The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-06
Facts For the Fair sex,

Beaded lace sacques are considered
the most stylish novelties for the COM
ing season.
The newest sashes are of brocade
silk, with long fringed ends.
The fashionable umbrella for ladies
Is of blue silk.
skirts of new costumes are to clear
the ground.
Rubber jewelry Is again fashionable.
Nearly all the summer silks are in
stripes.
Laces for the neck, and also for trim.
ming of dresses, outside garments and
bonnets, were never 50 proiusely used
as this season.
One of the new collars il called the
empress. II is of linen edged with
lace.
Gray WOODEN suits, trimmed with
dark violet, are greatly in favor with
young ladies, especially with blondes.
New neckties of rose, blue or black
twilled silk have the pointed ends scol-
Hoped and worked in buttonhole stitch,
and edged with a frill of white lace,
either Mechlin, point, duchesse or APP
plique.
The black suits worn by hrunettes
and blondes alike have long cashmere
aprons almost reaching to the toe, silk
skirts with shirred LOUNGES or the in
evitable plaitings, straight hanging
(not boutlantl sashes behind, instead
of on the side rs formerly, and loose
sacque incrusted with glittering Jet
beads, sewed ON every visible spot, and
edged with lace.
y newly arrived box of French
dresses has most of the basques made
with round belted front, having mere
ly basque behind, and this basque is
not laid III position plalts, but forms
one large bow, or else is made up of n
four hanging loops. Worth's fancy
Tor cutting the edge of skirts in blocks,
and showing plaitings between, is also
shown again. A fancy for square
pompadour necks, with folded tuile in
them, Is revived.
lie Follett says fashion has directed
that the elegance of toilet no longer
consists in its appearing worth large
sum of money, but simply in the per-
lection ofits lit and details. an exam.
ming the toilets prepared for this
season at the principal court modistes
we have invariably found that the very
expensive looking dresses, with fou-
Ills of different ornaments, We're in
tended for some nouvelle riches, while
tne simple but tasteiully made materi-
ais, whose cachet consisted In their ar
rahgements, were ordered by some
grande dame or lady who had a claim
TO distinction beyond the length of
their purse.n
The most popular fashion for max
ing black silk dresses proves TO be the
basque ana long apron, with plaitings
ON the skirt. Six of these plaitipgs
with the alternate ones an eighth of n
yard deep, and the other three only
half their breadth, make beautiful
trimming for silk. 1t 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
sides and round upward behind. The
deep apron, reaching almost to the
toe, Is made of three breadths, and also
rounds upward to the tournurc, where
IL meets behind and is covered by long
wide sash ends and loops. This apron
Is edged with jet fringe or with lace.
and Is often formed of alternate stripes
OF guipure insertion or jet galloon with
the silk, oil else with the new figured
grenadines. The basque is belted In
front, and has bow or loops behind.
Coat sleeves, with plating falling on
The wrists and narrow tied scarf