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FA8HI0N LETTER.
Lady Modish In Town Topics.
The popular modiste of today who
commands her own price must be an in
telligent artist who turns out master
pieces. She muBt be able to make the
most of all figures; to modify the stout
into graceful lines, and fill out the an
gles of the too slender. It is not, as in
years gone by, the dressmaker who can
do the moat delicate needlework, but
the one who can remake the figure and
artistically conceal nature's oversights,
that is sought by the leaders among
well-gowned women.
Everything depends upon the figure,
just as a building does upon its founda
tion, and this brings me to a subject
that has provoked wide comment during
the last few weeks. All women are
discussing it some seriously, some de
risively. It is a corset filled with com
pressed air. Whether or not it is prac
tical remains to be seen. Meanwhile, it
has surely caused a sensation. At first
glance this corset is simply the usual
long-waisted and never over-pretty
article with which all are familiar, but
on the inside is a lining of fine silk rub
ber. Toward the front is an air valve
and cap, so that when the corset is to be
worn it may be pumped up to the de
sired proportions, Of course the scheme
seems ridiculous, but is no more so than
many other innovations for the embel
lishment of women which have been
adopted.
Some eccentric innovations are ac
cepted readily by the Modish, and the
crowd follows, while others come grad
ually, apparently against bitter odds.
The loose-hanging coat, now a feature
of every woman's outfit, was adopted
at once, possibly because the men had
already stamped the Raglan with their
approval. This is in strange contrast
with the brave but futile attempt of
some really exclusive houses to popular
ize the full-topped skirt. No doubt it
will succeed in time, but women hate to
give up a becoming mode for one with
so many possible drawbacks, and no one
will deny that the Bmooth hip effect,
which has held its own so long, is ex
ceedingly pretty and vastly becoming
to almost all figures. Now that these
long "April showers" are over we see
the blossoming forth of the fashionables
in neck ruffs. Never have these airy
nothings been so greatly in demand.
The handsomest come from one mil
liner, and are in many instances quite
expensive. The real stunning ruffs are
far too costly to ever become common,
and, as they are so widely different from
the copied imitations, the very exclusive
have cause for rejoicing.
The most effective are made of filmy
tulle, and as this is so very light it takes
yards and yards to produce the desired
result. A fifty dollar one was made of
alternating black and white tulle
doubled to give it body, and edged with
black velvet ribbon to make it stand out
and well away from the head. It was
short one could not expect a long one
at that price juBt to encircle the neck,
and was finished at the ends with thick
black velvet ribbons three to three and
a halt inches in width, knotted at inter
vals, and falling to the knees. There
was so much of this ribbon that the ruff
was absolutely heavy, while the tulle
was so abundant about the neck as to
be very comfortable, even uncomfort
ably, warm. Until the cold winds are
over these ruffs will be worn everywhere.
Even in mid summer light colored ones
will not be discarded, for what woman
could fail to discover some pretext, even
in August, for so ravishing an accessory?
At a morning musical at the Holland
house last week were numerous emblems
of the coming season. The day was in
clement, but a little thing like that can
not quench the ardor of the woman who
possesses a new French hat. Most of
those present still wore their velvet
tailor-mades, but almost all had gay,
charming spring hats. The effect was
extremely odd, especially in perspective,
and one of the artists remarked that he
could not help thinking of the crocus
beds in the park, with their sombre sur
roundings. One woman wore a black velvet suit,
severely cut. and a white straw hat
with two large pompons made of French
violets placed well toward the front.
Another wore a three-yard-long pink
feather boa twice about her throat and
a white hat covered with pink blossoms.
It is invariably remarked by Modish
women visiting New York 'from the
provinces that astonishingly bright and
elaborate bodices are worn to morning
affairs and midday luncheons. There
is much food for thought n the obser
vation. To be sure, gay blouses are in
vogue as never before, but whether it is
exactly the thing to wear an unmistak
able evening bodice, save that the
sleeves are neither short nor transparent,
at an eleven o'clock function, is a mat
ter, it seems to me, that one's own good
taste should decide. A well known wo
man whose name is a synonym for good
form among many followers recently
paid a morning visit to a broker in a
heavily-jetted gown of black net and a
semi-long cloak of black with black and
white chiffon ruffles.
