The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-10-20
Fashions.

New French drawers have a gore
taken out, are trimmed with lace, and
tied with ribbon, to match chemises.
"A beautiful dress fan is of black
gauze, with butterflies, hand painted,
upon the leaves. The sticks are dark
shell.
The ribbed silk stockings in dark
shades are the most fashionable for day
wear, unless they are selected to match
the dress. .r
"A charming dress worn at casino
entertainment was Of pink and white
with fringe of small pink and white
crsbapples.
The most fashionable collar for the
street is at upright velvet band, over
which lace is turned, and which is fin
ished in front with plated ends of lace
and velvet rosette or bow.
There is popular tendency to tuck
the front of bodices, particularly those
of black or gray wool. Instead of tuck
ing them 70 the waist they are best
tucked as deep-not wide-square,
and outlined with black velvet.
The London Queen reports depart
ure in the style of skirts of young ladies'
ball gowns, the hitherto. indispensib 9
waterfall drapery being replaced by
skirts of tulle and net arranged ballet
fashion in fiOunces of equal length,
which are trimmed with perpendicular
rows of satin ribbon fastened lightly
upon them, producing pretty and
novel effect.
At a recent reception given to a
party of artists it was noticeable that
black and yellow were the favorite col
ors-not used in one toilet, but all black
or all yellow dresses seemed TO be in the
majority, the yellow ranging in hue
from palest canary to deep amber-s
sort of treacle-and lastly to COLDER
yellow-brown, with a reddish tinge in il
suggestive of wall flowers.
-Waistcoats are revived with clotl
dresses; many of them being made il
chamois leather, which looks particu
larly well with fawn, brown and nous
gray, all of which are Fashionable
shades. Dull-gold colored waistcoat
look well with black, dark red v It'll darl
green, and old blue with bronze tn
buttons are wrought metal or plaques
very small and often filigreed.
The capote, gauged and protrudins
like an ancient Quaker's bonnet il
front, is very popular. 1t is trimmed
with cockade bows of narrow ribbon, il
two shades Of color such as pink and re
or light and dark blue; narrow string'
bridling the capote over the eals, al
tied near the left ear. The favorit
colors of the season are terra. Gotta, ol
copper and crushed strawberry.
Pretty Marguerite corsages 70
young girls are made of royal-blu'
laurel-green or ruby plush, pink, mauv
or pale-blue velvet, to be worn owe
airy skirts of tulle yelling or embro
dered muslin. In front they ope
broadly over dainty lace chemisetI
russe. The very short sleeves are edge
with frills of lace, and frequently ii
edges are cut in blocks, with lace she
plaitings set underneath.
The number of mantels of thin br
caded materials upon a transparei
ground has notably incr eased of lat
These materials are chiefly brocad
silk gauze, with raised designs in sill
velvet, or of finest silk grenadine
raised patterns of satin. The ma
tells are in the shape of pelerines, lar
fchus or elegant pelisses. They a
lined with gold, mauye or scarlet surs
and the effect is exceedingly rich a
stylish.
AT recent English wedding
bride wore dress of rich white sat
draped and hounced with old Bruss
lace a veil of the same costly fabl
kept in its place by diamond stars, '
bec0mingly arranged over a wreath
orange blossoms and jasmine, and
carried huge bouquet, composed
camelias, white roses, orange blossol
the beautiful orchid odontoglossum,
other white flowers. The bridesmai
tasteful costumes were of Grim
plush, trimmed with marabout,
Rubens hats, with large crimson osti
feathers. The bridegroom presen
each lady with brooch, the design
ing coral arrow running through
pearl horseshoes, and bearing the
itials of the bride and bridegro
They all carried bouquets of beaut
single dahlias (ruby), camelias, Rol
hyacinths, white roses, etc. The bl
groom wore fine gardenia, and the
groomsmen cut flowers of tube l
and myrtles,