Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-28
The Gorgeous Gowns OF the Period
Has, Ronuets and WraDs. ea--srss

goods shops, and their promise Of COM
ing toilet splendors. No longer is the
Arabian Nights a fiction of the past
all IT'S gorgeousness of coloring, its
beauty OF fabrics, its almost barbaric
rlchness Is reproduced in this nineteenth
century, and Arabia has been trans
ported Ito the, United States The
Warmth of the'sunny lands, the bril-
nancy of.lthe tropics, the stateliness of
the middle ages, is all embodied in the
fashions of the day, by which our wo-
men are to be beautified and adorned.
1t goes withoutisaying that all this is by
no means inexpensive, and that, in
spte,of all the talk of economy, it is
onIytAlk for women will pay twenty
douarsda yard for velvet and ten dollars
yard for brocade, and make no COM
plant, And even then the expense IS
but begun, for these fabrics are adorned
with Passementeries and fringes of ''jet"
in all coloreds. beads, for s'jet'' has
grown to be a generic term, which in
cludes any style of the so-pepular bead
trimming, and some of this costs fifty
dollars a yard, while the plainest and
least expensive is somewhere in the vi
cinity OF ten dollars yard. 1t is need
less to say that a dress at that rate may
easily be made to cost several hundred
dollars.
An illustration of this sort of toilet
was worn by Fanny Davenport in her
new play of Gan American Girl" in
New. York, at the opening the other
night. Over a petticoat of red satin
was worn still another petticoat made of
alternate strips of white satin and
white jet trimming quite wide, and so
open that the red showed through
the meshes of the bead work.
The train was of exquisite white
brocade, the satin founce in creamy
white brocade with silvery white
ground. Each figure was separate and
stood in relief against the background
like cameo, SO clearly was it defined;
wide passementerie and fringe of white
beads extended down the sides of the
train to the very edge of the petticoat;
the body was of brocade, with short
pulled sleeves of satin and passemen-
terie, edged with superb lace, which
also finished the low neck. Nothing
more superb could possibly be imagined
than this dress, and it was no wonder
that amurmur of admiration ran through
the theater as she appeared in this SUI
perb costume. There is so little differ
ence nowadays in the dress worn on the
stage in the modern society comedies
and that worn off it, that one may really
stand as an exponent of the other; SO it
will be readily pardoned if mention is
made of a dress worn by Miss Ada
Rehan at the Fifth Avenue Theater,
New York, in Edgar Fawcett's play, the
"First Families of America" 1t was
supposedly street costume, and was in
a Snff q nsaI <,f s.,fn y,%l l..
plated material, which seemed to be
raw silk. 1t was Jersey, fitting to the
most absolute perfection, with short
killed skirt, and marvellous draperies of
the plaid arranged in such manner as
deed, it isa happy combination of the
Jersey and handkerchief costumes. tax
ing the best portions of both, and setting
a fashion which will, without doubt, be
much followed. A Observation-Disclosures
fichu of the plaid made very pretty
finish for the throat; the hat, wide
brimmed and round-cornered, looked
like a SAILORS hat, and was worn far
back on the head, the brim reaching
nearly to the shoulders. 1t was of the
same color as the costume, and was
trimmed with half handkerchief of the
plaid tied about the crown, the point
falling over the top of the crown toward
the back. In itself the hat wasn't pretty,
but it was a good accompaniment to the
dress, and suited, the one who wore it,
although 1T would be very trying
to most women. There is one conso-
'lation for that, however: there is great
deal of latitude in the matter of head
gear, and something can be found to suit
every face and style. The early autumn
indications are that plush will take the
place of felt, and that while hats will be
large, mostly IN the Gainsborough
shape, bonne.s will be small, and set
closely to the head. There are attempts
to revive thee scuttle" and the "poke''
shapes, but it will scarcely be success
full at this season; large bonnets may do
for summer in delicate straws and with
the soft light trimmings, but for winter
wear in velvets or plush, with the heavy
ornamentation, they would be clumsy
and extremely uncomfortable to the
wearer. A soft, fine plush comes for
millinery purposes in all the leading
shades, and makes very lovely bonnets.
The trimmings rival all former gorge
BUSINESS, and brOcaded ribbons, Shaded
plumes, gold and jet ornaments and
heavy silken cords are used together
and separate to give the desirable APP
pearance of richness. A lot shown at
recent New York opening, as the expon-
ent of1the style that was to be the most
prevalent as promenade or carriage
hat for, young ladies, was soft gray
plush in =, the Gainsborough shape.
Around the crown was band of soft
shaded brown and gray, feathers, and
at one side was long, curling, gray
plume. Where the brim was uplifted
there, was allow of heavy brocaded rib
bon. gray, through which ran CLINT of
gold, fastened with a double shell pin,
made to represent tigers claws, with a
setting of gold. Small, close feather
bonnets are shown to take place
of the flower bonnets of last
summer. -" Their trimming usual
ly consists Of a bird on one side, with a
golden nail pierced through it. 1t has
a cruel look as though it were the in
strument by which the bird met its sad
fate::,,r, What is the need of having any
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