New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-21
SUM.MLR FASHIONS.

QUAINT AND PICTURESQUE COMBINATIONS OF COLOR
SILK, WOOL, LINEN AND COTTON Costumes
EVENING wRAPs-FOREIGN NOVELTIES.
AT the fashionable summer resorts women
look like nothing much bright birds Of the tropics
and parterrcs OF varying briancy rivang the flowers
in harmonious tints exquisitely blending. They win
this before Oi being the flowers
Of the human race The bonnet blooms with ytocts
DIM" and the costume reflex OF the landscape with
It's lights and shadows trembling 0. melting diamonds
cOudng its Transparent green, here and there with
bloom OF ailyery gray and pale primrose powdered,
Chaucer heraldicaly calls 1t, VITA white fri cd
daisies Fashionable colors and flowers 90 hand in
hand, uniting beauty and doors. This harmony has
been cultivated ny the education of women's tastes
There are women and women some WISE good and
charming whose dress is totally deficient IN taste who
need the improvement in mixing coors In dress
that artists architects aud the stage Low display.
Two rich women stand the vcranda OF
their hotel in the CatsHlls. One Ia lost IN such
rapture OF sight as fills the night with the glory
Of the full The other says: Now, that moon
loo just bit of butter jusi beginning to melt on
hot round toast" The first goes TO tue break
fast table soft floating dra cries OF white. fragrant
little posy combining the delicate Lace at her throat the
other magnificent jewels, velvet Jacket md
skirt satn and round OF toast with serene
complscency. The initiated men and women connect
economy and pastoral simplicity villa these airy fabrics
intended for dinner. and the prOmen de, whereas few
toilets are expensive. The Indla mus aud silk
nuslius the linen cambrcs with their exquisite hand
worked French embroidery the organizes fine a. a cob
web, and the pro:u-ion OF lace upon them costing
hundreds " dollars nos cOnsderedan eXtrayagance
This is an enigma over which wise brains speculate as
one does at any anachronlsm yet what is poetic
thau real lacei
AIRY MIDSUMMER COSTUMES.
somo charming wraps ara made OF real spanish
lace fayorite among laces this season
because 1t shows is value initiated 1t cannot hide
i'll, Gusy prctenuons These graceful delicate cioaks
.n their intricate designs are puzzle to all but the
di.te who creates the garment so gracefully laid IN
Meats and gathers and adorned with ribbons and difficult
ruces Placed upon the shoulders, however it falls in
place a. intended without trouble YET that the com
paratively inpecunou- need despair. French lace
points revived from oblivion and made useful by dint
of many p.eats on the shoulders and the back tie
point just reaching below the waist, then finished with
ribbons where they are pleated The ends before are
crossed AID confined Oy the belt OF te III careless knot
if she wearer is slender Few Of these airy wraps hang
straight 1t is low nee ssary that they be shaped to the
nure In theso artistic d. Us outline" described
bv Mrs Mantlni. is demanded Some Of the black lace
clolbs : III cliugng to the hideOus Mother Hubbard
shapes well those OF Spanish lace are lined with
pal. silk and trimmed with Lace and quantities Of rib
bons.
Bat the delicious cotton fabrics that make fashionable
women look like Greuze ana Vatican pictures or charm
INC Dresden china images are the fsatUre OF the
.d.v Tne ealmonpin4 the gold, the pale
cnoa-llue rosy cream or wateryreea OF the ground
are al covered with TUFTS Of bracken and branches OF
heather tang 81 vines and blue mornlns-ores' apricot
and apple blossoms, punches OF Dlack5erics or straw
berries and blossoms anemOnes and lilies. buebes and
clusters Of field daisies eNquisitry col0red and shaded
in their lovely depths and traiugs rs If each had been
carefully painted by artists brushes These dresses
are invaluable days of extreme heat ami are maize
40 IN The most sylvan AID meandcrns BY le proiuseY
trimmed with lace and knots OF ribbon Then the feet
all charming ia tho deIcatoy tinted and cmDI0ilered
stockings and shoes with straps and buckles A. Tor
the bats that crown toi e,te they are Ike the
Eincrs n puzzle and their variety is legion. Tie in
c,uu,y il centred brns; then on crowns either
may be- punched. The fay0rite straw hat dfools over
the face a. q tho high crown is surrounded by an eT
trctncly long plume. Another style Is set back
Ike a halo around the head. and this, II fine straw, Is
lined with black velvet and trimmed only with very
long white ostrich p.unc that passes around the crown.
