The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-27
Dame Fashion

ent is a time between seasons too late
for winter and too early for spring
that seems to be better suited to ill
the intervening space between the two
seasons, than the shirt waist suit with
it's almost unlimited possibilities. Its
usefulness and accommodating features
are SO varied and it is SO erapidly
gaining in popularity, that there is
every reason to believe that it will be
used extensively between now and the
opening of the spring season. Suits of
that pattern are shown in the shops in
great variety and find a ready mar
ket at prices ranging from a few dol
lars to small fortune. They are made
from almost every conceivable material
there are of such thin materials, for use
in the house or in some southern resort
thicker ones for colder climates and
extra heavy ones which are warm
enough to be worn in the coolest
weather. There is scarcely any res
striction regarding the material that
may be used for that style of dresses.
The style in which these suits are
made varies almost as much as the
material that is used. There is but
one distinguishing feature, which is
peculiar to these suits. They are made
without bones and often even without
Inning. Usually they are made with
out regard to fit, excepting over the
hips and shoulders. The shoulders are,
however, Invariably made with wide
effect. and the waists are rather full.
The ethereal effect of those suits, if
properly made, is one of easy comfort
and race, which would be spoiled to a
considera BILE effect, if bones We're used
in the waist. 1t might be said that the
lack of bones means lack of formal
ity, and with it a kind of solid COM
fort which no other style of street
costumes offers.
The main object of the present style
of skirts seems to be to make the hips,
which, last year, were so stongly en-
phasized, appear as small as possible.
This end is accomplished by arranging
the fulneSS of the skirt in such a way
- fol lie. fLn loo Of tSon hi ~
line and gradually flares toward the
bottom, where it is vey full and, very
often, is finished off with one or more
folds. If the Wearer is short the bands
must be arranged near the bottom in
such a way. that they make her APP
pear higher than she actually is.
Even heavy cloth gowns are made
pleated and very full.
There is a wonderful variety in the
kinds of wells that are Worn nova
days and in the ways in which they are
arranged. Well dressed women are ex-
pected to have veil to match every
dress or hat she wears. A great deal
depends upon the proper harmony and
neglect the proper consideration of a
harmonious ensemble shows either
carelessness or lack of taste on the
the lace veil may be worn, which is
fastened around the edge or just under
no hriy hao re
free and blowing in the wind. There is
also another style, which is brought
around and pinned loosely under the
chin. For windy days it is probably
the most sensible and practical style,
to tie the chiffon veil tightly in soft
bow, the long ends hanging in the front
but, of course, that is only suitable for
cold weather. In warm weather the
veil shuts out the air and makes the
face too warm. The new Partisan
styles for summer include wells of diff
ferent kinds, but these dainty crea tons
of the lacemaker's art are not for prac-
| teal use. They are mere ornaments
and are not used for the protection of
the face at all.
In an interesting little article on
! The we'll groomed woman the Wash
ngton Star expresses tersely and
pointedly, what many observers have
undoubtedly often thought, without
being able to express it so we'll. There
| is an exquisite charm says the ar
ticle, about a neatly dressed woman
She does not wear her hair twisted
up carelessly as if just about to fal
over her shoulders Her gloves are no
ripped at the seams nor are any but
tons missing fom her boots. Her vel
does not reveal any holes under the
chin nor does the binding of the Skin
show ragged in places. Not man!
women show their tidiness in all these
little details but it is a pleasure to SCI
the girl or woman who is to use {
slang term well groomed." The
cloth gown of such a woman fits heI