Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-05
FASHION HINTS.

The mushroom and Iaastic shades, reseda
green's, grays, ocean and gray blues, and
| several ugly smoke tints, are the most
| fashionably worn in summer woolens at
the East, combined with velvet or Shot silk
| White flannel suits made with a sailor
| blouse and kilt are very dressy for little
| boys TO wear in the country, They have
no trimming of any kind. Shirt waists 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, horseshoes,
crossbars, Jockeys, birds, or animals printed
upon it. Very plain pique suits made with
q kilt are also much liked for the warm
weather.
Trained skirts, or adjustable trains, worn
over or added to round skirts, are increas-
ing in number every day. They are, how
ever, worn exclusively indoors, or for cere-
monious toilets at weddings, receptions and
formal dinners. No long skirts are allow
able tor the promenade, although number
Of society ladies have appeared in demi-
trains at church. Trains upon the street
are not likely ever to again be adopted at
all events, not while convenience, taste and
cleanliness are deemed worth studying
New York Post.
A pretty summer costume is made as
follows The skirt Of golden brown satin
merveilleux laid in double box-p laits with
princesse polonaise above of ream-colored
mousseline de sole printed with brown
flowers, and trimmed with cream and
brown lace jointly, there being a rulfle of
each where this decoration appears. The
bonnet Of straw is covered with cream lace,
with group Of brown butterflies perched
on an aigrette Of a pale cream tint. Brown
silk gloves meet the elbow sleeves, and
brown silk hose, with bronze Langtry half
shoes, complete the harmonious details
French dresses are now almost without
exception made up over what Partisan mo-
distes calls fallsse jltpes, 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 trimmings are then added III the
shape of knittings, peliSses fl0unces, and
other drapings. At this moment there are
two leading types of skirts-the one, plain
at the front and sides. with all the bouffant
effect carried to the back; the other fully
trimmed skirt, covered with rufies plated
oY plain panels, drawn putfings, and the
like. Of course in the latter style, the full
neSS is at the back, however expansive the
trimmings may be elsewhere Albany
IN. " Journal.
When Romeo exclaimed, ooh, that ]
were a glove upon that hand !" he was
doubtless thinking great deal more of the
hand than Of the glove; and if we could
imagine modern Romeo apostrOphizing a
modern Juliet, we may be sure he would
prefer to see the hand without any glove at
all. Some curious revelations have lately
been made as to the amount of torture
ladies undergo in the effort to wear gloves
that are too small for them, and, oddly
enough the disclosures have taken the
form of a defense of the glove trade against
the charge that it cannot produce gloves
that will fit the average hand. No doubt it
ID trne that a great many gloves appear,
when worn, to have been constructed with
out the least possible reference to the anat-
omy OF the human hand.
1t is not upon her handsome bonnets that
Kate Field prides herself Her particular
vanity is her elegant foot-gear. She has
her shoes made in Paris, and they are mar
YelS of exquisite workmanship. She has
very small feet, and she dresses them in the
costliest material. One large trunk is de-
voted to boots, gaiters and slippers, and
these she has i'll every conceivable style,
from alligator shoes reaching high above
the ankle to delicate kid slippers that
OihueIeIid HlSlt envy. MISS FIelQ says
she never had corn in her life, and this
she claims is due to her care of her feet.
American shoemakers, she declares, insist
upon squeezing the foot thereby destroy
ing the naturally graceful shape Of that
member and subjecting person to perma-
nent torture from excrescences. M shoe |
maker i'll Paris makes and sends me two !
pairs Of shoes every month. ! will not |
wear a shoe that is ripped, torn or worn
out, because this is sloyenIy; and ] will not |
wear mended shoe, for patching a shoe |
destroys its symmetry, and is apt to occa-
sion an unnatural pressure upon the foot" |
Miss Field has a number of curious shoes;
one pair of feece-lined sandalettes, pre- |
scented her by Sig. CASTELAR,; pair of lace |
slippers, q gift from Sir Charles Dixie
several Chinese shoes, japanese sandals and |
Turkish slippers. Knowing her humor for |
these things, Governor Murray, of Utah, |
recently gave her a pair of high-topped |
boots manufactured from the skin of the |
Rocky Mountain sheep and lined with the |
fleece Of that adventuresome animal.