Show HUMES BEAUTIES OF SPRING NATURES TINTS THE BASIS 01 MOST SPRING FABRICS aighes of rolled light 1 browns I 1 in vogue once more the new larges hat but arall and nl X not t lucli protection against tile the sun IM by american press alon n F SPRING has arm vis many ak 1 beauties in tho the way of goods we also owe a debt RM of gratitude to I 1 the designers s of oe the beautiful tints that now novi obtain and which harmonize so 80 well with the lq bright alit spring anys da Ys we have the tender green of the springing grass gras the purple pm ailo of tho the violets the gold of tile daffodils and the blue of the for get and giitl tile the delicate color of the lilac and besides those these wo ve liar have rose leaf pink apple blossom and the poetic ashes of roses ashes of roses lias has sprung into a sudden popularity lari ty as it well deserves to for a lovelier shaded shade was is never produced there is a blending I 1 of a 1 dozen shad shades es in n it pearl white pink blue violet a and a ashes over all it is the handsomest in a bro broadcloth and cashmere hut but ut it is more in or e poetic in plain challis or crepe ile de chine to ho be its handsomest it needs to bo be self belt trimmed that is to say gay to have plain bias ruffles fordsor folds or pinked flounces flounce of the same material all lightly gathered and superposed I 1 give an illustration of a gown made of ashes of roses cashmere with five fire pinked flounces over sapphire Is blue velvet but if the velvet waa a to bo be replaced by cashmere it would be a more elegant gown at least to my iny taste it is trimmed with velvet ribbon bows and ends the ashes of roses goes better with soft rush green than any other color though some affect tho the magenta another new color is seen in cloth and light spring woolens and that is a pale snuff color with a hint of green somewhere browns are quite popular in the spring wools but only in the lightest arid and most delicate shades I 1 tool took par nicular notice of ono one beautiful brown dress which a friend of mino mine bought as a compliment to my taste it hail had three folds at the bottom and was walking length and only three yards arid and a half around the bottom the waist had bre telles made of folds narrowing in at tho the waist lino line and simply stitched to wear with this and other equally handsome gowns my friend had a royal purple velvet russian blouse coat with a full front the whole trimmed with gold and the hat was of gold and purple velvet the costume might seem to io be too brilliant and a year bear or bo be I 1 ago would have b been een considered rank heresy beresy in color but now it calls forth only notes of admiration the now new parasols to carry with tho the dainty summer gowns and for carriages are more than beautiful they are made of tho the most delicate and ancl flimsy material and decorated with yards upon yards of gathered gatli ered lace mostly white some of them are mado made of the new net striped silk which brings the stripes around liko like find and at the edges of these and around tile the top saiko are ruffles of accordion plaited silk the pattern becoming accentuated by tile the closeness of the stripes other parasols have a foundation of pink or maize colored mull a perfect smother of fino fine white lace over them some are of regular milliners tie net A with white mull amill drawn over it and over this exquisite black blach chantilly chanti Uy lace 3 A I 1 f 11 C 1 A 1 SPRING COSTUMES laid on smooth under tho scallops I 1 at the edge is a plaited ruffle of white crepe lisso overlaid by narrow but very ve ry fine ell chantilly y there art are boino lio honiton niton point parasols a with pink or maize silk bilk belle beneath ati and some borne of othor whito white lace but the seems to be for the lightest 2 and airiest possible effects two or three were made of deli delicately tely tinted printed muslin laus lill with th alio a b borders 0 r ders gathered or plaited for arunies naturally these frail though quite largo parasols are small protection against tile tho eun but they jaako in al 0 beautiful nobu lona back join I 1 Is for the face and they cast a shade over the features that Is always beneficial they dainty trifles tr illys but they go i cry far toward making up ill tile ott oft sung beauty 0 of the summer girl I 1 mention ono one fact I 1 have 11 noticed and that is that there is an unusual amount of real lace seen upon millinery on one largo poke hat alone there was a falling ailing rill frill f of beautiful ul point laco lace nearly three inches deep which was gathered so that it certainly lit la two yards it drooped over the f fice tee iia abo 10 aliat liat was co covered vereil with velvet abia and jo jonquils ar ROUSSEAU kew 21 ew york yoa |