The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-24
THE pEMl-sEAsoN.
Dresses Which Are Made for Travoliu
and Shopping PURPOSES.

Dresses Which Are Made for Travelling
and Shopping Purposes.
For demi-season dresses for travelling,
shopping and for morning wear, navy
blue alpaca is being made up in inn
itation of the graceful gowns worn
during the Summer by the Princess Of
Wales and her daughters. For very
young ladies silver braid or white mo-
hair has formed the trimmings, the mo-
hair being used as a narrow vest, high
collar and straight cuffs, with rows of
braid along the edges. and also on the
sash draperies that are worn with a
kilt skirt. For autumn dresses black
braid, or else dark blue Hercules braid,
will take the place of metal braids, and
either velvet or plush will be used for
the vest, cuffs and collar. Long over-
skirts that are made like the house.
maid skirts. and Topped up or one side
or both, will be used with these dresses,
and there may be rows of braid or of
velvet ribbon for the trimming. A side
panel of velvet will be chosen by those
who prefer pieated skirts with Greek
draperies. The new shade of brown,
called lynx brown, is also being made
up in mohair and alpaca dresses for the
three autumn months, when canvas
dresses will be too thin and cloth too
heavy for comfort. Gilt braid will be
sparingly used on such dresses, rather
as a piping or edging for brown velvet
than in many snowy o or in the ver-
micelli patterns lately used. Wide wool
g~alloons and wool laces that are en-
broidered lightly with gilt are rich
trimmings for lynx brown mohairs,
while silver threads are wrought in SIM
liar trimmings for gray dresses.
The mixed red and blue laces are also
being used to trim blue alpacas, and
with these are sometimes seen velvets
of the TWO colors. in stripes OF in very
small figures, for the small accessories
of the corsage. The correct idea, how
ever. in such dresses is to have them ex-
ceedingly plain. depending on their fine
fit for their beauty. When lace is used
on mohair, it is most stylish when con-
fined to the lower skirt; a single deep
fall of lace. very slightly gathered,
crosses the front and side cores, or else
there are two or three narrower ruffies
of lace across the front, and several
rows are placed up the left side in the
| space left uncovered by the drapery.
Still another plan is that of edging side
| pleats with narrow wool lace, and form
ing the front and sides of the skirt OF
these pleats. When braid is chosen fol
trimming. the new fancy is to form the
| front breadth of two very wide box
| pleats, covering these with clusters OF
cross rows of the braid, frightening
each row in the cluster, and curling uI
! the ends toward the sides. A pointed
| plastron MAIDS in the same way then
trims the corsage, and smaller points
| are on the sleeves. To complete such
suit for travelling there should be a long
| blue or brown cloth ulster, and a bon
net Of rough blre straw with the brin
| covered with blus or brown velvet, a. il
the most becoming to the wearer. A
rosette of braid or of wool lace, or some
"donkey's-ear loops of wool Dr. Of
Grape, should trim the close round har
f, of felt or straw that many young ladies
| prefer to bonnets. -Harper's Bazaar.