The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

HINTS AaoIrr DRESSES.

HINTS ABOUT DRESSES.
Pleated skirts forming double kits are
very fashionable for foulards and for thin
wool dresses. Hoods are about to be
revived, and are made ON round capes
that reach only to the elbow, ~ well as
ON the long straight gowns that form
over-dresses for suits. Gathered ruffies
made very narrow and double OF the silk
are on Paris dresses. The gay cotton
dresses are quite as effective as those OF
foulard, and are secured for Newport and
Saratoga. Creamy muslin embroidery
and white Languedoc lace are lavishly
used on French costumes of Turkey red
calico; the parasol and fan to match are
OF the same calico, very delicately paint
ed by hand.
Other cretonne, Saline and mummy
cloth dresses are made up in the Wat
teau designs that are used for foulards,
and are deliberately trimmed with lace.
Yachting dresses of wool bunting are
made of the handkerchief-pattern
bunting, with blue ground, polka-dotted
with red. Dark blue foulard with white
polka dots is made into charming short
dresses, faced with dark red, and sold
for $50. Red foulards in Turkish pat
terms are faced with blue. Dark wine
cOlored Surah dresses are elaborately
trimmed with creamy white muslin and
embroidery. Coat sleeves of dresses are
made very high on the shoulders, and
stand upward like mems coat-sleeves.
The wrists of sleeves are very plainly
finished, and are trimmed with lace
pleatings.
INExPENsiyE DRESSES.
Sleazily woven flannel, called by the
merchants beige de sante, and sold for
% cents yard, is made up for summer
dresses for the country 1t may be had
in navy or peacock blue, gray, olive, or
cardinal, and, while all pure wool, is of
such light weight that it is liked for
morning dresses. The box-pleated waist
or belted basque is simply stitched, or
else piped with dark red. There are two
or three full straight breadths gathered
or pleated IN the back, and an apron
drapes the front and sides. A box
pleated rutfie piped with red trims the
edge. When made at home such dresses
need not cost more than So.
For low-priced white dresses the sum-
mer zephyr sold ut Is cents a yard is n
very pretty creamy white muslin rs soft
and thin as India muslin, and with n
crape-like crinkle. This makes charm
ing drapcry for partly-worn evening
dress of light silk, and might also be
edged with the new cream and gold
laces, and draped upon dark or even
black silks.
Shawls with solid centers and embroi-
dered borders are being utilized for the
long coats and surtouts now in fashion.
One of navy-blue cashmere, with dotted
embroidery of pale gray in the border,
makes a beautiful overdress for gray
silk trimmed with blue satin pleating
Another shawl of brOcaded silk and wool
mixed cream and gold is also effective
for long coat, to be worn with skirt
of black velvet A coachman' s-drab coat
of fine cashmere, with brown velvet Di-
rectoire collar and pockets, is worn with
a brown-velvet skirt.
Spanish lace will be the fashionable
net for polonaises i'll the summer, and
will be worn with dresses of pale gray,
heliotrope, or ecru silk.
Gray or brown Cheviot, in black pat
ters, rs well as in checks, is sold for the
popular price of 80 or go cents yard,
for making light wooden suits for spring,
summer, and fall. 1t is made with II
pleated skirt, which is sometimes plain
kilt, but more often there are three rows
of pleating across the back breadths,
covering them from the belt to the foot,
while the front is IA single kilt. A long
coat basque or still longer sllrtout is
plped with red To complete the suit.