dropping at tho BACK.
DKEssMARNG DETAILS.
The style Of making up cotton dress for instance is
~ have the skirt palcst plain pink satin, the other
noroue OF slightly different sh de more d the salmon
tint covered with exquisely shaded green vines AID
lc,yr. and intensely dark blu morning glores grace
fnry and irrcgullrl pendant There is an innovation
this year regarding IN, cotton toilets in the way OF the
addition " velvet used for collars and cuffs The basque
and oversk.rt must made Of the figured fabric or
polonase II preferred. While this seems INCONSISTENT
vet velvet does look out OF place he rich s-rous
satines of dalk oolors that are easily mistaken for eSt
mate satins or silk brocadss The relief consists of
eany lace shirred gathered placed in cascades
The velvet collars square bouInI aud surhce with
mint, I'm front trimmed with ful-;athered lace. The
-leeves are rather below tue elbows edged with two
,ril Is OF lace surmoun.e ed by plain velvet cuh.
b,auti al cOt.O Saline costun nc tha' has all OF the
lus,re OF the taickest satin has polonase OF cloudy
,Jua . softened gmmer OF peary OOlOr neither gray,
nor blue nor opal but a union OF al with delicate
inner inner depths strewn thckly with car
nations and roses Of exquisite standings aud Ioba;e
This IA pr ,fiscly trimmed all around with closely saith
cred rulcs of creamy lace, either LAngufd'c or bre-
tonne and the dIaperes on the side an" the oacK nave
large and long ends OF pale carnalon ribbon Inc
srirt is OF the pale green that corrcepOhds WIN L@c
foliage by any means gn'S greeh Win HeNcIAi hh
Ia epl, 10 some Inquiries from iar-oh readers. II may
le suld that THESE fashionable Ines cannot &c aui
dried Wa ar viii de- troy lie iustr, aud III meet eases
fade rcu COUl7. II worm t'icuy tty " III l,Ht Or
on and perhaps where there Is variety IN me
aniroDo another. Ia al iarse tow the e are
cleaners ,ud scOurcrs wno "ithont uSins hlIdS' D.
method 81 dp pressure, restore idDrcs FROM the most
Min Inc Wastca. b. yle Of polonnise is worn wide
br.u.uei hat tinmeL VITA garland OF howeFs ANA
IoAung long stream ers Of ribOOn.
Otncr pIouy dieS'ts are coiApos'd OF uen'h'o INN
berry. of crls.ct STRAW berry apricot, rosy iaYror ana
pilr blue The s,l,c te' are htd" ""'t"l''
lac designs worked IN white l1h,n 9n! III" ''o'
swiss eulbr ldcrIcS Hamburg aud MS, p"ht are Lag"
loaa'l used Tor trimming oo't,n nc 60 r.''' u0
STILES NEw AND OLD
II Is hnt,d that couceits the sS les Of tbs garments
Of ancient dresses Will bc again Introduced WhtFoon the
Allr,s res,nblc la color she h'"o'o oil tho ned ana
rival IA nmcuess The work Of spiders Already thtse
predictions are partially verified IA some exquisite cos
tunes az nuns yelling OF creamy white, shrimp PINK,
o,.l blue AMI olive green embroidered IN contrasting
colOrs with Inc chenille Tue piunets hsares are Ine