The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-05
SUMMER STYLES.

CoEee,colored laoes are in high fashion.
The new red is cranberry, the color Of the
fruit
The pompadour roll is again in vogue for ladies
with round faces and small features.
Shawl-aiaaped front upper skirts are consider
ably worn. They are very muck plated up at
the side
trimmed with percale, figured either with bees
OF roosterS
China silk or pongee jackets and redingotes
over killed skirts of dark silk are worn by many
fashionable women.
Braiding remains fashionable, and the decoIa
ton, instead of being worked on the material
with the needle. is made in braid and sewed on
Low shoes, with black or very dark blue,
brown red stockings will be worn Dut-of-
doors more than they have been at any previous
time.
A very becoming sailor suit for children is one
composed of blue stockingetbe WHICH looks
more snmmerlike when trimmed with the same
material in white.
Little girls dresses Of sateen have entire bod
les Of the sateen gathered to a yoke of embrcid
cry, the skirt being finished with three-inch
hem and rufHe of embroidery below.
Very wide sashes are again In vogue They
pass around the waist and are tied in q big bow
In the back, and are especially pretty with full
tucked skirts and full waists with or without
yokes.
Black stockings are still commended with
dresses of all colors and for all occasions Those
of silk or brilliant hsle-thread, with slight
Choking on the sides. are chosen IN preference
to more elaborately decorated stockings
Gathered spencer waists are aga in vogue
Speneers of black banded lace are worn with
black silk or co1ored silk skirts. Lace over gar
ments, lace dresses and lace CONNECTIONS of all
kinds are trimmed with knots, fats and cascades
of velvet ribbon.
--i1..L
house dress; indeed white, black and gray are
the most suitable colors for age. Ladies who
are fearful of being suspected Of desire to APP
pear youthful in wearing white dresses, and so
discard them. make mistake
Black toilets of the richest description are at
present the leading dresses with fashionable
women of middle age. Jet-beaded grenadines
and tulles over black RuHah constitute one of the
richest and most elegant toilets lady can choose
for dinner or reception wear this season.
Dresses are now made with such high collars
that It is unnecessary to add much in the way
of ties or ribbons round the throat. The stand
ing collar is much worn, and generally frillB of
lace are sewed inside. except for evening wear,
when the collar is made to fall back and expose
the throat.
Lace mitts have a secure place for themselves,
and viii be much worn for evening parties dur
ing the hot summer months. This proves that
the freaks OF fashion do not entirely discard the
idea of comfort, and that the ickle DAME though
stern and unrelenttng, is not always cruel to her
faithful subjects
To wear with white null dresses there are
small bonnets of the dress material gathered on
wires. with slight pHffs between, and trimmed
merely with an Alsatian bow of the null, or else
small white flowers such as small white roses
without foliage; wide null strings or else black
velvet strings are tied in a bowunder the throat
With dresses of wash materials pslerinss of
the same goods ara worn by way of mantles.
The htest models are plated IN fine accordion
plaits all the way down from the neck. They
are edged with embroidery lace. Small
1nanteettes are also made to match the dress;
they fnrm sort Of cape at the back and square
or rounded lappets in front
The wide rneckties of white null. discarded
last year are again offered by the modistes who
import French lingerie, and also in the fashion
able furnishing houses These are fourth of
yard broad, and have hem hemstitched
across their straight ends, above which are
meaalhons of drawn-work in oval or round
shapes; also star, crescent, cloverleaf, and dia-
mond figures.