The Alaska citizen., 1915-03-29

our New OIA lds.4uL tO4- poAGtL- says:
 Word cane from Paris that simple silks. such as taffeta. foulard faille or crepe are to be extensively worn. The day when silk material was tney,r ably associated with drossy lrocks has long since passed. and this sea son there is an unusual number of silks peculiarly fitted for the morn ing frock. travelling costume. etc,
 More and more one sees new mo- dels buttoned up the back. but tu' mode is by no means universal ana women will not be willing to give up the front openjn- froeks which Lave ss simplified and shortened toilet pro. cesses. Square neck openings. with double breasted. or side opening ar ransement. or vest ot some sort ale evidently to be popular bUt thr t opening is not discarded and c. high collar back with moderate Y opening in front Is still much in evidence. even on the newest models.
 Trimming on many Of the new hat is almost negligible quantity. some of the little shapes. with tiny narrow crowns and close rolled or very mar row dropping rims or no brims al all, are absolutely without trimmings save for the hat pins with large heads of satin or straw which are cleverly posed in the hat and hold the flaring veil that belongs with the hat X hrimIess Joque may be trimmed with pin wheel of feathers in two brilliant colors, with feather tassel in the same color dansiing from it. O. it may have band stiff bunch of nowerets at tEa middle front Possibly its small brim rolls up closely against is small crown and is bordered with mar row line of embroidery in brilliant beads white a small bead ornament while a daHgler is posed well back on tLe crown at the left.
 Gay wraps in the evening are worn by everybody; even the sray-aaire1 woman will find herself very be comingly wrapped in velvet of bril- liant red.
 Separate coats are receiving a great deal of attention. Motor coats continue to be full length or seven eights. Some of the newer coats are of uneven length
 Very su9rt is a sailor shaped bat of whit s.t.n. faced with white straw and utAmel simply with 3 band of vaiJe gr-. --. a ribbon around the crown, tudla= Il a long tailored bow on the lett ..4e.
 The French are making new blouses which have tucked material running all the way from inside the elbow to the top of the high stock
 MILITARY STYLES.
 The military fashion has given rise to two effects which are often to be served in the newest importa- tions, and in original American models. It may be mentioned that al though the American costume design CT may not have reached the stage of excellence which the Parisian hold the hat designer has shown herself splendidly capable. There is little choice between a fine domestic and a fine imported hat in the excellence of taste displayed.
 One of the military hats is the tri- cOne, although the majority of it. adaptations are entirely peaceful in their suggestions. They are low. uneven and often trimmed out of all resemblance to their inspiration, as for instance, one pretty uicorTa which came here on the last steam CT from Paris. It was waved up to a greater height on one side than on the other, and was covered com pletely with VioIets. Lest one miss the three corners through the soft ness of outline, these were marked by a rosebud set at each of the points.
 Very mixed are some of the mill tary fashions just now. Woman seizes upon a regimental style be cause it is picturesque and becoming and it troubles her not at all that German, Russian English, and Amer ican military emblems are jumbled in hopeless confusion in her spring attire. From the French officers coat is borrowed the choker collar; the black braid that trims it sug- gests West Point. Dangling tassels on the coat are truly Prussian in suggestion and because the CosSack style of millinery is particularly fetching on femininity it has been adopted as the popular style of head gear and is carried out in Belgian blue, Hessian green or Frenchified black and white, with a fine disre- gard for consistency. Even the boot is military and milady actually wears brass buttons on her foot-gear-shin- ing brass buttons with the Ameri- can eagle thereon, to add a touch