The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-09-05
simple Dresses For Summer.


There has been suddenly developed,
says liapcr'a H0adr, II fancy for simple
dresses OF pain fabrics and single
color, by the way Of giving variety tc
the wardrobe, and prominent among
these costumes is the use of plain grcn
adino with gros grain, ms opposed to til,
rich, yclvct-ligutcd grenadines will
satln. When the dress is colorcd
dark red, copper, lapis blue, or golden
hrown--it is made of the smoothcst silk
galAc OF single shado. or else change
able with black, drapcd over plain gros
grain or talleta silk. If the dress il
black, the material is the armurc-iig
urcd or squTe-moshcd grenadlnc, and
the SILK IL PLAIN gros grain or ottoman
rcpped. Lace il the trimming for all
such dresses, but this may be confined
to the basque, in which case only three
or four yards are rcquired for the full
irllls ON the sleeves, necl' and down the
front, The ecru emhr0lderics that are
dono on net foundation, and resemble
acc, are used for colorcc grenadines,
while for black dresses the French,
Spanish, and gnipuro laces ARE chosen.
AT the best furnishing houses there
are black grenadines of nico quality
made up with the dcep-plcatci kilt
SKIRT, full apron drapory, and short
basque that constitute the popular de.
sign this season for the simplest wool
dresses. The grenadinc killing is in
wide plcats, and may he edged with lace
which falls ut the foot upon ono or two
narrow knifo-pleaiings that nro needed
to relieve the long straight effect of the
cngthwiso plcats. Tho upper drapery
$ not cut out by any pattern, but is ar
1mged in inexplcabIe folds ON the tor
n the skirt, i'll any way most becoming
70 the wcNrcr. The lower edges of the
grenodine are most often turned under
above n Nlt-plenting, hut il it is meant
that the front should he decidedly in
apron shape, it is edged with lace fouror
live inches wide; as this lace must not
on the baclt drapcry; only two yards are
needed, and this is put ON in gathered
inll without heading, the edge of the
lace being passed under tho wide hem
OF the gronndinc; one. third extra fullncss
il all that is added for lace. plcnteJ
!aco IL not used.
Tho trimming width of lnces for
basques liz about three inches, while that
for aprons and for ilounces on skirts
varies from three TO eight inches in
width; when two different widths are
used they should have the same design.
md indeed the same patterns may be
lad IN three different widths, the
bird width being used for frills around
he hips, which ARE either laid upon th,
'ertngadin puff, where they will appear
lst below the short basque, or else they
re attached to the basque itself under
10 slender scNllops that aro cut along
= edge. The French lnccs that initiate
hantilly designs are used for such
rcsscs III pretty patterns of shadcdroses,
,se-bpds, palms, and feathers; the prices
these begin as low MS 20 cents yard
the three inch widths, and increase
p to Sl,6O; excellent designs are sold |
Or 30 or 90 cents yard.
HIS ULSTER, Lord Wolseley travelled |
the Duke OF Edmhurgh's suite TO the
cremation OF the Car in his ordinary
,,trce' ana the astonishment of ihe
!, was intense when they learned
nat the quiet looking man in the cro,
lister was the victor Of Tcl.el.Kebire Ell il
GEMS to have been i'll the midst NJ
o much ssplendor capital advertise.
lent. lake the Frenchman whose riL.
onless huttonhole made him dist,n.
nished, Lord Wo!seley's ulster marked
i'm out for special observation. where a
azing uniform would have been lost in
crowd OF similar trappingA