The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-23
Fashion Items.

Fashion Items.
Wide f1ounces of antique lace. and
laces of every description which have
been out of STYLE for years-Chantilly
HOniton. Guipure, Flemish point, and
the ike-are this season revived. and
are used to drape courtly dinner and re-
ception dresses for the stately danes
and dowagers.
The tunic or scarf to the dress-skirt
is shorter than it has been worn of late.
covering the upper part of the skirt
only. and draping in the back in poufs,
more or less dropping, but showing a
greater portion of the trimmed skirt
than formerly. OF course this style of
draping is suitable only to skirts cut
short.
A very fashionable material for dressy
home toilets is cream white serged flan-
mel, trimmed with long loops and ends
of white MORE or satin ribbon. For
young married ladies this fabric is made
into lea gowns and Grecian robes, with
trimmings of lace and white silk en-
broidery or braiding.
Another new style in French giants is
called the Cromwellian gauntlet. The
stiff upper part covers the wrist and
lower half of the arm. thus protecting
it from cold. The stiff gloves worn by
the Lord Protector are cOunterfeited as
nearly as possible in the modern gaunt-
let; but fashions of this kind require a
certain amount of chic to carry them off
with aplomb.
Society girls have little fiat satchets
of silk or satin, delicately scented. and
decorated with bit of their own hand
painting, either floral or comical. These
they suspend from the waist by knot
and ends of narrow ribbon. Into this
case they slip the card on which is
printed the order of dancing. Down
| the back of the case are fastened small
loops of ribbon, which serve to hold a
tiny pencil
Plain dark velvets are q good deal
used for ball mantles and opera-cloaks.
A very superb one, lately sent to Cali
fornia, was made of the darkest shade
of plum color. cut in a long sacque
shape, and lined throughout with satin
of pinkish mauve tint. The trimming
was composed of bands of very fine
chinchilla fur. A second wrap, made
by the same firm and yet on exhibition.
is of dark laurel-green velvet, in dolman
shape, lined with palest gold color,
and edged with dark ostrich-feather
trimming. ..... .......... .r.r
Demi-toilets are very fashionabiy
made of black faille; they are quiet and
elegant looking, always appropriate,
and almost as wear-defying as alpaca.
A handsome black costume is made
with the short skirt trimmed with fam
plated founces, headed by a narrow
low on the right side and raised high on
the left with black silk cord and orna-
ments. The Jacket bodice is made with
close coat-sleeves buttoned from the
back of the wrist to the elbow. A fall
of black Spanish lace, headed by a
ruching. trims the V-shaped opening in
the neck.
With the quaint cross-stitch called
Russian embroidery, now so popular,
marking of every kind is very fashiona.
BILE. Some fine sheet and pillow linen
lately added to trousseau by pros
pective bride, have the monogram
worked on the edge of each slip ard
sheet in colored cottons to match the
prevailing tints of the several rooms
they are intended to adorn. Very long
spindle shaped letters are considered
most correct for bed and table linen,
forming a bright patch of color wher-
ever seen. Torchon lace is durable
and inexpensive addition to best bed
linen. and gives the charm of finish
when used to edge the broad hemstitched
upper borders OF sheets and edges of pill
lows and shams.
An exceedingly elegant evening dress
for a young lady is made of cameo
tinted or pale banana-yellow satin sur
all, the perfectly plain princesse front
simply edged with wide fringed ruche.
In the back is a sash 'drapery. caught
up with the light poufs of the tour
nure. The bodice is cut down in the
neck about five inches, front and back,
with an upright frill of rich lace
tackled to the edge. Close to the
border of the opening is set band OF
fine pearl beads, this holding the lower
edges of the neck ruche. The sleeves
are half-long, and finished with double
frills of lace. A cluster of pale pink
oleander blossoms is set on the left side
of the corsage. This is most chaste
and dainty tot ct, refreshing to the eve
from the absence OF pro use garniture.
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