Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-02


broidered hounees ana darkest green
sash, belt, boros, and cravat. A book
ish demoiselle beside her reads her
novel in simple little costumeof linen
lawn-white, striped with black, made
with a pleated blouse and two
ruffled skirts, and with a violet
sash. Just inside the parlor the belle
of the house, surrounded by admirers,
is dressed-early in the day as it is-in
pearl-gray silk, with pinkish tints and
a striped overdress of gaze de cham
| berry. Across the drawing-rOOm is a
queenly Southern girl, neither blonde
nor brunette, with high color in lips
and cheek, eyes of the deepest blue. and
raven black hair, her perfect dress
Mazarin blue grenadine striped with
white. The close basque fits her finely
rounded waist TO perfection, and is al
most severe in style. Its dark color is
relieved by snowy lingerie, white lawn
| cravat. with blue hem and handkerchief
ID match. Her hat Of black chip shad-
| ing her forehead is turned up on each
side and has deep Bengal roses IN front
and back. She Is one of the cottage
folk, a visitor, and will take home with
her in her basket phaeton THAI pretty
| girl dressed in a pale blue silk skirt,
with a polonase of ecru and blue
| batiste, over which is a valenciennes
scarf, huffed like fechu, and having a
blue bow high upon the left side. Her
Navarro hat perched far back on her
pulled couture, Is IF soft white straw,
with wide brim turned up all around,
and white ostrich plumes laid over the
| crown.
MORNING DRESSES.
At the earlier breakfast hour there
is less variety Of fabric, muslins Of
some sort prevailing everywhere, and
these are generally made up In suits,
scarcely a wrapper being seen. White
| suits seem also to have lost favor, and
one wonders what has become of the
piques and the Victoria lawns of last
year. But beyond everything else blue
| is the color of the summer and the dark
blue suits, whether Of striped percale,
of linen, of batiste, or grenadine, are
numberless. You meet blue every
wherein the croquet ground, in phe-
ton, on the drives, at home, in cottage
boudOirs, on exhibition in hotel piazzas
and drawing rooms, for neglige bathing
suits, and for full dress evening tot
/ lettes. Every shade Of 1t is seen from
the faintest azure Of the sky overhead
to the deep and dark blue ocean"
shades that roll up to the beach. A
| coquestish dress worn of mornings by
a gay young girl is of blue and white
striped lawn, frightened by profusiOn
Of cherry bows and sash.
Wells AND COIFFURES.
There is a pretty Spanish fashion
prevalent on seaside piazzas of pro-
tecting handsomely dressed hair from
rough breezes by throwing over the
| head 4 square veil of black lace with a
point falling below the chin, and the
other corners pinned on the chatelaine,
or coil behind Ladies who think more
of the useful wear green or blue gren-
adine wells IN. this way to preserve their
complexion as well.
COiffures are again arranged very
high, and consist mostly Of finger
puffs with a single deadem plat.
Braids are very little used, and the
chatelaine is fast disappearing. There
is much less Of the fluffy frizzles and
fringes in the forehead than formerly,
as the fashion now is to make long
loose waves of light hair on the tenn
pies, and to paste black hair IN seal
Tops on the forehead; so stiff and so
ungraceful are these bandolined and
vanished scallops, that they are mbe-
coming to every face, yet they are
the caprice of the season, and many
wear them. Hair dressers persist In de-
claring that real ladies" part their
hair on the side and color it golden;
but side-parting gives a fast look that
refined women avoid, and the blonde
hair-dye Is used here chiefly by actres-
ses-who alone are not to blame for
seeming what they are not.
SUMNER BALL DRESSES.
Evening dresses for summer balls
and hops at the hotels attempt the pic
turesque and are very pretty, but in
most cases are a repetition of last WIN
ter's styles and are usually the same
dress furnished up anew. Thus ciel-
blue silk of the past season has all its
hounces ripped off and is freshly
mounted with muslin ruffies, gathered,
Tapped. and edged with valenciennes.
There is a low corset waist of the blue
silk, atunic and basque OF the muslin,
trimmed with valenciennes and caught
up with rose sprays yaIIegated, GRIM
son, blush, and lemon color.
Again. a white Chambery gauze
dress is retrimmed with black velvet
ribbon in stripes, knots, and bows,
while all over It run vines of sweet
brier or else clusters of field flowers
bluettes, scarlet peoples, and wheat.
Some noticeable dresses of tulle are
seen. Not merely the pink, white and
pale blue tulle of former seasons, but
those of dark hues, such as chocolate
brown tulle covered with pleated
hounces, and pale pink, rose colored
garlands, and of deep violet tulle
) trimmed with white and pale lemon
cOlOred roses. Scarf sashes, tied low
around the hips, are more worn than
Overskirts with these diaphanous
dresses. Many sashes and long looped
bows are of two pale but contrasting
: colors, while others are of the double
) faced satin ribbon, that is dark on one
? side and light on the other. Low, cor.
set-shaped waists, extending over the
hips, are much worn with summer
evening dresses. If the waist is high,
the sleeves are often short, or else they
, are made of transparent tulle, giving
the effect of cuirass waist and height,
. eninC the whiteness of the arm.
CUIRASS WAISTS.
: All sleeveless Jackets begin to b,
e | called cuirasses, and these are now seer
| hit. II,