Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-09

oaph hhnSlnR PLAINLY or being opened IN
The centre and trimmed to the belt. Forty
Inches is the average length of the back OF
overskirts, says an experienced modiste.
ms is IN many cases as long as the lower
skirt consequently the upper skirt must be
draped by tapes attached under the belt
and buttoned over loops half way dawn the
seams Square tunic skirts are made of
four straight widths of three.quarter goods
shaped longer toward the back left plainly
open IN front, simply trimmed all around
and draped in the way just described.
apron fronts are now made of a straight
width of three-quarter goods and
single side gore rounded up to the
belt The front width is not,
sloped in the least is scantily gathered to
the belt extending far back on the sides,
while the narrow side gore is very full at
the belt. The long back widths are then
sewed to the sides, where the only drapery
IS made by gathering up the side seam
from three fingers below to a very small
space just beneath the belt. This makes
the apron fit smoothly and flat over ten
stomach, and gives the increased size noe
essay on the hips. If it produces fol d
or two, or wrinkles across the lower pal t
of the apron, these are not Objectionable e.
Short paletets like Medici or Caprice l.
most invariably accompany French SUI is
OF summer materials. A blouse corsage is
made to wear in the house if the goods IRE
thin; a plain waist with darts if it is thi Ok
In very warm weather these will be worn on
the streets without wrap, and when " orn
with boutfant overskirt have the efe< of
casaque.
A novelty among the latest import&t ions
is batiste, which resembles linen cana pric,
of pale green shade. The tint is as deli
cate as the fashionable ecru buff, and is as
becoming to blondes as ecru is to bruHs sites.
Of dozen such suits imported, ten were
sold on the day of the opening. On a
model dress there were two scant e at'ler
founces edged with white Bruges lae's and
above each hounce a fiat plesting th rec
inches wide in very narrow pleatx, cid
down by black velvet ribbon basted ear
the top. The draped upper skirt, and the
paletot with flowing sleeves, were mer ely
trimmed With the fiat pleatings and lie ICE.
A black velvet sash completed the oostu, me.
Price Sl25. The material is said to " ash
well. Another suit OF this summer hike
fabric as casaque, and three gatht red
flounces embroidered with white AID ed ged
with Valenciennes lace.
Suits OF brown or buff linen, made nth
two skirts and a paletot, are trimmed With
fiat pleatings of linen. Each pleat an
inch wide, is cut in leaf pattern at the
lower edge, then needle-workedG til hest
notches, and pieced over marrow pleat iDgs
of white muslin that are basted benz ath,
and show couple of inches below the
colored peats. These white pleating be-
meath colored ruffles are quite aTfeatul re of
French dresses. Made of Swiss mt slin,
they are placed beneath blaca and gray
silk founces; of tarlatan, beneath rene
dine and Chambery gauzes, beth co lored
and black, and of muslin, beneath cal nbric
and linen.
Thin gray batistf suits ere show n for
summer treveling dresses. Thest, are
trimmed with fiat pleatings of the same,
and sold for $40 Another novel ty tor
travelling suits is thick cotton material,
corded like pique, but heavier than poplln-
t is imported in yellow, brown, End nan
Ieen colors. The trimming is str eight hat
pleating, merely hemmed at thet dges and
stitched on by machine. On on' OF these
the long oveYskirt has an apron front, and
two long widths behind, laid in fiat kilt
pleats that are pressed down snnla,thly the
entire length, The front of ths skirt is
buttoned with large yellow ivory buttons.
Some of the most stylish suits are all OF
one shade, with pleated trimmings of the
.ua.erial without bindings or hsac lings of
other color. These monotone dresses,
made of inexpensive WOODEN stufs, are ex-
,.eedingly refined and tasteful and are
, realty worn by young ladies from seven
teen to twenty years old.
The pleated tlounce or lower skirts
varies from eight to sixteen inches IN
depth. Those on palesots AID upper
skirts are only three inches wide or less.
In pleating tteayy goods for sammer
dresses modistes do not make a. zeal pleat,
but merely runa deep seam onthe wrong
side, as in melsn pleating. This has the
effect of deep,pleat, and rs notso heavy.
Five or six folds overlapping each other
make most stylish trimnang lor lower
skirts of summer wooden fabrics. On pale
light poplins and mohairs brown alpaca
braid or tiniest silk fringe is placed be.
meath each fold, and shows at TIE lower
edge. A brown 17che heads the cluster OF
folds. Poussiere or dust-eodored knohair,
with leaf-brown trimmings, is suit very
popularity worn. There are SKINNER serges
at fifty cents yard bat make very pretty
and inexpensive suits of this kind. 1t
difficult to say which are most worn, Drown
ar pray costumes. The hat matches the
darker shades of trimming, or sometimes
contains both shades. The lighter shade
is desirable for sumner gloves.
The newest piques are much trimmed
with embroidery. p}eated muslin rutaes'
and with fringe. Use suits are made IN
the style described already for other mate
rials.