The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-05-17


cALICoEs.
The era Of calico reigns once more
Ladics who never thought Of purchasing
a calico dress except for gift to some
humble maidservant. now don the once
dcspised material and view themselves
with complacency in the mirror, and
fancy, no doubt, that by the assumption
of this latest fashionable decree they
"grow still lovlier ever hour"
But calico is no longer the simple, un-
pretending fabric il once was. " lssSt,
il has put on altogether new guiso, and
comes 50 lavishly strewn with gorgeous
flowers, with such an abundance Of TO-
liage, tendrils and vines, that a calico
polonaise is considered quite dainty
enough, and d.stylish enough, and what Is
more still, fashionable enough, to be
worn with skirt of the richest silks
And even the silks have deigned to
adopt the calico patterns not
flower in the garden will bloom this sum-
mer but may find its image upon some
fair lady's dress.
THE MARTABAN.
For those who possess quiet tastes, and
shrink from donning the gay Dolly Var
den, there are pretty fabrics in plain col
ors, some without patterns and others
with graceful little sprays or bits of TO
liage scattered over a quiet ground.
Among the newest and prettiest of
these articles we have noticed, is the
Martaban Grape, and small patterns in
flowers. In grenadines We have both
stripes and flowers and also checks. A
very stylish and inexpensive dress may
be made over black silk which is some
what the worse for wear, of black gren-
adine, trimmed With robbons Of the same
color as the patteriI, or if the grenadine
be all black, ruffies Of the same over ruff
hes of white organdis, have very pretty
effect. With this dress a handsome tic
and bow, for the hair, Of some bright
color should he worn. For the polon-
aise and also for the double cape for out
door wear, Grape will be much used.
SKIRTS.
One OF the Indispensable Of lady's
toilet at present is black silk skirt also
to this may be added a skirt Of white
lawn, trimm-- -. -..,lg, -, ~ PuGing, ctc.,'
and one or two colored lawn or csmbri
skirts. With these may be worn any
number of the fashionable polonnise, and
a lady may thus have variety of taste
ful and elegant costumes without a lavish
expense.
PoLoNAIsE.
) beautiful addition to the summer
toilet is polonaise of black lace, which
may be worn with pleasing effect over
silk OF any color.
MORNING DRESSES.
A pretty morning toilet which we saw
recently, consisted of white pique polo
naise, embroidered with black braid and
trimmed with white fringe. With this
was worn skirt of pink cambric, trim
med around the bott@m with founces,
set on the kilt plaits, which are easily
j roned.
The Gabrielle form of wrapper is the
most fashionable for morning dresses.-
These are very pretty in either white or
colored thin summer materials. They
are usually trimmed around the bottom
with two or three narrow rutiies, and
belted in at the waist.
EVENING DRESSES.
In more pretentious robes We have
lately seen very elegant but simple
dinner toilet, of rich grcs grain Of that
peculiar shade known as "'Paris in ashes.
The skirt was made en- train, perfectly
plain. The corsage rounded the waist,
with a silk belt, terminated with sash
at the back, the ends of tho sash being
trimmed with deep fringe. The end
was en- ceur with broad collar of white
lace fastened in front with a pink bow.
The sleeves were slightly full and gath
cred in at the wrist with ruiHng Of
white lace, intersected with pink double
ribbon.
A rich toilet was of heavy gray poult
de sole, trimmed with black feathered
bordering. She underskirt had a deep
kilt-platod hounce headed with the feath-
ers; the upper skirt was edged simply
with the bordering. The short stylish
jacket was braided in small pattern,
and trimmed also with the feathered bor-
der. With this was worn a bonnet OF
gray Grape aud silk.
WALKING DRESS.
A beautiful evening dress of pink silk
had iichu and overskirt of white mus
lin, trimmed with Valencinnes lace
Couture of black velvet and pink roses.
Among the most popular walking
dressesare the japanese silks, which come
in much better quality than last season.
and quite reasonable in price, ranging
all the way from fifty cents TO one dollar
and a-half per yard. The patterns arc
7 mostly stripes and checks. Tho best
qualities are in plain colors, very small
and these latter are admirably adapted
, for evening dresses.
A very attractive dress for the prone
made was made of stoel-colored Irish pop