The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-12-15
ECONOMY IS THE WORD.

4 OnEEhFULs
The Sentinel Of last Sunday gave the
latest styles for brides. To-day 1t will give
the economical phases of fashion, presum-
Ing that the ladies have become brides dur
ing the week, and have returned from their
| tours and settled down to every day duties
! of domestic life. Fashion Is generous this
season in permitting great latitude, and so
good taste combined with economy covers a
skirt of cambria with shirred front bresdths
of silk, while the back is composed of the
sweeping plated or court train. A faded
silk may be covered with black lace or
foamy ruches and puffings Of tulle. From a
collection Of tulle and tarlatsn ball dresses
one or two charming costumes can be im-
provised, particularly when different colors
are arranged together; pale gray or white
| with rose, and blue and sea-toam green;
straw color and dull red; ivory or cream
color with golden and seal brown; ivory and
rosy purple, flesh color and faint tints OF
blue. Young ladies can superintend their
| ball dresses ofthese airy fabrics, as exquisite
| In effect as piece OF Dresden China, yet in
expensive withal. Silk and tulle of frozen
| water-green and tea rose can be garlsnded
with wreathes OF wild roses, or gray and vio-
let silk with bouquets of clematis and
hyacinths, pink and purple. The
latest imp0rtations of moyen sge
brocades, tscoDns fabrics covered with
large srabasques, the soft end graceful da-
| mssss, SERGE pekin, its medieval figures COW
ering the heavy twilled ground, the splendid
stamped velvets, and other damasks OF silk
and wool are mag nificent enough for any
grand dame OF medieval davs. FsconDe,
either black or of delicate evening tints,
ranges In price from 81 to 50 yard. Dsmasse
also comes in all colors at from 81 Is TO S.;
the superb serge .pekin, with thick twilled,
bias surface, covered either with large dia-
monds, great arabssques, or scrolls aud fret
work, aud interspersed with medallions or
g. - IL IT, a.. H.. -
other sort has broche figures of lighter
shade of silk, or comes in blocks OF CLOTH
colors, for "a yard, and an exquisitely fine
drap d'ete, closely embossed with silk
figures, "a inches wide, aud selling for IS
and 81 q yard. Matelasse, of the faintest
possible tints OF rose, blue, ivory and amber,
for opera wraps, cost from IS to IS 90. All OF
THESE FABRICS ARE RICH AND COSTLY,
yet being combined with plain silk, velvet,
CANT q toilet. The sleeves and skirt, al
present, must be alike, while the overskirt
and basque or polonaise are made OF the
same material, and must invariably be COM
posed of the figured stuffs. Another source
Of economy Is the extreme scantiness OF
skirts and the possibility of remodeling
those OF past date. II would seem absurd
to cover q rich velvet skirt with q long
olingiDg overskirt; therefore deep flounce
can be made on plain and
inexpensive skirt. These economies
are simply an avoidance of the late ex-
treme of fashionable extravaganza and |
waste OF costly material, and are being prac- |
ticed by the richest women. A handsome |
vet useful oyerskirt is made, for instance. |
of three long, straight bresdths of velvet |
fastened to the baud of the upper skirt d. |
rectly back of the apron, and although it |
forms the back of the overskirt, yet 1t COM
pletely covers the underskirt. The apron |
must be deep and round, trimmed on the |
edge and up the front. TIE plain cuirass
basque has q velvet back, silk front and silk |
sleeves. novelty Is a very wide. box
plated ruche placed around the edge of the |
skirt, of velvet or silk. Another new sttrsc
ton In the way OF an elegant
with raised velvet figures of various
shades. This Is worn In basque and train |
over velvet for dinner DRESS In many OF |
these costly costumes trimmings are alto |
gether abandoned as superfuous and ex-
traYsgant. The Jacquard casimiIs, broche |
fabrics, heavy Sicilieune and brocades are
simply hemmo1 or laced. The artistic folds |
of the drapery are thus disclosed, and the /
only ornamentation consists of the quaint /
Tcticule pocket. The scarf overskirt Is more |
artistic than any other. II is gracefully |
draped below the hips and fastened at the |
back By long loose loops and sashes. A new
material comes In Roman colors, closely in
OF pure spun raw silk in tiny
stripes, dots and soecs. This is twenty four
mostly In simple Gabrielle shape and
THE PRINCEssE PoLoNAIsE.
There are very beautiful newly imported
OF cashmere, In shades OF brown,
prune, navy blue, and black. The bssques,
overskirts and founces of the uuderskirts
are sxquisitely embroidered In half colors.
with silk, and finished at the edge with silk
knite-plailings. Another style has an 0rna-
mentation OF velvet pyramids. also en-
broidered In three shsdts of brown. In
boxes, unmade, are combination suits of
silk and cashmere. There is a deep side
plated founce OF sill and three embroid-
cred founcts form the overskirt
rss back and drr fons loops s0n Of .
Among other dainty new things are Japan
gowns made of soft Japan silk
lined with silk of a contrasting color aud
wadded with a cotton lighter than down
that grows in the south of China. They are
simply trimmed with bright colored silken
cords. Another style Is embroidered by the
Japan women In gay silks; flowers In small
clusters, single sprays OF roses, an infinite
variety of bros and brilliant little butter
dies form border half yard deep. The
polonaise has again returned to life In new
shape and with its old name, the Msrguer-
lite. Being combination OF the basque and
overskirt, 1t Is simpl, finely fitting cuiIas
basque joined to N overshrt. Itis extremely
becoming to all figures, Is very long, and
the black draping Is extremely simple and
novel. The basque shape must be set with
exquisite rlainness over the hips and back,
and be without trimming excepting q pip.
ing cord or small iold of silk. The sleeves
may be OF the same fabric, according to
choice, with cuffs OF silk, and there Is By
double width cloth, and requires only three
breadths, the back being composed OF a sim
gle breadth, it Is cut straight, all OF the iull-
ne being brought into plsits In tire middle
Of the back. Sashes made of single width
silk are fastened at the side just above the
edge of the basque aud
HOLD THE DRAPBRY AT THE BACK.