The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

had very. little money left after she mad
bought her wedding gown Not knowing
what to do, for she required three haHd-. :
some dresses. she went to a shop where
they sold Oriental goods.
HOW TO BUY THREE GOWNS
The silks were spread out before her
and she soon saw theiE possibilities. For
y cents a yard she could get silk MAJ
terial gooa enough for a pretty piazza
dress. in shade of pale coffee COLOR.
which could be trimmed with an mex
pensive torchon Of the new and very ef-
fective scent variety These figures may
seem laughably trivial, but beautiful
gowns can be made up this way.
Looking further. she found a lovely
raffeta, perhaps not all fine silk. but very
good indeed in a shade of duck gray. at
reasonable price And this she found
she could make into something very ef-
fective for dinner. gown. The trimming
in this case was to. be lace set in, to make
an insertion, to be bordered with hand
embroidery For third dress, this also a
handsome street and reception dress. she
bought a pretty -Panama-one of. the new
varieties of this cfoth-cOsting very little
per yard. Thus for very little she rugged
herself out for the summer. She could go
to the altar with a. happy smile. feeling
that she had at home, in. her Trunks. all
packed for the future. three gowns that
high credit upon her own taste and tia
family pocketbook.
There are many new materials this sea-
son. but though they are dgnifed by new
names. one recognizes in them the old
and very popular favorites. There are M
voiles. which are made this season with.
drop silk skirts. There are the Panama
cloths. which are heavy enough not TO re-
quire lining. There are all the old can
vas goods under one. name or another.
And there is cashmere, that friend OF
woman out this year under half a dozen
different titles. These are all splendid
goods. and no one can make mistake in
buying them. They will wear forever and
look nice until they are out of style.
I;ut the bride and her friends whether
they are buying a bridal OUTFIT or. not.
must look out as to- color -Four shades
are popular this year Or. perhaps it
would be better to say that six shades
will rule. The most popular shade of All
is gray. This is having. o perfecc furor.
1t is what is called Irish pOplin gray.
the color which one associates With Irish
poplin and which was fashionable years
ago.
A LITTLE SERMON IN COLOR.
Next to this comes violet in its palest
tones, and there are violet hUes that are
most delightful. They are Just family OF
from lavender and white. vet they are
decidedly violet. These colors will hold
their own all the season and are particu-
larly good in the thin materials. They
are very pretty in null. in lawn. IN fine
linen and even in organdie. The proper
trimming in almost every case is white
lace. which gives the gown a certain deli
cacy that is very becoming
Alice blue and turquoise hold their osvnss
and very becoming they are, but one must.
have everything to match. and this costs
| foo.- -r,.rsf oh, -
an Alice blue. advised a dressnaker
and then buy a little black and white
plaid dress You can mix up the two
suits very nicely One looks we'll with the
other. OF course you will also want a
gray for you can mix up the coIors with
these suits, and you will want tan for
the same reason .
The other popular colors are green and
rose. and you see both of these tones a
great deal Botn are beautiful and are
worn for the street and the hoe,se
They are handsome, no matter wnsf,
they are seen or how they are worn.
the new frivontes in dress are the arm,
garters. which are called gartlets -rha,r
are to keep up the gloves and they l0oIx
suspiciously like the garters that are
worn Tor other purposes. In MANY cases
they are jeweled and elaborately trimrad
with ribbons and embroidery poaxi,e~
them the most exquisite things ever sea-s
The new stockings are also worthy ~
note Ihey are embroidered and built
upon openwork designs. and they rssfch
the costume. This makes them very in
teresting from woman's point of View
for they gave her certain opportunjticssfv, &,
dress which she did not have before 4nd
the same with her shoes. which eon< =,
all colors- She can get them in kid. in
patent leather. IN suede, in linen and :.
cloth Never were shoes as hardso-.L IN IN
now, and never were they as becomins -,
the feet. The woman who does nor ;r,S
prove the shoe opportunity makes a rrsat
mistake for she loses a good chanc. -.
make nice effective dress display. !.