The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-20


in walking costume. The Ratzdmier
silk has a beautiful satin finish, max
ing rick and elegant dress. e.
SUITS.
An elegant black silk has three mar
row ruffles around the bottom of the
skirt, headed by puffiog OF satin in
reversed plaits. The oversklrt Is
plain in front, open at the sides to
within nine inches of the belt, with
putting on the edge. The back IS in
two straight breadths, rounded up at
the side to the point joining the front
with satin rosettes. Over this is worn
a short basque trimmed with putting
and fringe; there are satin bows at
the back, and the putting and fringe
cross the shoulders In form of ber-
thas.
A purple silk. bas three narrow
folds around the skirt, the edge being
in small scallops Over this is man
tie or oyerdress covering the front and
back of the bodice, open at the sides,
and extending more than half the
length OF the skirt. 1t Is trimmed
with fringe and folds, the front and
back Joined by one rosette on each
side, satin buttons in front with satin
revers.
A green silk underskirt, plain, has
black SIX overskfrt trimmed with
wide fringe and festooAed at the sides.
In cheap material the suits. are made
quite plain, and often trimmed with
folds OF the. same material corded with
some eontrasting color, the basque
quite short, and the overskirt caught
up at the sides by rOsettes. A French
poplin, gray shot with black, is
tri mined oddly Agfeld of the same,
edged with black, runs around the
skirt; in the center of the front Is an
upright of five inches, of tile. same
style of fold, at equal distances-aboat
six inches; folds cross the one rum
ming around, and slope backward, two
of these uprights meeting 10. point
at the center of the back breadth.
p AAnovelty is suit of gray silk, re-
Gently from Paris. The skirt has q
wide founee at the bottom, caught up
lR sections by satin folds; above tins
ii another wide heunee with the same
style Of bands, but the lower edge is
fulied so as to puff it out. The over
skirt is quite short. aHd trimmed with
IA rufles headed by, satin puff ng. "A
close fitting basque. trimmed in like
manner, with bertha of ruffles and
fringe. completes the suit.
| "A walking suit of lavender silk, In
Vatican style, Is attractive. 1t is
trimmed in reversed puffings, with
over-skirt, but its peculiar attraction
is the Perichole cape worn with it,
graceful and becoming jacket,
half cape. A suit of blue has a point-
ed hounce around the bottom; above
this is a row of reversed points; the
over-skirt Is trimmed in points to
correspond, and is caught up in fes-
toons at the back. The shoulder has
slight puff over the Joining to the
sleeve, and above this are three, rows
of points. At the back of the belt is
a cluster of small loops, from which
fall tive loops half yard long.
A'child's suit of browns elaboratez
ly trimmed, with the same aud pink
satin. Upright folds, alternate pink
and brown, from the bottom of the
skirt, and the sleeves and waist are
trimmed to correspond.
MANTLEs AND CAPEs.
4 A new style mantle, to be made of
grenadine, or any thin material, is
quite deep at the back, rounding up
to the shoulder, and quite long and
narrow in front. 1t turns away in
the neck Ia form of collar pointed at
the back. BE as.& ssa
But the novelty is the " Perichole"
cape. Is
This cape is close fitting 10 front,
in form of a jacket, with three or four
buatons, and does not extend to the
belt, but rounds down under the belt,
to a narrow frill, or basque skirt,
about eight inches deep at the back.
From the jacket front it slopes out
and rounds into a cape on the shoul-
ders and back. 1t is caught up in the
back (to give a gracefui fullness) BY
a band and ruffle four inches long,
from which falls bow and ends.
GLOVES AND MITS.
White Circassian Isle gloves are
on exhibition in ladies', children's
and infants sizes, laced on the back
with white cord and gilt tassels, with
two buttons, or the ordinary only one. /
The cOlors in Isle and silk that will
be most worn are. buff, drab. mixed
and mash drab. The doeskin glove
is desirable for country wear at this
season. The Circassian Isle may be
had in gauntlets or half gauntlets, or
with long wrists, ia Imitation of the
kid glove; but the half-gauntIets will
be the. most fashinoable for country
and seaside wear. The gauntlets for
horseback riding are also in all the
fashionable colors, and riding cos
tune is not complete without them.
either for she park or country. Lace
mitts are also brought out this season,
in prices from one dollar and = a b alf