Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-10
FASHIONABLE SMALL TALK.
Frozen Facts for Ladies' and Those Who
Care for Fashions.

Care for Fashions.
Poplin may be said with certainty to
have become fashionable; not only has
the Princess Beatrice ordered dresses
from that fabric for her trousseau,
but her highness of Colonna had two
poplin dresses in her outfit. One of
ivory white, for evening wear, was
embroidered all over in . design of
silver thread. Another for street
wear, of soft silver gray, was bright
ened by touches of red.
Tricotine satin is one of the new
fabrics of the season. 1t is closely
woven and has the slight ribbed eff
feet familiar in Jersey cloths, and in
more marked weaving suggests knit
ed stuffs. 1t is all silk with a luster-
like satin, and may be had of a single
color or of two changeable colors.
Surahs will remain in favor for
summer silks, and may be had in plain
colors or in the new glace effects that
promise to be fashionable in various
goods; thus, the twilled silk surah is
shown changing from black to cardin-
al, black to gold, blue to brown, or
green to red.
Black cashmere dresses for plain
wear should be made as plainly as
if of cloth, and simply stitched or
else ornamented with rows of narrow
%soutache; to make them more dressy
they may have rows of silver braid OF
of gilt that is mixed with black.
Instead of severely plain bands or
folds for trimming skirts there will
now be vandykes, escallops Or leaf
points on the upper edge, while other
folds will have openings or Sits cut at
intervals, and through these will be
drawn gilt or silver braid. Tucks will
be more used than at any previous sea-
son; and these will be decorated with
braid, stitching OF a piping on h elower
edge.
The old chine silks are revived, with
rings of a dark color on light grounds.
Yellow will be a distinctively fash
ionable color in the new spring MILL
merry.
Tulle, embroidered with daises, corn
flowers and buttercups in chenille, is
among the novelties.
Tea gowns and morning gowns are
both made with blouse fronts and long
trains.
The newest lace pins are in the shape
of a moss rose. and are made OF red
gold set with q diamond and sur.
rounded by %sapphires.
All repped silks will be in high favor
this season, especially what is called
gros faille, with tlattened reps
Embroidered surahs are seen in all
over patterns of a gay figure on q
quiet ground, which may be either light
or dark.
Shot ribbon velvets are very much
used, and are very handsome; the bacl
!, is of satin shot in two colors.
The new sateens almost rival silk
and satins in beauty; the variety O
styles are almost innumerable. Tapes,
try sateens with patterns in imitation
of cross-stitch work are new and
pretty.
The most fashionable colors of the
spring season will be the smoke blue
and grays, the stone shades, rock grayt
and mushroom browns. The smoke
blues and grays suggest color rather
than show it.
A charming fichu, called the Gala,
tea, has a high collar covered witt
beads and edged with lace. The ichr
is edged with bead embroidery, but the
center is filled in with graceful folds o.
fine black net starred with jet, and
caught together at the waist with loops
of narrow satin ribbon. below which
it hangs becomingly and gracefully.
In underwear the latest craze is fol
tucking. Tucks in groups and clusters,
narrow and wide are seen in all arti.
Giles of underclothing to the exclusion
Of lace or embroidery.
Gilt or silver-figured woollens are
also shown again for early spring; in
these there are merely q few bars,
blocks or rings of different sizes done
in dark, twilled woollen, and these
figured parts form the vest and trim
the lower part of the front OF the skirt.
Boston Budget.
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