Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-23

plain cancels hair or worsted may be
made for silk.
Steel gray silk skirt, with deep kilt
plaltng. The tunic overrircss of darker
gray In some of the soft wooden materials.
Inc ends OF the overdress are tied in a
loose Knot at the back. Norsted fringe.
OF the two colors used in the dress. edges
me tunic. Cuirass Of wooden goods /;
sleeves, collar and pipings of silk. A
sleeveless jacket, with facings OF silk laid
over like wide lapels, Is added for street
| wear.
A brown silk skirt has two deep plait-
ings, which are held in by rows Of stitch
ing iwo-lirds OF the way up ON each
nounce, and left loose at the edges. Prin.
cesse- shaped overdress, In wooden materi.
al, edged with bias bands of silk. The
front of the overdress is long and plain !;
the back is divided up the middle to the
waist, allowing the two sides 10 be draped
lightly to the figure, and caught together
In one place by an invisible hook and eve
ms style Is very simple, and is particu-
larry suited to spring cambrics and per-
Gales, which will be made generally in
the polonsise shape.
Pium-colorea silk, faced with light blue
silk. Visiting toilette, but easily adapted
ior WOODEN suits. The back breadths in
long plaits, which are caught firmly with
band under the dress halfway up the
skirt; bow of plum -colored silk, lined
with the blue, is set on where the plaits
are caught Below this the plaits spread
OUT like fan, forming train. The
front OF the dress, of pale blue silk, is
gathered on TO foundation, the gathers
N nd he 10 b.. AL
consisting of long, square tabs of
The plum. color, are caught together by
bands and bows of the same across the
front breadth. Cuirass waist, front of
blue silk, trimmed TO match.
The soft, thin camel hair plaids inter.
sected with fine threads of color, will be
used for girls dresses. In Paris they use
material in which silver and gold threads
are interviewer with color, fashion
which older persons cannot adopt; but
the fashions of their elders In the way Of
making costumes seem 10 be followed for
young girls dresses. Younger children,
little girls Of five or six, wear princesse-
shaped dresses, with basque backs, into
which the skirt is plated in full box
plaits. The outer garment is nearly tight
TO the back, with long dolman ends in
hoht, Nuu coutlitlts llttlt cape I'M
ishes this; a round cape reaching TO the
shoulders.
For still younger children fashion yet
retains all the winter styles of outdoor
garments, rs no changes are made until late
in the spring. Msrseilles and pique
dresses worn under coats of cloth, plush
or velvet, are prinoesse-shaped in front
and fulled in the back the tiounces of
eeedle.work and trimmings of the same.
Very useful and pretty aprons, 10 lie
worn with pique dresses, are made of blue
and other colored goods, cut like the
blouse aprons. But they have no sleeves
merely small cap, and are made low.
neck, the edges Of the apron, neck and
sleeves braided with fine white braid and
scolloped. These are easily washed and
are used for little boys rs well as girls,
and form pretty finish for child's home
dress.
Scarlet flannel under white piques, and
rose.colored or blue merino under fine
cambria dresses, make comfortable and
pretty additions to child's dress in chilly
dsys.-N Y. Epentng Post.