Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-03-05
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SOMETHING 10 mltstsI LADIES

o. .es,ion OF the coming spring In
tho styles OF Lontou costumes The
reason for THAI oh .nomCnon may be
Sought in tbe desire ot fashionable
women Co be- the FIRST in The field. %
BE- tbo leaders of fashion rather than
followers For the sake Of grat.fy lug
thoir ambition in chat direction fash.
luna8la women viii gladly submit TO
lilue Inconvenience. even t0 bls ones
u that should Be- necessary. They
will NOT lgt th2 rick OF catching cold
stand .n their way. when The aim OF
tbelf ambition can DO reached Some
81 the leaders are aoll aware of the
risk OF wearing spring costumes 60
winter weather and compromise by
wearing urs and heavy underwear ln
combination with spring gowns and
waists. The effect ot those combine
lions Is rather peculiar. but Il Is sen.
aihlo under tho circumstances and,
what means a great deal more. sane.
toned by fashion.
Among the lmportatloua from
Paris. suitable FOR carly spring wear.
are some handsome little ghawi8 60
black wolfe On various fancIful forms
ami shapes They arc mostly Of
black wolfe and are ornamonted with
Umbroideriea In black or colors and
frinTra These HhaWia are quite or.
namoutsl and also practical as they
are warm enough % protect The wear.
or from raw spring hroeEeB These
ahawlB Tor evening wear are not ln
black. but in various delicate shades
and more richly ornamonted There
is every reason 90 believe that these
shawls, particularly those fof evening
wear will become quite a TAD aud
will be worn alI summer 81 a pfotoc.
lion on cool evenings
Among the various materials ad-
aptCd for spring wear, which are used
promaturoly during the present Len
ten season are dinerent qualliOs OF
English homospun scotch twoods and
suitlngs ana french broadCl0ths. Vel.
vet ls comparatively little used ia
these and where 10 - used Il o. invar.
iahly relieved by needle work Fuu
are stIll extensively useu 10 conncc.
lion with these C0stumoa. which are
not designed FOR warmth. The conso.
quenco is that urs are sim In De.
mand and, especially tho better
grades bring higher prices than dur.
Ing tho winter season.
what emphasizes the prcvl0usuess
~ fashion AZ the present time even
moro than the combination Of ura
and dresses OF lEh. spring materials
is the fact that straw hats are freely
worn with fur sets Most OF the hats
are imported or made after imported
models and there are some decidedly
handsome creations among them
Combinations OF black and white.
with just a touch OF color. 90 relieve
the eye. promise 90 become favorltou
Among ibo many novelties shown ln
dress materials for early spring wear
ere faced clothes. that 10 cloths show.
ing different cOlors on two sides. or
course. thoy are used Ia such a way
ilat both aides are shown IN the
dress. These cloths are shown On
charming combinations OF colors
ono OF the abandonment being In or.
child violet on one side. mushroom
white on tho other This Kind OF
cloth can be used TO advantage for
gowns a. we'll aa for Jackets. vests
and capos and ,enoa itself TO highly
artistic effects of a striking charac.
ter. silh and chenille paasementeries
and silk bralds IN harmonious or
contrasting shades are suitable for
trimming purposes
Thg popularity % tallormads
gowns seems 20 be on the increase
rather than on the decline a. hey
seemed 20 be during the winter. They
are again ultra fashionable ana are
used not only for stree, wear. but Al.
90 for more pretentioua occasions.
Tailor made skirts ior morning wear
are made rather short. not longer
thar two inches from tho ground
skirts for more formal occasions.
however. make up for the ahortneaa
% tho walking skirts, They must
touch the ground All around and some
% them are two inches longer than
necessary 90 touch the ground. There
10 soothing pretty 60 thai style and be.
sides being awkward it ia 20 Do con
domnei from a sanitary point OF
view However. n tharo be a thous
and ohioctlves 20 that style. it would
be worn nevertheless % fons 40 a
10 the fashion
Brown promises me most popular
and fashionable colcr this aprnE aa6
many Of the imported goods show a
great au0 unusually handsome variety
Of shades OF that color brown mix.
tarsa are used in all kinds or mator
ialu. from tweeds and sulunga 10
homeapuna. and among the recent
imp0rtatlona solid cloths and crepes
la brown With reudlsh tint are
particularly attractive. Correspou-
ding 10 che ashiou iu dress goods
brown IL also used 10 gloves. belts
and wells o. shirtwalota OF different
material are worn w,th brown sFirts
the waists VIII A. least show q touch
OF brown Co the trimming
Hardanger cloth, long known az
the fayor.te material used as the basis
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