Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09
LATEST FASHION NOTES.

sleeves arc SLlil NOIIl )tilcN a. Lie Si4NoA-
ders but fit the arm closely all the way |
down.
Lace mitts are worn at hops and germans !
They are generally caught about the wrist |
by bands OF velvet ribbon.
Waistcoats of lace or tulle, which end in |
panniers Of the same, are worn under you |
ave jackets Of either velvet or satin for even |
ing dresses. They are very pretty.
The sailor hat is gaining steadily in pop |
ularity, and it certainly is very jaunty when |
surmounting pretty young face and styl,
ish figure. The hats are simply trimmed
with null.
Lace acarfs are again worn mantte-wise
over the shoulders and loosely knotted IN
front. Lace shoulder caps in black and in
white are also popular, and all generally
very becoming.
The newest shopping-bags are in Japan
csc work. Upon the surface OF hard black
leather, curious designs are wrought in fine
lines Of silver and dull colors. Dragon flies,
bees and other insects are represented.
Chain bracelets with small links are ex-
tremeIy popular. These are of both silver
and gold, the ends fastening with an in
visible clasp, forming one of the links, OF
with paddock, in which precious stones
are set.
4 quaint fashion now popular is to wear
q large kerchief of, fine null or crepe,
folded over the breast Quaker-wise, and
caught by knot of bright flowers or gay
ribbon. Sometimes the wing of dove or
red bird is placed just under the chin.
SILK under-vests are in delicate blue,
cream and pink and Of unusually fine
quality. The square or low-necked waists
worn above are most deliberately trimmed
with Valenciennes, Torchon or Medicis
lace, and the finest qualities of hand and
machine embroidery.
A stylish morning dress for the seashore
is made of pearl-colored alpaca, with
skirt tucked nearly up to the waist, and
full tunic edged with two tucks and hem.
| The half-adjusted jacket opens over plait-
| cd vest, and has the waistband Of gray vel
veA The collar and wristbands are also of
velvet.
The latest French fancy is the use of
| black lace on white cashmere or silk, and
! that of white lace on black Burah. For in
| stance, black India silk has three seal
! loped fiounces of silk across the front, with
q three-nch fill of Valenciennes lace under
each scaioped edge. The lace is laid fatty
on the basque, around the neck, down each
| front, and trims up on the edge OF the
skirt Straight cuffs of the same lace trim
the sleeves.
Girls who are having nuns yelling
dresses made up to wear evenings during
the summer, should avoid having them
trimmed with either silk or satin Trim
mings of either of these materials on nuns
yelling give it decidedly common look,
and spoil the effect of an otherwise pretty
dress. skirt of either silk or satin with
drapery of nuns yelling always looks
4..t-a To.
dowdy little trimmings on the basque and
skirt.
A pretty and quite inexpensive costume
is made Of dotted Swiss, with polkadotted
edge for trimming The bodice is plain
round waist gathered to q belt, with full
ruche of embroidery around the neck and
the same trimming on the three-quarters
sleeves The skirt is aounced to the knee,
and the long, round overskirt is in two
pieces, the front forming much-wrinkled
apron, while the back is a straight piece,
with embroidery turned back on the sides
and draped in two deep puffs. The same
model is equally pretty and much more
elegant made up in fine albatross, with orr
entail lace for garniture.-L Albany Journal.
A petition addressed to the ladies OF
Paris, implOring them TO remain really
pretty" recently appeared in a Partisan
paper. ne HTlbeT iSllS lLc j III iSlCiitiSS
that they are the Beethovens and the Mo
zarts who compose the symphonies of the
celebrated Paris toilets, and that their fol
lowers are dispersed all over the civilized
world. But. he cries in horror, what struc
ture is that which of late makes them ap
pear of size which would have gladdenet
the heart Of any Roman matron, but at the
sight of which an Amazon would hide hel
face--that bag hanging down from collar t
waistband, which seems to have been imi
tated from the opossum, and in which i
would he easy to carry a few petits p
Then there is that movable coachmanl
seat" ordinarily called crinolette. 1t i
growing and growing, and this year it ha
assumed dimensions such as to lead tn
writer of the humble petition" to thinl
that no one at Madrid, at Vienna or ST
Petersburg will believe that such fashion
originated at Paris and did not arrive direc
from Berlin.