Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Spring Silks.

~ the spring silks that are worn
or ', me summer the tendency this
III :: "' to return to glace, taffetas,
sou silks in preference to the soft
81, s1o snrahs that have so long found
lieu ,d will not yet be abandoned.
pr anv feature in these silks is q
,. adS or rayc ground of the finest
c lt ~ horizontal lines, and to throw
en- bright plaid on this in crossing
rse It NAV be there are only per-
I, 11a, stripes of one or two soft
ul pes.:mr colors. Dull green next
rosc Stripes are seen among small
sl.s ri deeper tones of those two col
en- ma there are mandarin and Havana
y, hars on brighter ecru and lighter
W. checks. Another fancy is that
Vino blocks of velvet a third of
.ah snuare on very finely checked
" wounds; this is to be made up as
iasnne and drapcry Of a plated
p. ,hat is checked without the velvet
j., '"l hit is deliberately trimmed with
n ,ribbon. The new fancy for bro
u tig1res on check grounds is odd
"rettv; these have small sprays Of
r.. or punches of leaves, or tiny
.as Of flowers, or clusters of berries
(alad in gay natural colors on a
Ilr1 ground of quiet, sober hues.
silk OF two changing colors are
,sJ and are given q new effect of
Ivy being woven with well-marked
thrads of blue next orange, or
herry alternating with plain rose,
[ren with pepita, salmon with pink,
dark red with blue. These shot
have also the small brocaded de-
shat are to be used for parts of
|. while the simpler silks without
cures form the remainder. Velvet
rom the piece. velvet ribbon, and
ms new embroideries and laces are
INNINGS for these spring silks.
short iaunty basque with q box
led skirt bouffantly draped is the
rite design for the new spring silks,
This simple plan is varied in divers
|, and illustrates many of the new
Tres. The upper part Of the corsage,
op and sleeves and the fronts of
Ekirts seem to be points of attack
trimmings. There are plastrons of
rt or OF embroidery, or else velvet
ctoirc collars, notched and pointed
G waist line OF most Of the basques.
sides are short on the hips, and
one. two, or three piping-cords, or
thev are turned upward and faced
S. or there is embroidery or lace
I'd along the edges to roll outward
hang with points down. The back
lie forms of Worth's dresses are
carelcssly box-plaited-not pressed
E-andmany have theseforms plain
aped. and edged withtwo or three
Of embroidery or lace. The sleeves
bundled out very high and full at
bp. and many have u puff inserted
FIopes TO a point halfway between
boulder and elbow, and is orna-
cd there with an odd little bow of
/ ribbon. Some of the skirts have
low front drapery, curving in
Or pointed almost to the foot, while
are quite flat in front, with rows
lie velvet ribbon and lace placed
10 outline a flat Roman apron.
higher drapery is preferred, the
uti called the vertugadin is put
d the hips above a .box-plaited
+ or a squarcly draped apron, or
ps one side Of the apron is caught
Eh in Greek fashion.
ress of stem green checks of the
Est sizes has strawberry red sprays
Fled upon that part used for the
e and drapcry. This short basque,
ID in back and front, has a Di-
be collar of darker stem green
this is notched, and is pointed
10 the waist line, while close
d the neck is a standing collar OF
fastened by a green velvet bow
ny loops of narrow ribbon, and a
r lhickly-clustered bow is on the
Pi the basque instead of box-plaits.
small, flat buttons are wooden
covered with any scrap of the
OF the buttons showing the
beaded figure, and others merely
ed. The lower skirt, checked
N being brocaded, forms five wide
boN-plaits down the front and
readths. separated by panels OF
that fill all the spaces between
,lS' Five rows of inch-wide vel.
Poon the plaits near the foot,
beaded check silk Grapes the up.
ri OF the front diagonally, and
rradths of it are punched up in
ck' and fall to the foot.
9iice effects Of plaits from the
efs' pointed low on the bust, arr
p many of these dresses. A sho1
changing blue and red shades
1!rectoire coat with bright blue
f''ers collar fastening upon ;
e1 plastron of the new ecru null
''ored Japanese embroidery al
Large old silver buttons il
style, with garnets and lapis
hasten the coat. The skirt falls
puts that disappear under {;
OF gathered tiounccs that arc
III leaf-like points; these are {
deep, straight of the material
n ana lap half their depth; two
slIlrrlng and a standing pinkec
a( me top of such a group o:
S'-HWper's Buzar.