The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-05-07
Fashion Notes.

BARBERRY fringes are in vogue, of
longish satin drops strung in clusters
from the heading.
KErrLEDRuM toilets of Kyba Grape
may be made as tea gowns or demi-
trained house dresses, with basques and
overslzirts at the option of the wearer
o. The foulards which have dots as large
as quarter of dollar are used for street
suits, but there are plain foularls for
quiet women who object to looking 80
much like leopards.
THERE are polka dots among the cheap
summer silks, as well as pin head checks
and hair like stripes. Pretty suits of
plain and checked silk are made up for
young girls, the coat with wide lapels,
and the overskirt being of checked silk,
and the uuderskirt of plain.
MUCH that is admirable finds it's way
into fashionable arrangements of color,
for instance, the quiet taste of dark hat
bound with dark olive velvet, and set off
by cluster of three short plumes in
cream, olive and pale blue, against the
black straw.
BLACK bonnets, so becoming to almost
every one, are by no means paSsc. They
are the rule when colored ones are the
exception. The opinion that many Ia
dies have held III regard to Percale I'M
derwear, has been adopted by many
more, and it promises to supercede even
Lonsdale.
The new black wraps for spring and
summer are of Indian cashmere,
Sicilienne, gros grain silk, and satin de
Lyon, and made very dressy with jet
embroideries and fringes, black lace
pleatings, and bright colored silk and
satin Innings.
WALKING jackets for cool days in sum-
mer are made of light and delicate-tinted
fancy checkered and mixture cloths, and
trimmed with facings, collars, revers,
cuffs, and pockets of satin pekme,
printed satin, fancy armure, and gold
shot brocade.
The new satin brocades intended for
parts of costumes have grounds in shades
of gray, old gold, ecru, cream, pearl
color, orange, deep red, maroon, and
shades of blue, while new satin serge is
shown of the color of the ground for the
skirts of such toilets, or vice versa for
houppelandas or polonaises, when the
skirt is of brocade. These satin serges
are changeable, and are gwen the names
OF imperial satin, OF Sudda satin serge.
VERY fanciful petticoats have been
brought out for summer wear. These
are of ight-colored foulards with small
dots, and trimmed with lace. One of
them is Of pink foulard with red dots.
On the lowerpart is red foulard plated
fiounce, bordered.with Valenciennes lace;
above this flounce, and partly covering
it, is lambrequin drapery of spotted
foulard, also trimmed with lace. Skirts
and underskirts are now made so as to
form two very narrow points in the back,
reaching to the middle of the skirt. The
breadth of goods is placed where these
points terminate, and either gathered or
plated. BY this means all the fullness
remains in the back, and the front and
over the hips are perfectly plain. A
petticoat for wear under an evening dress
may be of nainsook and bretonne lace.
The front is cut in points, and the back
is made over piece of stiff muslin, also
composed of two points, and trimmed
with hounces. The skirt is shirred in
the back in three places, and in front is
deep founce trimmed with five rows of
Valenciennes lace.-NeU York Times.