The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-12-04
Ghe 8ulletin.
LATEST FASHIONS.
Christmas snd New Years Dresses.
Harper'p Bazaar.

Christmas snd New Years Dresses.
Harper's Bazaar.
1t 10 not alone In the rich materials, butin
their small details, that the beauty OF such
dresses consists. Most corsnges are square,
and long transparent laceor beaded sleeves
are as fashionable as elbow sleeves. While
the newest dresses are made with prime
esse back, with ian train, or else tina
straight flowing empress back, the fronts
or not cut In one from head 10 foot, but
have separate waists aud apron breadths.
These aprons, in order 10 be fiat, consits
merely Of the front bread,hs oil the skirt,
very fatty trimmed in diagonal rows, In
curves, or I'm straight panels, instead OF
being much wrinklcd and drapsa~ Far
sorsags fronts the round waist and wide
belt are used, unlessa basque IL preferred,
when the basque must be quite short, to
prevent wrlKling when the wesrtr is sit.
ting, The edges of such baskues have a
double piping Of satin. A corisge bouqet
accompanies all dresses, even those Of
black silk; II the neck is square, 1t il
placed in the lsit.hand corner; IL the front
10 high, 1t is worn in the belt, or else high
on the LETT side. Worth mskes quaint
bows ofsix small loops Of satin folded less
than An inch in width, and puts one such
bow near the back Of the neck ,square.and
another in front. From four TO six plain
round satin buttons, Al inch IN diameter
and bullying out in the center, fastsn such
waists. Rlch lace 10 no longer used ~
gathered Hounees around the skirt, but 10
laid on natly on the front and side gores to
outline and apron, and thus the fine de-
sign of the lace is displayed; 1t also forms
Jabots down the sides or In the middle OF
the train The trimming 1t the loot Of the
front brsadths is always OF the dress ma
terial, and must be very simple and Aar.
row border, The back Of such dresses,
whether high or low In the neck, has most
usually 1.-The princesse effect, waist and
train Is one, with even three, i've or seven
seams eurying over the tournure, and fit
ting the figure ~ II nodded upon 1t; very
small ladies usa only three seams, IS more
than these makes the bask look patched.
The train consists OF three straight long
brssdths, not Topped, but held back by
rows oftape underneath, and thus forming
fan, or else they are left to flow freely,
and are trimmed with reverse on each
side. The edge OF such trains Is also sim
ply trimmed with one or two narrow knife.
plaitings set in. or else it 10 cut in deep
points that are mounted on knife-plaitings.
The mediste furnishes trained petticoat
1ounced TO the waist behind, or else she
inserts long ian-shaped piece OF cilnoline
In the train, and when the palavsuse OF
muslin and lace 10 added the trained skirt
may be dispensed with. II is also true
that separate over-skirts are not used
with basque dresses except for very
young girls; the trimming Is invariably
laid on the trained skirt. The new has.
cues havesquare position backs, beaded
In the corners TO hold them in place, ana
very simply, either with few
plaits and buttons, or else large bow
made up Of the middle forms heightened
sufficiently and widened. Beads fern
trimming for all kinds Of dresses; pearl
trimmings are for light silks; rainbow
beads, clair de lune. and the modore beads,
which are sold gold" 10 color, trim black
and colored dresses, and jet beads with
steel gray are on black dresses. Flowers
are seed in sprays to form side trimming,
and in small clusters, but the long gar
lands and vines have been used in such
profusion that they are losing favor. Two
or three fabrics enter into each dress, yet
but one shade oil the color appears, and
this must be among the lightest; thus pearl
color is used instead Of lavender, and ivory
white Is preferred to cream.color. If a
contrast or dash color Is employed il is
in the flowers. Shipgers are made of the
silk Of the dress, and silk stockings are
chosen of the same tint. Many ladies
wear thin lisle-thread stockings inside
colored silk ones. Mitts reaching to the
elbow are worn either the color OF the
dress in silk lace with Valenciennes, or
slso they are duchesse or of round point
lace to match the lace used on the dress