Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-08-02
Fashion Items.

A decidedly dressy and trim finish tc
lady's summer toilet is handsome
pelerine covering the neck and shoul.
ders. II is of finest white silk che mile,
or heavy silk cord made in hair-pin
work, with silk or chenille fringes to
match. They can be made of white to
be worn over any dress, or of pale tint
matched to one certain toilet.
Blacks, tabs, Vandykes and crenelat-
ed edges of every description are uni.
versal as dress trimmings. They APP
pear upon Hounces, over-dresses. polo
naises, cOrsages, pelerines and sleeves.
Those most effective have thickly
plated frilling of lace or silk, set un-
dcrneath the blocks or points. to set out
the tabs and define the edges more
closely.
The '.Habberton" divided skirt is this
summer favoritc, at least for bathing
purposes. Over this skirt is worn a
Norfolk jacket, coming some inches be-
low the hips, the whole giving perfect
freedom to the limbs. The sleeves are
elbow length, and the jacket is cut
square in the neck and covered with
braid of two cOlOrs crossing each other
in wicker-work fashion.
Embroidery in silks or beads on the
dress material is as fashionable as ever,
and manipulating on rich silks anGAsat-
insis most artistic and luxurious in effect.
This coming autumn and winter hand
painted garnitures will be the very
height of fashion; they certainly will
always be ''Out of the common" as the
price for these elegant adornments is
beyond the ordinary purse.
Painted muslins over thin silks the
color of their ground are very elegantly
worn. The trimmings of these are
always shirred or pulled, any plating
spelling the pattern. Many of the pat
tern tissues have the long polonaise
tunic raised very high on one side under
loops of ribbon, the drapery being either
in upright plaits or gaugings. For
washing materials this style is as useful
as it is pretty, for the drapery is easily
undone and rearranged.
The close-fitting sleeve is yet popular,
though it is not worn so uncOmfortably
tight as formerly. There can be no
more ridiculous sight than that of
ady-particularly one with naturally
thin arm and waist-wearing her sleeves
drawn SO tight as to Oblige her to keep
her arms continually at one angle be-
cause she can not move her elbows A
little more latitude here is conducive of
a considerable more grace, as well as
indicative of the wearer's having listened
to the small but profound voice of COM
mon sense.
Almost all bodices for summer wear
are this season cut open in the neck for
indoor or outdoor toilets; for the latter,
however, the open space is occupied by
a plastron representing waistcoat or a
jabOt of lace, or an embroidered chem
isette may replace the plastron, but
where lace or very sheer embroidered
fabrics are used they must be placed
over some nOn-transparent material, as
the contrary would be wholly bad taste
for outdoor wear. For indoor, the lace
or muslin alone may be used or not, &C
cording to the fancy and style of the
wearer.
Magnificent French flowers are ex-
hibited-as natural in appearance as
art, skill and dizziness can make silk,
velvet, satin and chenille. There are
simulations of the freshness
and creaminess of the rose which defy
detection until the temptation to sniff
them is yielded to. A wonderful like
ness to the real blossom also charac-
terizes the velvety, gold-headed pansy.
the vivid and pale chrysanthemum. and |
indeed a splendid array of leaves and
exotics, which in all their marvellous
glow and variety of color and shading
are now Transforming many of our fancy |
stores into bowers Of floral beauty
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