The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-07

Dresses for morning and ordinary indoor
| wear are now quite All important part of a
| lady's toilet The time has passed when it
was not de riguer" to wear wrappers for
/ breakfast. 1t is true that the old-fashoned
| loose wrapper is only used in the bedroom,
| but there have been so many alterations made
| in this garment that when it is tight-6tting
and properly trimmed it is suitable for all in
door use. Women have never been so well
| dressed as since they have quite understood
! the true requirements of the house dress.
| The tight-itting toilets now in such general
| wear are quite unsuitable and most uncom-
| Portable for constant daily use, and one re-
| quires this change both for comfort and
health. Matinees are most appropriate for
| ordinary morning use when made in half
| long sacque and a round flannel skirt,
| trimmed with lace and embroidery. 1t is
best to have these sacques and skirts as SIM
| pie as possible, Of good, plain wooden mate
| rial, which is easily cleaned Handsome
| loose dressins-gowns are generally of cache
nire, trimmed with bands of velvet or of
plush. They close all the way down to near
! the lower part of the skirt, where they are
left open, and show a richly embroidered
surah or nansook skirt. Trains are very sell
dom employed for indoor dresses.
The skirts only touch the ground. Rich
wrappers are of plush, generally in garnet
color, sapphire or French blue, pale brown
or beetie-eolor, as these shades can be soft
surah, flesh. ivory-color, or white or brown
ish lace. Princess dresses are also of bro
catelle, opening over a satin or velvet front.
Princess dresses of push velvet or bro
caded goods are perfectly fiat, and cut in
squares on the borders and in front The
lover part falls over a balayouse tiounce,
fastened to the skirt The squares down the
front open over surah putting, which is
fastened from underneath to the left side of
the dress or over n shell-shaped lace trim
ming. A black velvet princess dress may be
worn over an embroidered nansook skirt
As young girls cannot wear loose wrappers,
they have recourse to the tight-iitting prin-
cess dress. The only change made is to have
less trimming employed and to replace the
lace by plaitings Of the material.
Riding Habits.
Philadelphia Record.
There is never much change in regard to
the manner of making habit-dresses, and the
style now is as near perfection as may be.
Nor is it of any great use to describe them in
detail, for those who ride seriously and can
afford to keep horses aud grooms can afford
TO get riding habit from good tailor; still
it MAJ be remarked as a guide to the selec-
ton of material, that while rich shades of
color, plum, wine. claret, bottle green,
bronze and indigo blue are admirable and
furnish welcome relief to the old black
and browns and navy blues, light shades,
such as ecru. do not look well on horseback
nor very Snowy shades, sucn as terra Gotta.
The cloth needssto be fine III order to ex-
quisitely outline the form, and should be
cut to perfection in order to display it to
advantage. Narrow bands of black fur have
been used on some habits during the past
season, and indeed it is quite Il problem how
to make n habit warm enough for cold
weather without additional wraps, which
would be in the way, yet cool enough for
warm weather. as no one wishes to duplicate
so expensive and exceptional dress.
AT this season there is, of course, no difficulty
in regard to warmth; q cloth bodice
of light. texture is sufficient for
such cold days as we may expect in April,
and the danger lies in choosing color or
texture for approaching summer that will
not be appropriate later, and that will not be
worth the cost of the making and the neces-
sary accessories. The skirt of the habit is
not now made quite SO long as formerly, it
having been found dangerous and hurtful to
thoroughbred horse. 1t must also be full
enough not to emba.rass the rider in case, of
an emergency. The bodice is high, close and
perfectly plain, with the narrow standing
collar the row of small buttons for fastening
the narrow tie-the only bit of color--and
the close sleeves, which the loose gloves more
Than meet. and which require no cuffs; gilt
buttons and silver buttons are now alike dis
carded, and the small, round bronze or en-
amel buttons matching.the cloth in color be-
ing much preferred. Most ladies, too, have
adopted tine high silk hat, as more dis
tinguished than the Derby, and twist about
it strip of tulle or gauze as trimming
most healthful of all compishments and
the dress should be carefully studied, so that
it may be permanent and combine convent
ence with grace and elegance,