The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-31
MISSES. DRESSES.
Pretty Dresses for Misses In Their Teens
and school Girls.

Pretty Dresses for Misses In Their Teens
and School Girls.
There is a greater varietyin the wool
goods used for the dresses of misses
IN their teens than for the small
er dresses; for these the rage is
from cashmere and camers-hair to
the rougher serges, homespun, bison
cloths, bourettes. and Cheviots, with
tricots and the smooth-faced Amazon
cloths worn by ladies. Velveteen and
corduroy are liked for youthful toilettes,
and there are elaborate combinations of
silk with velvet or plush for gay occa-
sions, but tasteful mothers prefer simple
white muslin and wool dresses of light,
delicate colors for school girls to wear
at dinners, family parties, or in box
at the opera. Brown is fayorite color
this season, rivaled only by the yariONs
shades of red, from the bright poppy
red to dull wine-color. Self colors are
preferred for misses, but there are many
checks and stripes used, also large
blocks and plaids of fancy colors for
skirts to wear with plain eolored waists.
Basques with vest, or else Tapped
to the left side at the top, and sloping
thence to the waist line, are liked for
misses. The soft gathered vest remains
in favor for slender girls, and is crossed
by belt at the waist line jacket
fronts, curved or sloped away, are on
basques that are in longer position shape
behind. The Elton jacket with vest and
sash is jaunty design for young girls.
Plain basques with very high standing
collar and military trimmings of braid
crossing the front are for well-grown
figures. The pleated and belted Norfolk
jackets are made with kilt skirts, and
also with draped skirts; this pleated
jacket and the wool jersey waists are
excellent garments in school girls
outfit, as they may be worn with various
skirts. Yoke waists fastened behind
with pleats from yoke to belt are among
The prettiest for girls, and are seen on
sheir dark dresses for every day as well
as on the lighter dresses for evening.
Short apron over-skirts are prettiest
for young girls; the apron may be drawn
across in many wrinkles, and its edges
merely stitched or turned under, or by
way of trimming revers may be turn
ed up on the left side in milkmaid fash
ion; the back is formed of wide breadth
pleated across the top and down one
side, then sewed to the belt to drop in
a point. The sash backs are also liked
made of two wide loops and two ends
of the dress goods doubled, and fringed
across the straight ends. Sashes of rib
bon of great width are worn with mus
lin or wool evening dresses.
Girls fourteen years old wear their
skirts long enough to come within two
inches of their shoes; those sixteen
years old have them reach to their
ankles. A good foundation skirt of
alpaca is in most dresses, and the over
skirt and lower skirt are draped upon
this. There is pad hustle and short
steel spring across the back breadth in
many dresses, but these must be very
small, or they will be obtrusive and I'M
graceful. Extremely narrow and very
wide kilt pleats are used for girls
skirts; others have wide double box
pleats all around, with one passing ur
to the belt on the left side over the
apron. Full gathered back breadths
with braided panels on the sides and
box pleated fronts are stylish skirts.
Large buttons sometimes take the
place of braid on the panels. A wide
band of plush or of velvet, or many
rows of Hercules braid, are placed
around the pleated skirts of wool dresses.
White camel's-hair. yelling, surah, or
null dresses for evening are made with
a Gretchen guimpe of embroidery or OF
lace and a full round tucked skirt, and
are worn with white watered or satin
ribbon sash, or else one of bright Ro-
man striped ribbon. A high pointed
waist laced behind may be used for SUI.
rah dresses with the wide sash bow and
ends starting under the point behind.
A dog-collar of velvet is tied in high
bow around the neck inside the lace
frill, OF there may be rows of beads
forming tight necklace. White plush,
or white Astrakhan or swan s-down, is
sometimes worn around tie high collar
and on the elbow sleeves of white wool
dresses HdrDcr's Bazaar.