The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-12

velvet. The skirt was full and plain except at the hem, where a tucked band of the cloth edged on top and bot tom with fold of velvet appeared. The wearer, tall, graceful woman, looked extremely well in small stilor hat of deepest plume colored straw trimmed with mignonetta and Ameri- can beauty roses.
 The mildness of the winter hastened the interest in spring clothes, which, as a rule, does not manifest itself very Vi- olently until Easter. Fully a third of the women one meets in the shopping district or in the theatre district are wearing straw hats, and have been for several weeks; One can hardly get waited on in the gown and waist de- partments, and merchants are already talking uneasily about not having enough wash materials to last until June.
 Sleeves of the short jackets are prac" tically all elbow length, and are usually furnished with deep ruffles of lace. These will call for long gloves, and the trade papers say that merchants are in despair because not nearly enough long gloves have been manufactured to SUD- ply the demand. The supply of glace skins gave out some time ago, and there won't be any more until next month. Prices are very high, and may effect the retail market, which would be blow, since our gloves cost quite enough as it is. There will be a short age, too, in silk gloves according to the authorities. The Dry Goods Economist tells this story:
 "The present local market is appa- rently bare of long silk gloves. It has been called to our attention that res ident buyer. representing a western firm was instructed to obtain and ship at once fifteen dozen long silk gloves, re- gardless of the cost. The goods were not ohtainabIe of any wholesale con- cern, and the whole lot was finally pur- chased at the glove counter of a biz Broadway retail concern, and the full retail price was paid therefor Later in the same day another resident buyer representing an out-of-town concern paid the retail price for eight dozen long silk gloves at the same counter"
 To offset the scarcity of the long glove an immense trade in lingerie half sleeves is being done, These pretty sleeves were first gotten up to meet the demand of buyers who did not fancy the elbow sleeve for street wear. The sleeves are beautifully designed and made, and are to be had at almost all prices, from a dollar to five dol lars. Those who have thin arms buy the half sleeves and fit them to short seeved lingerie and lace blouses. If the threatened famine in long gloves becomes a fact, still others will buy them, because short sleeves and short wristed gloves are a hideous com- bination.
 The lingerie waist will probably reach the height of it's popularity this summer. Comparatively few tailored linen waists are being shown, the more delicate lawns and handkerchief liner waists predominating in all the shops As was the case last year severely tailored linen gowns will call for the airiest of blouses. lace trimmed and embroidered There is no doubt that the effect is charming.
 Linen gowns will be accompanied bS beautiful lingerie hats, linen shoes linen parasols, and lastly, linen hant bags and purses. The last named arc new, and very attractive. The best o1 them are large, oblong envelope forms with an inner change purse and a strar at the side for the hand. Many have jewelled clasps and are corresponding ly expensive. A very pretty purse ma! be had for $1.5O. however.-New Yorl Evening Post.