Show HITE ALL THE RAGE 1 Summer Dress s Will Show Very Little Bright Color + mOHAIR mUSLIN IS NEW J WILL STAND SEA FOG AND COUNTRY DAMPNESS t 1 Brides and Their M ids Will Wear Brilliant Silver White P1aimei Dresses This Spring Fringe Flounces the Desire of Every Womans Heart t 2cw York March 3In vlew or the fact that this promises to bea srnJ dressed In the very brIghtest tins and t 9OAO 4MW rr u0O vt 2 o S j S MVI wLcci 1 NOVELTIES IN SHIRT WAISTS I n summer to follow clad almost cclu sively in White it will be as well to ad ie the anxllms in favor of batiste and embroidered muslin and above all tlannc1 speak a friendly word for while French Bastite is one of the few materials that has never been vulgarized and 111 that future delicious to contemplate I of blue sky ardent sunshine and gay gardens the loveliest batistes will pvc dominate Their soft unwrinklin qual iLl is what recommends them espec sally to the new cut of skirt and made up over coarse lawn that has plenty 01 body they are at once beautiful and very inexnensive dresses far more fashionable than any other cotton goods of this rear If you cant afford a gray embroider ed muslin in your summer trousseau then dont betray your poverty by appearing ap-pearing at any of the fashionable re sorts After great care and forethought the manufacturers have brought out a muslin that is warranted to remain crisp in spite of seaside fog and country coun-try dampness They have woven a ju dltious amount of fine mohair with the muslin and have Droduced an ideal fabric In consequence Instead of the sharp almost stinging colors used last season they have taker popular fancy at it word and produced the most var ieatcd list of adorable grays in their mvlalr muslins and then embroidered on the crisp surface in white and black No womans heart but must yearn over a counter full of thse breutjes that are double wIdth and cost from lifty cents to a dollar and twenhfic cents a yard They are meant for makeup over colored slips of course and the best models seen so far show skIrts cut almost tight to tIe knees bristling and billowing below with a sfries of five to nine small flounces be Inw that point Another commendable fllalc is that of edging muslin frills with a very narro gath red quqIing of taffeta both its edgee frInged ADVICE FRO PARIS From Paris comes the adi e to cease fastenIng any skirts behInd and as often as not to wear with muslin or loth Douched lace blouses buttoning r up behind or on the shoulder and und un-d < r the arm Many women are buying buy-ing with their mohairmuslin gownS pough of the goods to have a toque made to match each costume and they are sitting up In the twisted muslin wings and quills colored In pale rose awl wedgwood blue and wastening all the trimming wIth silvered or gilded skrwers that the milliners have just got in stock ALL SILVER WHITE But to go back to fiannelembrold I c Lace JacketSkirt Itohair Over Colored Slip or Blouse ered silver white flannel Is quite the most modish possiblllt fro spring t BrideSmaids and even brides arc going I 10 wear It and the reason Why is plaIn enough it Is so brilliant and becoming sHverwhile is a while that has a sheeny surface like satin md then 011 I this surface is woven in cream white silk any form of ornament from a I polka dot to wreaths of flowers As a result we have a novelty that comes Ike the spangled 11et in dress pieces ready to put on a foundation and needIng need-Ing no decoration Some or these tints L are made up with overskirtsfalling in a series of columbine points upon knee deep knife pleatings and sometimes the skirt seems to open allthe way from hip to foot by means of a serIes of charming little buttons FRINGE FLOUNCES Quite as handsome and fresh to thee the-e e are the spring cloth dresses lay ishiy adorned with silk fringe Now from time to time there has been talk and speculation about fringe but at the present moment It has arrived and wIll make Its presence ornamentally felt in the Easter dress parades Fringe flounces arc the desire of every worn ans heart Some hoardIng souls have rich old fringes twenty years old to bring forth from trunks and linen wrappings and flaunt In their frIend envious faces These flounces run from three inches to three feet in depth with the tasselly finIsh to the open meshed net portion quite deep A shade of willow or stem green Hen rietta cloth silk poplin or rich mo hair is more approvedlY contrasted with black or a shade of green so d pIt p-It Is termed depthoftheforest green and here is where the fringe comes in You have a plain slightly trained skirt and you lay your deep or narrow flounce round it in two rows from the knees down or lay on in points Over your green waist you place your fringe I in a pouched front from the bust down letting the tassels fall out about your hips and thus arrayed you will get your due attention and admiration II ryom Jour own observing sex TOGGERY FOR THE EVENING Make your way Into the sanctum of I any progressive modiste and you will find her garnishing lovely sm and I satin evening gowns with white or colored col-ored fringe in the mesh of which pearls and spangles are caught WIth these evening suits by the way wc ct4 Toque of Spangled Tulle and Bases pretty fans are carried that only have five slender sticks and instead of spreading into a semicircle as the conventional con-ventional fans do these expand to only about onefourth the diameter of a circle cir-cle Their four ribs apIece are of wood or pearl but most elegantly of rich or dark tortoise shell very highly polish pol-ish d and slender cord overlaid with bullion or zilded lace They call these the Princess Ietternich fans and for showy beauty they quite outdo anything any-thing ever seen before In consequence of the gold ork on theauze these fans are carried when not In actual use in pretty painted kid protectors BesIde her fan every woman In the evening wears thrust half way under the top edge of her decollette bodice a single rosebud so puttoether that it requires a keen eye to detect its silken artificiality The bud Is white red yellow yel-low or pale pInk and appears as though fallen from some bouquet In reality It is a tiny sachet for all the rose colors are now In the height of fashion and this small close olded Dud against the wearers warm flesh gives out a subtle sweet aroma MARY DEAl those notes I was tempted and I fell I read them I even critielsed them for you see I am interested In the man It was altogether horrid and dlhonomb but one thing the incident did for me I resolved Instantly that never would that man get a scratch of the pen from me any mc4b than an Innocent 1 wlI1 be pleased to have you etc He wont even get that I if he can be reached by telephone I was very much disappointed in him for these were loverish letters you understand f To other men whom I know dont hesitate to say that they read each others mail Indeed one of them does most of the correspondence for the tlrm and if his chum is busy makes a draft of an answer to the letter which it is necessary neces-sary should be responded to Immediately tile latter copying it docilely at his leisure For three weeks In this way the one was writIng to the others fiancee while she poor girl was pouring out her heart to her betrothed innocent that the outpourings outpour-ings were read by this rank outsider who having nC sympathy In the matter mU5t have had no end or amusemelt out of It ItI tell you its a longheaded girl who never writes anything in a letter to a man that she doesnt mind a select coterie of his friends seeingtlancee or no fiancee There is a general idea that only very youm men are addicted to this custom but that is a mistake I know men vf thirtythree which is certainty an age of discretion who have no more conscience conscI-ence about showing letters than a boy of elhteen Its a shame but Its true I know because they show them to me |