Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-15
6rneral Sntelllgente.
THE SUMNER FASHIONS.
Hints ON shape, stuffs and Prices

HIhLs ON shape. SfunS and Prices.
Harper's Bazaar, the great fashion author
ity, gives some information concerning
summer fashions, and the new and favorite
materials, from which we extract the fol-
lowing:
SUMMER MANTLEs.
Short paletots and long casaques of
black gros grain are the accepted wrap
pings of the season. The Metternich man
tie has fallen into disfavor, as it is too
heavy looking for summer wear. Ponson's
heaviest gros grains, with thick distinct
reps, and the fatter- threaded failles, are
used for these garments. From five to
eight dollars is the price of the quality
usually sold for wrappings. Modistes re-
qulre three or four yards OF twenty-seven
inch goods to make the smallest, simplest
paletot, and from six to ten yards for
casaque. The most stylish paletots have a
sloped seam down the centre, nearly fitting
the garment to the figure, and doing away
with the loose baggy look of the sailor
jacket. The collar is the square Marie An
tolnette shape, or else long reverse are
made to reach nearly to the belt If the
figure is very full, neither of these is used,
the neck being merely cut heart-shaped,
and finished with q lace ruche. The front
of the garment is not always cut away to
form point, but is merely turned under,
and may be worn high at times. Ladies OF
refinement do not go in the streets with
their necks exposed. They wear ruffs and
cravat bows that fill up the opening of the
low-throated dresses, and cover that part of
the neck which is left uncovered in the
house.
Casaques are very long, often reaching to
the edge of the dress skirt when draped.
They are made to look voluminously full
by the addition of two and sometimes
three widths of the material at the back.
These widths are fastened to the waist by
band which is concealed beneath a short
basque that is cut in one piece with the
body, The Lucca casaque has the long
revers now in favor, and the bow in front
of the belt,
Lace, rich heavy fringes, and thick pas
sementerie, are the handsomest trimmings;
but these are very expensive; consequently
handmade trimmings of the material are
much used. If different material is pre-
ferred, velvet is more used than satin, for
nothing detracts so much from the style of
silk suit, and gives it an old-fashioned
appearance, as to have it laden with satin
trimming. The plainest imported paletot
of black gros grain. trimmed with little
passementerie, and fringe or lace, cost $35.
Handsomer ones are from S75 to $780,
Low-priced casaques, Of the same material,
are $50, and many are $3.50. Neat small
garments of a light quality of silk, made
here in good style, cost S25
The most elegant wrappings of the sea-
son are casaques of China Grape. These are
often made as parts of suits, and of the col
or of the silk dress with which they are
worn; but black China Grape casaques are
far more distinguished looking, and at the
same time more useful, as they may be
worn with white, gray or ecru dresses as
we'll as black 1t is not, however, consid-
cred stylish this season to wear br1ght blue,
green and striped skirts with black over
dress. To be graceful the casaques of this
soft clinging material must be very long
and fully draped. They are often made
with two long points behind, and the ends |
are crossed over and caught up to the belt. |
Double width China Grape, nearly two
yards wide, is SO yard; single width
Grape IS So. An imitation Grape, thickly
woven, but not all silk, is 50. so, and three
quarters of a yard wide. A new trimming
for China Grape is richly embroidered net,
initiating lace. It is made in a kind of in
sertion, and is placed over satin ribbon for
heading ruffies and fringe. Black lace over
white blonde, cr1mped fringe, light passe-
menterie and silk embroidery On the gar
ment itself are other stylish trimmings
used on these casaques. The French EN-
press collected beautiful specimens of nee
die work during her eastern tour, and
Partisan imitators are consequently using
embroidery on everything.
Wraps for cool mornings are of cashmere
and drap d etc. These soft, twilled fabrics
have entirely superseded cloth for the pur-
pose. Black cashmere paletots are most in
favor. They are trimmed with gilt braid
and fringe for young ladies; with nOtched
ruches of the cashmere for those who are
older. Fine cashmere costs from So to S5
yard. Drap d etc rs soft as cashmere,
and sufficiently fine for the purpose may
be bought for 50 yard. The paletot COM
plete is sold for SIC.
For old ladies there are square shawls of
worsted grenadine. either black or white,
with a hem four inches wide turned up on
the right side and stitched by machine, or
held by row of braid. Such shawls of
mixed wool and silk grenadine are S6. so.
1t edged with fringe they are So. Very fine
silk grenadIna shawls richly fringed, that
formerly sold for SIS, are now SO. For
heavier wraps on cool mornings old ladies
wear square shawls of fine black cashmere,
with hem headed by vine of silk en-
broidery, in which fine jet is introduced
Embroidered sprays are distributed about
on the shawls. Price $25.
SUMMER SUITS.
Ladies who prefer trained skirts for the