Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-05

lin Of becoming shade, with bonnet
to match, and black velvet polonaise thai
will serve with other dresses. Pink cor
al jewelry or Byzantine mosaics.
| A handsome short suit is indispensable
for the street and for church, where a
train should never enter. There is no
prescribed color for this suit. A woman
Of taste does not wish her dress to pro-
claim her brideship to the passing crowd.
An economist will select skirt Of rich
material to be worn with her velvet po-
lonaise, and a velvet pouf Of blue or
other becoming shade in harmony with
the skirt. Wood brown kid gloves or
dark maroon suffice for almost any suit.
French kid boots buttoned at the side.
In the spring bride selects gray
poplin for her travelling dress. A golden
brown or the dead-leaf shade is pre-
ferred for autumn. Cloth rivals poplin
this season. Fine wooden serge or CASH
mere is less expensive. Fur is the best
trimming for cloth, satin quillings for
poplin, serge, braid, and bullion fringe
for twilled goods. The outer garment is
flannel, lined or wadded. A McFarlane
of Scotch tartan serves for additional
wrapping. The velvet bonnet or the
round hat Of felt, and the undressed kid
gloves match the dress in color. A
wealthy blonde Of quiet tastes was re-
Gently married in her travelling dress Of
lapis-blue serge, chosen Or its unbride-
like color that she might escape the an
noyiug nOtoriety Of bride on tour.
MORNING AND AFTERNOON DRESSES.
The prettiest inexpensive morning
dresses are Of white alpaca or merino in
the Vatican style, bordered with ruchss
of color. The tiny breakfast cap is q
mere rosette Of Valenciennes with rib
bon, leaves and strings. Short plaid
dresses, or merino Of self-color, made
with gored skirt and wide bias founce
and small pelerine cape, are home
like and seryiceable. Crosscut bands Of
silk for trimming. Afternoon dresses of
colored psplin or Of black are made with
demi-train and trimmed with plaid vel
vet bands and sashes. Surplice and
Pompadour waists, with muslin chemi-
settle. A black silk Yer-skirt looped or
pulled, and a small bodice or bid back
and front is worn over colored dresses for
giving variety to small wardrobe. A
velvet bodice, sleeveless jacket of black
satin and lace, plaid sashes, and bretelles
are all graceful additions to home dress.
The hair is arranged in braided CHG
non with a flowing crimped tress. A
velvet band surrounds the chignon and
is tied with bow on top.
EVENING DRESSES. 8
The wedding dress without the vail is
worn to parties as a compliment to the
hostess. Lavender, pearl, delicate gray,
and the light Pompadour fawn are trous-
seau colors. Chameleon groS-gTains in
these shades shot with white and fringe
of rose color were recently made for
bride. The skirts have the demi-train,
fashionable for all but wedding dresses,
low round corsages filled out with lace
and tuIle, or else high square corsage
and sleeves ruffled at the elbow. Neither
sashes nor panniers adorn the skirts, which
are very full at the back. A lavender
dress is trimmed with white guipure lace
dotted with seed pearls and jet, headed
by white satin in folds with center
piping of the dress silk. A wide cha
meleon, in which CUR color prevails,
has wide Chantilly founce extending
up the front to the waist with pointed re-
veEs of velvet of exactly the shade Of the
dress. Low corsage with bertha ofVelyet
and lace. ,..-..
White kid boots serve with almost any
dress, and are therefore economical. A
light glove family tinged with color is
preferred to pure white.
LINGERIE.
A bride should have liberal supply
of Undertaking, yet it is scarcely wise
to provide a great profusion of garments,
to be packed away and left to turn yellow
or rotten with starch. 1t is safe to pre-
mise that any young lady of average IN
dustry keeps herself supplied with six OF
eight suits of body linen that are good
enough for second best" in her trous
seau. The same number, newly added,
will be quite sufficient for daily change
| ifdesired, and will be quite as many as
can be well taken care Of We saw re-
Gently the trouSseau OF lady who Is
member of the wealthiest families in the
country. The additions to her wardrobe
furnished by New York house, consist
of eight suits Of the three important
pieces--the chemises of linen, percsle
| drawers. and cambria gOwn-all trim
med alike, eight flannel shirts, ten mus
lin skirts, hair-cloth petticoat instead
of hoops, six corset covers, six French
peignoirs, and six plain muslin chemlses
extra. The bridal suit alone cost SI0O.
1t is trimmed with diagonal puffs o
linen cambria, and bands Of needle-worl
and Valenciennes. The yoke of the
gown is lined with rose-colored silk. Tn
hair cloth skirt costs Sl5. All the ma
terials are furnished Of the best quality
the fit is perfect, the trimmings fine ant
on some suits elaborate, and the sewn
done in the most beautiful manner yet
the bill only sums up about $500, Whiel
is not a great deal more than many
careless shopper would pay for the ma
teriaL |
A careful bride, who makes her owl
outfit with the assistance Of her mothe
and sisters, is advised to purchase pur
linen of ths Richardson brand. Wamsut
Ia muslin for most garments, and Ions
dale cambria for skirts and gowns. b
way of trimming let her use her own EN-
broidery, wider bands neatly stItche
with the machine, pearl tatting, llttl
strong Valenciennes, and an abur
dance of tiny ruffies and puffs, not bough
ready-made in the present lazy fashion
but with rolled hens and gathers mad
by her own fingers. The thick line
cambria sold at 81 10 a yard is fine an
durable for this purpose.
Ofcambric handkerchiefs with brOa
hens, linen collars and cuffs edged wit
, lace, tucked chemissettes, and hosier.
there should be no stint.-Harper
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