Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-01
LATEST FASHIONS.

OF plain Wnlte linen.
White velvet and brocade is favorite
combination for bridal dresses. Bride
maids are dressing in contrasting colors.
Many tes-gowns are made of black silk
or satin, just having Vatican plat at the
back. The elaborate trimming being en-.
tirely reserved for the front, it takes the
form of petticoat of soft silk gathered in
one place quarter of yard above the
hem, beneath cluster OF seven or eight
loops of ribbon, the bib blouse being tied
with the same. Others again have this
front breadth of alternate rows of lace and
silk founces pinked out at the edge. A
black and white striped velvet and satin
had a delicate front of orange tone. Thus
made, dark green plush with gray cashmere
is good mixture for useful tea gown.
Among the most recent inventions, which
some of the best dressed women in England
favor, are crinolines, intended to be tied to
the side. breadths of the skirt, giving
gathered fullness ct the sides, which insure
freedom of movement to the limbs. One
of these crinolettes was fastened inside
pretty dinner gown for young girl, which
was made Of cream marveilleux, and had
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the silk drawings across this aud falling at
point at one side, being trimmed with
Turkish embroidery. The pointed bodice
was fastened at the back and had double
row of lace turning downward from the
neck Inter. Ocean.
The great object in toe care of the hair
at present is to keep it soft and light, so
that it will lie in loose coils and stand out
in shape. Schoolgirls and ladies at home
may wear it "high and low" as it is
called, all in one soft mass from the crown
to the ears, and down over the nape of the
neck. There is no part, and the bang IS
lightly frizzed, left in soft ringlets over the
forehead and pinned back with incisiye
hairpins over the dividing line between the
bang and the rest OF the hair. The back
hair is then brushed out plain, divided into
two parts, crossed and carried up around
a net over the whole. Paris Journal.
An experienced buyer of silks says that
a good test to secure one from being de-
celved in the quality of black silk is to
pinch specimen on the bias and afterward
pull it in an opposite direction. Ii the
crease made by the pinch looks like SIM
liar fold in piece of writing paper, reject
the piece unhesitatingly. On the contrary,
if the mark smooths out and is hardly dis
tinguishable, it is safe to purchase. Il is
also advised that before making up a silk
it is an excellent plan to open it the full
length, and heap it up in loose fields on
spare bed or large table. Every few days
the silk should be lightly tossed about
and drawn through the hands, by which
means the "store" creases made by folding
to cut, becomes less accentuated, and a
pliability is produced that greatly increases
the chances of satisfactory wear. New
York Evening Post.
By the way, the fashionable name for
ladies' dresses is now gown" or " frock. ="
Worth no longer fabricates dresses. but
frocks and gowns, and the sound falling
upon unaccustomed or long disused ears is
quaint and rather pleasant. A famous
here is making some marvellous
" gowns " and " fEocks for Mrs. General
U. S. Grant and Mrs. W. Vanderbilt and
Christine Nilsson. Patti does not affect
American modistes, and brings all her
dresses along. Ore of Mrs. Grants dresses
is of itch black silk, with the front breadth
embroidered by hand in passion flowers and
leaves. The stamens and pistils are Ia
small steel beads, while the flowers are
worked with black twist and with raised
patterns. The court train is lined with
pale pink satin. The corsage is square and
the sleeves come to the elbow. With this
will be worn as head.dress an aigrette of
pale pink feather and jet buckle mixed
with steel.
Very pretty sachets consist of small
squares OF contrasting colors, such as pale
pink and pale blue. Crossway strips of
silk or satin, lined with muslin, are plated
so as to form alternate squares of two col
ors. The trimming is composed OF spray
of artificial flowers honeysuckle is charm
ing with soft shades of pink and blue, and
The saches is finally edged with lace. They
may be varied by combining silk and satin
squares for a white sachet half the
squares may be of satin, the rest Of terry
Large work. bags made after the same
shape as the bld-fashioned knitted silk
purses, with rings to draw up, and tassels
to finish off the ends, can be most elsb-
orately ornamented in sundry styles.
When the material employed is satlU, it
may be worked to look like mass of en-.
broidery; the introduction of gold thread
greatly enhances the effect of patterns
wrought out in silks of divers colors. The
bags should, as far as possible, harmonic
with the room in which they are princi-
pally to be used. All glazing colors should
be avoided the aim of the worker should
be, not to make them snowy for the sake
of calling attention to them, but to make
them accord with their surroundings, that
they may add to the general effect. A
quicker and simpler mode of manufaotur-
ing these bags is to make use of plush, az
TINS requires, and, indeed, will bear, but
little ornamentation. The owners mono
gram is all that is wanted, and if it is large
and of good contrasting shade of color,
the bag will look extremely handsome
American Queen.
There is very little change in the style
of making infants outfits. Formerly a
mother dressed her babe in pure white,
and that of the finest and sheerest quality,
until il was at least or 5 years of age.
Now child of years has dresses of a
warmer texture, such as cashmere, merino,
etc., and into these touch of color is often
introduced, which makes the little one
look more comfortable, while older ones
wear hannels, cashmeres and merino in ali
colors Infants dresses are made of nain-
sock and linen lawn, with tucks, and
trimmed with lace and embroidery, and
have sleeves. The robe style of making
infants dresses is not SO popular as former
ly. They are now more often trimmed
above the hem at the lower edge with EN-.
broidery, insertion, tucks, putfs or lace.
The skirts, which are gathered to the
Jokes, are long and very full. The newest
cloaks for infants are of the white surah,
in Mother Hubbard style, with yokes of the
finest embroidery and cuffs to match. The
long, loose cloaks are usually made Of
white or light-colored cashmere, and
are trimmed with embroidery. There
are other handsome cloaks made of Otto
man and brocaded silk. For summer they
are usually of pique, either plain or en-
broidered. Some of these are shaped like
a long, double cape, but the newes. and
those most liked are of the Mother Hub
bard style, with the straight breadths
shirred into the yoke and the long sleeves
shirred at the wrist. The prettiest caps
for babies are those of the closely. fitting
cottage shape, which are made of EN-.
broidery that is done in an open pattern,
representing wheels or stars that resemble
the designs in open braid laces. Bows of
satin ribbon are added at the top and at
the back. The pretty French caps are as
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