The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-02
Fashion Items. IN.

White roses, full blown, with long
stemmed buds dropping from the snowy
cluster, VIII be the fashionable eorsage
bouquet with evening dress this sum
mer.
The mushroom and mastic shades,
TeSedG green3, grays, ocean and gray
blues, and several ugly smoke tints, are
the most fashionable worn In summer
woollens, combined with velvet or shot
silk.
Buckles, clasps, slides and pins in
gold. silver, bronze, and gilt, pearl,
steel and jet, are used with free hand
both for dress and millinery. Square
and oblong slides. and long slender
pins in real gold filigree, set With Irish
diamonds, fasten the ribbon trimmings
of rich evening toilets of lace, gauze or
silk.
Among the new, inexpensive house
decorations are wooden Sabots which
are filed with ferns, crcepers and scar
lei. geraniums. The beauty Of these
waP pockets consists in their odd ug1i-
ness. They are painted on the insteps
with representation of leather straps,
and the words, Zone, two, come buckle
my shoe, from the old nursery Jingle,
are also painted or etched thereon.
In thin materials, moussekne de sole
muslin delaine, broche gauges, fine
qualities of Madras muslins in cream
and ivory white tints, flower brocaded
grenadines, and embroidered batistes
are all equally fashionable Painted
muslins over American surah, profuseIy
trimmed with lace, make very beauts-
full and becoming dresses. These are
this season accompanied very often by
cuirasse cOrsets of silk worn over the
thin muslin bodice.
Trains skirts. or adjustable trains,
worn over or added to round skirts, are
increasing in number every day. They
are, however, worn exclusively indoors,
or for ceremonious toilets at weddings.
receptions and formal dinners. No
long skirts are allowable for the prom
enade, although number of society
ladies have appeared in demiLrains Ut
church. Trains upon the street are not
likely ever to again be adopted; at all
events, not while convenience, taste and
cleanliness IRE deemed worth studying.
Few dressy skirts are more useful and
pretty than those made of beige or ecru
lace tiouncings. They do duty fer any
number of bodices; silk suits them
equally well with yelling. while they
can be rendered into the ARREST summer
raiment by the admixture of embroid-
cred muslin or brocaded batiste. The
same rule holds good with black lace
versus silk embroidery, or jet-beafed
tulle, beaded greAadine, chenille dotted
nets, all very fashionable for skirt
making. and proving even of greater
service than of ecru lace, for the reason
that black lace skirt is less conspicu-
Gus, and can be appropriately worn
upon more occasions than one of n-light
color.
French dresses are now almost with
out exception made up over what the
Partisan modiste calls fauSse iupes, or
false skirts. e those made of inferior
material. This foundation Skirt is then
faced up about one-third of its length
with the dress material, and the trim
mings arc then added in the shape of
killings, pelisses, aounces. and other
drapings. At this moment there are
two leading types of skirts-the one
plain at the fronts aud sides, with all
the bouffant effect carried to the back;
the other, fully trimmed skirt, covered
with ruffles, plated or plain panels,
drawn puffings, and the like. Of course
in the latter style the greater fuliness il
in the back, however expansive tho
trimmings may be elsewhere.
A pretty summer costHme is made as
follows; The skirt of goIr&n brown satin
rherveillcux, laid in double box pialts,
with princess polonaise above of cream
coOred mousseline de sole, printed with
brown flowers, and trimmed with
cream and brown lace jointly, there
being ruflie of each where this decor
alton appears. The bonnet of straw is
covered with cream lace, with group
Of brown butterflies perched on an
aigrette of pale green tint Brown
silk gloves meet the elbow sleeves, and
brown silk hose, with bronze Langtry
half shoes, complete the harmonious
details.-N. I. EUening Post.