The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-30
The Latest Fashions.

One of the novelties for summer
dresses is Grape batiste-a thin linen
fabric, crinkled like Grape. This comes
in delicate shades of blue, beige, pink
lilac and ecru, and is made up as elabor-
ately as grenadines over silk Of the same
shade. These batistes are meant for
dressy afternoon toilets, and some of
them are trimmed with embroidery on
white tulle, such as was used during the
winter for evening dress. One very
pretty model of sky blue linen Grape is
made up in princesse design, with long
apron and softly plated black drapery,
ornamented with large square bows Of
double silk; the plastron, sleeves and
bands near the ed ges are of white tulle,
wrought with silk in shaded foliage, rose
buds and pale blue forgetme-nots.
Beige-colored batistes are trimmed with
Smyrna lace of very fine quality, and
insertions to match.
For costumes to be worn in the morn
ing very thick linen that is at the same
time light and fine is used, and trimmed
with frills embroidered in high colors,
especially in red or blue with black.
Cream-color and greenish-gray tints are
chosen in these linens. They are made
with yokes and plated basques; the
over-skirts are embroidered scarfs, and
charming little fichu, also embroidered,
accompanies each suit. Some of these
linens have light damask figures which
appear only in the overdress, while the
skirt is plain, and has deep plating to
suggesta kilt. Striped sheer lawn dresses
are made up just as these thick linens
are, but are ornamented with knife
plated frills. They also have pretty
fichus or Clarissa Harlowe scarfs, with
plated frill for trimming.
The Scotch and Madras gigham
dresses are charmingly cool and fresh
looking. The bars and stripes are of two
OF three colors on white ground, and
the new combinations of colors are
adopted. One favorite pattern is the
pale blue and olive green on white; an
other is scarlet with beige-color; a third,
Pompadour pink with blue; and among
the best designs is bottle green and white
plaid. The trimmings are in Russia
laces, lighter than Smyrna, and in colors
to match the dress, or else white en-
broidery is used. Some of these dresses
have white cambria ruffles scalloped and
thickly dotted with Hamburg embroid-
cry, and others have the entire overdress
wrought with stars in white on gray or
on blue grund. School girls and blonde
young ladies choose the the navy blue
and white ginghams, and make them up
with white vests, Smyrna lace and ruff
fles of embroidery. For small girls who
have left off white dresses these ging-
hams are made up in princesse
designs, with simulated sacques and
plated backs, and are trimmed with
white or colored lace. The shaded blue
Madras ginghams are very popular, but
great care is required in washing them.
When the dress is of the plain shaded
blue Bingham it can be effectively
trimmed with bias bands of striped ging-
ham; still palmer dresses for children
are merely scalloped around the bottom.
and bound with white.
The new parasols prepared for spring
have round tops instead of the pointed
canopy top of last summer. They are
of medium size, measuring about 10
inches down the rib, which is slightly
smaller than they have been of late.
The handles are long and slender, and
the top piece is of simple shape, and
only two and half inches in height.
Black and biege colors are most used.
The favorite material is the soft twilled
silk called Leventine, and also pongees
Most parasols are lined with silk of a
contrasting color or with white or else
with darker shade of the outside color;
the lining is kept separate on the out
side, and its edges are pinked. The fin
ish for the outside is large scallops
bound securely, and in the indentation
between the scallops is loop and end of
narrow ribbon hanging the same as fringe.
Others are trimmed with plain silk
fringe, and some with whalebone fringe.
A long-looped bow of ribbon on the top
is fastened very securely. Black Levant-
inc parasols lined with white, cream
color or cardinal red are very handsome
when finished with whalebone fringe.
Misses parasols are of small size in the
designs and colors used for ladies. Few
damask parasols are shown at present,
and the styles generally are less pro-
nounced than they were last year
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