Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-27
THE BRIDESMAIDS.

Often the dress of the bridesmaid is of the same material as that of the bride only in color, but generally the bridesmaids robes ! are of far cheaper fabrics. Muslin and veil ! ing are much in favor; plain Indian muslin IS very pretty, but more dreSsy toilettes are of the hand-worked Swiss muslins, with va rious curious relief designs. The ash leaf with berries is in one pattern and a second is ivy trailing up @ skirt in natural way, with its tendrils and leaves well defined
 There are two materials specially in tended for bridesmaids, costumes. One is called chine de soie, beautiful make of silk gauge, which comes in cream white and in all the pale shades or tints. A dress in blush
 rose color, with skirt of pale ecru lace net, is very pretty. The drapery is caught up at the right side with floats of satin ribbon and is then allowed to fall in festoon in front although rather to the left of the skirt, and the back is arranged in long groups. The bodice is gathered on the chest, down each side and forms a frame to sacque waist
 coat of lace, which falls below the waist The sleeves are plain, with pretty cuffs of satin and transparent lace. The other mate rial, the old barege revived, comes in cream and pure white, or is printed over with bios sons of small field flowers in many indis- tinct shades. Bodice and tunic of this ma terial are made over skirts of soft satin or silk.
 Skirts composed of lace fiounces are still x waist, or with single long one falling all round. They are made over satin or silk pet ticoats in pale shades of blue, pink or gold and the lace looks well with the colors be-
 heath showing faintly, yet warmly, all through. They are of every tint of straw
 color, fawn, bege and cafe au laif, and when
 trimmed with loops and long ends of velvet
 are exceedingly stylish. An elegant dress
 is in bright shade of copper red silk, mixed
 with striking effect with cresson this color
 looks well with moss or bronze green.
 WHITE AND PINK
 An exquisite toilet for a bridesmaid when
 edress of the bride is in pinkish white is
 of pearl white and madder pink in striped
 silk gauge or Indian silk and plain madder
 pink satin, trimmed with pearl white lace
 and pink roses. The skirt is of the plain
 satin; it is edged with two tiny box-pleat-
 ings of the material headed by lace iounce,
 while on the other side is fall of white lace,
 from waist line down, put on in serpentine
 form, the overdress of the striped material,
 rounded in front and falling ill folds at the
 back, with the front drapery caught up to
 the waist at the sides, disclosing the cascades
 of lace. The low bodice is of the striped
 material and is cut so that it slants at the sides, displaying full fall of plain pink,
 which has the appearance of a loose puff. The top of the bodice and cape-like shoulder sleeves are composed of the white silk gauge gathered across the front of the bodice and finished in front by pleated loop of the plain pink, with fall of narrow lace to match the wide on either side, the same bor- dering the sleeves. A cluster of pink roses is placed at the side of the bodice by the right shoulder A circlet of small pink roses is worn round the neck and similar one wreathes the top of the coiffure. Long gloves of flesh color, stockings to match, pearl satin slippers.
 At some very elegant weddings the toiI- cites of the bridesmaids were really inex~ pensive, such as those of cream nuns veil ing, trimmed with chestnut-colored velvet and coffee lace, the velvet bonnets being formed of the trimming velvet, with lace Others wore dresses of cream spotted muslin and ruby velvet hats, while rather more cost ly costumes were those of pale blue embroi- dery cashmere and Ottoman silk, with sprays of pink heather and small Marie Stuart bon nets of the colors in velvet and che nile. Still other pretty dresses had skirts of white lace, while the bodices were of satin merveilleux and capotes of velvet