Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
FASHION HINTS.

Black silk stockings are worn with all
low-cut shoes.
The polonaise is the favorite garment for
midsummer utility suits.
The latest novelty in parasol handles are
those covered with plush.
White gowns are deliberately trimmed
with either lace or embroidery, never with
both.
Few hats are seen. Small bonnets are
worn with costumes At all times of the day
and evening
One of the best-dressed girls in New York
makes all her own dresses, and always
looks well, on $500 year
! Bonnets and hats made of fine white
null, with shirred crowns, will be extern
sively worn at seaside resorts.
A dress of palest blue cashmere has a
gathered front of soft golden silk The
blue bonnet has a gold feather.
Small bonnets and round hats of COM
pact shape are chosen to match the dress or
! the long wrap used for travelling.
a dog collar of black or dark velvet, tied
in small bow on the left side, is worn by
young ladies with standing linen collar.
Marble-top tables or mantelpieces are
|
| or draped with silk, velvet or plush, or
painted and grained to look like wood.
Fashionable bedrooms now have the
floors either covered with mating or
stained Cheese cloth and plain Swiss
trimmed with lace are much used for bed
room windows.
| For long journeys through varied tenn
peratures a wool dress is the best choice,
and should be of pure wool, unmixed with
silk or linen, that it may not cookie if
accidentally dampened.
A new cravat worn with English cos
tunes is of checked ribbon two inches wide,
| fashioned into narrow standing collar by
| being doubled over a stiff lining, and closed
in front by pretty bow Of three loops and
three ends.
Some bridesmaids dresses TO be worn at
an early June wedding in New York are of
striped nuns vailing of exquisite softness
and of delicate cream white over petticoatS
of silk to match, and the trimmings of lace
of a design representing maiden hair fern.
Girls who are having nuns vailing dress
es made up to wear evenings during the
summer should avoid having them trimmed
with either silk or satin. Trimmings of
either of these materials on nuns vailing
give it decidedly common look and spoil
the effect of an otherwise pretty dress.
Among the prettiest of the latest decora-
tive novelties may be reckoned the little
bags in which to incloSe wedding cake
when it is to be sent away. They should
be made of any pale shades OF satin, rose,
cream or blue painted with the monogram
or initials of the bride and groom, and
drawn together with narrow ribbon of the
same color as the satin. OF course the
cake should be wrapped in parat1ine paper
before being put into the bag.
There are few but will be delighted
with a return of the jersey TO favor. Even
children and young girls wear this elegant
article, which is made in silk. The under
meath corSage is faille, and it is made so
that nothing can prevent the Jersey molding
the figure. The favOrite returns improved
and it can be worn as easily as any other
corsage. 1t is light and elastic, and now
appears as veritable jacket, buttening in
front, and forininga basque, with & large
plat behind
White flannel suits made with sailor
blouse and a kilt are very dressy for little
boys wear to in the country. They have no
trimming of any kind. Shirt waits are
also worn by the youngest boys, with kilt
skirt of plain or blocked flannel These
waists are tucked back and front and are
made of percale, either dark blue, or else
white with colored stripes, horse-shoes.
crossbars, jockeys, birds or animals printed
upon it. Very plain pique suits made with
q kilt are also much liked fer warm
weather
4 The latest fashion among the leaders of
La Mode in Paris.is the cOrsage la Gauth-
erot, which is copied from Mr. Sargent's
extraordinary portrait of the New Orleans
beauty. Its popularity consists in the total
absence of sleeves, which are replaced by
diamond chains sewn upon narrow bands |
of black velvet and passing over the shout |
der. Another innovation is the new mode !
of wearing diamond necklace, that osna- |
ment being no longer clasped around the !
throat, but is around the border of one side |
of the cOrsage, meeting the diamond brooch |
or the cluster Of flowers that is placed di- |
rectly in front. A very pretty and novel !
style of headgear consists in mingling |
diamond stars or daisies or wild roses with |
natural flowers, usually pink or tea roses.
A diamond spray set amongst a cluster of |
natural flowers also ornaments the hair very
The favorite color for even
ing dress wear, just at present is a very
pale and beautiful shade Of pink.-TFrom
Lucy Harper's Letter.