Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-09
Fashion Items.

Black silk stockings and long black
~ SIN yeEg yges Will - again he worn
- e NV 1isded zsphyrs, cool and
bright, VIII be favorite material for
childrens dresses for seaside wear
Imported matinees of pale dafodil
yellow are elaborately embroidered ID
clusters of strawberries and foliage
Yellow in lawn-tennis costumes is a
leading color and is highly effective
combined with moss green or Egyptian
red.
Pretty tea aprons are made of Oriental
net, with rufles of Oriental lace over
@Ss .strawbe e41yasurrah, and also of fcelle
% 1T IS not Believed that the rose and
the lily can be improved by painting,
but fahsion is doing similar thing in
g diving the pearl. This gem is now
tinted in all the shades to match
dresses they are intended to embelsh,
the colors ranging from the paest
cream and mauye to the deepest dyes
of brown, green, and olive. ..sr f.
Some of the ..smple and elegant
tailor-made costumes cost, one hundred
and twenty-five dollars each, and
''dressy' French morning robes can be
had for the modest price, the
latter being marvellous creations of
finest cashmere mervelleux, the entire
fronts 5fnS Be s ana hSmg Ct k ena s. ss
ribbon
Evening dresses are made with an
amplitude almost recalling the days of
aAgs. ernolfne. Happily, the fulness estab-
Hshed by French decree is confned
wholly to the back the front and sides
falling straight enough. Some of the
newest white skirts to be worn next the
dress have single embroidered founce
going all the way around the foot of the
skirt but in the back they are founced
nearly to the waist, each rufle being
starched very stiff when laundered.
t Dancing dresses of which softly hang
ing merveearN silk forms component
part, are Sometimes arranged with a
graceful drapery of the silk crossing
the bodice diagonally from shoulder to
waist and then forming panier while
at the other side lighter material, like
tulle or gauze broche, is draped panier
wise over the surah. Often 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
ngly short, and the gloves very long.
N ~ssr Skirts remain. short enough in front to
81 "a display the embroidered stocking as
= b ~ well as the Sandal Boots are seldom
worn in the evening, and undressed kid
is the favOrite material for slippers,
most of which have painted designs
t1 3.at the toes and occasionally along the sides
as well. A pretty foot looks prettier
with fiat decoration on the slipper
than with rOsettes, buckles any
other trimming that interferes with the
delicate contour of the foot.
lovely toilet of g second" mourn
ing worn at reception recently was
made with deep Spanish lace founces
slip of white ottoman silk, and
y trimmed plentfully 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
-af 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
with this exquisite dress, with syringa
flowers in the hair.
Colored lace is much used for th
III trimmings of garden-party toilets. 1t
"a is made in gray olive, terracotta, cop
per, straw berry, dark green, and in
fact nearly every shade. This trim
ming looks best when put on rather
full, and at its poorest advantage when
l-sa turned up from beneath an edge and
laid fiat, as occasionally is seen on the
ssit7 M basque of a bodice. Basques more
popular for these dresses sharply
pointed in front, cut away the hips,
ss1g soi and made square at the back, where
they are heavily trimmed with ribbon
vies- and lace, in order to give the punched
out effect now so Indispensable, just
ss below the waist. f-
Just the spring weather is bril-.
liant, and General Park affords quite
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
tainy the rage but when this color
s~ffFss breaks forth on parasol its becoming
II Il iF mess is a'question. Pale shades of vel
low, especially when worn: in the
evening, when toned by soft waves
Ia of creamy lace, are beautiful but to
hold yellow above the head for the sun
c to shine through on bright spring day
is trying test for even a dairy maids
rosy bloom, and total ruin to any ordi-
~ nary complexion.-N. Y. EUeninq Post
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