The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-17
FASHION MOVES.

Lace is the most fashionable of all
trimmings waistcoats are trimmed with
it, and also the lace jabot is considered
part of the costume.
Polonaises and basques are both worn
with waistcoats the latter are worn with
ball and fancy costumes, as well as with
walking costumes.
A street or walking dress must be
dark, short and unobtrusiye in its gen.
eral effect; while bright colors and laces
should be worn with the house dress.
Two small red-clay pipes, decorated
with flowers and mottos. with the stems
tied in cross with blue ribbon, is the
newest chandelier pendant in fashiona
bic houses. They ara called peace
pipes.
Satin and French bunting make 8
beautiful combination for walking suits.
Lace will be used profusely on these
costumes, but it is very poor taste to
wear white or colored lsces on dresses
for the street. n.es ~.
The vest is the distinguishing feature
of the stylish costume, for the reason
that it affords excellent mesns of intro
ducing bright and contrastive effects.
Some very elegant goods, embroidered
by the hand in brilliant colors, are shown
for vests and revers. lq sai T3sc rs
Jet ornaments are very stylish, pars
ticularly the cut jet horseshoe and cres-
cent. These two are worn on nearly
every thing where an ornament can be
put. Jet is the only ornament used for
deep mourning, steel, silver and oxy-
died silver being reserved for hall
mourning. ialst a1'H
The fashion for flower bouquets is to
have garden posies with several oldsfash-
toned flowers inthem; punches of thous.
andsieaf roses: a spray OF mignonette, q
pansy or two, msrigold or butter
cup, and a few ferns are tied together
and used in bonnets or for waist bou-
qUets. a ..sr4 -r. r.r
Novelties in shoes have Louis Quinze
heels, and many straps across the instep,
with bows and buckles. These are for
the house only. A neat, trim boot
should be as much part of the walking
costume as the well-ftting soft kid glove
is considered insepsrsble from a lady's
toilette. .r.r .... ..
A German feather dealer in London
recently received 81, 900 humming birds,
so, eco aquatic birds and $40, 900 pairs of
wings in ere consignment, and all these
were meant for the milliners. The
humming birds tiny wings are mounted
as pin and nsed to fssten laces at the
throat and on the hat. =.
The most original bonnet of the sea.
son is a coarse straw, composed, like
Joseph's coat, of many colers. It is not
at all so striking, however, as a straw
in plain blue or deep wine color. The
combination usually consists of ivory
and mastic shades, combined with dark
maroon, olive, Fsienee blue, paler green
and brown. The trimmings must cor
respond in every particular, the most
fash enable consisting of broad, full
ostrich plume, containing a mixture OF
the same colors, and satin ribbon
stripped to match. Of cour;e such 8
haiti costly, because it is unique and
rare, and the colors are 30 artistically
blended that its effect is not snowy or
pronounced.
Very many of the dresses for girls
from two to ten and twelve years old
present the effect of kilt coat. The
kilt plating is made up of either very
wide box or very wide side plaits. Often
these dresses are nearly all in one piece.
The trimmings, instead of giving prin'
cesse effect, simulate long cut-away
coat with q Frsnklin vest extending TO
meet deep kilt hounee sewed on under
meath the coat, and representing kilt
skirt. Again, the coat effect is brought
about on princesse dresses by the sddi-
tion of broad pockets placed low down
on the sides. For school girls wash
dresses are made of pretty Scotch ging-
hams, percales and chintzes. with polka
dots and borders and bandana plaids.
The principle of combination rules alike
in ladies' and children's costumes, and
in silk, wool and cotton fabrics. In all,
solid colors are made up with figured
stuffs to match. A tavorite way of
fasbioning the gay plaided bandsna and
percale dresses is in kilt skirt set on
deep yoke fitting about the hips closely,
and yoked or plated blouse, belted in.
For younger girls, in wash goods, come
little slips, with the whole front of the
garment laid in box plsits down to 3
Spanish founce, while the back is gath
cred into q yoke and the neck of the
dress is finished with a deep sailor col
lar. One of the simplest ways of max
ing up dresses for little girls is the Ga.
brielle shape, fastened at the back and
finished around the bottom with kilt
plating. White dresses are In many
instances finished with q Spanish hounce,
box-plaited on instead of being gath
cred. These founces are in turn edged
with lace, embroidery or Hamburg
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