Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-27
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
Price Four Cents.

g bead bordering, and the remainder of the . trimming consists of flowers The gloves
 with these seaside toilets must be light and
 very long. The parasols are covered with
 flowers and ribbons. The shoes are open on the top, and the stockings match one of the colors of the suit, unless the latter be white, 1 in which case any color may be used Before referring to the evening toilets for l seaside use, one or two descriptions of
 French bathing costumes may be useful.
 One of these is of white flannel, trimmed
 with red cashemire. 4 large shirred collar
 forms the top of the waist The waist is fas-
 tened to gathered skirt A cachenire sash
 with rather long ends is placed a little be- I low the waist. The coarse straw hat worn
 with this costume has broad brim sbadinp
 the eyes. Another costume is of red and
 blue striped woolen goods It forms long
 blouse" drawn in to the waist by blue
 flannel belt, fastened on the side under a
 large flannel rosette. The large blue flannel
 collar IS bound with the same colored flannel \ The same border IS on the lower part of the
 blouse and trousers The large hat has a
 blue flannel crown and Yokohama brim.
 Suits for bathing purposes which are made
 In more elaborate styles than those men,
 tloned above are quite ill-adapted to the end
 ln view, and in very bad taste. There are
 also costumes expressly designed for little | children to bathe in. Some are all red One of them is scalloped on all the borders of the suit. Many children bathe without hats or Leaps.
 Evening toilets for seaside use are gen. | orally very elegant and showy. Many young | ladies adopt the light fabrics, and combine | them with heavy and rich materials very
 striking dress of this kind may be of white
 ''voile de religieuse" and bright red surab
 merveileux. The skirt is covered with pIait.
 ed 'voile" founces, each lined with a red ! hounce, falling somewhat below the white ! one. On the upper part of the skirt are two
 plaited pieces of ''voile," lined with red and l rounding over the hips. These are pressed | flat against the skirt under red surah scarf | This fastens in the back little toward the ! left The small surah ''habit'' is cut open | over the breast, in the shape of " and l trimmed on the inside with Irish lace guipure | insertions. There is worn with this suit A l red moire antique petticoat instead of a white one. This is trimmed with deep, plaited founce, bordered with fine lace A ! Parisian belle recently ordered of a fashion |, able dressmaker toilet consisting of a red l , silk skirt, covered with deep, plaited ! hounce of foulard with broad red and white hounces. On the upper part is deep red satin sash, fastened ''a Penfant," with very large loops and broad ends. The small satin jacket is shirred, forming a collar Around the waist is red belt with steel buckle The long sleeves are trimmed with lace There will be great deal of embroidered mousseline de PInde worn this summer over white or colored dresses. These are profrlse- ly trimmed with embroidery and lace. The trimming will be placed, for instance, on the borders of the f1ounces around the draperies arranged in shell shape and taken above the trimmings. There cannot be too much lace on these dresses. Even for children but or years of age colored muslin and gauge dresses are richly trimmed with lace inser- tions. There are foulard or moire antique waists made for wear over lace shirts
 Very serviceable toilets for seaside wear are made of cheviot, in such shades as earth color and ''Navane," striped or checked, with threads running through the goods in bright contrasting colors They are generally made in polonaises, gathered on the waist, and the skirt IS also gathered, with the addition of inserted outings. The small pelerine thrown over the shoulders, forms long scarf in front. Ladies also the '-Quakeress'' mantle, which forms double pelerine and is quite warm garment. Summer suits are also of 'batiste moiree," trimmed with en- broldered insertions, or coarse lace applique The skirts have narrow founces in pyramid shape showing between the openings made in the plain skirts. The waists are gathered ln the necks, and drawn in at the waists by narrow moire antique belt with Louis XIV. buckle. Waists and polonaises may be bor- dered with heavy faces, worked on tulle Toilets in very delicate tints are much inn proved by eeru brown or sulphur colored gulpure embroideries. Many polonaises are made to open over lace founces Waists have paniers, raised very high; they are in colors contrasting with the skirts. The ''Irlanon" toilet is wholly gathered The light fabrics most in favor in Paris are of ''ecru linen, soft silk, foulard, surahsS Sand mousseline Iony." The heavier goodsAre Sicilienne, moire antique, and broche articlea- Moire antique is in great favor and destined \. to be extensively used next winter. Even at this season there are seen beautiful toilets of this material in light shades It is believed that there will be 8 perfect rage for moire antique during the winter for all parts of the toilet, such as scarfs, cloaks, bonnet-strings, &c. It is really to be regretted that India shawls and moire antique should have been so long out of use and replaced by articles not nearly elegant or as useful, but the desire for change is so great that often hand some articles have to give way to very plain and unbecoming styles. Waists for evening use are cut 1n heart shape or square, Sleeves are either half long or short, or else the waists are without sleeves. Trains and short skirts are both in use, but there is decided preference for the latter. Toilets made after the antique designs still the rage, and justly SO as they are most becoming to the fair sex. Nothing is gracefuller than a, 'tbayadere surah'' skirt in bright colors with the stripes divided by plaitings. The paniers are full on the sides, and form in the back small, short pufing. The waist has deep point back and front It is trimmed with a small shirred and plaited fchu and deep shirred collar. The waist and paniers of this toilet may be dead leaf -colored ''surah mer- veilleux." With the toilet may be worn Manila straw hat lined with black velvet and tied down on the sides with ribbon strings. Around the crown is shell-shaped brownish lace trimming. On one side is bunch of field flowers.
 Garments with capes are much used, even for children for ladies' wear they serve as dressy cloaks, while for children they are em- ployed for travelling garments, and will be found very serviceable at the seaside Chil- dren's hats are larger than ever, if such thing be possible. Straw hats in several colors are trimmed with broad, shaded rib bons.
 Flowers used in great profusion waists, bonnets and parasols. Deep belts are to be worn, tightly drawn into the figure, and enriched with immense buckles. A great va riety of fancy je4elry may be seen in the Pa risian shops Among the most elegant ar tieles in gold and precious stones are vast as- sortments of pins shaped like beetles, swans, dogs, cats and different animals and insects. all in the finest work, and many covered with diamond sparks. great variety of plain jewelry is of silver.
 An evening costume for young lady may be of glazed stsatin merveilleux" and broche goods matching the satin in color. The silk skirt is covered with plating, and shirred be- low the belt. Across the front of the skirt is a broche drapery. The design of the waist is quite new. It forms in the back kind of grasshopper with large wings. The front is slightly pointed, and extends over the hip. The Ddck lS cut very AOug, AS IS alSO the SlQ6 of the back. It forms two long square ends divided in the center, each turning over to be draped near the hip. Two satin pockets are placed close together, and joined by loops of satin ribbon, forming, as it were, the head of the insect, and concealing the place where the wings are draped. Below this are two half -breadths of goods, which are quite sepa- rate from the remainder of the dress and show the middle of the shirt. They are trim med with satin revers and fall straight to the lower part of the skirt. Two ribbon sashes are on the the waist; one is taken around the waist, and the other starts from the seam under the arm. The '.Marquise" sleeves have plaited cuffs narrow ruffies and satin bows on the outside. The small cape worn over the shoulders is of broche goods. cut bias, with seam in the middle of the back, and gores over the shoulders. The capote worn with this toilet is of black tulle worked with jet beads It is trimmed with large