River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-08-29
FEMININE FANCIES.

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Among the simple costumes, says a Boston
Herald fashion writer, the bodices are plated,
some being made with yokes, others without;
but yokes are decidedly one of the fashions of
the year. Mastic foulard and Swedish gray
Foulard are very popular made in this style,
and worn with silk skirts, trimmed with two
killings, edged with Valenciennes lace. The
foulard tunic is draped at the side with
boui.I ,nne bordered with lace. The yoke
bodice is made with a gros- grain waist-hand
of the same color, but darker shade. DcIni-
on sleeves, with wide Valenclennes sewn on
q and turned up on to the sleeve;
Valeuciennes iahot on the high bodice Other
dresses have the yoke piece made entirely OF
old Venetian point, mounted on silk,a band OF
Venetian point at the side of the tunic, and
revers of point at the side of the tunic, and
Tevers of point on the sleeves; others are
decorated with colored embroidery worked on
thread net of very strong manufacture. Eng
lish and Madeira embroidery are also used for
yoke pieces, especially with the indmnne
costumes that have either a Chinese Glue,
lavender or navy-blue ground. The collar is
formed of an upright crepe lisse plating, and
the Hat bow on the bodice is either yellow
gold and black, or dark blue and crimson.
The tunic is fastened at the side with vide
band of white embroidery, and at the bottom
OF the tunic there are fiat bows OF the two
colors, similar TO those on the bodice. The
skirt IS simply plated
With Indienne costume, and with foulard Dnes
too, especially when they are of the natural
ecru color nothing locks more stylish than
THE PARABERE CAsAQUE.
The foundation is a coarse. soft ecru linen.
and it Is covered with embroiderie in silk,
worked in the Louis XIV style. The caseque
opens in front over either velvet or satin
waistcoat, the satin being either dark bh,u or
caroubier At the back the velvet or satin
point is repeated with Topped ribbon bows Of
The Two colors, which are again To be seen on
tho edge of the casaque, the SAM st5ls OF
casaque is made in ecruc or natural col.red
silk, broeaded with large roses or other How
ers. These materials are made into wastcaats,
as trimming to bodices, as bands 10 skirts, snd
also into bonnets. Bonnets, some black some
brown, have the crowns of the materials
awisted and tied Ia Creole, exactly as gay
cotton handkerchief5 are twisted rouuG the
heads of half-castes. These materials are
called Leckzinska, and around the edge IF
the bruins there is a narrow chenille fringe,
which matches the straw IN color. Parasols
are also made of Leckzinska; likewise pay
same aehus, suitable for wearing over al
most any dress.
WAITE BAREGE AND SILK GRENADINF
dresses are also distinguished sutauer tot
lettes. Some are made over pale blue silk
Innings, and trimmed with narrow plating Of
blue satin. Another has scarfs OF alternate
folds Of straw color aud blue silk. Real
cameps hair bordering, embroidered with gold
threads, trims another white dress. Most
noval of all is a Worth dress Of white ba'ege,
trimmed with many killings, made of Scotch
plaid silk, in which red and blue are the rrin-
cipal colors. The skirt has several plaid
plaitings, and single row edges tie over
skirt and Marie AntOinctte fiehu. The bodices
OF such dresses have blouse fronts, with plaid
silk waistcoats. Another way of using these
plaid silks is shown by Worth in travelling
dresses that have a lower skirt of black and
white checked silk, with an over-dress of gray
camers hair opened in front from the waist
10 the feet To show the plaid skirt.
Several dinner dresses are worn Of white
muslin, with small Revolution bodices. Isade
either of satin or velvet The following de-
scription will serve as a model: White raus-
lin skirt over white silk pett.eoat; the fol aler
bOrdered with thick silk ruche; " bite rius-
lin overskirt turned up a Ia itgeuse, vita
deep ruby satin band, aud over it a band Of
fine Venetian guipre; band Of satin ana
gupure ornaments the side, and below the
laveuse tunic there is "a killing of muslin on
the skirt; the coat bodice is ruby satin lYith
revers and cape OF faille, covered with V@nc-
tian point; narrow sleeves with Venetian
point reyeTs; deep waistband of ruby satin
Another white muslin toilet was a mass of
bouillounes and Valenciennes lace on the
skirt; Louis XIII. bows down the front, a
mixture Of navy blue satin; the bodice was
navy-blue satin, with square cape Of pink, and
the lining OF the basque was pink faille.
THE SMALL CARDINAL CAPEs
Of days gone by have reappearcd; they de- not
reach to the walst-indeed, some barely fall
below the Shoulders. Almost every lady
possesses at least one made of black Indian
cashmere, covered with alternate rows OF dead
and brilliant ma4about fringe, which fringe
also goes by the name of "copeau," aud is
made of crimped silk braid. There is NJ wer
fringe for the same purpose, which has Il
feathery effect, and Is made Of univ isted
chenille; but il is more costly. Russian en-
bToidery on ecru linen Is much used for TRIM
ming summer dresses. and very thin mate
rails are ornamented with small ruchc= in
which Valenciennes lace is introduced Tie
Russian embroideries are varied but always
OF bright eOlors, such as red and blue, mixed
with yellow and moss-green; aud they are
sold in bands Of different widths Some very
wide bands are intended for IN. laveuse iu.
mics, now so popular, the narrower bands be-
ing used for Lasques and sleeve trimmings.
The Louis XIII fiot bows, made of doIbIe
ace or reversible satin ribbon are now sold
ready made. These fots OF clusters of hang
ing loops are fastened at the throat, at the
TOP OF the back, on the pocket al one side, and
at the edge Of the layeuse tunic at the ether
side. The most effective are made of marrow
satin ribbon, which Is dark on one side and
light on the other and bows OF two colors are
the professionalism and black. navy blue
ard cardinal, turquoise blue aud carm,.lite,
prune and straw color, moss green and blue
gray and earmine, etc; black satin flots are
also sold ready made, for confectous and iol
black dresses.
Mjttens are again worn at small summer
reunions. They are made in fine netting
with white, or uearly white silk, and t-im
med with darker color, or in point aig
nale, or in black Ctauti!ly lace; and 7yitl
lace miltens the black velvet bracelets fast
ened with large buckles OF paste diamonds
are again reappesring. These were fashion
able during Louis XV,'s reign, when elasti,
was unknown, FOR such bracelets, besides
being ornamental, are most useful in keep
ing mittens in place. Stockings, with Vslen
eiennes lace, let in down the center or az In,
side, are now considered
EXTREMELY ELEGANT;
for black silk stockings Chanully lace is in
trodgced in a similar manner. In shoes tn,