, 1881-08-14

wide frills Of Aurillac lace. 1t has Stuart
collar fashioned to the neck. also adorned
with lace 4 pretty vest in this style is also
made OF pale Quaker gray Snrah trimmed
with steel lace and closed down the front
with straps Of the material fastened by tiny
steel buckles
A stylisI, travelling dress lately noted is
| worthy OF mention.> 1t was made of soft
ca'nels hair of the pale brown shade known
rs beige. The skirt was round and covered
Will kilt plating, over which was draped
;An exceedingly Simple tunic Of japanese
brocadc which was caught together midway,
| Oh the front Of the skirt, by 4. large
| bow and floating ends of brown satin rib
| bon; The jacket cut Louis XIV. style: was
| made OF the canel's hair, with wide resers
faced with the Japanese brocade, and was
! fastened up the front with buttons OF dead
% ea WI viii af an Z East SsKs da SSs Sr Of fM branf f
plunla9!e, perchct upon branch of brown
hazel-nntS and leaves.
Costly la1MlkercIliefs are imported of the
sheercst French lawn, elab0rately eMbrOid-
erett in pure white or delicate tinted work,
which shows exquisit designs wrought i'll
dainty and elegant lloucll0irs range III price
from s. to S:2.3 each. One beautiful speci-
men of FRENCH landiwork, costing $50, is
made Of the finest white silk, nearly covered
tiny golden butterflies and delicate wreaths
Of roses and buds. Pretty and light lantl-
kerciiefs are brnnght from Fayal, and are
said to bt: woven from the tibreS Of the nl0ts
"r century plant us it is often called. The
fabric composing these ha,idkerchiefs is un-
Ike either silk, linen, or wool.
: Hrocaded or striped stlrah is often COM
binetl with sclf-colored foulard yelling or
plain satin in the construction of summer
costumes. Thus, a tunic Of lilac surah bro
cadcd with polnpadonr design IN pale gold
COLOR Is affixed to Il skirt Of deep purple
foulari. This second skirt is killed around
the bottom. The luuic is shirrcd down the
front, and forms all obtuSe point OIL each
side: Plain triangular paniers are laid upon
the hips. and At the back there is Il drapery
partly Of the surall and partly of the foulnrd.
The casaqliin bodice Is Of the foulard, with
vest front; collar and cuffs Of tile poilpl~
tlour brocadcd surah. The shirred collar is
tiat and square III the back, coming down in |
front. which is finished with deep reyers Of !
foulard. |
The Juror for auorning summer and light |
evening dresses with lace is caused mainly |
by The Introduction Of many new nlanufact- |
urett varieties designed for trimming pur
poses which are excellent limitations Of the !!
real, Time WIS when lace that was not |
handsome and costly was SO coarse and unat-
1ractise that only the most primitive taste |
for trimming could endure it, and no refined |
Lady Lady, t,, thtouEht OF wearing i: With the
derful improvement has bccn made in the
manufacture Of textile fAbrics, laces i.tclutl-
ed, and dainty and beautiful patterns are now
shown III the imitation Of handmade de-
signs. These are better adapted to the
fashions than the more costly
styles. which are appropriate for cereluonious
occasions, and can be used only by the very
wealthy, who can afford to cast them aside
when They are soi1ed. There is this merit
also about the fine imitation laces that they
are lnore durable and tam be iaandrietE once
aalh again without damage to the mesh,
which is not the rase with the more delicate
and perisable tibres Of the real. Many new
so-caled 1accs which are not limitations of
any Of the real designs arc much in vogue,
and the le1nalld for them is constantly in
rreasnc, the exceedingly low price asked for
these putting them i'll reach Of those who
'Annot afford the more expensive varieties
N hole costumes are made Of these laces, and
liten hundreds al yards are used in conlbii,a-.
Ion with other delicate lace-Iike fabrics.