Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-30

front and deeper square corners on the
sides. Two large bows are down the
front. The back has a position back
with a smooth cuirass front. The BRIDES
maids dresses accompanying this are OF
checked Chambery gauze over white
silk
NEw-YEAR RECEPTION DRESSES.
Pink promises to be tie color of the
season-indeed, every thing pertaining
to red is shown, from the delicate China
rose tints to that deep cardinal that
Worth combines with black so success
fully. A dress made for young lady
to receive calls in on New-Year's Day
is of flesh pink gros grain, made with
a quadruple box-pleated train, while
the front has side pleated founces
fringed out on the lower edge. The
over dress of water striped silk of the
same shade is low in the neck, and has
be front extended to form a deep
square apron of two breadths of the silk
The back has a position basque. A
bertha of tulle pleating is around the
neck, and the whole over dress is
trimmed with an exquisite fringe of
ilies-of- the-valley. Two large fringed
bows are set on the pleat behind, and
flowers are nestled in the loops.
Another pink silk dress for bright
eyed brunette has transparent sleeve,
and long over-skirt made of new gauz,
of mixed pink and silver that Grapes as
softly as Grape. The skirt has two
shirred founces, each edged with side
pleating. High cuirass waist, laced be-
hind, and pulled gauze sleeves.
A stately matron will receive her New
Years guests in dress of heavy black
silk that Worth has trimmed with car
dinal-co1or. Two rows of cardinal silk
side pleatings are around the train, in
serted under leaf-points of the black
silk. The front has black apron with
a fan pleating of cardinal set in the
middle from the belt down, and flying
open like fan just spread. The back
has an elaborate over-skirt faced with
color, and draped differently on each
side. The basque has facings, pleat-
ings, and jet trimmings. ''
A blue velvet dress for fair young
blonde has shirred founces of the vel
vet and basque, without an over-skirt.
A second navy blue toilette has a
silk skirt with plaitings and shirred
ruf1es, and a princesse over dress
made of velvet-striped Sicilienne,
bordered with a rusche of ostrich
feathers
There is fancy for unique combina-
tions of color In evening dresses. Thus
seal brown velvet is used for facings,
founces, loops, sashes, and straps over
bows on pale blue silk dresses and with
flesh pink silks. Tea-rose silks have
chestnut brown or else deep garnet vel
vet trimmings, and quantities of exotic
leaves for garniture. Two shades of
red-one pale rose, and the other vivid
crimson-are considered very stylish
together.
Flower trimmings are now more
abundantly used than ever. A triple
garland forms the tabler, clusters are
down the side, and long sprays trim the
ox-plaited train. -.as
~ z' HINTS TO DRESs-MAKERS.
High corsages of evening dresses have
rounded fronts with position basques.
Low corsages are mostly cuirasses,
smooth over the hips and laced behind,
but the pointed front and back are still
worn. The best trained skirts pattern
is that illustrated in Bazaar No. 81, Vol.
VII. The length of trains varies from
ffty-fve to sixty-fve inches. -Four
yards is wide enough for the longest
train The front and sides must cling
closely, and the back must be boufantly
draped, or else in pleated train. Light
fluffy silks are beautiful when made in
to side pleatings, raveled on the lower
edge o..form fringe. Short sleeves are
invariably one large puff, and are usually
of the tulle or gauze used for trimming.
Knife pleatings of plain white grena-
dine or gauze trim colored silks simply
for young ladies; tulle is also used in
the same way. The muslin pleatings of
two years ago are seldom seen now. So
THE BIAS CUTTER. -
An excellent and simple invention for
| cutting a perfect bias has just been per-
fected, and is sold for 81. In these
days of folds and founces we have all
learned how difficult it is to cut true
bias, and how bad the effect is when
this perfect bias is not secured. A tri-
angular measure with straight and bias
inches marked upon it is the plan re-
sorted to for obtaining this difficult re-
suit, and securing a saving of time,
tro1rble and material, which will be ap-
preciated above all by dress-makers and
merchants,