The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-03-10
FADs AND FASHIONS

comfortably chilly and raw, tne
spring season is approaching with
giant strides. The big fashion shops
In the downtown districts are max
Tag fine displays of spring and sum
mer goods and styles and are giving
The devotees OF fashion the first
most delightful glimpses Of the nov
cities of the coming season. There
are scores of the most charming
trocks in linen, muslin, summer
silks, wolfe, white serge and in q
host of other materials suitable for
spring and summer wear, though In
this time of triumph for sheer and
hight weight fabrics many of the
new models might as appropriately
be worn now as later. The voiles
and silk etamine, the nets and
crepes, ETC., are all the year round
materials now.
Nothing seems to threaten the XII
mono or peasant sleeve with extinc-
ton and the skirt lines show no
change, but one sees more or the
frankly Empire and Directoire lines
than has been noticeable on this side
of the water during the winter sea-
con and these lines have invaded the
realm of the street frocks instead of
being restricted to evening and house
trocks as they have been before.
Even this winter, while most of the
waist lines have been raised trifie
the definite Empire character has
been lacking in street toilets.
In one of the fashionable shops
there was shown the other day pi-
suent little trotting costume in very
dark blue wolfe whose simple
straight skirt rose to a waist line
just below the bust, where it met a
double cape that fell over the
shoulders and upper arm to the
waist line and was the same length
In the back. This cape quite con-
eealed the bodice save in front,
where a collar of dull red turned
back over the capes, leaving a v
shaped opening where the guimpe of
the bodice was revealed. A little OF
the peasant sleeve with red cuff
showed below the cape, as did a
gtrdle OF the red silk, which tied in
. square pump bow in front.
The models in soft sheer mate
rails show skirts falling straight or
almost straight from the high waist
and slightly fulled, but in heavier
materials, such as linen, serge, etc.,
the skirt top is usually fitted little
70 the figure curves and usually
mounts only short distance above
the normal waist line. One often
ands the top of linen skirt seal
topped and buttonholed for finish and
then fastened firmly to the bodice.
These skirts are difficult to
iaunder we'll in linen; and If lin
On frock is to be tubbed early and
eften 1t is wise to join skirt and
waist at the normal waist line or "a
very little above and if more short
WASTED effect is desired to produce
It by an arrangement of wide belt
or girdle. Where Tubing is not 70
% considered or where in sheer cot
tons or linens the shaping may be
done by small tucks or plaits or the
folds may hang straight and full,
the very short waist need not pre-
sent any great difficulties for the
hundress.
: Judging from the displays in the
shops pink will be worn a great deal
during the coming summer season.
There are many delightful shades OF
that color, from delicate rose petal
% glowing cerise. Many of these
sinks are used, as they were during
the winter, to relieve more sombre
Aues. At one of the shops toilet
vas shown that was extremely chic.
It consisted of clinging one-piece
trock or tunic of smoke gray me-
teore, the skirt of the tunic opening
up q little at each side near the
tottom. with buttons of the material
bordering the openings. Below this
tong. close and simple tunic show
Cd short skirt of delicious rose or
serise meteore, untrimmed and just
clearing the ground. Stockings were
Of the cerise exactly matching the
skirt, but the smart pumps were of
the gray satin. A tiny yoke of
serise and a glimpse of the cerise
bordering the peasant sleeves were
die only other touches of the vivid
color. and the yoke was partly hid
den under Dutch collar OF lace. A
gray cordeliere served to define the
Aigh waist line.
The fine cotton stamines are en-
Toying tremendous vogue both for
blouses and for frocks and are made
ap5 as simply or as deliberately as one
chooses to have them. A little Irish