The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-07-03
CLOTHES AND THEIR WEARERs.

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iresses Of all kinds, even ball dresses
ire made with them. 1t is, In truth, an
adaptation of the cuirasse, and the new
aprons are called tabliers cuirasses.
They are made very tight across the
Iront-so tight, indeed, that the wearer
often finds it difficult to sit down, and
is often forced to balance herself at the
very edge of her chair, as our grand
mothers did in the time of Queen Char
lotte. However, there is no need to ex-
The small fchu or scarf
worn around the shoulders suits the |
new styles of tablier very well. Some |
dresses describes them very aptIy as |
resembling the plumage of a peacock,
smooth, close fitting to the figure, with |
a loose, vOluminous tall trailing behind. |
ENGLISH BAREGE DRESSES. "A pretty
and long-neglected fabric has reappear-
ed, this season, and. makes up into
pretty. simple, inexpensive dresses for
the country and home wear. This is
English barege, and in Quaker-gray or
the creamy-white, which many matrons
will remember as furnishing a costume
for the days of their girlhood, is ex-1
ceedingly delicate and lady-like. They
are usually made without overskirts,
and trimmed with the material only, in
narrow, fiat pleated fouhces, headed
with puffs in sometimes q double series.
The bodice is straight round the waist
what is known as the g French waist"
the sleeves long, close, and trimmed at
the waist with a single repetition of the
| design upon the skirt A valenciennes
lace at the throat and wrists, and a sash
| fastened little to the side in a loop,
with two long ends, completes the cos
| tune.
FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN.-If children
are not dressed prettily this year, it will
not be for the want OF material. Never
! before was so many and such lovely ia
bFics adapted to their special needs.
Not silks, or fimsy bareges, or luckless
/ grenadines, in which they dare not have
"fIn," but stout linens, washing satins,
soft, silk finished cambrics, and pretty
! lawns, in which they can rum jump,
dance, aud play to their hearts content.
/ For girls from six to ten years, the ga
! brielle polonaise is recommended for
/ travelling and visiting costumes. Aud
! the gabrielle. design for spring and sum-
mer dresses, French yoked aprons of
white Swiss, either plain or dotted, look
/ beautifully overthe gabrielle dress. For
older girls belted polonaise and gored
skirts are very fashionable. For little
ones under four years of age, the gored
walking cloak, with cape. made of
pique or satin and handsomely trimmed
with English embroidery, forms the
most complete and perfect suit for the
street. For little boys under five years
of age, blouse suits are wholly super
seding all other designs. They are com
posed of a close fitting sacque, fastened
low by belt over the pants, and may
therefore be as well made of the 7ari-
Gus wash fabrics, as of the heavier wool
en- materials.-Je111lje June.
MUSLIN CAPoTEs.-The new caprice
for summer wear is the pretty cap0te or
Normandy" cap of muslin or muslin
over silk or crepe. It is trimmed with
baud and bow Of black velvet and clus-
ter or half wreath of hedge roses, and
is dainty and cequettish enough for
very young girls, but out of place as a
frame for the experienced faces Of mar
ried women, even in the country, where
so much latitude is allowed in dress.
The cap crown proves to be the distin-
gushing feature of dressy spring and
summer bonnets, black lace beaded with
fine Jet dividing the honors with silk
and satin, the latter of which is always
covered with crepe lisse. Crepe isse
also invariably forms the inside ruching
or plating, and not unfrequently a part
of the trimming on the outside. In fact,
there seems to be a conspiracy in favor
of this fabric, which is as useless and
not nearly so pretty as tulle. Flowers
of pale sulphur color are very much IN
vogue, and the very newest are clusters
of cow-slips most faithfully copied from
, nature. Long branches of elderberry
are also among the new things, lovely
tinted fuchsias, and the blue ragged
robin which Paris milliners admire sc
much and ARRANGE so gracefully. Nc
ribbon strings are used at all. They are
not needed and would be very much il
the way of the fashionable finishing al
, the throat.
BLACK GRENADINES dresses o.
black grenadine are being made by the
I modistes for summer wear. The newest
j grenadines have pin-head dots, across
bars, and lOZenge-shape figures bu
there are also many satin-striped, water
! ed-striped, polka-spotted, and plain can
: vas grenadines. An elegant black gren
i. adine dress for one of the leaders o.
6 fashion in Washington has tiny pin-heaC
! spots. The silk skirt has alternate knife
: pleatings of silk and of grenadine -
three in front, curving up higher to sil
in number on the back breadths. The
long apron is of alternate stripes O
grenadine and beaded lace, with gath
o cred lace on the edge this apron il
! hooked together over the tournure, anC
the square back drapery, consisting o
two wide ends and loops, is formed o
. grenadine and lace. The basque il
: square behind, with belted front anC
!, Pompadour neck. This is for dressy
. afternoon and carriage toilettes. I'm
ported COS tunes for the street have
skirts of black taffeta silk, trimmed witt
. five or six very fine pleatings, and
. polOnaise of spotted or of striped grep a
dine, without jet, but trimmed will
: beautiful fringe of curled silk tape
= These polonaises are very long, will
J., apron fronts trimmed with spirals of thu
: grenadine and fringe, while the French
3 back is prolonged over the tournure il
4 pearance of being nodded to the long
|, slender waist the front is usually with
! out darts, and worn with a belt.-Rar
! Per'S Bazaar.
4 NOVELTIES IN JEwELRY, DECORATIONS
ETC.-At a luncheon party, recent,
e given to the bridegroom of the presi
dents daughter, previous to his mar
. riage, the table was decorated by al
: artist whose business is to attend to thi
department alone. Lakes in minia
Z ture, composed of glass, were tlleC
4 with fruits, embedded in their owl
u flowers and foliage, strawberries, lem
{ ons, oranges, grapes, and even pinesp
pies we're treated in this way, and owe
;, all was suspended flying white dove