The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

fT$HE Duchess of Marlborough, dressed
in a shirtwaist suit, sat upon the
terrace Of the Cafe Rue de la
III Paix, drinking beer So the dis
that f Ratea h SAID dd But t the se truth THIS is
the duchess slipped tea. The pair were
out holidaying and seemed ridiculously
The duchess, from time to time,
patted the skirt Of her shirtwaist suit,
which was of light weight taffeta, which
blew in the breeze. And more than
once she Strengthened the little feather
toque which she had donned for fall.
That the pair were smartly dressed
there would have been no question, even
had they not been sketched by fash
ion artist, who was there for French
paper.
The shirtwaist suit Of the duchess
was made of watermelon green taffeta
and the skirt was "built ''-as the
French say-on ACCORDION lines. Moth
ing could have been snugger at the
hips than the plaits, which were stitched
came the accordeon-like flare.
The waist was on the shirtwaist or
der, stitched fiat as to the yoke, with
q handsome flare across the bust. There
were buttons Of blue enamel and the
dearest little shoulderette of soft blue
woody stuff, one of the sort which you
can weave upon the little modern looms
was big soft muff Of the same ma
terial.
All Of the new skirts are not &C
cordeor plated, but great majority
of them are, for the popularity Of the
modified ACCORDION plated dress is
great. But one does now and then see
with these dresses that the fashion
writer has to deal, because they are
newer.
While in Paris the duke and the
duchess went shopping great deal and
usually upon the popular streets, and
here they picked up many handsome
gown. The duchess, who does not be-
1ieve in preserving her wardrobe, but
she may wear them, was seen one day
in very pretty smooth serge gown in
deep plum. It was called a "cab
gown"
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A cab gown, by the way, is one that
Is for hack wear. It is made Of some
light weight serviceable stuff like serge
and it is built upon the most useful
lines 1t is good, whether one goes in
cab or not, for it is utility dress.
One very becoming hack gown worn
by the duchess-a gown which any
woman might copy-was in a very pref
brown: It was made With plated
skirt, but the Plaits were Inverted and
stitched almost all the way to the hem.
The effect was very much like killed
skirt. The waist had three box plaits
front and back and suggested in many
ways Norfolk jacket save that it was
fitted and needed no belt. Around her
list ha Ipo
chain to which was attached a shop
ping bag and many chatelaine orna-
ments.
It is rather smart these days to have
q handsome shopping shirtwaist built
Of black material. IF you can succeed
in making al up black Ok cloth T Ta1st s.. so
compiished much. The French dress
makers are making speciality Of these
waists and are finishing them in pretty
ways so that they can be worn in the
street. Made Of heavy novelty cloth,
embroidered or braided, and worn with
a handsome fur or feather boa, they
are indeed beautiful if one can man
age to make them smart in style.
The blouse shirtwaists are handsome
and the blouse pattern is really to be
recommended, because it is most easily
fitted. Such waist, nicely made and
Eies with 1T a wonderful air Of smart
ness even tho it be nothing but CLOTH
shirtwaist after all.
It would be simply impossible to be
gin to tell all the shirtwaist models
of the year. The fall has brought II
hundreds Of new ones and you cannot
look about without seeing something
which has never been seen before
GLOW many new shirtwaists can be
counted in the stores this year9' asked
some one Of modiste whose specially
is the made-to-order shirtwaist.
'I have counted thousand new
models" replied she, "and I am con
tinually seeing new ones. They must
run up into the tens of thousands. Each
little shoulder ornament, each little
cape, each double fold, each broadening
Of the shoulder and each modification
of the sleeves, suggest something new
and out of the ordinary-'
!. !. !.
Among these models may be men
toned the waist which is made with
three overlapping folds. These folds
are wide enough to take the place Of
rufles. The waist is composed of three