The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-07

WRITTEN THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The Spring Girl
Well. according to the calendar she hai
not really yet arrived, but, nevertheless
we hasten to welcome her and extend Il
her our very cordial greeting.
The Winter Girl has held sway for SC
long. wrapped in her luxurious furs
and her heavy wraps. that the Spring
Girl will be assured of a doubly enthu.
fiastic reception. once on her own &C.
count and once for what she brings wifi
her-the breath of the spring.
And the Spring Girl is a verv d,freren,
manifestation from what her winter sis
wise. ~
The long coats n the full-lenpth
wraps. the dark. somber-colored cloths,
which distinguished the winter stvlns
have all been laid aside, and the Snrine
Girl blooms forth In the most FASCINATING
of little Elton Jackets, in entirely new
shapes In millinery. and now trimmings
besides.
And a. for the dainty, fruly It'll. things
she wears around her shoulders on the
days when tho hreezes may be n little
bit fresh. well. they simply are tho sum-
mary and apotheosis OF all the fascinating
little pieces that have gone before. and
they surpaAs even these
DARKER TINTS WILL
FIRST BE SEEN.
Upon her first arrival. however,, the
Spring Girl IL likely to wear the darker
tints she has selected for her new sea-
sons costumes, thus making the change
from the dark cloths Of the winter q lit
tie less abrupt.
And the color card for spring Is truly
springiike in its range and register.
The pure. dead white colorings arc to
take q second place to what are known
as the "on-color' whites, and these will
include the several ivory shades. old ivory.
burnt ivory, and ivoire-champagne-a
new French tint. the name OF which well
describes it.
The champagne tints, Of which we got
just a sufficient hint last season to make
US desire more. are here, and are truly
artistic in their possibilities, for they
make such a charming background for
the trimming schemes which are such
Q feature Of the newer fashions.
All Of the blues, especially those which
show a hint Of the cobalt coloring, have
met and are meeting with a most en-
thusiastic acceptance.
There Is one new tint in which both
blonde and brunette are sure to look well,
ana hat Is Just about the shade of the
via blue hyacinth, and appropriately
enough IL known as h%yacinthine blue.
eICILIENNE WITH A PLAIN
AND A BROKEN SURFACE
IN the finer weaves of sc.Iienne This 20
TO be seen both with a plain and a brok-
en- surface. and in the self-colored MIA ids
the plaid pattern being woven on the
plain surface with a pebbled stripe. these
are truly beautiful.
The browns. too, from the liehtest eafe-
ad-lait down to the rich seal browns ara
included In the spring catalogue of col
ors, but as might be expected the earth
tones are best liked. And right in linz
with these come the spring green's.
And such greens! Truly they typ;fy the
Of life to the earth.
There are tender tones of paIs vr.a,
Just the coloring we SEQ in the pussy vii.
low. and next to this on the card ia Tho !
willow green. just the tint of the opentno
leaf buds. and the gamut runs on through
the pistache shade. the apple green. the
slightly deeper lettuce green, through the
copper greens and into the deep emerald
TINT.
And the styles in which these colorinps
are shown are so totally different from
what We have been accustomed to all
long that they will be hailed bv
he fashionable dressers with a doable
Joy.
COARSE CANVAS
DECORATED WITH BRAIDs.
Ono excellent model is shown In a
coarse canva OF a faint cham
'agne tint, this decorated with brafds and
'mbroideries which show scarlet, pale
'lue. brown and gold. the champagne COLI
ring proving a delightfully."- neutral back