As hair ornaments are to have a prom
inent place among spring and summer
modes, it is well to give them some at
tention. Flowers are most popular, and
it is a careless dark-haired girl indeed
who has noc a small cluster of scarlet
Carmeneeque blossoms to set off her
charms. Tucked over the left ear, if the
hair is dressed low, or just a bit from
the centre in froatrif the coiffure is
high, one well-made rose adds an inde
finable charm to an interesting woman
and makes us more gracious toward an
uninteresting one.
The gold-woven flowers worn during
the winter have disappeared, and it is
well, for they were unbecoming and
stiff. Try as we would, they always
seemed abnormal, like a blue rose or a
green carnation. Small garlands of pic
ayune roses, preferably pink, are woven
in the hair with picturesque effect, but
this style is not for the matron except
she be very young. Aigrettes and small
plumes are not desirable at present.
Although thoir reign has been long for
theatre and opera, they are to be super
ceded by the more becoming flower or
naments. A bit of pale pink tulle and
three tiny pink rosebuds were very suc
cessfully worn by a debutante at the
theatre a few evenings ago. Her gown
was of pink chiffon and lace, simply
made.
CALL FOR NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
The history of man has been an un
ceasing struggle for truth. The cen
turies are studded with milestones
which mark the conflict and the victory.
There has been no generation without
men and women fearless enough to hold
aloft the torch of truth, and who have,
in consequence, drawn upon themselves
the anathemas of blind and intolerant
opposition. Truths, now the common
property of school children, once repre
sented contests which burned men at
the stake. Physical torture belongs to
the past, but the world still wages war
against new truths.
The enfranchisement of men is an
established fact, in the United States
and in the British Empire, yet it stands
as the climax of evolution in government
and represents' a thousand years of bit
ter argument and sanguinary wars. It
was but a century ago that the princi
ple underlying this inevitable liberty
for men was put into words: "Govern
ments derive their just powers from the
c insect of the governed." No sooner
was the axiom - enunciated than the
American Republic adopted it as the
guarantee of its liberty; and it became
the wachword of every people striving
for political freedom. A half century
later, a new brand of truth-seekers de
clared that women as well as men belong
to "the governed," and demanded the
application of the principle to citizens,
regardless of sex. As usual, the new
truth was met by the united opposition
of society. But the half century of
endeavor has wrought satisfying results.
Former prejudices have been largely re
moved. Ridicule has been replaced by
serious consideration, and limited suf
frage has been established in nearly all
civilized nations and in half the states
of the Urion. Yet the work is far from
complete. "Truth on one Bide of the
Pyrenees is a lie ou the other," says
Montaigne. So the right of women to
the ballot, acknowledged as truth by
large majorities in Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah and Idaho, is regarded an an inex
pediency in some portions of the United
States, and as a social revolution in oth
ers. The first years of the new century are
destined to witness the most strenuous
and intense struggle of the movement.
Iniquity has become afraid of the votes
of women. Vice and immorality are
consequently organized in opposition;
while conservative morality stands
shoulder to shoulder with them, blind
to the nature of the illicit partnership .
Believers in this cause are legion, but
many, satisfied that victory will come
without their help, do nothing. We are
approaching the climax of the great con
test, and every friend is needed. If the
final victory is long in coming, the re
sponsibility rests with those who be
lieve, but do not act
All friencs of truth and liberty are
especially invited to attend the 33d an
nual convention of the National Ameri
can Woman Suffrage Association, which
will be held in the First Baptist church,
Minneapolis, Minn., May 30 to June 5,
inclusive, 1901.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Susan B. Anthony,
Honorary Presidents.
Carrie Chapman Catt,
President.
Rev. Anna H. Shaw,
Vice-President.
Rachel Foster Avery,
Corresponding' Secretary.
Alice Stone Blackwkll,
Recording Secretary,
Harriet Taylor Upton,
Treasurer.
Laura Clay,
Catharine Wa ugh McCclloch,
Auditors.
National Headquarters, 2008 Ameri
can Tract Society Building, New York
City.
Chairman Committee Local Arrange
ments, 608 Masonic Temple, Minneapo
lis, Minn.
national convention announcement.
Minneapolis entertains the national
convention the week beginning May 30.
Entertainment will be furnished all del
egates and speakers whose names are
sent to Dr. Cora Smith Eaton, chairman
local arrangements committee, COT Ma
sonic Temple, Minneapolis, Minn., or to
Mrs. Ima Winchell Stacy, chairman en
tertainment committee, 1322 Vine Place,
Minneapolis, Minn.
In the beginning the woman forsakes
the world for the man. In the end the
man forsakes the woman for the world.
Town Topics.
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