The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-21
Summer Fashions.
Some Types Of The Mosi Popular
Tallor.Made Gowns.

The tailor-made gown fills a niche that
Is especially and peculiarly its own and
one that nwaitsgit iii early seasons, mid
seasons and that more difficult TINA
known as between seasons"
The tailor-inade girl OF to-day is es-s
esentialy a feminine creature, In style,
In dress and In manner. And ably have
the tnllors themselves seconded her eff
L forts In this coinmcndable direction. While 81
THE plain and severe type of .tailor.madoS
COSTUME is the one TINT rules for the
summer gowns In chiffon inohalrs, III
silkr, In poplns and linens. there is Just
ono that relieves itFof the reproach OF n
being at ali mnnnIsh In style md effect.
All of the latest productions show light
hers = = n anu pawa %
$cheviot In the light crap tones. The pastel
tints are we'll represented In the smooth
faced chiffon brondcloths. and these renl-
" make extremely dressy costumes even
when the plninest type Of tailor-niade +.
is tho one followed.
Checks the Vogue.
Little checks and tho more ,nobtrus- !
I've OF the clan tnrtnng nre experiencing
u vo-ue thu Is NIL their own. Tho black
and while shepherds check is shown In a
bcwildering variety and size OF checks
Besides the black and white there nro
clever combinations Of some other color
,nrs. Several browns. green's. tans and
fnwns are shown In conjunction with
the lavender. hellotrope and mauvc and
types while still displaying the better better
resources of the tailor's art. 4s3 -"
determinate coorings IN these checks.
One OF these Is a smoke gray and n \
light stone gray check which simply
defics 1oscrDtion. but which. once seen,
IT,, ten1 IT,
mushroom check IN which the faint,
m IL tonos of tho mushroom top is COM
bined with the deeper md indefinite tint
Of the under side. Both OF these nre
rharn1nely matched in velvet. and this
is used for the collar. lapels and cuff
bands. ;8a $J NJ
All Things Irish.
tints; and following the vogue OF all y
things 1rish--sb, far as the fashions are
concerne d-the old-time mandate that
mo Irish. need apply seems to y, have
passport to fashionable favor nowadays
seems I o be the mark Made In Ireland. 81.
Wiincss the vogue Of Irish linens. Irish Y
boulIns, Irish crochet and I'LL OF tho
fnirylikc lace gloves and mitts and fans
that are the product Of tho artistic peas
antry OF the Emerald Isle g 5. .s5
| NJ The short coats to accompany this tailor-@
mad 6 suits nre many and various There
are charming examples Of tho godett.
coat. the very loose form OF the box
coat. the various notifications OF the
Elton, rs we'll as some very fetching ut
TIE garments that are really but slcevcd
capes. ts43 ses S 5,s
One Type Of Skirt.
Rut With MI Of these hes ar,oua TONS, loos.
land fitted. there Is but ono type OF skirt;
| " short enough 10 display the shiny
DasH eh tan sesanes
10 retain It: 30 now the correct thing
with the linen tailor-made is shiny.
\ black patent colt shoe. preferably OF ex-8
The kit skirt, tho sunpleatAd skirt the
l5Gounccd skirt-ths latter. made with vo-5
4 lants that Hre conspicuously scant and
/ cut S to follow the exact curve Of the
! but It Is the circular skirt that carries
4 all before 1t. In this cut there is some-
i times a bias seam down the center front
which makes the most fetching nare.all
4 the way down, and needless to say, the
4 same mode is followed In the back, but
4 to a greater extent. This design usually
i has Paquin -fonnce on the drop skirt.
W shhip"e serves o to hold out the swirling
4 folds OF fullncss from ankle TO hem with
i not the slightest hint of stiffness This
i is one OF those devices IN which J: the
/ Persian couturiere excels: a something
i tina t, while 1t does not ohtr,isiyely pro-:
4 claim It's presence. nevertheless It's abs
lssence Is at once conspicuous.
The Style Of Hat. ].
4 5sA And aSword anent the hats which those
smart wooltex tailor-mades demand. While
1.-The spring models almost allAsof them
i Sdisplayed skirts that were somewhat
i moderate as to width, the latter designs.
4 have such spreading skirts that the hat
4 must spread likewise to match. This
makes so much better balance to the
i fashionable silhouette OF the figure. and
q is far more graceful, besides, than were
i the tiny turbans and toques with which.
4 the season was ushercd In. Inevitably
8 and invariably Mt the beginning OF the
sea son seNeral new modes are tried only
i to be abandoned later on; and those small
Il hats were very trying In the windy days
a Of spring, although the couture hair nets
certainly did much to keep order In the
n waved and #curlcd locks which this style
4 OF hat demanded.
Mother.a and Daughters
4 One of our large New York newspapers.
& mot long ago, opened It's correspondence
"A coumns, on the woman's page, to n dis
8 cusson as to whether 1t was the duty
4 Of daughter to take care OF her moth
4 er, or marry, when the two courses were
4 |irrcconcilable.O OF course every one knows
i THAT tho majority of mothers desire that
3 their daughters shall marry, and that in
4 nunlberless cases no separation OF con-
sequence between mother and daughter Is
s evolved. But these letters brought out
the pltiful exceptions.
Il 1.-Two situations, however, showed them
selves prominently and frequently, and