The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-29

The gown that is in good taste is
that suited to the time of the day and
the place where one wears it and its
suitability to ones age-perhaps
should say apparent age. None other
is. There is no excuse whatever for
the woman of wealth and leisure be-
Ing inappropriately gowned.
The woman of small means is limit
ed, of course, in her expenditures for
dress, and must of necessity some
times strain a sartorial point, but even
she may sometimes forego an elabo-
rate velvet reception gown and wrap
and purchase instead simple crepe
de chine and plain, tailored street
costume, with the result that she will
appear to far better advantage.
1t is rumored from the fashion cen.
ters that yellow is to be the color of
the coming hour. 1t is light apricot
shade and it appears in cloth embroi-
dered with white braid, and it is
crowned with black chip hat and
feathers, the shape of the hat turn
ing very much up at one side of the
front and down at the other with wav-
ing plumes resting on a mass of hair.
This suggestion of a pale yellow dress
trimmed with white braid thus
crowned leaves a distinctly pleasant
impression.
Another fashion chronicled is that
of dark green or purple shoes; these
being made of the finest kid supplied
with the best quality silk stockings to
match. are adopted by the prodigal,
who also take their footsteps abroad
in the evening in shoes of gold and
silver kid. However, these last have
been superseded by shoes of woven
gold and silver stuff, the kid being re
garded as of too tinsel surface to
display any discretion. and discretion
being the abiding quality we should
look for it in our shoes.
Stripes. of late the favorite of
fashion, are to be relegated to
back seat this spring and the ever
popular checks will again come to the
fore. Stripes will be, of course, worn
to a limited extent, the same as
checks are now, the latter having been
worn right along, not only in the cos
tunes held over from a former sea
son, but in late new costumes.
Truth to tell, checks seem better
suited to street gowns and stripes to
those for more formal occasions. The
black and white shepherds plaid, now
in vogue some years, has been a fa-
vorite with the women of the modish
world, and deserve to be.
The new checks will come in all
sorts of colors and. sizes and varia-
tions, and will be seen in the thin
dressy materials as well as those fab
rics best suited to coat and skirt cos
tunes for walking
Checks will, however, be worn more
by the fashionable few rather than
the general public, as the market has
been flooded with striped materials
and large quantities of ready-made
costumes, many of them handsome.
many of them chic, and these the
manufacturers and shop-keepers will
naturally endeavor to dispose of be.
fore featuring the newer checks.
The smart tailor and the Partisan
couturiers will turn out many smart
costumes in checks for their modish
and wealthy customers. Novelties
in stripes will be two high tones of
the same color.
Shadow stripes are the safest If
one desires stripes. This stripe is
made by reversing the twist of the
warps so that the color shades differ
emily. but is decidedly unobtrusive.
The several shades of blue will
doubtless be the most worn this
spring, and these shades run through
the ever-popular navy. royal, Copen-
hagen and electric. Brown may be