Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-31
EVENING DRESSES.
Some Of the Elegant Costumes Recent
Imported for New York Bellies.

EVENING DRESSES.
Some Of the Elegant Costumes Recently
Imported for New York Bellies.
Low corsages are again in such great
favor that modistes supply two waists
with most full-dress toi)ettes, the low
corsage being for dinners, the opera
and all evening entertainments, while
the higher basque is used for day re-
ceptions. The low corsage is round at
the top, sharply pointed below the
waist IN front and back, and is laced
behind. There is only one dart each
side of the middle seam of the front,
but side form beginning in the arm
hole is necessary to make the fronts
tape: properly. At the top the materi-
al is cut longer than the lining, and is
caught down in full folds or gathers
across the bust, its upper edge being
turned under to fall upon softly gath
cred tulle, which fills in the space
above the top of the lining. Beaded
tulle is used for this full tulle, and
above this are bias folds of plain tulle;
or else piece lace may be gathered in
across the corsage top, held by narrow
ribbon, forming sort of guimpe,
which may terminate below the shout
ders, or may be carried above to form
a half-high V-shaped neck. BY way of
sleeves the armholes have an inch-wide
bias fold of the dress goods, with two
tulle folds inside meeting or crossed at
the top, and held by ribbon bow or
feathers or flowers.
This low cOrsage is seen on dresses
of Bengaline, watered silk, satin, China
Grape and velvet, and is suitable for
short, demi-trained or trained skirts.
For short dresses the low corsage of
satin or MORE, with skirts of white
piece lace, is fashionable for young
ladies, or else the skirt is of beaded
tulle the color of the cOrsage. A blue
satin waist with blue tulle skirts and
pink roses or pink feathers is pretty
dress for the opera. White watered
silk waists with the skirt of white tulle
beaded with silver are in great favor
with dcbutantes. Pink, pale green
and yellow dresses are largely imported
for evening toilettes, some of which
have short skirts, and others demi-
trains; the very long trains are re-
served for brides, for young matrOl,s
and for elderly ladies. A buttercup
yellow Brngaline dress with low waist
and demi-train has the front and sides
of the skirt covered with yellow
tulle on which are loops of
beads, some of clear yellow
crystal and others of yellow pearls.
The tulle hangs like a straight
gathered apron, and is caught up at the
left side with pink and yellow roses.
A pink satin low waist has crystal
beaded tulle forming the bosom
drapery, which is pointed in front to
the waist line, while the front breadths
of the skirt open on each side to show
long banging scarfs of the tulle. An
other pink Bcngaline dress has draped
apron of Japanese crinkled Grape: with
border of dark Labrador fur on the
skirt and on the waist. A velvet rib
bon is passed around the armhole of
many dresses. and tied in 4 bow on
top. The most elaborate black dresses
have low corsage of black velvet filled
out with silver-beaded black tulle at the
top, and worn with demi-trained vel
vet skirt that has front of tulle.
Crushed pink roses or feathers and a
black watered sash are worn with such
dresses. Pale green watered silk with
the front of Oriental net wrought with
gold threads forms tasteful dress for
blonde. Feathers are more popular
than flowers for the garniture of even
ing dresses, and are used even on lace
dresses.
A compromise between low and high
corsages is the V-shaped neck, which
discloses what is usually the prettiest
part of the neck in back and front; the
sleeves reach to the elbow. This waist is
pretty when made of piece lace or of
tlounces or lace passing over the
shoulders and shirred below the bust in
quaint old-fashioned design. A pretty
set of pure white dresses for group of
bridcmaids has this V-shaped corsagc
made of Valenciennes piece lace, with
flounces across the front of the skirt,
and straight full back breadths, with a
lace bow on the tournure. White
ostrich tips are on the left side of the
corsage and shirt and in the high coli
fure. White slippers, white silk stock
ings and long white undrcssed kid
gloves. The only jewels are small fam
ciful pins thrust in the lace on the bust;
there may be six or eight of these, rep
resenting daisy, butterfly. crescent
or spray of flowers, in diamonds, col
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