Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-06
NEW YORK FASHIONS

New York, May 6.-The realms Of
color and form have been ransacked
this. year for ideas more lovely than
any previous season has looked, and
the ransaeking has been nightly pro
ductive of results. The most charming
conceits In small odds and ends are
shown in the stores, while the creations
of millinery and frocks--rainbow
tinted-are nothing If not iubilant
The idea Of sombre tints for street wear
has been put to flight and streets and
carriage drives blossom like flower gar.
dens this season.
Fabrics were never more varied or
delicately tinted. The vogue of silks
for simple as we'll as elaborate dresses
is not more marked than the number of
materials with glossy silk finish. Pop.
lin, mohair and brilliantine as well as
sicillienne make excellent substitutes
for the more perishable silk. Cash.
meres with soft glossy finish are to be
reckoned among desirable materials
this year.
In the matter of styles generally. cir.
dies are broader than those of last
year,and long sash ends are attrac.
tive with all light gowns. Trains have
grown shorter and skirts fuller. Il is
in the sleeve, however, that the most
noticeable change is seen. The puff
easily twice as large as last summer s.
has moved from the elbow to the shoul.
der, 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 the
shoulder. Most wash dresses have but
one puff, so that they may be more cas-
lily laundered, although the three puff
sleeve alone, or deep elbow length cuff
is always graceful. Elbow sleeves
while much in vogue, will only be worn
when peculiarly becoming, a long lace
cuff used instead TO give a pretty fin.
ish TO a dress. Deep lace rufiles falling
gracefully from the elbows tend TO
take away the stiffness from the sleeve
of the present hour, for the long flow.
ing lines are still missed, and the break
must not be too sudden. The low cut
collar is a fad Of the laet twc summers
that has increased astonishingly in
popularity, and on a warm day, when
one can boast Of a prettily rounded
throat, this is an extremely attractive
fashion.
Perhaps il is in the matter of coats
that this seasan offers the greatest nov
city. The cult Of the coat makes prog.
ress speedily, and has many devotees
az it's shrine. The English motoring
coats are filmy things of silk, coming
in rich claret and BILE and suede shades.
They simmer as an oldtime dancing
frock might be expected 20 do, and
thrown over a dainty organdie or mus
lin, ostensibly to protect It, they make
the handsomest kind Of an envelope
for IT,
A fashion correspondent writes from
Paris that the many notifications Of
the poke bonnet are among the smart
est styles seen ON the boulevards In
stead Of the scoop there is a. charming
flare; and in place of the rose-trimmed
bandeau the flowers are now posed
prettily along the under edge Of the
brim. Ticstrings continue to be a
very fascinating feature not only Of
so.called poke bonnets (Which are
hardly poked in their new manifesto
tions,) but Of many Of the large aare
shapes as well; and even the familiar
sheperdess and Marie Antoinette
shapes have adopted these strings,
which are capable Of lending a pretti'
ness and a piquaney TO their wearer
when cleverly adjusted.
The same correspondent writes that