Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-09
MIDSUMMER MODES.
FASHIONS FOR THE LADIES.

Nov rhes Losk ncw,:chsss IN Lew-P'seee
Fabrics Dresses Ser sii~pssss aedes--
fsas, Sasstapes. ssa the Lac.
"Even the dry. goods merchants ac-
knowledge that the laudable design to
look we'll az all times can be grauticd
to the fullest extent this summer, no
matter how slender the purse" so says
the Philadelphia Ners.
Printed lawns that look like linen'
because, though sheer, the fabric IS nos
very fine, while the threads are round
and strong. are selling in many houses
ct three cents per yard. Prlnts are
correspondingly low priced, while or
CANDIES and mulls can be bought at
figures from ten to thirty cents, aud
sstccns at eight 10 twelve cents per
yard. Any Of these midsumm-r stuiiS
made up in the isyoriie housemaid's
ftockr now make a love Of a gown
for any woman, but especially
one who, with household motions,
light and free, lives within the
charmed circle Of home. and wears on
her lips the golden calm Of summer
charity. ALFRED in any Of the many
gsuzy wash-goods fabrics that are now
so plentiful, or in cool, fresh prints, the
languors Of the melting months OF
July and August and the tortures of
the heated term lose half their force
and power. No lace or embroidery
should be put on these fabrics when
the frock is intended for domestic in
door wear. They look better the
palmer they are made, but there should
be no appearance Of scarcity Of ma
terial. Let the skirts, though plain,
be full; the sleeves loose enough to
roll up under the elbow, but long
enough to cover the wrist when down;
the neck high, and finished with high
turnover collar Of the same material.
The Mother Hubbard loose gown is an
excellent pattern fer such dresses.
Muslin and lace go to make up hot
weather hats. large poke bonnets for
shade head-dresses are more frequent
in the rough satin and the rough-and-
ready brsids than in the more delicate
that, as we'll as these, enter into the
shade hats. They are in white, black,
and all the solid and the mixed colors
of the spring and summer straw manu-
features, and are quite SIS popular for
the country and the seaside as the hats.
They are similarly trimmed; velvet is
generally used for facing those in black
and the darker and mixed colors, and
shirred null or lace faces those in white
and the pale colors. There is not much
that is new to be told OF either dress
hats or dress bonnets at this period of
the season. The ultra shapes in both
seem to have seen their day, and the
more conservative shapes prevail. The
close hats with the tapering crown and
slightly projecting turn-up brim are
varied by shapes with the same crown
or q similar crown, and the pointed
poke, indented brim, curling back in
front.
Hats for shade command all atten-
tention. Some of them have wide, fiat
brims in front, rounding off and get
ting narrower toward the back, where
the brim hardly exists at all. Others
have the fat brim equally wide all the
way around, but turned up against the
crown at the back; others again have
the brim set obliquely or turned up on
one side only. The fiat brims are gen.
orally combined with high crowns. One
style has the brim bent down at the
side, gypsy fashion. Looking at a wo-
man front face when she has one OF
these hats on hardly any hair is visible,
even if she does not adopt the new
mode Of no fringe.
FOR SEASIDE AND GARDEN PARTIES.
A striking costume for the beach il
q white canvas dress, worn over a
poppy-red skirt, the bodice made with
Q red waistooat and sailor collar, the
white sailor hat, wreathed with peoples,
and the sunshads matching the flowers.
Gainsborough hats of immense size,
trimmed with large bouquets OF any,
thing wild flowers for choice, and tied
with q ribbon Of any loud color, are
all the rage in Paris for the country or
seaside. The mere dishevelled the
effect the better the hat is liked.
Very pretty dresses are prepared for
garden parties and out-0f-door fetes.
One Of the most tasteful models Of the
kind is dress for a young lady. 1t is
Of white voile-de-misaine. The round
skirt is put on very full and trimmed
with two wide lspels Of embroidered
etamine. The tunic forms tsblier
and is draped so as to form large
square lapel, also trimmed with eta
mine; bodice of etamine, the fronts
open over small plsstron of etamine,
and come down below the waist in
deep peak. The back is made tailor
fashion, without any trimming. The
sleeve, short to the elbow, is trimmed
with small facing of etamine.
Silk hose, in pale creams, blues,
pinks, and in black are to be worn
with slippers and low-cut shoes this
season.
The Oxford shoes are extremely ar
tistic. Many Of them are beaded with
steel and gilt beads worked on the
leather. Instead Of ordinary lscers
they are laced up with ribbons with
tags at the ends.
Yellow snd white and sea-green and
white are favorite combinations of color
in Persian dresses sent over for elegant
wear at summer resorts. In one in
stance is shown toilet with skirt Of
rich white lace with panels Of white
MORE worn under trained princess
dress of pale chartreuse green bro
caded satin which opens in front
from the edge Of the bodice downward
to display the elegant lace-founced
petticoat. The edges Of the satin front
are turned back with Spanish blonde,
and 1t the point where the bodice
ceases on either side is arranged most
graceful spray Of yellow aud white
honeysackls blossoms and pale green
leaves. The bodice is made high al
the back, with hediei collar, the sides
Of which turn back in front and fare
considerably.
COMBINATION CogTuMrs.