The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-02
Summer Fashions.

Summer Fashions. "a
No one need be anxious IS to whether
she is "dressed in the fashion !" or not
this summer. Actually there are no ar
bitrary styles. Each lady dresses her
self and her children according to her
own ideas of what is beautiful, fit and
becoming, regardless of any but general
rules. OF course, il her bonnets are
large, they are neither the Dunstables
nor caleches of forty years ago, but they
may be Gainesboroughs, pokes, gypsies,
coal.scuttles, Mother Hubbard, or
Quaker shapes, and trimmed just as she
chooses; and if they are small bonnets
or hats they may be Fanchons, bebe,
turban, cottage, Normandy, Glengary, or
Scotch caps or bonnels, or they may
wear Derby or sailor, Panama or
Fayal, Leghorn or porcupine straw at
pleasure, and according to her age and
the occasion. The capote and the en-
pire bonnets are also much worn, with
broad, soft strings tied under the chin
or under the chignon, as taste or fancy
may dictate. s
Some very pretty bonnets are made of
steel lace. This lace, it will be- remem-
bered, is not glittering, but possesses a
sufficiently metallic lustcr to make it
dressy and bright. Such boEnets,
adorned with bright. colored flowers and
feathers and colored ribbon or surah
strings, wide,' soft and long, make q
unique style of couture for carriage,
theater and ceremonious visiting wear,
but the effect is too striking for general
use This caprice can not last long, and
ladies who can afford only two or three
hats or bonnets are not advised to have
one of them of steel lace.
Among the prettiest materials for in
expensive spring and early summer
suits are the checked and hair-lined
cashmeres of light quality, with SELF
colored cashmeres to match tor com.
bining in the suit. More expensive cash.
mere nuns veilings and other light wool
fabrics come in dress patterns of twenty
yards-sixleen of plain material, and
four Of Bayadere striped stuff for trim
miEgs. To be more explicit, when the
four yards of striped stuff are cut up in
to trimming bands, there are five yards
of narrow striped bands for the waist
and fifteen yards of wide striped bands
for the skirts. Tall ladies make the
| stripes up to form horizontal lines OF
diagonal trimmings, while the more
en,bonpoint trim the dress in longitud'
inal or slightly oblique lines. A plate
accompanies each pattern, showing how
the dress is to be made. OF course, the
same effects can be produced in cheaper
goods, either wooden or silk, or in com
binations of the two materials.
Louisine silks are selling for ,eventy
five cents yard, mostly in dark plaiT
colors and black. These Louisines ART
hair.lined in a delicate twilled stripe
They are exceedingly soft and crusha
bic. Some are changeable or shot, be-
ing woven in two shades of color. Othel
inexpensive silks are tho Tussores
bright and gay printed India pongees
intended for parts of costumes to bt
combined with plain or self-colored pom
gees. Checked Summer silk, and silk!
in clasp" or broken check patterns ar
also at very low figures this season
varying from forty-fve cents up to soy
enty-6ye cents. These make beautiful
inexpensive costumes for demi-toilet
and, when trimmed with bright stripet
Bayadere or ombre silks, are very dress,
for misses in their teens, ss,.. ,..s.s.-y :
/ Plain pongees, trimmed with en-
broidered bands, are worn by women
refined and fastidious tastes. Othe
pongees, with small dots or stars il
dark color and black, are scarcely les
in demand. Such dresses are used 10
morning robes and travelling costume
by the wealthy conservative woman
whose tastes have been formed under tn
standards Of, traditional dresi bsages- q
Gloves are : feature in fashion ths
summer. No short, absolutely short
gloves are worn. All gloves and init
have long wrists. Buttonless gloves Al
preferred, The Swedish and Tyroles
undfessed kids are most favored b
fashion, but the extreme heat Of on
summers renders the wearing of Lisl
thread or silk gloves and naitts necess
tv in the warmest weather. These com
in all the new shades of color, condo
browns being the favorits, through til
tans, grays, ecrus, and creams, and sls
in black and white. The wrists u
half long, long, and extra long I'll
extra long love reaches above the q
bow, the long glove to the elbow, an
the medium is about the length of fot
or Ave-button kid. Both the Isle threa
! and the silk glove in this style come
very reasonable prices, say from sevel
ty, eighty, and ninety cents tor Il
:. shorter lengths up to . 1928 for the e.
ira longs. The fit and finish of the
:. gloves are very fine. The silk mitts,
al shades of color, black and white, q
also brought out in the same length
!, and priced from sixty.five cents upwa
y to q $l.25. The fine lace mitts OF cour
!. come higher; ranging from 81 up to 81
|. or even $50 when Of the finest quali
- and extra length. In this connecti'
it must be remembered by our reade
: that, all sleeves being made half
three.quartersa long n0wsthes we9ri
3 Of halElong GLOVES iss idabrpp nsal 70.
4 N. 7. Ss.p. Sc - VII w -
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.. Boerhaave, the great Dutch physici.
= inscribed on the wall Of bis lectu
V room, 81 gave the medicine, God eul
? the disease He WAS fur in, advance
!. tho doctors Of his era, and promulgat
et ideas which were then novel, but VIII