River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-09

eossAMER WATERPROOF cIoAKs.

NOoohmEh NAILh-IhOOF
A desirable novelty for summer trav.
cling is gossamer waterproof cloak,
with hood, made of very thin coating
OF India rubber on silk or Scotch ging-
ham foundation, which is entirely inn
pervious to water, and extremely light
and cool. The cloak, which envelopes
the whole person, weighs but few
ounces, and can he rolled into a small
parcel and carried in the pocket with
ease. Its absence from warmth gives
it great advantage for summer over
WOODEN water proofs; its only obiec-
ton, indeed, seems to be the odor, which
Is inseparable from caoutchouc. The
bingham eloaks for ladies cost from
81, 80 TO So, the silk ones are $50.
Misses size are 81, 30 less. Gentle
mems coats are also manufactured from
the same fabric.
BLACK LACE sAcQUEs.
Lace sacques, TO be worn as mid
summer wraps, are slightly shaped 10
the figure by seam down the middle
of the back, and they invariably have
flowing sleeves. This description ap-
plies especiallyto the llama lace sacques
which are now so generally and so
popularity worn. These range in price
from SIG TO $40 very desirable ones
cost S35 those most in demand cost
from $25 to $40 Sacques of yak lace
are the caprice of the moment, but this
fancy probably will be transient hence
it is better to buy llama, as it has now
become staple lace, though objected
to at first by many fastidious people.
Yak lace sacques cost from $55 TO 800,
and those of guipure, which many prefer
to all others, range from $50 to $50.
Beaded lace sacques are considered
the most stylish novelties for the coming
summer. They are made of yak or gui-
pure insertion, inilength-wise rows, en-
broidered with jet beads, while the edge
is cut in deep scallops and finished with
70 rufiles of beaded lace. With sleeves
these cost $50. Many sleeveless yak
sacques are also shown; these are
wrought in a single piece, and have us
ually the long receding Medicis front
with short back.
NEW FRENCH DRESSES.
A newly-arrived box of French Dress
es has most of the basques made with
round belted front, having merely a
basque behind, and this basque is not
laid in position plaits, but forms lone
large bow, or else is made up of our
hanging loops. Worth's fancy for cut
ting the edge of skirts in blocks and
showing plaitings between is also shown
again. A fancy for square Pompadour
necks with folded tulle in them is revis-
ed. A scarf of silk tied with tiny bow
around the wrist is shown on both plain
and elaborate costumes. The sacque and
long apron, orelse the basque and apron,
prevail as generally as the polonaise
did last summer. Many basques
have plaits in the back from the
neck down there are usually three
-plaits at each side turned towards the
middle Plaits are also added all around
the waist below the belt. Knife plat
ings on silk skirts are the special fancy
on French dresses.
POPULAR BLACK SILK DRESSES.
The most popular fashion for making
black silk dresses proves to be the
basque and long apron, with knife plat
ings ON the skirt. Six of these plat
ings. with the alternate ones an eighth
of yard deep, and the other three only
half their breadth, make beautiful
trimming for silk. Ii is understood
that they are cut straight across the
silk, hemmed on the lower edge by
hand, turned in at the top and made TO
lap. Sometimes there are only two or
three plaitings ON the front breadths,
and three others are introduced on the
sided and round upward behind. The
deep apron, reaching almost to the toe,
is made of three breadths, and also
rounds upward, 10 the the tournure,
where it meets behind and is covered
by long wide sash ends and loops.
This apron is edged with fringe or
with lace, aud is often formed of alter
nate stripes of guipure insertions or jet
galloon with silk, or else with the new
figured grenadines. The basque IL
belted in front, and has a bow, or LOOP
behind. Coat sleeves, with plating
falling on the wrists, and a narrow tied
scarf.
GRAY AND VIOLET.
Gray wooden suits trimmed will
dark violet are greatly in favor will
young ladies, especially with blondes
They are made with the Medicis basque
or sacque and long English overskir
more often than with polanaises. TIL,
short walking skirt is sometimes al
violet silk, but il is more usually gray
with violet pipings on the ilounces.
| i .anarf htttea l.unIu Of xtnIal Gill Intv.
the gray Medicis sacque are stylish, but
rather striking The hanging pocket
always accompanies such suits, and the
basque is now worn with a belt.
The black suits worn by brunettes
and blondes alike have long cashmere
aprons almost reaching TO the toe, silk
skirts with shirred honnces or the iney-
table plaitings, straight hanging
{ not bouflant sashes behind, instead
| of on the sides as formerly, and loose