The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-12-25
NEW wooLEN DRESSES.
Something of Interest to Ladies Who Wish
to Keep Warm During the Winter.

somethins, of Interest to Ladies Who Wish
to Keep Warm During the Winter.
J Some of the newest wooden dresses
for winter are made of two kinds Of
cloth, to give variety from the plain
cloth tailor suit. For these the Astra-
khan and frise cloths are combined with
plain tricote cloth or with diagonal
serge. The rough Astrakhan cloth is
most used in black, no matter with
what color it is combined, and serves to
represent the lower skirt, but as it is so
heavy, it is usually merely bordering
on the silk or alpaca foundation skirt,
put on plainly, and deep enough for the
top to be hidden by the drapery that
fails upon it. This is very handsome
with a green cloth polonaise that has
Iengthwise rows of Astrakhan set upon
it in the front and back below the waist
line, and is finished with a vest, collar
and cuffs of this thick cloth. Dark blue
serge is also stylish when draped over a
black Astrakhan skirt; in some cases
band of the Astrakhan extends up the
middle of the skirt, and the drapery IS
attached to this on either side. The
frise cloths or wool velyets are used on
imported suits Of cloth of the same
color, and are especially handsome in
golden brown shades. Young ladies
use this new trimming merely as bor-
der at the foot, having many rows of
braid above it plain around the skirt;
the frise cloth then re-appears on the
basque, but not ON the deep drapery.
The serges that have woven pattern
of gilt or silver near the selvedge are
more popular than any other bordered
dress patterns, especially with young
ladies. English tailors make these
with all the gilt on the basque and
drapery, keeping it away from the
lower skirt, where it is apt to be soiled.
The details of such a dress are full of
suggestions for youthful and stylish
suits; the serge is of brown shade,
with dashes of gilt let in near one sell
wedge, and small quantity of ruby
velvet is used to brighten it.
The foundation skirt has at its foot
frill of gathered red velvet, straight,
three inches wide, and lined with the
serge to make it more durable; to at
tach such frIll outside skirt without
heading, a fiat band of cloth or of
ribbon an inch wide is stitched at the
top to cover the rough seam of the gath
,ers. The ruby velvet may be placed
down the middle of the front and back
lof the lower skirt. The gilt-bordered
lselvedge extends down either side of
the front of velvet, and the serge is then
turned back to form broad plaits, which
meet two other plaits coming forward
from the velvet back, and these are
heightened at the top to fall over the
middle of the back, and make a very
bouffant effect The short basque has
the gilt border down each front, with a
fold of red velvet passing up inside this
and around the high gilt collar; this fold
is an inch wide, and meets over the
hooks and eyes of the front. To give
still more jaunty and youthful
effect, small laced corselet-piece
is put on the waist below the
bust, and fastened by a red silk
laeing string through gilt eyelet-holes;
this is sewed in the second darts. and
consists of two narrow pieces of the
serge, each six or seven inches long,
with whalebone in each. Such dress
es are also shown in green, navy blue,
and gray serge, and are worn with a
short Jacket of the same, and a felt
round hat the color of the serge, with q
torsade of ruby velvet around the
crown, and some dark wings set in the
front to rest on large loops of the vel
vet. Another pretty fashion is TO have
a small felt capote the color of the serge,
trimming it in the new way with small
pointed wings set low on both sides Just
where the strings are sewed on, and to
fill the space on top of the brim between
the wings with very large full Asa
clan bow of velvet; this is very hand
some in seal brown felt with much light
er brown wings on the sides tipped with
gilt, and dark seal velvet bow on top.
The wings point upward, but are placed
very close against the bonnet, and add
nothing to its size, as they must be very
small.
Other combination cloth suits have
rough bison cloth for the greater part
of the dress. but are accompanied by
front and side breadths that have baya-
deere strips of Astrakhan or frise cloth
across them. There are also wiry En-
glish serges with the front or the border
of the skirt made in the new wool vel
vets that have the figures in the curled
loops of frise velvet. Side panels COW
cred with rows of wide Hercules braid
and already attached when the dress
pattern is bought are also on serges.
Embroidered bars, blocks and snail
patterns are done on soft rough cloth
for draperies, and some plain fine wool
stuffs have one edge cut in very large
deep scallops. and wrought with crewels
of two or three colors; there are worn
over velvet or Sicilienne Skirts ar-
per's Bazaar.