Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-23
Fashion Items.
Gold braid is a popular trimming.

Gold braid is a popular trimming.
Black silk stockings and long blacl
silk Jersey gloves will again be worl
with toilets of white.
The new plaided zephyrs, cool an,
bright, will be a favorite material TO
children's dresses for seaside wear.
Imported matinees of a pale daffodi
yellow are deliberately embroidered i,
clusters of Strawberries and foliage.
Yellow in lawn-tennis costumes is ,
leading color, and is highly effectiv,
combined with moss green OF Egyptian
red.
Pretty tea aprons are made of Orienta.
net, with rutfles of Oriental lace ove1
strawberry surrah, and also of ficelle
lace over pale blue satin.
1t is lot believed that the rose and
the lily can be improved by painting:
but fahsion is doing a similar thing In
dying the pearl. This gem is now
tinted in all the new shades to match
dresses they are intended to embellish,
the colors ranging from the palest
cream and mauve to the deepest dyes
OF brown, green, and olive.
Some of the ''simple and elegant
tallor-made costumes cost n hundred
and twenty-five dollars each, and
''dressy' French morning robes can be
had for the same modest price, the
latter being marvellous creations of
inestcashmere o~rmerveilleux, the entire
fronts being a mass of silk embroidery,
wave of lace and flowing ends of satin
ribbon.
Evening dresses are made with an
amplitude almost recalling the days Of
crinoline. Happily, the fullness estab.
lished by French decree is confined
wholly to the back, the front and sides
falling straight enough. Some of the
newest white skirts to be worn next the
dress have a single embroidered founce
going all the way around the foot of tho
skirt, but in the back they are fiounced
nearly to the waist, each ruf1e being
starched very stiff when Numbered.
Dancing dresses, of which softly hang
ing merveilleaux silk forms acomponent
part, are sometimes arranged with a
graceful drapery of the silk crossing
the bodice diagonally, from shoulder to
waist, and then forming a panier, while
at the other side a lighter material, like
tulle or gauze broche, is draped panier-
wise over the surah. Often a garland
of field flowers borders the edge of the
tulle panier. 1t is not easy to describe
this new and pretty style, which is re.
markably effective.
Sleeves for full dress are still exceed
ingly short, and the gloves very long.
Skirts remain short enough in front to
display the embroidered stocking as
well Us the sandal. Boots are seldom
worn in the evening, and undressed kid
is the favorite material for slippers,
most of which have painted designs on
the toes and occasionally along the sides
as well. A pretty foot looks prettier
with a flat decoration on the slipper
than with rosettes, buckles, or any
other trimming that interferes with the
delicate contour of the foot.
A lovely toilet of "second" mourn
ing worn at a reception recently was
made with deep Spanish lace flounces
over a slip of white ottoman silk, and
trimmed plentifully with white flowers.
The blossoms were those of the syringa
shrub, whose creamy-white petals were
uncommonly effective against the in-
tense black background of lace. The
slippers were of black satin, embroidered
in lilies of the valley, and the gloves, of
finest black silk, reached far above the
elbow. Diamond ornaments were worn
with this exquisite dress, with syringa
flowers in the hair.
Colored lace is much used for the.
trimmings of garden-party toilets. 1t
is made in gray, olive, terracotta, cop
per, strawberry, dark green, and, in
fact, nearly every shade. This trim
ming looks best when put on rather
full, and at its poorest advantage when
turned up from beneath an edge and
laid flat, as occasionally is seen on the
basque of a bodice. Basques more
popular for these dresses are sharply
pointed in front, cut away on the hips,
and made square at the back, where
they are heavily trimmed with ribbon
and lace, in order to give the bunched-
out effect, now so indispensable, Just
below the waist.
Just now the spring weather is bril-
liant, and General Park affords quite q
study in color, the gay costumes and
red and yellow parasols presenting a
marked contrast to the faint, delicate
green of the foliage. Yellow is GER
tainly the rage, but when this color
breaks forth on a parasol its becoming
ness is a question. Pale shades of vel
low, especially when worn in the
evening, Or when toned by soft waves
Of creamy lace, are beautiful but to
hold yellow above the head for the sun
to shine through on a bright spring day
is a trying test for even a dairy-maid'is
rosy bloom, and total ruin to any ordi-
nary complexion.-M. Y. Evening Post.