The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-16

c. ROUSSEAUX for spring brides
show many novelties. vast
number of the wedding gowns
are made of the most gauZy
fabrics. which replace the heavy satins
once used almost exclusively. high
silky finish that is quite silvery is
feature of some of the most popular
textiles which include gauZes of every
sort, as well as such thin silks as mes
saline and soft finished taffetas. These
delicate materials respond readily to
the styles of the hour. the draped bod
ices. shirred sleeves and daintily trim
med skirts calling for suppleness.
The majority of the imported gowns
are still of satin, made in the Staid way
approved for French brides-that is,
with the skirt more frequently plain
than trimmed, and the bodice showing
at most a lace bertha and sleeve frills,
or a drapery of tulle and orange bios
SONS. Though brides in other coun-
tries are apt to be more fusSy, the
French exaction for a high neck and
long sleeves is observed generally
everywhere else.
The fad of the hour for transparent
materials brings lace into the field, and
never were lace gowns more ravishing
than those now designed for bridal use.
Here, tooy is another innovation, for
instead of orange blossoms the filmy
costumes are sometimes garlanded with
trails of tiny white roses with green
foliage. These blooms are called, by
courtesy, bride roses but they are
merely the close dwarf flowers which
have become stylish in the millinery
world. Sometimes they are put on
skirt in wreaths. tied at the top with
the ribbon bow knots of the Louis
periods. An altar gown showing this
treatment has a flounced petticoat of
Lierre lace and a train and bodice of
ivory satin. In the bertha of the bodice
and through the trimming of the elbow
sleeves bands of the tiny flowers are
placed effectively
Marvelously beautiful webs are
shown among the lace novelties of the
new season, handsome pattern in
these sometimes composing the brides
bodice which may be worn with a satin
or ottoman silk, made plainly. Among
these laces is creamy net with raised
flowers in merceriZed silk called Chi
nese embroidery. The finished loveli-
ness of the needlework is so nearly
like that upon the gorgeous mandarin
robes. that it is difficult to believe it is
machine made. But for that matter
machine made laces are all wonderful
this season, some of the Irish crochet
limitations being scarcely distinguish
able from the real thing. The tendency
with these, however, is toward vulgar
laVishness that cannot help being it's
own undoing, for some of the gown en-
tredeuX are quite ten inches wide
These shape, in the main, a species of
trellis against which is hung loosely
the most madly big flowers, sunf1owers,
Gala lilies and roses. They are more
like bedspread laces than frock trim
mings, but one bridal trousseau held a
white yelling dress decked with the
sunf1ower pattern.
Fairly inexpensive lace dresses
bought by many brides are the half
made box gowns, with the top of the
skirt of Lierre lace and the ffounces of
Bruges. Round point and point ap-
plique are the privilege of more ex-
traYagant brides and all lace gowns are
mounted over chiffon before being
hung over the silk Innings in order TO
preserve a soft effect.
The train of the satin or silk altar
gown is immensely long and wadded.