Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-11-08
Fashion. for Young and Old

4. AZ one Of the openings last week ~
were pleased to note provision, after
many years Of neglect, had been made /
for the elderly womAn.the woman that
unshamedly acknowledges she il no |
longer young, We 1ave grown weary
of seeing the grandmothers and great
grandmothers Consumed like girls OF 10;
1t is refreshing to ind they are offered
this season beautiful bonnets and lovely
old-lady gowns Of times past.
OF course, We do not mean we want
to see every woman put on black as soon
II she has reached that uncertain terri
tory called a certain age, but we very
much want to get away from the genera
tions-too-youthful garb.
The other day we saw 4 whlte-haired
woman downtown whom we had before
often noticed because OF her unusual
height and robust appearance. She evi.
IDENTIFY takes the greatest pleasure in
life; by no means would think Of being
put ON the shelf: and as rule We have
gazed at her admiringly. Often tho
white-haired dame il well dressed, In
well-made tailor gown. slightly and un-
hamperinE; but the day We speak Of,
what do you think she had on! 4
white costume, the waist on the lingerie
order, the waist buttoned down the back,
the linen skirt jaunty and short! 1t
was anything but appropriate, the style
of dress-the white was all right:
white, according to our opinion, appro-
pirate for women OF all ages; the button
ed down the back was the utterly impos-
sible, and in this case very unbecoming,
the dame somewhat round-shouldered.
About the same time we were called on
to criticise this costume, we were moved
to admiration of another one worn BY
another wh1te-haired lady, but this lady
not nearly SO old as the other. She was
very good-looking woman, her hair
beautiful, her face fresh colored and
smooth. Her dress, too, was all white,
and the waist a thin one, but there was
no attempt at the girlishness Of q row
OF buttons down the back. To be sure,
an under slip Of pink was worn under
the waist, but the soft glow it gave was
most becoming to her fresh color and
lovely hair; didn't seem too youthful.
Her hat was Of Ill black; black lace.
Which reminds us, we better begin on
the subject limited 1T in our Introductory
paragraph, the really elderly gowns ana
bonnets seen at the openings. A Jew
years ago, and you might walk aisle
after aisle of millinery show cases and
find nothing you would consider suitable
for your mother to wear. Well, last
| we9k-I came upon = whole case full of
black bonnets, the good. orthodox sort
with strings. Most Of them were OF
lace frilled on with medium amount OF
fulness, and trimmed very simply with
bit Of slender feathery white, very
delicate aigret. A few were all black,
! with CLEAN Of good jet. One exquisite
| model had little real lace for the white
| touch, and 4 couple of soft gray silk
| flowers.
A gown OF gray crepe de chine, suit
| able for an elderly woman, was made
with front and sleeves OF white silk mus
lin, the only trimming on the muslin
the neatest of tucks. And it may be vel
to mention here that deep frills of fine
sheer goods very neatly tucked has tax
en- the place of the rufiles of lace tina,
had become SO painfully common. W.
examined this very morning a white
gown meant for evening wear, and OBJ