The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-26
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FASHIONS FREAKS.
Plain Dresses = fancy work - I'm
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Gossip from "IIarper's Bazar."
Wash dres es tor the present season
are made in sucn simple and jsunty
styles that they-sre suitable alike for in
door aud street wear. They are almost
invariably short in the skirt, and unless
OF very expensive materials they have
| none of the stirring and huting that
make them too elaborate Tor ordinary
lauudresses.
There is fancy this season for several
pretty fabrics that had long since fallen
into disuse. Among these are French
lawns of solid color NJ 30 and 40 cents a
yard. These sre most popular in pale
sky blue, in delicate flesh pink, in mastic
gray, and IN dark violet blue.
Simple white dresses OF old-fsshioned
cross barred muslin are made ia the way
just described, and edged with Smyrna
lace. Some Of these have a sing 10 skirt
laid in wide kilt plea.s, and worn with 8
Highland sash OF plaid ribbon tied
around below the hips. A plaid OF gray,
scarlet, aud black Is considered very sty-
| liSh.
The American percsles at l21 cents n
ward come in neat colored figures, checks,
and stripes on q white ground, but are
more elective with gray or blue grounds
dashed with white. These are made up
IN suits st the furnishing houses, and sold
for So or 81.
When polonsises are made with WISH
dresses they are now quite short, and are
| turned up IN front in wssherwoman style.
This suggests good plan for Toderizing
the long. wrinkled fronts OF polonaises OF
| las season. The wrinkles on the side
seams are let out, the extra length OF q
fourth of yard is cut et, and, after be-
ing shaped TO tit the edge from which it
| has JUS. been cut, it is trimmed at the top
with pleatlng, rutle, or lace, and Is
| sewCd on again as al outside facing.
For plain wooden dresses buntIngs and
debege are most used. The, American
| ountirgs 81 40 cents are said TO wear
| we'll but they are not nearly SO soft to the
touch as the French buntings 1T Us cents
10 81 yard; the latter are double width.
De bege in eCru and gray shsdes makes
pretty, short suits, and is most effective
| when entirely self-colored instead OF
| being combined with black or brown
| silks
Table-covers that are both useful and
| ornamental are INSIDE Of shaded dsms.k
mixed wool and hnen-in two shades
of brown or Of blue. These are not orns-
| meuted in the midd e, but there is wide
! Sorder which is covered with new kind
! Ct tapestry. work in wool. Checked linen
| burlap covers for tables have also wide
damask borders wrought over with rich
Dark colors; the latter cost from 50 to
! St.
Fresh clean looking mats for toilette
tables are OF thick wkite linen wrough.
in ENGLISH crewels or in cOlored cot.ons
that will wash. The pretty designs, rep.
resenting child riding OF butterfly,
swans, Chinese psgOdss, are outlined, and
sre to be done in point Russo and IN
ste n.stitch.
New applique cloth flowers are not
but.on-hoe stitched on the edges, but
have each petal stand up from the bsck-
ground in natural fashion, and the only
tilches taken are few point Russo
stitches in the centre that represent the
veins OF the flowers, and at the same time
hold them IN place.
A new Japanese canvas, called bamboo
| Is ecru tinted, and as stiff rs If made OF
the fibre OF bamboo. Mummy-cloth,
another new fabric is rough.thresded
canvas for supporting applique figures OF
| cloth and velvet.
Chair stripes are now made narrower
| than when first introduced, and the new
est have the fayorite sunhOwer orna-
ment aud catkins done in satin stitch on
| the canvass ready for fitting; these
are twenty three dollars. Foot-rests Of
the same are So to So.
Knitting is in fashion again, and ls-
dies buy the heavy Enghsh silks for knit
| ting socks for gifts to gentlemen, These
silks come in pale blue, hesh-color, and
dark brown balls that are 50 cents each;
| five balls are required for pail OF socks
| Crochetld purses of the English silks are
| also IN favor tor gifts. In some OF these
! gilt or steal beads are wrought, and the
| trimmings of clasp, rings, and tsssels are
| sold TO match.
Great Improvements have been made
| lately in corsets. As the princesse dress
/ now worn defines the hips rs plainly as
/ the waist, all corsets have been lengthen-
| ed both in the busks and over the hips,
where they Gt as smoothly as a glove fits
the hand, Stiff busts formed by cross
bones or by thick cords stitched IN are
also liked, as they dispense with the pads
worn by ladies who have fat chests. The
| steels or busks are also made more feGl.
bic, and may be bent in circle without
| breaking.
Among the latest and most popular
/ novelties are the Partisan mossics, which
are extensively worn in the gay capital,
Z and have just been introduced into this
country. Some that are on exhibition
display daintily-colored bunch OF niles
OF The valley en- black ground. There
are many other designs OF equal grace
and beauty, and there is every reason
that the Partisan mossics should become
fashionable and popular articles Of jew
elry.