The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-11-09

brown velvet and gros grain had
basque back and princess front. The
side breadths had two styles Of perpen-
dicular trimming of one length Of rows
of anticipating and rows of wide che
mile fringe; the enormous train and
edge of the skirt was trimmed with
knife-plaitings and fringe of silk chenille;
loosely arranged scarf folds passed
around the neck and fastened with large
bow at the right side, low on the waist.
! New fabrics come from France, and old
friends reappear with improved faces
and new names: Faconne de Bagdad,
Damasse de Lyons, Crepe Arabesque,
jacquard Gree. Draperie Pekin, Pique
de Lyons, Sole d. Arabesque, Cashmere
pointelle, and many others, including
the magnificent Indian cashmere pat
terms. There is great improvement in
the matelasses and damasses, as well as
in Others of the rayed or hair-lined
striped fabrics. In the former, nothing
in the way of dry goods can exceed the
graceful beauty of the design; the favor
tie palm ferns, vines, trefoil; arabesques,
the Greek cOnvOlute, interced chains and
rings, fOriated figure, mOrresque, float
ing pendants Of convo vulus flowers and
medieval figure. In the wool and link
fabrics, the wool ground is mostly
woven in fine twills and diagOnals of
some dark ground. Lincoln green is a
speciality, less of wine, ink-blue, ink
gray, seal-brown, plum; and the fig
ures are formed by fine silk threads
of lighter and brighter shade in relief,
giving jacquard effects. On black
grounds these silken woven thread are
seen in red, cream, green and other
bright tints. The all-silk matelasses and
damasse8 are woven in the same fashion.
Fine hairlike goods of red on black
ground are in great demand. Every va
riety of camel's hair goods is shot with
threads Of some bright color. They also
come in plain basket and square Egyp-
tian figures in wool and warp, honey
comb, diapered, diagonals, and in raised
matelasse figures upon a smooth ground.
Mohairs, brilliantines and black CASH
meres are in enormous demand. In all
manner of fabrics prices have been re-
duced. Braids, passementeries and
fringes promise to be the fashionable
trimming. Fringes of chenille, and
chenille mixed with silk and tassels,
come six and seven inches wide. An
other style has heavy network and a
wide silk fringe. Wide soutaScha braid
of TWO colOrs, drab and brown, sewed
together, makes sleeves of camels hair
dOlmans, heavily trimmed with the
soutascha sewed on in many rows. EN-
broidered canvas braids, resembling
Hamburg work is a novelty, the ValOis
is worked with silver; the coat of mail
is braided gray and blue steel; Moorish
fringes have innumerable little fossy
tasscls in the net work, and other styles
are masses of drop buttons. Rasemen-
teries come very wide in antique de-
signs, medallions, heads of COrinthian
columns, arches, and wheel work. In
sertions of moss are tufted with chenille;
to this is attached q wide fringe of
chenille, with a heading Of net work and
drops. Medium sized buttons will be ex-
tensively used, embroidered, dark mother
of pearl, silk and bone, with dark pearl
centers, and crocheted to correspond
with trimming passementine loops. A
newly-invented7 boot is called "the
centennial" and is considered the nov
eltv of the season. 1t is a sandal boot
rather after the fashion of a Roman
sandal The straps, beginning at the
toe, are continued on above the ankle,
four straps being connected in clusters
together, caught by a steel buckle. These
handsome boots are especially adapted
for the exposure of the exquisitely en-
broidered white and colOred silk stock
ings now selling for twenty-five dollars
pair.
SET HIM Up TO THE HEAD.-A young
man applicant for admission to Cornell
University smiled ink all over his