Madison times., 1884-07-12
TERMS: $500 PER YEAR.
FASHION NOTES.

Lace overgarments, lace dresses, and
lace CONNECTIONS of all kinds are trimmed
with knots, fots, bows, loops. ami cas-
cades of satin velve: ribbon.
India silks and Surahs should not be
made up with -pieated skirts, the full
Puffed and shirred skirt being preferable
in all soft clihging frabrics. -
Bustlesare, the bothergof the, better
half OF human nature this summer the
sure method OF keeping them in place
not having being discovered.
The style of putting a casing ae the
b5ttom of d puffed Suiah or yelling over
skirt, and running rope therein, is as
popular as it is pretty, sensible, and ef-
fective. --'..'.." .''... '~r .,Ss.F.rA a
The most elegant of all luxurious
demi-toilet costumes for summer is of
pale puff pongee, embroidered in figures.
dots, or sprays in the same color with
silk. -'
The stamine canvas of Paris and Lon
don ID known,here as Bison canvas, and
1T is almost as much in demand for sea-
side and mountain wear here as over
there. .-Fr7 -. f.,
Poplin is again in favor, Woxth and
Dusuzeau having made many handsome
costumes of this fabric, which Is now
brought out in lighter and more dra-
pable form than formerly.
Pale gray glace mohair makes alovely
June walking suit II may be trimmed
with gray, blue, or black yelveteen, and
worn either for walking, driving, at
church, or for calling.
Watered silk has not gone out ofvogue
by any means, though used only in mod
erations as Innings, parements, revers,
cuffs, and collars of monair, light cash
mere, and hight all wool suits.
Wall-pockets of fine colored silks and
celored paper and covered tastefully
with puffings of Oriental laize and made
more ornate with ruffles of lace and
tiots of ribbon and sprays of artificial
flowers
Spanish, Oriental, French, English,
and Irish laces in old and new designs
and stitches are used to excess, not only
as trimmings and finishings, but as Ell
tire. over garments and costumes for
ladies', misses, and children.
Even very small girls are given dress
es almost covered with lace trimmings
and accessories, including the full gath
cred Moliere waistcoat front of iaize,
not to speak of collars, cuffs, wrist ruff
fies, and full flounces Of wide lace edg-
ing. -.-.---
The preferred style for white lawn
dresses is a round skirt with tucks and
no overskirt, tucked blouse or full
Mother Hubbard waist belted and q big
bow with ends in the back for sash dra-
perry. This style is pretty and popular
for all kinds of plain eolored wash-goods
dresses.
Brocaded velvet gauze grenadine,
brocaded and embroided China silk, and
brocaded grapes in the full evening tints
rose, blue, lilac, cream, and chalk white
are elaborately trimmed with white Val
enciennes and Malines laces, and worn
at June day weddings, receptions, and
dinners.
The Paris correspondent of Harper's
Bazaar sums up the bewildering varieties
in fashions this season thus: "The diver
sity of fabrics, shapes of corsages, dress
es, wrappings, and bonnets appalls OBJ
seryation and defies description" This
is as true in America as in France II
is indeed difficult to find the limitations
of the mystery called fashion this SUM-
mer and define what are the outlines
of its FORMS.
Black glace, black Surah, and black
Indian silks are trimmed to excess with
wide pleatings and gathered flounces
and fri1ls of chalk-white Valenciennes
fichus, berthes. or barbes, or sometimes
a full gathered waistcoat of piece Val
enciennes or laize, and festooned panier
draperies of the same or lambrequip
draperies of full festooned Towering
lace. -1taV 9hI