The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-02-21
LATE FASHION ITEMS.
A Brfef Statement of Facts Which WE
Interest the Ladies.

Tho ugly tan-e5iored kid glove still
holds its own in the world of fashion.
A new French five-o'clock-tea gown
shows combination of pale heliotrope
and sage-green satin, brocaded with
silver flowers. The gown is cut in Wat
teau fashion, and the garniture reveals
deft mixture of silver and sage-green
Spanish lace Crimson satin ribbons
hold the full draperies in place, tie in
front, and fall in a shower of loops to
the foot of the skirt front.
A1ady recently made an exceedingly
novel and pretty fan, which she carried
at small fancy dress party. A large
begonia leaf supplied the model, which
was first made in stout Bristol board and
then covered with pale olive green
plush; the veining being done In dell
cately-tinted paints in exact imitation of
the arteries in the begonia leaf. The
edges were neatly joined, and the
handle being nicely twisted with green
satin ribbon, it only remained to pin
bunch of small begonia buds - of the
natural leaf - to this tasteful looking
fan.
Trains, pendant from the waist, at
tached to some portion of the back of
the skirt, or cut with the bodice, are in
first favor for dancing dresses where
trains are worn; they are invariably ar
ranged in one of these methods so as to
be raised from the floor while dancing,
leaving the skirt of the dress under
meath its full length. This second skirt
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breadths do not lie on the floor, but just
reach it, and are sloped to be a little
longer than the side breadths. With
dinner or other evening toilets the train
may be cut with the dress, but tho al
Unstable train has the advantage of be-
ing wearable with another skirt If well
chosen.
Medieval shoes made of matelasse
satin and bound around the top with
swan s-down fur are worn in Paris with
the exquisite matinees and other costly
house-robes of satin, surah and tinted
French cashmere. A moorish cap of
velvet is added to the rich morning toll
cts of elderly ladies, and the daintiest
and most bewitching of lace cobweb af-
fairs, looking ready TO float away at the
catch of the first breeze, is perched
above the curled and fluffy tresses of
young women.
Next to white, which has been i'm
mensely popular thus far this season,
pink has been the favorite hue for ball
dresses; and of this exquisite color there
are some new shades of blush rose and
shell pink that are exceptionally lovely
and becoming. The ''sprinkled tulles,"
as they are called, whether the orna-
ments are gold and silver flowers,
beads, chenille or little tufts of silk, are
by no means confined exclusively to
pale colors. Gold and silver dots on
pale pink or blue were at first quite
popular, but they were quickly initiated
in tlimsy and cheap tarletans, and so
lost all favor. Gold and silver en-
broideries and embossed work on India
silk musl;ns and gaules are, however,
far too expensive for the million.
Thistles and fine fern fronis are the
favorite designs for these airy fabrics.
which cost double what many of the
rich and handsome silks do, not includ-
ing the expense of the Princes ;e slip of
tinted satin which is always worn be-
meath dress of this material.
Now that the small bonnets and
toques are so gene al y worn, and
broa i-brimmed Gainsborough hat upon
a lady's hea I, esp ciallyif she be young
and pretty, renders the we rer doub' Y
attractive. A tall brunette witt rlcl
color and large brown eyes recon ly
wore at an eS ening concert large
round hat of Sir Joshua Reyr Odds style.
and nothing could have been more be-
coming and graceful. The hat was
made of darkest wine colored velvet,
inside and out, and three uncommonly
wide ostrich plumes of the same shale
overlapped each other In wreathing the
crown. At the left side the brim was
caught up with a cluster of pink velvet,
half open roses which peeped from un-
der feathery covering made by the
wine-colored plumes which fell partly
over them from the crown.
Floral fringes, sprays, trails, garlands
and single flowers are used in profuson
not only on dresses of lace and tulle,
but also on satins, brocades and vel
vets. In the latter case they are. GER
tainly not in place. but the fact remains
that they are fashionably worn as a
proper garniture for velvet. Nodded vel
vet flowers and leaves applique on nets
and used as a garniture for evening
toilets are considered the height of ar
tistic elegance. One magnificent toilet
imported by a Broadway firm for we'd
ding reception had bodice and train
of ruby velvet, the former lined with
primrose satin. A vest and tablier front
of primrose Lyons satin of the richest
quality, was bordered with nodded vel
vet flowers of ruby and shaded green
leaves. This raised work was applique
with the greatest care and graceful ar
rangement, and the effect was most
superb.
Some of the new tea gowns prepared
for afternoon wear are very elaborate;
brocades, silk, satin and velvet being
among the fabrics used in their crea-
ton, with a profusion of lace en-
broideries and satin ribbons as garni-
lures, while few of the more expensive
have portions-such as the revers of
the train and bodice, or the entire front
over which the gown opens-exquisite-
ly painted by hand. White, cream,
Ct0rtreuse and other light colors are
very fashionably worn by young ladies
for these toilets, and brocades, plushes
and satins of darker hue are preferred
for matronly women. Row after row
of narrow silk frills, pinked on the
edges, the gathered frills closely over
tapping each other. and forming bor-
der about eight inches wide, are very
fashionable trimming for the trains
of these tea gowns, and also for short
skirts of silk dresses for party wear.
Several pretty skirts of faille, taffetas
and surah have been noted lately with
numerous rows of these rose-leaf frills,
used as headings to lace founces and
borderings to skirt and tunic. This