The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-11
NEW ORLEANS FASHIONS

For simple dresses the American per-
Gales at 125 cents yard are most de-
sirabfe; they come In neat eolored
nguress checks, and stripes on a white
ground, but are more effective with
gray or blue grounds dashed with
4 white. These are made up with vests
and ct1t.away coats, or else plain
basque, and are bordered with bias
blue pereale of solid color, and some
times edged with white cotton lace in
Large. egtravagant figures. Domestic
seersuckers at bit a yard are most
effective In stripes Of gravfolue alter
nating with pink, or wish White or buff !:
hese are trimmed with pipings of
Slor pinKse dark red or buff, and
dged witipI torohon lace. It Is In the
Implicitly Eoof such dresses that their
Ayle eonfgsists. Dressmakers are in
Sined to Nput too much trimming upon
RtMPLE sruFFs MUST BE PLAINLY MADE
Rn ordspsr TO be we'll made. For instance,
" dressSe OF percale In bourrette figures
Ind bluepAgray in colorl will look better
merely bstound on the blouse and over
klirt wissth blue worsted braid a gray
spereaf.ie, or one of black and white hair
SstripSes looks we'll with scarlet braid
Binding an ecru linen Is either stitched
Hon til lie edges or else bound with chest
hut Eprown. Ruffiss or pleatings make
such dresses look old.fashioned.
THE pLEATED BLOUSE
used as q model for these suits is Just
sufficiently loose to need g belt, to ad-
lust iit to the figure. It Is made with
three pleats laid down each front, from
the neck Co the end OF the blouse; these
Ire permanently stitched in, as tucks
Il re, In wash dresses. The collar and
lffs are of plain percale or linen, the
lor of the braid used for binding.
VERY SHEER oRaANDY MusLINs.
ther colored or white, are MAIDS with
without lining, according to fancy ;
hen lined the organdy Of the dress Is
sed for lining instead of thick, white
pods. Black and dark colored grena-
ines made ia this way are edged with
Danish lace, and trimmed with satin
bbon OF the color Of the dress, with a
ontrassing color on the opposite side.
u slack and alsc gray dresses have deep
IN acqueminot red on the wrong side Of
@ he ribbon; pale cream colored dresses
nave either black, blue, or red ribbon;
sor pale blue dresses, the colors are
Cream or dark blue.
81 WHITE DOTTED OR sPRIGaED MUSLIN
makes pretty dress fashioned in this
Fay. and worn with shaded ribbons
UGH as pink with claret color, or else
M ark sapphire blue with the palest ciel
Unit.
DRESSING AT WATERING PLACES
lhis season seems TO afford but q dull
AheId for d fanciful imagination. The fol-
owing remarks, clipped from g. North
I'm journal IN reference to this fact may
tot prove unlnteresting, and SO we give
a 'sSs as we find it:
AT most watering places correspond
Ants with lively imaginations to the
ontrary noswithstanding-th ladies
Ere unsuitably dressed, because-per-
aps from motives OF economy they
fy to wear out their old clothes. The
Roung girls will perhaps flourish in
retty morning dresses, but the mann
has, as q rule, reserve for this purpose
q robe de Fatigue which has seen service
I'D other occasions, and both daughters
hid mammas trail about for dinner and
# the evening the once handsome but
bow somewhat shabby looking toilets
4#h1el nave Q0uo ouby DIT uall anu piEbys
seatre and concert during q season in
Wn.
CORRESPONDENTS as before remarked,
WIN LIVELY VACCINATIONS,
law recount the glories Of watering
\ aca toilets, but the fresh dresses pre-
red for the special purpose are COM
sde, s. Iebutaaate or the wife OF some
81 rich new man. That costliness Is
exception is suite; emily evident
Sz 10 the TACT that q woman who appears