Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-17
Fashion Items,

The lace or tulle waistcoat ending in
light. airy paniers formed by uprigh:
folds OF the transparent fabric. and
worn under sleeveless Zouave jackets OF
embroidered silk. satin brocade or fou-
lard, is revived in new evening toiletses
fresh from the hand of a noted French
designer.
Champignon-tinted Milan straw hats
are exceedingly stylish and becoming
trimmed with cascades of biege lace
mingled with sprays of scarlet geran-
ium blossoms and heather in bloom.
Three dropping tips of a pale biege hue
droop over the brim OF the hat-br. M on
the left side. which is faced underneath
with ruby velvet.
Many of the exquisitely embroidered
muslins worn this season by ladies.
married or single, are given beautiful
tint by an underdress of cream-colored
muslin, tine batiste, or mOusseline de
sole. The effect is much better, and
more diaphanOus than when the under
slip is of silk.
Lace dresses will lead in popularity
as elegant evening toilets this season.
India muslins, tinted an exquisite
creamy pink shade known as apricot.
and brocaded with scarlet geranium
blossoms, clusters of sweet-br.er roses,
heliotrope sprays, blue bells. hyacinthS
or deep pink aza!eas. are made up int
lovely Vatican dresses. over foundations
of apricot, surah or batiste.
The favorite mode of making whi.s
linen lawn this season is to lay the en-
tire length of the skirt-which is I'M
sored-in wide tucks, these being very
often four inches deep. The overdress
is rather short in front, and the drapery
in the back is tucked to the belt The
bodice has a..Mother-Hubbard yoke. to
which is gathered a full waist. belted
and finished with q satin grdie
or ribbon with flowing loops and ends
fastened at the left side This style of
dress is properly and becomingly worn
by maiden or matron OF any age, from
one year to far up in the sixties, with
the substitution of another shaped bod
ice, providing, in the latter case, the
lady is stout of figure.
White camel's hair with high bodice
cut square in the neck, short sleeves
with white lace mits reaching above the
elbows. is style of dress pre-eminent-
ly fashionable this season Tor fetes of
any description. White toilets of any
fabric are the dresses par excellence
this year. Black stockings by all
means. Colored ones are not CO. sid
cred the height of elegance or good
taste, save for special, ll-dress occa.
sions, and then the colors are neutral:
biege, dove-gray, fawn and pale ecrri
are usually chosen. Medium long
gloves of eight-button length are more
grace .ul on the arm than yard of
wrinkled kid can ever be, unless the
arm be very angular and pare.
The armlets can, we think, be had only
when specially ordered, unless of fancy
French gold, which can not be recon-
mended.
White silk jerseys arc considerably
used with bridesmaids toilets this sea-
son, the plainness of the bodice being
relieved by trimmings of cream-tinted
silk lace. These jerseys are worn over
skirts of white ottoman silk, foul;ird,
surah, or killed satin skirts. with tunic
and drap ng of bro:aded India muslin
edged with wide ru lies of the cream
silk lace used on the jersey.
Lace is worn in the greatest profu-
sion, and some of the toilets prepared
for fashionable watering place use were
of r.ch delicate beauty beyond
description. Full killings of brocaded
net, edged with lace to match, tiounces
in fan plaitings or ruches are
most fashionable favor, and |
look very elegant over slips of thin bat
iste or surah. Double paniers-lace over
be very fashionably |
worn, especially for dancing dresses.
Broad flounces and scarfs can thus be
utilized, and where these are not pos
sessed, their purchase will be useful
one, for the same lace can be used in a
variety of ways. Beige lace over biege
silk, with balayeuse and waistcoat of
red surah, yelled with rich
fall of biege lace, formed one of the
most charming lace dresses seen this
season. This was designed for bril-
liant young brunette in society but a
short time, and an exact copy was
made for a blonde cousin with
balayeuse, waistcoat, and ribbon garni-
lures of pale blue satin.-N. Y. EUen-
ing Post.