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Show 1 1 . ' Latest New York Fashions 1 1 NEW YORK, April 10. Tho long-wnistcd long-wnistcd bodice, the full skirt and all their paraphernalia aro coming, but tliC3- arc not here 3-d. However, thero has been evidence enough to show that tho long waist is a certainty- within the next few months how many no one knows. The basque, with long pp.plum, pointed fronts, darts and all, has been seen in the land. Still, if the old basque docs come back it will never again be the model that mado frights of our grandmothers and mothers in tho '70s of the last century. Corsets aro better shaped now than then and the women enrry' themselves betton These are two important items. Then, too, dressmakers understand tho art of cutting aud fitting and finishing far and away- better than they did a quarter quar-ter of a century ago. And the art is improving stondily. Thero is a decided de-cided lengthening to the waist line, although al-though the girl who prefers the short waist will not be behind in the fashion if she wears it. The. fashions aro lax this season and two stj'les nro. in fact, in the field. Many plaited skirts have been seen at. the oiionings. but. ithcv are the old model, with a ilecidcn difference. differ-ence. Few have the plaits run to the waif band. The plaits either come into the skirt from gores or arc set in belo-T hip-3'oke effects. Of these liip-3-oko cfTccis, or princess (unico. which are the newest things of their class, there nro til? IV T'lie T-nl.-n in i!l sinnne is part and parcel with the bodice, whether it be jumper or entire waist. 1 Muuy jumper gowns which arc of the most useful kind are made with fhis .yoke, the model always being of princess prin-cess style with yoke" cut in mote or less irregular lilies around the figure' below the. hips or cut. iu on with tabs and panels that run downward into the skirt. This makes the plait hip part so much in demaud, aud at fho same time increases the. flow of the skirt at. the bottom. .Skirts arc dclinitcjy wider than fhc3- yverc. w V One-piece suits are easilv first iu favor, fa-vor, and if with coats to match so much the better, no matter what the mnterial. Any fahn- silk, cloth, or mixture, is being developed into attractive at-tractive costumes for da.v1.inie wear in the new season, and it is scarcely possible possi-ble to suggest one of them as any inoro "correct'' than another. One "of the large silk linns has brought out a number num-ber of new weaves iu silk and wool especially es-pecially to be recommended for tailored tail-ored snils. aud there are innumerable satin-faced wools and crgoes to be used for the same purpose; nut the rough silks a smooth, shimmering ones of last season arc not by an'v means to be thrust aside. Ouc" of the fashion-j able dressmakers is using heavy erepe do chine for strictly tailored costumes as much as anything with fine success. Crepe cloth, ribbed like a very fine crepe, with the desirable mat bistort-rope bengalinc. as its naino infers, a combination of. crepe and bengalinc effects: ef-fects: and silk warp cudora arc the three new materials for mourning wear, each attractive in its own way. French ottoman, which comes in all the wished-for wished-for colors, and is a distinct uovelt3 with its curious glossed surface, over au ottoman weave, bayudcre-hcngnliuc, showing stripes of self-tone between alternating al-ternating stripes of the bengalinc weave, a certain French colclo. aud a now pongee are the silk and wool conibi- ' nation cloths that claim most atten- 'H tion; while for indoor gowns and dressy afternoon ones thero nro th" chiffon'1 lansdowncs, tho various coll-enncs coll-enncs and the voiles. There aro charm- ing designs for tho construction of , these materials, which show in manf. (1 unexpected ways distinctive touches. " mmt ll Sorno of tho new gowns worn at aft- ll ernoon affairs aro made after quaint 1830 styles. Ono of these is suggested in a very fine chiffon coil in a dull old- W blue shade, dotted with tiny green lig- ures. Tho skirt is plaited 'from waist IH to hem, and bodice also iu continuation, Wmt so that it is apparent' made iu ono piece At the knees a sush is drawn 33 tightly as is convenient with movo. meat, knotted at one sido of the back so that the upper portion of the skirt droops slightly ovor the sash when th H wearer is in sitting. posture. A guimpe IH of white mousseline over tho hand nnd lH pouched shoulder nlnovcs of the dress jH material. Tho bodvio is outlined with a silk beading, through which aro run green ribbons matching tho color of tho m figure in the gown. The -fancy for these draped effects is steadily growing. which, once ono is accustomed to the breaking of the usual long lines, are very attractive indeed. A peculiar drn,iory arrangement consists pr an ox- tension of the Princess with a pane? tront. At the two-thirds point, or at tho knees, tho sides of the drees to Which tho Panel H ntrnflind elnclmrl ' .' and drawn across each other, then M woven in nnd out. of diamond-shaped mW apertures, firmly buttonholed or out lined with a narrow trimming, and the M ends tie'd in a knot at the center back. m In another design the sash, which is of the entire width of tho silk of which it is usually fashioned, 'iu festooned, , low at oho sido of the front and as high as is consistent at the other, thou caught at the center back, one end be- m ing thrown carelessly over the other. mwm m Draperies are mainly confined io in- door gowns and formal dress, for, ob- vipusly, the3' arc not. intended for pedes- trian costumes, although this is attempt- od. and frequently with satisfactory re- Hilts. For example, ;t skirl, ankle- M length and otherwise jdain. i? draped at one side ust sufficiently to show m a band six inches wide of" the samo material covered with braiding. From the waist drops a two-and a half-inch , band, terminating at the draped point. and, being thrust throne)) au oval- mUUUm shaped buckle made of the cloth, and . braided as is the band, finishes in a rounded point. This method of treat- moot preserves . tho straight lines so desirable in a skirt, typically for the street and yet offers ti pleasing- varia- tiou from tho conventional mode. mMM Another alternative is the divided - draper, suitable alike, for the hug or ankle-length skirt. With this there is au underskirt, over which a tunic, slashed up the front and drawn asidn. . is arranged, preferably cut. in one picoj t with tho bodice. The sides may be., caught without being drawn up at all and held bv oruameuts. ' . 1. . H While tho satin-faced materials will jH retain their popularity nil through the i. ' summer seasou, many' of them beiug off; almost, chiffon weight, thero is already ; a rush for the voiles and cloths of sinn-J lar texture, designed to alternate with '4 ,H the pretty silks, of which one can hard- 'H ly possess too many, oven cousidcriug " jH the extreme favor predicted for thin fabrics. |