American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-06-12
Travelling Dresses.

costume, as brown and black together are
net effective. The popular fancy is for
| invisible piaids and cameo stripes, but
conservative ladies object to wearing
striking styles, and use solid c0lors in
stead. The handsomest and most ex-
pensive travelling dresses are made of
summer camel's hair of pale dust brown
color combined with nut brown silk. The
basque, jacket and deep, round over
skirt are of the soft wool stuff; the
lower skirt is of silk, and in some cases,
such as brides travelling costumes, this
skirt or the flounces upon it are of brown
velvet. The basque is simple cuirass,
merely piped on the edge; the sacque is
fitted behind, loose in front, falls open
short in the back, and is edged
else with knife pleating of silk. The
deep, round overskirt is very long and full
and very simply draped. The skirt is
short enough to escape the ground, and
is trimmed alike all around with knife
pleatings or shirred f1ounces, or else with
combination of both. The hat worn
with this suit is o brown chip toque with
brim shading the face, trimmed with a
wide brown scarf around the crown, a
slender wing on the left side, and some
small fine flowers quite high behind. If
this is objected to as rather dressy, the
toque may have Q long scarf of blue or
brown tissue passed around the crown,
with very long ends behind that may be
worn hanging, or they may be brought
forward and tied under the chin, or else
one end may be passed over the face as
a veil. while the other hangs as stream
er. Undressed kid gloves, striped lin
geric, striped stockings and black kid
boots with broad soles and low heels
lot. 49, &
to revive leather belts and bags, and the
summer travellers will provide themselves
with these useful belts and bags of Rus
STA leather or of velvet.
The descriptions of this suit will answer
for those of less expensive materials, for
there is very little variety in these cos
tunes. Modistes aim to make travelling
dresses as simply as the present elabo-
rate fashion will permit, dispensing with
the vOluminOus draperies and intricate
trimmings that are SO soon spoiled by
the hard usage of travel. The summer
camel's-hair fabrics cost from $3.50 q
yard down to $3.50, according to their
width and quality. There are cameo
plaids, blocks, checks and stripes of the
quiet gray and brown shades shown in
all the qualities of cameps-hair and in
lower priced fabrics. These are seldom
used for the entire dress, but merely as
udSquCS, OtcI-ShlTtS anu uOuuCeS on
plain skirts, with plain sleeves. The
stylish shepherd check of black and
white blocks of various sizes, from that
of pin-head checks to blocks an inch
square, are used either for whole dresses
or for entire suits. French cloth of
the texture of ordinary cashmere is
preferred for these dresses. This
costs $3.50 for double-fold goods
and 81 yard for the single fold, which
is about seven-eighths of yard wide;
domestic goods of this pattern can be
Next in favor to these are the Knicker-
booker woolens, soft, thin and light, vet
durable, with raised and knotted threads
on q plain surface; these cost from rs
cents to 81 yard. Atwood de bege has
been worn two summers and thoroughly
tested. and 10 more popular than ever.
It may be had plainly woven or twilIed,
and plaid, figured or solid -colored. In
this goods the brown shades sell more
brown conceals soil better. The prices
range from 80 to IS cents yard for sin
gle-width goods. Knife pleatings are the
approved trimmings for these.
PolOnaises are the exception to the
rule for summer suits. Ofthe few shown
the Marguerite and cuirass shapes pre-
vail. There are others made quite short
behind and very long in front, giving the
effect of basque and deep apron.
Some of the newest imported wool
dresses are trimmed with row upon row
of thick Titan (w0oD braid, and edged with
fringe made of crimped braid and tassels
This trimming is effective, and Is liked
because it is not generally worn. The
limousine striped goods, ia which a
thread of color is introduced amidst
plain gray and brown shades, are
trimmed with braid to match perfectly,
having similar threads of cardinal red or
blue. There are also widely-trellised
headings of wool fringes that are newer
than the worsted ball and caterpillar
fringes lately in vogue:
Linen busters for protecting the travel
ing suit are made like gentlemen's Ulster
overcoats, with pointed hood and a belt
buttoned behind. There are also trav-
cling clOaks that conceal the entire dress,
made of warmer cloth, such as light wool
in invisible plaids, and dark navy blue
habit cloth. These are without fullness,
are double-breasted, and the back is in
Gabrielle shape, or else it has belt
holding the box-pleated back in place,
while the front is fitted to the figure. At
the furnishing stores there are square,
black wicker baskets containing long,
gray linen buster and dress skirt OF
striped cambria, making a simple
costume to be put on over good travel
ing suit, or in long journeys by rail to
take its place altogether. The buster,
skirt and basket are sold for 50,
or each article may be bought sepa-
rately.
The Scotch plaid shawl of mixed blue
and green remains the popular long
shawl for travelling, and should be ear
ried even at midsummer; good qualities
cost $12 or $14. There are also excel
lent aust brown and gray shawls, square,
very thick, dark on one side and light on
the other, sold for 80. Ladies who like
some touch of color to brighten up
somber travelling attire selec: the striped
India shawls, which are now greatly re-
dueed in price, and which are said to
wear better than any other kind of shawl.
These begin as low as $15 for long
shawls in narrow bright stripes and real
India designs.~ True, they are not SO
soft and cdressant as the fine Scotch
shawls just quoted, but they are warm,
serviceable, picturesque-lo and,
though of coarse quality, they are genu-
inc India shawls. There are also very
pretty square shawls made of French
cashmere of single color, edged with
rainbow fringe, and sold for $10.-Har-
per's Bazaar.