Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-05-09
FASHION NEWS AND NOTES.
Written for The Herald By "Leone.
MISSES DRESSES.

Young girls from twelve to sixteen
years of age, have adopted the Span
ish or Elton Jacket as part of their
spring and summer dresses, and this
with an underskirt, a kilt skirt, and
sash drapery, makes up the popular
design for wooden suits and for those
of surah or fOulard. In many dress.
es the jacket hangs loose in front
over a vest, and the back is closely
like a basque. A very simple drop
trimming, which is sometimes passa
mentarie pendants set on at inter
walls, edges the froptjacket. Closely
strung buttons, like those of English
officers mess coats, are in great ia.
vor for edging these jackets, and IN,
deed for bordering the vest fronts
and basgues of various dresses. Brass
buttons, steel, bronze and jet are
used for this purposes in small Sizes
round and slightly pointed in the
middle.
The killed skirt is laid in small
pleats only an inch wide, and the
apron may be pointed to one side,
and have pointed back drapery
made by pleating to the belt both
the top and one side of q breadth
of double-width wooden goods.
The sash effects are, however,
more girlish, and are made of draw,
ing single breadth of narrow mate
rial across the front and hips, and
arranging it behind in two loops and
long ends. Sometimes the sash is OF
wide ribbon, and merely crosses the
front, dropping in loops and ends
on the left side; the back drapery
is then of the dress material.
For misses wash dresses there are
scotch ginghams, percales, linen
lawns, and prints of nice quality in
small figures, bars or stripes.
Girls of twelve to fourteen years
wear their dresses buttoned behind
while those of fifteen or sixteen,
may fasten theirs in front, tho many
young ladies of seventeen and eigh-
teen have some of their pIettiest
dresses of white yelling or cashmere,
fastened behind. For evening dres-
SEES misses wear white null dresses,
with shirring around the neck, and
above and below the belt; with this
is a "house maid skirt" tucked to
the shirring, or else made palmer,
with two or three ruffles at the foot,
edged with valencienes lace.
Sprigged and dotted SWISS muslins
are made in the same way. White
muslin and linen lawn dresses for
misses, are made with a fitted bas-
que, that is worn with belt of vel.
vet ribbon that has bow on the
side. The skirt has two gathered
flounces tucked and edged with en-
broidery.
Hats and caps. There are three or
four favorite hats and caps for miss
es, that are repeated in all colors of
smooth, rough, or mixed braids. The
most popular round hat has high
narrow crown, with the brim turned
closely up in the front and sides, and
narrower still behind. The brim is
faced with velvet, and there is a
bunch of standing loops in front
made OF wide guaze ribbon, or of a
canvas scarf-or else velvet ribbon
is used as if tying a bunch of flowers
there. Another favorite shape is a
peaked brim of small size, worn very
forward on the head, and trimmed
with awreath of flowers.
The English turban, of straw, with
rosettes or wings in front, and the
Tam O'Shanter cap, also OF. straw,
with velvet bow and nquills; are
suitable for young misses geo .n& III
Black or Navy blue stockings care
worn by missesswith dresses Of any
color. -
LONG WRAPS.
Among the prettiest wraps for
girls of seven to twelve years Of age,
are those made of the mixed cheviots
or domestic sacking,' as it is called,
in underlined plaids, and stripes of
dark colors slightly Illuminated with
red or orange threads. These are
made as long as the dress skirt, and
have three wide box pleats in front
and back to the waist line; they are
belted or else have merely band of
wide hercules braid tied around the
waist, with a long looped bow hang
ing in front. LEONE.