Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-11
new YORK FASHION LETTER
The Vogue In Fashionable silks
Marked Novelties in COnts-New
Hats F~'ascinntlsg.

and form have been ransacked this Year
for ideas more lovely then any previous
has looked, and the ransacking
has boon nightly productive of results.
The most charming conceits In small
and end are shown IN the stores,
while the creations OF millinery aud
observation-disclosures nothing il
not jubilant. The idea of sonbr tints
for street wear has been put to fight and
streets and carriage drives blossom like
flower gardens this season.
Fabrics we're never more varied or de-
iicately tinted. The vogue Of silks for
simple as well as ploborate dresses is not
more marked than the number of
materials with a glossy silk finish.
Popiin, mohair and b%rilliantine is well
as sicillinne make excellent substitutes
for the more p%erishable silk. Cashmeres
with soft glossy finish are TO be reck-
Oned among desirable materials this
year.
In the matter Of styles generally.
elrdles are broader than those Of last
year. and long sash ends are attractive
with all light wi Trains have grown
shorter and skirts fuller. It. is in the
sleeve, however. that tho most notice
able change is scen. The pun-casily
tiwce as large as last summcr's-has
moved from tho elbow TO the shoulder
and although long. dropping lines may
still be detected in some Of the latest
models. the average sleeve is composed
of one, two three or more puffs. with the
widest one nearest tho shoulder. Most
wash dresses have but ono puff. SD that
they piay be more easily Numbered, al
though the three puff sleeve alone, or
deep elbow length cuff. Is always grace
full. Elbow sleeves, while much in vogue
will only bc worn when peculiarly he
coming, a long lace cuff used instead to
give q pretty finish to a dress. Deep lace
rufrles failing gracefully from the elbow
tend to take away the stiffness from the
sleeve OF the present hour. for the long
flowing lines are still missed, and the
break must not be too sudden. Tho low
cut collar is 4 fad Of the last two SUM
mers that has increased astonishingly in
popularity. and IN a warm day. when
one can boast of q prcttjly rounded
throat. this is an extremely attractive
fashion.
Perhaps it is in tho matter Of coats
that this season offers tho greatest
novelty. Tho cut of tho coat makes pro-
sress speedily. and has may devotecs
at its shrine. The English motoring
coats arc tilmy things Of silk. coming
in rich clear aud blue and suede SHADES.
They simmer as an oid-timc dancing
frock might he expected to do. and
thrown over a dainty o~reandics or muslin,
lostensibly to protect it. they make the
handsome. kind of an envelope for it.
| So pretty arc the designs and trimmings
for coats that most women with means
will rack their brains to devise excuses
for ~wcaring-and huyins-them. The
tailored coats of piulc and linen upon
rccfcv lincs arc attractions for r1ornin
wear oyer the tub trockS. Among the
expensive lace coats Il novelty is the
closely fitting pattern suggestive OF
Louis Nv. modes.
| Evening wraps would scom to have
reached tho acme Of loNciiness IN color
| and dclicacy of texture. ard though in
tended for tho protection OF evening
gowns. arc in themselves so dainty is to
require protection.
| The ia scinationg OF millinary arc nm
doubted this year. Tho now hats an
more than fascinating. however. They
are revnlutionary. and women weigf
we'll the effect of tho very radical chanr"s
before investing in q Bit Of headwcal
that is to be tho GROWING touch to thcii
new toilette.
INC color s"EtlnoE arc lh'Fohlcn"i
Also. when one grows accustomed &c
their gaietN. very appropriate to dect
~felninl1itA. Tho hclio ana RASPBERRY 'lh's
melt into each other III sraduati"rS
scarcely apparent. The re" copper TINT
CLEAN beside sutdu"d greens and browns
Vivid reds look out glarrnsly here snt
there. 1t is a season OF color an'
~iuXuriant flowers. OF olnnre ribbons ant
plumeS. Birds and Iru!t VIII DC less worn
than formerly.
\ fashion correspondent writes from
Paris that the many mod iications q
the pOke bonnet arc among the smart
est of styles seen ON the boulcvards. IN
stead of tho scoop there is = c,larrlin
flare: and in place OF the rose-,rimm"'