The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-17
FASHION NOTE.

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.ro giTen dresses very Ike ,hear o.dsr
sisters.
small boys wear long. dark coloret
s.ockiag., vhs.As. dressed u Waite CT
coloys.
American bridesmaids are begi1.
mag 20 .iOp; the Euglsa fashioa O!
wearing hats OF bonses.
For very young l.dies snt e.
misses, suits u freuch bunting a.,
trimmed with Pols.-do;ted satin.
Long mitu Of pale ecu ,in: Az
fashioasbly wUrn with black ard uriei
white =. well IS with ecru cos;utnes-
Charming summer toilets src u'
white barge, trimmed with quantities
%. tn.lv plated Breton lace and ~a!.s
satin bows.
The drsperiss OF plain skirts ~
made short, g. pgsxr and very bout
f.nI around the hips, with = very shor'
apron or none a: Al.
A nev ski--trimrning consists OF
square slashed-up edges, under whact
are placed rulies of plated lace show
ing between the slAshes.
A pretty belt is formed By = Wild
wstsred ribbon passed around The wai,',
with one very long Hat loop and ;sJ
longer ends hanging directly down th'
front.
-Gabrielles fastening in front with
double row of buttons, and trimmed
with ilounces i, the bottom, are ~orr
by both boys and g,rls under ) years oi
age.
-Changeable ribbons, Blue viii
gold, green with cream color, r--e will
blue. aud pale peacock and pink Will
gendarme blue, are among late mill
merry novelties.
Grape roses with dew drops sprink.
led upon them are the pr-,tiest flower
imported this season. Cluster. OF nIn'
OF them in different shades Of red, ~,
worn on some Of the bonnets. Thu.
makes 3 woman a perambu!a,ing gar
den Of roses while under one Of these
creative desings.
1t is not the most fashionable Lads
who Is the best dressed, but the on,
who, wearing nothing outre, Is dresscC
quietly, her clothes If well selected, mel
material, and every color harmouizing
and not AS the Frenchman forcIbly ex
presses il, .'each garment swearing a
each other"
Old fashioned scarfs, like those
worn about Is years ago, are again II
use. They are now made If black satin.
trimmed with fringe or lace. "Gore'
de-pigeon" silks are again in vogue
Whole toilets have not yet been made oj
this colored silk, but the first step ha'
been taken by making out Of this ma
terial some very pretty bonnets. One
If these consists Of n small capote com
posed of a diadem Of plated garnet
/ colored velvet, with the drspery o.
"gore-de-p pigeon " silk, and a large bow
forming the row OF the bonnet. The
ribbon Of this bow is taken down Il
form the strings. On the left side Is {
bunch cf flowers. and toward the middl,
Is 3 small garland OF hne lower In Tn
shades Of the tatfetas.
1T is a constant problem how T.
make summer dressing pretty ano
fresh, yet economical, repre-
sentative of the newest ideas
vet not too difficult for thos'
who can neither devote all their tim,
nor their energies 10 the keeping 1t IL
condition. The solution usually adopt
ed is To avoid all the delicate, l~ight-col
ored materials, and fall back on suci
goods as will not need wash, or rather
will not "show" dirt. This is why
black grenadine and summer silks have
been so popular; both are safe and du
rable, and can he worn upon the ma
iority of occasions. But the light mus
lins-the linen lawns, which used To be
so much worn in summer, are now
scarcely seer ut all; and the new cot
ton goods, the soit-tinlshed cambrIcs,
the lovely chintZ satines, the mummy
cloths, the real Scotch ginghams, the
fine batistes in delicate colorings, arc
only used by the rich, and not at all by
the class who ought To enjoy them
The question may be asked, why arr
not light fabrics used now as they were
20 or % years ago, and the answer i:
simple: then there were few complica
tons tn the making of dresses, they
were much more easily laundried, anc
non middle-class people they wer,
more apt To be done at home, and by
some member Of a family, rather thar
an ordinary domestic or washer woman
II is almost impossible To make one
of these uncultivated specimens I'M
derstand that starch is undesirable; tina
making a dress glossy in streaks by
ironing it on the upper. or what is call
ed the fright" side. ruins it for wear
and that the perfection OF washing, o.
"doing ups dresses is to have them looi
as little stiff, as little "done up" ant
as nearly like new as possible. Thi
can only be effected by washing then
in strained bran water, and ironing
them on the under side, the bran ~servinI
the purpose of both soap and starch
This process is neither complicated
difficult, nor disagreeable, and on
would think that young girls who lik'
pretty dresses, and plenty OF them, ant
to whom it is 3 matter Ut importance b
keep them looking fresh and new till tn
last, would direct their energies into thi
channel, buy the new and lovely, though
somewhat more expensive washing ma
t~erials, make them up themselves, an,
also wash and iron them when required
moi subject them to the ruinous process
of mixing indiscriminate scrubbing
streaking, dragging, and tearing tha
they get at the hands of the ordinar
laundress. A very little practice woul
render the operation q matter of but Il,
tie moment, easily performed durini
the cool hours Of an early summe
morning, while the satisfaction would b
unlimited and the saving enormous
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