The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-08-17
FASHION NOTES.

The French couture is formed of fiat
bandeaux.
Freshly gathered flowers are used to
train the hats and corsages of country
toilets.
Skirts of evening dresses are covered
with four ffOunces of embroidered tulle.
The newest bodices are glove fitting,
with large and full paniers around the
hips.
Bonnet strings are made of very wide
ribbon, tied in butterfly bow under
the chin.
There is an effort to revive wreaths of
flowers as headdresses and low clusters
behind the ears.
Charming matinee gowns are made
of dark red surah, trimmed with
fiounces of black Spanish lace.
Spot silk, showing colors oddly con-
tracted, are part of imported toilets
worn at Newport.
Aprons of fcelle lace, with a large
pocket trimmed with a bright colored
ribbon bow, are among the coquetries of
French toilets.
Wooden, velvet and hrocatelle bodices
are worn over skirts Of painted linen
of ecru shade with gay flowers, and also
OF sateen.
Ivory white sateen costumes, trimmed
with embroidery, are worn with a white
hat and parasol of the same material for
morning dress at Saratoga.
The most original country toilets
have skirts of Turkey red calico, COW
cred with narrow gathered rutiies, worn
under pardessus of light blue wooden
goods. The hat is dark blue straw with
red peoples.
The divided skirt introduced into
London by Lady Habberton is worn in
the mountain regions by the most fear
less lady climbers.
Straw fans brought from Tuscany are
accompanied by parasol of straw, and
worn with white muslin dresses that
haYe yellow satin or brown velvet rib
bon ornaments.
White muslin skirts trimmed to the
waists with embroidered founces are
worn with poppy red velvet basques,
trimmed with old Venetian point lace
Sun hats and parasols are trimmed to
match with Nancy embroidery, and
worn with foulard dresses similarly
trimmed. This Is open needlework
laid over colored silk to display The de-
sign.
Black Chantilly lace flounces that have
been out of fashion for years are being
revived for trimmings of full dress
toilets of elderly ladies.
Many rich dresses have velvet collars
and cuffs and dispense with any white
lace next the flesh. In other dresses soft
puds of white crepe lisse are around the
neck and wrists.
A small dove with black ring around
its throat is attached by brass orna-
ment to French straw bonnets. Another
caprice is q bonnet made entirely of
green moss with a white rose wreath
around the brim.
Poppies, cornflowers, roses or forget
me-nots are arranged in Il coudon with
out foliage and placed around the low
neck and paniers of white muslin even
ing dresses, and low dancing shoes are
similarly decorated.
The favorite summer hat is a Leghorn
Shepherdess fiat, with wreath of for
get me-nots and peoples or roses, tied
with long blue ribbons that hang down
behind as steamers.
Thickly-pleated founces of stiff mus
lin placed across the back of a petticoat
from the belt TO the foot are far more
graceful for giving a bOuffant appear
ance than any hustle made with steel
springs
The newest Pompadour foulards have
black ground showered over with very
large detached flowers. and are trimmed
with ficelle lace. These are accompanied
by fan and parasoI of foulard, and
black lace hat trimmed with q full
wreath Of artificial flowers like those
printed OF the foulard,
The Russian baohelik, or hood, has
come into favor again as head covering
at the seaside. II is made of ane white
or black cashmere In the shape of
fischu or scarf, with the middle folded to
a point for the hood, and has gold |