The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-21

I More trained and decollete dresses ale
worn this year than have appeared in
many seasons past.
Girlish and pretty toilets are made of
shot or pompadour silk, with boufant
oVerdress of tulle matched to one of the
shades of the changeable silk, or to the
color of the gay figures in the floral.
patterned fabric. Velvet bretelles of the
same shade are worn over the shoulders,
and at the side is fastened maouchoi7'
pouch of similar rich material.
Among handsome array of dancing
and reception toilets recently exhibited in
New York, were several lace-founced silk
skirts, with Dolly Warden over-dresses
and corsages. These were very attractive
and the designs charming-cream grounds
with pale pink roses, bebe blue, sprinkled
with tea buds, and white foundations
brocaded with fine flowers, multi colored;
all harmonious, rich in effect, and pleas
ing to the eye.
Buttercup yellow satin makes beauti-
full evening toilet. as under the gaslight
it is delicate, sheeny gold. This dress,
however, must be carefully chosen, for
only brilliant brunette or a 'divinely
fair" woman could safely venture to
adopt it.
A very pretty ball dress, shown at a
fashionable importing house in New
York, was made of rich shade of garnet
satin, yelled with tulle of deeper shade,
the tulle being literally besprinkled with
beads to correspond. The front of the
dress, which was made of the satin alone,
was embroidered with garnet beads in a
heavy design of flowers and leaves. The
corsage was cut away square in front,
and bordered with embroidery, and bands
of the same formed epaulettes over the
| shoulders, these answering for sleeves.
Garnet hairpins and other ornaments
were to be worn with this toilet. The
shade of garnet is growing in favor, being
preferred by many to the more vivid
shades of red. The color is becoming to
fair and dark women alike, in which
respect it differs from most coIors.
Several very valuable India shawls have
and on each occasion they were draped
in the old-fashioned manner, with the
points falling low on the back of the skirt.
ROYAL MARRIAGES..
The betrothal of Princess Beatrice of
England to Prince Henry of Battenburg,
a son of the uncle of the Grand Duke of
Hesse by a morganatic marriage, has
caused considerable surprise in England.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of
Edinburgh disapprove of the match, as
they did of their royal mothers endeavor
to marry their sister to the Grand Duke
Louis of Hesse, husband of her deceased
sister, Princess Alice, despite his wedding
Madame de Kaloumie.
Prince Henry of Battenburg is a Lieu
tenant in the German army, and reputed
a great favorite at the Court of Berlin,
where his betrothal to the sister of the
| Crown Princess has caused great satisfac-
| ton. He is brother of the Prince of Bull
| garia, and also younger brother of the
| husband of her niece, the Princess Vic
! toria of Hesse, who was married last year
/ at Darmstadt. The Queen attaches one
condition to the marriage, namely, that
/ the royal pair shall reside constantly with
her. She cannot bear to be separated
! from Princess Beatrice.
It is to be hoped the projected union will
be more suspicious than some of the royal
unions lately contracted. The Princess
Elizabeth of Hesse, daughter of the late
Princess Alice, who was married just after
her sister with such pomp at st. Peters
burg-just year ago-to the Grand
Duke sergius of Russia, brother of the
Gear, is said to be most unhappy, and di-
voree is even talked of. The Princess