The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-28
-he Latest Fashions.
CsTCNES.

/" cosTCNES.
Each yesrfnds dark costumes more II
favor at The GUNNER resorts. We have
already spoken OF the various ways IL
which velvet forms part of the promen'
ade costume, and we now add that darl
silks are also worn in the streets ant
drives. These silks are not necessarily
heavy, bat it is true that sombre shade!
Of plum-color, blue-gray, reseda, leaf
brown, grisaille, and blue-blsck hav,
entirely superseded the medium ligh'
blue, grey. pearl and green silks former
ly worn at mid summer Costumes o
plum or smoke co!ored silks. so dayl
that they are scarcely distinguished
from black, are made with two simpl,
gathered floupces on the skirt, ard 8
tighttitting polonaise with plain edg,
or fringed, coat sleeves and high ruf
With such dress there should be $
sash OF the same, or else q unique bel
OF come kind, either OF Russia leather
with silver joints, clasps and chatelaine
or q velvet belt fastened behind by q
pearl or antique silver buckle, or elst
a canvas belt with binding OF blue oil
red Russia. II oil black is preferred
glossy tsffeta silk is selected. or else
summer gros grain woven in small
reps, with high lustre. This is also
made simply with tight polonaise and
deep kilt pleating on the skirt. or elst
a jockey basque pipei. or perhap:
edged with jet fringe. The kilt plea.-
ing in the skirt is nearly g yard deep
and is held in clusters-three pleats il
each group, and space between.
There is a fancy also for black ant
white checked silks this summer. A
French caprice shown among late i'm.
portations is that OF using checks o.
three or four s;zes-from pin-heads tc
half-inch blocks in single dress. Sim
pie and tasteful afternoon suits are
made OF pin-head checks alone; the
skirt has two clusters OF three narrow
tapping gathered nouDcss, piped with
black, and each cluster headed by q
puff; the apron overskirt is edged by q
puff and rutile, and the basque is n
Jockey piped with black. and finished
with q ruff and cuffs,
BREAKFAST DRESSES.
| White suits are not universally Y worn
as they formerly were, but are still
preferred to all others for summer
breakfast dresses. Fine, soft, yellow
white French naitsook is now chosen
for these instead OF the heavy piques
and stiff blue-wbite Victoria lawns o.
last year, The designs iuvariabie q
belted polonaise and skirt. For trim
ming, the front breadth il tormed o.
leugthwise clusters o. BARROW tucks
with q row OF Hamburg or needle work
insertion above q hem, surround the
skirt; the coat sleeves are msde o.
tucks and bands OF insertion. Cross,
barred nainsook is used for plaine ner suits
Two kilt.pleated flounces Of plsiH
nainsook trim the skirt, and narrower
kilt pleatiug edges the polonsise
DINNER DREssys.
Light silks and Chambery gauzes
abundsntly trimmed with lace are re-
served for dinner dresses. A mnstic
gray silk half covered with ValeDcieu-
mes insertion and lace has just been
sent TO Newport. The skirt has three
gathered scant founces each three,six-
teenths OF a yard deep, and the middle
foupce is entirely covered BY alouDcs
OF Valenciennes; the shawl over
skirt with pointed apron front shaped
by a seam down the middle, On WHICH
bows are placed, has many rows OF
VaIienciennes insertion placed length
wise on each breadth, and lace nouuce
ou the edge; the basque is merely
piqued on the edge to show It's grace
ful outline, but i. is also striped down
ward with insertion, and similar
trimming extends the whole length cf
the coat sleeves. Very narrow lace
edgings is placed each side OF the in
sertion bands two deep fills OF lace,
with an inner pleating OF crepe lsse.
surround the neck and wrists.
Light airy puts and ruilles OF grena,
dine or gauze should not be gathered
on cords, as this gives clumsy look.
For these very trimmings French mod
istes. use effectively sort Of
gsuging made by putting two rows Of
gathers quite close together. For Inc
stance, the bias puff with narrow rufHe
on each side, so much used for trimming &
grauadine polonsises. should be cut six
inches wide; the edge need not be hem
med, but merely turned down the width
OF a tiny ruffle, thus making it double.
and ga thered by two rows Of small
stitches set scarcely a seams width
apart and this will leave pretty puff
between.
DARK BLUE LIygs.
Dark blue linen grous ip ayor, aud
can now be purchased for fifty cests q
yard. These blue suits are mos. sty-
lish when made without any white ex.
cept the large pearl buttons that are
placed down the from: OF the polonaise
The skirt has q kilt-pleated founce
about three-iourhs Of a yard deep, and
the long.belted polonsise has merely q
hem, with revers. collar, cuffs and pock-
ct. A morocco belt and bag usually
take the place Of sash WITH linen
suits.
WIDOWS DRESS AND CAP.
The dresses worn By widows appear
at the fret glance to be made entirely
Of English crepe. but upon inspection
prove to be bombazine covered With
Grape. Their design iss basqne and
single skirt without rufies or folds. A
bombazine skirt Of ordinary shape lie
frst made; above this there is se5tS