Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-11
SEWING SOCIETY.
A CHAT WHILE WORKING FOR
SWEET CHARITY.
Facts About Fashion-Hin;s About
Home-DOts of Decoration
Kinks OF the RitcheR.

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company the increasing size of the tour
nure. Bonncts and hats show bewilder-
ing perplexity of styles as the season adj
vances. The crowns are Senerally severely
bricandish. Some are like the peak of
Teneriffe. The millincy closely follows the
maker: iii fact, exceeds bis ambition, by
placing the trimmings higher than the
towering crowns. Manila straw is especi-
ally liked owing to its neyibiliiy, the brim
can be bent III any shape desired The
| bonnet. particularly the capote, is simply
the foundation or ground on which an
enormous number Of flowers, grasses,
SPRAYS and insects dwell. and rise some
| times to an excessive hight Some of the
! flowers are deliciousy true to nature, such
! as scarlet crumpled leaf peoples, peri
wrinkles, colOmbincs, white and purple
| lilac. and apple blossoms knotted together
with geranium leaves, softgray voolly edel
Weis, with Alpine grasses and little wild
roses. over and about the flowers hover
| the family of bees and hornets,
dragon flies with tinted gauzy wings,
! lady bugs, locusts, green Grape katyGids,
ana black beetles adorned with golden
! barred wings. All stiffness is abandoned
tor careless grace a scarf is used for the
crown of It hat with wild flowers and
grasses; or for bonnet some pieces of the
! exquisitely embroidered lace Of many
! coors a cluster of ex0tics or tropical birds
and flowers with gilt lace, or a bright bit OF
! velvet, or large'yelvet leaves, silk etamine
watered, velvet, or grenadine strings. Or
| one may cover the entire frame with flow
ers, such as the English violets, golden
primroses, or foliage of summer or autumn.
Mantelets decrease in size as the high
| shoulders increase III hight, and sleeves
are also less Some of these not altogether
graceful wraps are covered with lace, or are
made altogether of lace. Costly laces are
revived, including chantilly, with its arts
tically shaded roses, lilies. ferns, and trail
| ing vines and blossoms. June will produce
costumes for travel as we'll as those for the
gay summer season, OF the most charming
dcscription.-[Ne New York Tribune.
TRIMMED GLOVES.
The latest STYLES in dress gloves have
arms in applique gauzc embroidered upon
net, reaching to but not above the elbows,
and finished with a border of appliqucd
lace to match and bow of satin ribbon
| Others are finished with scant, double
ruflies Of embroidered lace, with bow Of
ribbon as finish, and still others are painted
in long, delicate lines, and sprays of very
small flowers upon the back, extending
upon the arm. The tan and coffee shades
are the most in vogue for these STYLES, the
darker showing two shadesin applique, the
| lighter the delicate painted blossoms, for
get me-nOts or the small white blossoms
| Of the hawthorne, without foliage. NGtUr-
| ally however, gloves Of this description are
only worn upon exceptional occasions, even
| I-r no at al 41tl
strongly marked styles, in two tones or
colors, must match the costume and
are therefore not useful, and only
rarely available. Besides, the major
| ityi of ladies prefer the long, wrink,ed
| Sarah BernharIt gloves in fine dressed or
undressed kid to ornamented ones, which
must fit the arm like another skin to dis
| play the decoration, and are therefore like
| ly to tear before they have received any
! wear. The idea is to favor the q trau5par-
ent " idea, which has recently obtained so
| great a vogue in fans, and nov in b0nnets,
! but the early summer open-WOrked silk
! mits do this in q more practical, though
! PERHAPS less elegant, fashion, one agreea-
bic fact may be noticed in reference to
gloves, and that is the universal accepta-
| ton OF the soft tan, eCru and neutral shades
and the absence Of striking coiOrs-Ted,
! green, blue, mauYe and white. This is not
| only great advantage so far as appearance
IS concerned; it also effects O. great saving.
| The introduction OF lhe summer silk and
| linen glove is quite Il boon to business WON
| en- and to those who wear black in sum
| mer for they are not expensive compared
with kid, and are more durable than fine
all-silk, which are often useless for wear.
FOE YOUNG Girls.
| Costumes for young iris are arranged with
simple draperies, following the present
! fashion, and trimmed with braid, these
styles being more becoming to slender,
often angular and undeveloped figures
than elaborate, abundant trimmings, and
as most braids are either laminated or
woven with gold and silver, they make
neat, quiet costume appropriate for many
! occasions. Embroidered and figured
WOODEN stuffs for dark days are made with
| jackets or overwraps, and gold-colored
! waistcOats are often added, the points only
being seen beneath. The jacket is fastened
| with gold buttons. or the latter is caught
together at the neck with one large button
or ornament, and then ornamental at each
! edge with large gold, silver or cOlored
| beads, sometimes, TOO, jersey top, closed
| behind, is worn underneath such q par
| dessus.
Polonaises and basques are worn both
| pretty models for girls of or 10 years, to
| be worn in the house, with pulled and
| plated pIastrous. They were made very
| long-waisted and with plated skirts, and
| had either q sash or belt starting from I'M
der the arms. or going quite round the
waist ana tied at the side or in front be-
| low the pIastron.
Charming walking dresses of delicate
colored silk, cashmere, mousseline-de-laine
and new soft kind of beige of two shades
of one color-dark and light-arc worn by
little girls of or years, with large
| trimmed white or cream capotcs. Two
colors are also allowed, if they harmonic
well.
Certain colors play prominent part in
the toilets OF children this season; blue
and red were great favorites short time
ago in fact, blue seemed to predominant
now all soft pale shades are aii0 Teu. Dut
mothers would do well to study the hair
and complexion Of their little darlings
when making their pnrchases-[The Sea
son for July.
Art AND DECORATION NOTES.
II a mixture of copper and hydrochloratc
Of ammonia is we'll mixed with yanadinate
of ammonia and carefully heated, beau
tiful and rich color is obtained, which will
anpear in the LIQUID in the form of fine