Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-19

use than the shepherds plaid or
inch" blocks
The Directoire, Marie Stuart, Queen
Nab, Corday Cottage, and close French
capote bonnets all reappear again this
season, with slight notifications. Some
of the new bonnets and round hats
have the crowns oddly denied through
the center, and one unique head-dress
has high peak oddly shaped on the
left side of the brim, into which are
set gay-hued blossoms and leaves, max
ing the bonnet, with its penthouse
front, look like a Gothic window
adorned with flowers.
BOdices with crenelated edges are still
in favor. The tabs are trimmed in
many different ways-with braid-work,
cordings of silk and passementerie, or
with embroiderS or beaded applique Or
naments placed in the centre of each
block. Pointed bodices, very narrow at
the sides, are much worn, with the over
dress or tunic applied to the under side
of the corsage, and not gagged to the
outside as formerly. The round basque
is cut very short and the position basque
is cut with the centre seam opening over
shell pleating or double pleat in
serted in each seam.
Tailor-made costumes are growing
more and more in favor. They have
now arrived at perfection in the way of
fit and finish. Some of the costliest Of
these have the bodice-lining of soft and
pliable, but exceedingly firm, ribbed
silk. Promenade costumes. more suit
able for carriage and visiting use, are
now eschewed for these stylish and more
appropriate suits of tweed, ladies cloth,
cheviot and flannel.
Black will be in high vogue for the
two coming seasons, both in thick and
thin materials, and many superb even
ing dresses are being made of this SOM
Der hue, enlivened by profusion of jet
beads, gold trimmings or colored flow
ers. An immense quantity of lace will
be worn as trimmings, and the magnifi-
cent head garnitures- tabliers, panels,
applique bands, berthas and fraises-
become more and more. elaborate, each
new design being more intricate and
beautiful than the last.
The wearing of feather pelerines at
the opera and other full-dress entertain
ments is growing in popularity. Fans
and bOnnets are also worn to match.
These elegant accessories are always, OF
course, of tint in keeping with the rest
of the costume. A somewhat novel
cape for day wear has also become pop
ular, which is likely to supersede the
few capes which have certainly had
their day. These are of plush, of a
shade matching the costume, thickly
covered with pompons of a slightly
darker color. Sometimes the capes
have bordering only of the pompons,
formed by setting a triple row close tC
the edge of the cape.
Fine wOOllen dresses in dark mono
chrome colors, and tweeds, serges, and
cheviots, with deep tiounces edged with
cross-way bands of velveteen of the
best quality, are very fashionable. The
tiounces are put on with several rows
of ''grooved'' shirrings The back
drapery is a blending Of the two ma
terials, and the jacket is Of the woollen
material rounded in front over a jaunty
waistcoat made of the velveteen, and
laced up to the throat with fine silk
cord, twined around a double row of
tiny enamel buttons. Among the wool
len most appropriate for utility
purposes is Limousine CLOTH; wear
defying fabric with dull brown and gray
grounds, on which are bright stripes of
cardinal and deep shades Of gold and
and green. These goods are very service
able, and do not look much more worn at
the end Of the season than at the be-
ginning of their career: They are
perfect boon to mothers with school
girl daughters. who show no mercy to
their t'every day clothes.--N. Y. Post.
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