The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
MAY FASHIONS.

trimmings.
Peasant waists, with lacings in front over full
white muslin waistcoats, are worn by little girls
under seven
Black net embroidered il large gold or jet
figures is very elegant, and is used for plastrons,
fchus and draperies with plain grenadines.
The human face should be oval and the dress
ing of the hair and the arrangement Of the bon
net trimming should be done with regard to pro-
ducing this effect
Combs in the hair are becoming popular.
Those worn some years ago, with large balls, are
reappearing, and placed at the top Of the
head and serve in the daytime to keep the bonnet
in its place.
Nuns yelling dresses with cascades of Egyp-
tian lace set between the fan and box pleatings
on the skirt and forming the vest on the corsage,
are being made this season for dresses for the
fair girl graduates
White toilets will again be the rage for dressy
French nainsook and Swiss muslin, embroidered
in sprigs and dots, with fioupces to match, are
all popular fabrics for these.
pointed capote of black straw has the crown
covered with black lace embroidered with gold.
The brim has quilting of gold lace, and
bunch of small pink and white roses forms the
trimming. 1t has no strings.
pretty way of making up the figured challies
or delaines is in polonaise fashion, opening at
the SIDE and falling over breadth of lace plated
in long straight folds from the waist. and having
revers collar and cuffs of velvet the color Of the
deepest figure.
Vests are now made so narrow that ribbon
three inches wide will serve for stylish vest.
rms begins at its natural width at the neck of
the dress, and slopes to point at the waist line,
wnere 1T may stop, or else widen again below to
its greatest width
The long travelling cloaks of mohair at fifty
cents yard are the best choice for people of
small ar nod lone md
In prlncesse shape, buttoned down the entire
front, and the back has fat pleats or some
gagged fullness on below the waist.
Arrasene embroidery makes rich and stylish
trimming for pale tinted cashmere house robes.
The work is quickly done, and small flowers of
green leaves, produces very beautiful effect
upon pale cream or beige background.
Silk wraps left from last year may have shiny
or greasy spots that have grown there by wear
hidden by wide-spreading ornaments of passe-
menterie or let, else two jabots of lace may
be placed down the seams made by sewing full
gathered frill, allowing it to droop downward
alternately on each side, and lacking it there in
shells
A pretty way of frightening up skirt of a
black or white dress for house wear is to make
three clusters of bows connect them by ends
and attach them to one side of the skirt placing
the uppermost clusters at the edge of the basque
The ends of the lowest cluster reach to within a
short distance of the edge of the skirt There
are usually four loops and two ends to each bow
Killings, as e-plaitings are called, have now
been IN vogue twenty years and upward yet do
not seem to decline in popular favor. They have
grown finer, and the finer they are the more
elegant but the clustered knife" or side plating
is today one of the most elegant methods of
making a cloth skirt; while the knife-plaited
ruffles or f1ounces still distance all competition
Muslin dresses are tucked and rufhed to the
waist, or simply tucked across the front and a
drapery in the back, with square or round apron
in front. The ruffles can be of Hamburg en-
broiderv, the material tucked and edged with
narrow Valenciennes lace or simply hemmed
Fancy can follow its own sweet will in the deco
ration of white dresses. and they can be made
with the utmost simplicity or the most lavish
expenditure.
Many of the Elton, Russian, Bolero and
Zouave jackets open over loose blouse vests of
silk, which are braided or embroidered in shaded
silks, beads or cut jet The backs to these
jackets fit the form closely, and finish with or
without position pleats In most cases the col
lar IS high military one of velvet, but in
ceptional cases there is made very deep turn
over la Byron, and in this instance wide silk
tie is laid beneath the collar and knotted in
front in regular sailor STYLE the tie matching the
blouse in texture and decoration.
Colors for gloves are very subdued, and the
popular taste is limited to but few shades Tan
with strange pertinacity, holds its own even
among ladies of the most conservative tastes
but those who dislike the color have a choice of
several new shades of yellow from pale prm-
rose to number of deeper coors known sever
ally as golden rod, cowslip, and chantrelle
There also shown some lady-like neutral
tints in grays, shading to beige, ecru, thrush
brown, golden brown, etc., the prettiest being
a color known as mulot, Or field mouse.
TUNES and overdresses of Madras muslin Tus-
sore, cream-colored pongee and Pompadour
veiings are all pretty and appropriate for the
summer season, while the ever-useful and al
ways elegant black velvet underdress supplies a
suitable foundation for each alike. cluster of
black velvet loops scattered about here and
there upon these overdrcsses add to their becom-
ingness and suggest connecting link between
the upper and lower portions of the costume,
aid broad velvet dog collar worn around the
throat dotted with Roman pearl beads, gives
pretty finish to the whole.
All damasse goods are less popular this season
than they have been; they have so long been on
the market that ladies do not feel as if their
gown, when made of this material was new
one. So many have they before had so closely
resembling it that for entire new costume
they prefer different style, and reserve the da-
masse satin face for altering and making old
clothes look like new. The plain goods are very
popular this season, as they admit of such an
endless amount of trimming with lace, and as
lace is the present rage, any fabric that allows
Of indscriminate use of it is hailed with de-
light.
Dresses for ''Rose Wedding"
New York Evening Post.
A stylish uptown wedding which is to take
place the first week in June will be the occasion
fol tina rs iup ont of the