ture. the original of which was a gown
OF gobelin blue silk voils with bands and
yoke of point de venise. Greens and blues
are combined. too. IN ways that create
striking additions to the gay gowns OF
color, and in ways, too that really are
easier than they seem. for these matings
daring, after ALL Tricks of color
combina tons contain more that is new than
does the Offering of new shades. Some OF
these combination were made in the three
dresses of the next group In the first,
light fuschia silk was trimmed with black
BRUSSELS lace over black silk. In the next,
gray crepe de chine set off with, be-
sides its stirring and rulings, raised pink
chiffon roses put on white guipure Last
here is a tan yelling trimmed with tan and
blue pasSementerie and buttons. Rose Is
being put with gray. and the trick is gain
ing acceptance, but very little of the color
is preferable to more than a little of it,
That the summers styles in colorS would
place several, if not nearly all colors in
good standing, was disclosed long before
the spring opened. Since the earlier state
ments of this prospect the development in
hues have been restricted TO getting up new
combinations and to increasing the availa-
BILE number of shades of each stylish color
This latter process has been carried to
such an extreme that none but an expert
can distinguish the different shadings, so
fine the gradations. while for names,
there are so many new ones, most of them
purely arbitrary, that even an expert hard
| " could keep track of all All the possible
| light shades of blue certainly are out, and
| there are some dark shades that have an
unfamiliar dull look Greens we'll
represented, especially in the lighter tints
and as for reds and pinks, their number
| and the closeness of any adjoining two in
| the grading make them a test for color or
shade blindness that few can withstand.
/ Browns, also, seem to have been drawn
/ upon for about all that is in them.
! With shirtwaiStS of simple and Of elabor-
ate sorts, and with fancy waists of the
most dressy sorts imaginable, the separate
waist idea is in The most fourishing state
/ possible. And to the more ornate of
| these desirable garments, their standing as
| to dressiness is of the best. The skirts
J with which they may be worn may not be