Show SOME OF FASHIONS FREAKS In Hi1 Latest Ideas Eetlfern Combines the Useful and the Ornamental NEW Yom March 12 ISHSpecull correspondence of THE HEKALD The other clay I mentioned a friend That the divine afllatus as they say Had left me as it cculd not flourish well Amid surroundings very fir from gay My friend maintained true poetry could fling A grace and beauty oer the homeliest thing As robes of grace put on with cure and taste Can lend a beauty to the plainest face Teutonic Wrestler As the weeks glide swiftly by and there seems to bo a prospect of saying goodbye to wintry weather tho new fashions Its I come more decidpd and it is easier to speak authoritatively as to tho spring styles And ono of the points that seems settled is that there will be a great diversity in tho wraps of the season The first are as usual the cloth coats more or less elaborate Then as tho Easter gayeties begin there appear at the day weddings and afternoon receptions all manner of fancy confections rich in embroidery and lac These of course are only to be used for semidress occasions for calling and for carriage wear and therefore may be more showy than the coats worn for shopping and for the daily promenade And one of the chief novelties sanctioned to the beau monde by Redfern is the silk coat Tho material thus utilized is brocaded ben uline or any of the brcche silks firstskotch today gives an idea of these extremely interesting garments ftTI ritltfi1 d i j J4 1 1m 4tJ < 1i Io C 1 I J11 I 1 n 1 I f lfl 1f l jl ft fI f J1tJ V 1 < fiJ 1hn vj j f 4y v l Vi t t114 ii f I q v 1 sl Jl 1 1 d 1J 1 I I N 1 t lfmtij t lIbi 3 jlwi tfi 1 r J rjf 7 I 1f 2 r J nr r j tMJ1 f 11 Wf i Y VJ Mjtt Wi fJ I rJ 4 l j i k 4 11 t tb 11l1 t 2 r > i if y A i 1 iJ 1 15titj f if 1t FnflIffZ < l if I J 11 IJffljI r rlitI y t Vi I i rs I IJ 1 t J m N il J f 1 1 1 q if lft r iif f I l I t r drJ l = t41 ff tfE IJ 4 1 II i Ei ii jf It J JI j J I > I ItfJLJJ5j = This coat is a broche silk of mahogany round figured in tho palest turquoise blue j Tho trimmings aro blue silk braided with gold and the lace that Redfern has so uniquely draped just below tile bust is of black lace 1a i14fr4 I zMu S J l hP 4 1fi ie1F t ii ML Jh A Redforn calling costume i is the subject of our second illustration It is an India silk the color of Parum violets with silver prey figures Across the foot of the skirt is design in silver ribbon The gown has a long coat bodice of violet chiffon dotted with silver petit pals The hat is of violet crepe trimmed with silver ribbon and a wreath of violets |