St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-30
FASHIONS.


upon rather shyly at present. It is
somewhat trying even to young faces.
in the daylight, but By night it is soft
and becoming.
One costume of pale tan Mauresque
lace over green recently seen was
gracefully trimmed with pale pink vel
vet loGped across the front and massed
at one side. Another costume was OF
chartreuse canvas over petticoat OF
alternate striped canvas and velvet in
dark and light shades, with very pc
culiar coat cut away from the front,
showing long waistcoat of the striped
material, revers of beads in shades OF
dark green and bronze and open
sleeves; the skirt was caught up on one
side by loops of velvet, from which hung
balls of various sizes in shaded green
beads; beaded bonnet of transparent
appearance, with velvet strings and
tuft of feathers in two shades. Beads
are greatly used on dresses, as well as
on lnantles and jackets.
Very broad stripes are gaining favor,
and they are arranged with plain ma
terials in various ways. Some form a
skirt in front and fiat folds down the
center of the back, with the plain ma
terial draped at the sides like long
dropping wings, made all in one with
the bodice; others have the back
breadths of the striped and the rest OF
plain material, with an under bodice OF
the latter and short Spanish jacket,
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A few skirts have the stripes placed
horizontally. These arrangements are
also beng carried out in washing ma
terials. Some new materials have five
colors in narrow strips of plush. Broad
striped skirting, averaging from two to
three inches in the alternate widths of
color, are being made up for boating
and tennis wear, with the new shades
of plain or minute striped unshrinkable
flannel draped over them. They are
mostly plain, full skirts, bat few are
plated. Skirts of plated black and
white satteen are being sold for wear
ing under polonaises of black for half
mourning.
For mourning wear there are beauti-
full elaborate bead embroideries in jet
and raised black or white velvet; in jet
on gold foundation, and also in black
and lead gray beads. Broad black vel
vet striped with white satin, tastefully
mixed with plain black velvet, white
satin and black lace, combine to form a
very attractive toilet. Flounces of shot
gray silk, pinked at the edges, are to be
seen under draperies of gray canvas or
cashmere. profusely braided or beaded.
1t is somewhat early to speak about
the new parasols of the season, but the
en- tout cas-, which does preliminary duty,
is already coming out in full force. The
short red and green and dark blue ones
are the fayorites with their substantial
sticks and handles. All have colored
cases, and occasionally these have frills
of eolored faces and are put on for trav-
cling. There are some quaint handles,
representing cocks heads with red
combs, also other birds heads. Some
have the large balls that did duty last
wear, and few of these are studded
with little onyx and catseye knobs.
Rough curled twig handles are on 9th
ers. The silver and gold embossed
handles, which have been the fashion
for umbrellas during the winter, are be-
ing adapted to black s&tin and broehe
velvet .parasols. Parasols of the wooden
and grenadine canvas are being intro
diiced, trimmed with yak lace.
White spotted wells are again in
vogue, after their disappearance for
some time from society. Black and
colored tul1e, spotted with gold beads
and fine gauze, are worn for driving or
on windy DAYS. The new aprons have
the gathered bib placed outside the
waistband, so that, after being gathered
there they fall on to the topof the apron
skirt in a frill of some four inches to six
inches deep Neckfets in black and
white lace, satin ribbon velvet and
tulle, are worn with low and square cut
bodices. They are about one inch wide
and are gathered.
London dressmakers are designing
some pretty cloaks and mantles of the
new canvas grenadines and wooler
canvas in black, beige and other colors
The Sandown cloak of graceful shape,
reaches almost to the edge of the skirt
and is mixture of the velvet striped
and plain canvas in dark biscuit color
Another variety, in the same color, i
plainer at the back. and cut away II
front TO show broad panels OF yelve
matching exactly in shade, fastened a
the throat with brown wooden clasp
representing double sphinxes. a lon!
mantle of black canvas grenadine
lined with red and profusely trimme'
with the new black yak WOODEN lace
fastened at the throat with long stream
ers of broad black satin ribbon. Thi
mantle, elegant in form, is suitable TO
both day and evening wear, lookini
well over every sort of dress.
In rough black or colored Woole'
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