Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-18

blshiug, it csn be used in combination
with other goods.
For morning dresses ut home or fol
the street the wide diagonal series are in
great favor Ia dark blue, plumb, green
duh red, or brown shades. with their only
ornament a braided collar, plaStron and
sleeves, or else velvet used in the same
way. The soft and tine French cashmercs
never 20 entirely ont of fashion, cSpcCi.
ci0lly Tor afternoon dresses at home. Very
light colors are preferred for such dresses
pale blue, almond hciliotrOpe, or tea.
rose >hades-and these may bc made In
the same simple fashions Just mentioned,
or they may Ice made moro elaborate by
gathered fronts of wool lace of the same
color or white. There are light vclycts
with white grounds, striped, or with
small figures OF dark colors, that are ia
be used Tor plaSirons and panels when
more outlay OF money is allowed,
ABOUT SKIRTS.
The home dress-nakcr is advised that
there is no change in the shape or width
oJ foundation skirts. They remain about
two yards and a quarter wide, with gored
front and sides and straight back. Two
or three castings tor steals are made of
wide tapes stitched across the straight
hack-breadths and extending few inches
forward on the side cores. Tape strings
To tie or rubber bands that faSten by
hooks and eyes are placed at each end of
these castings 10 adjust them properly TO
the wcarcr. The small cushion hustle is
still used at the top of the skirt. For
this lower skirt low-priced silk or else
alpaca should De used. The cotton silr-
>ia, drag ont of shape when used as Il
support To heavy wool dresses, or under
silk or velvet When the false skirt is
faced or bound at the lower edge, it i
ready Tor the outside or lower skirt, which
as wei a. the upper drapcries, should be
put on before the skirt is finished at the
top with belt, or the piping-cord which
Is used Tor stout figures in preference TO
a belt. If the design is to suggest a vel
vet lower skirt, the most economical way
of using velvet is TO get only half a yard,
cut this in two lengths, line with black
crinolinc lOwg, turn under the lowest end
in hem two inches deep and sew this
over the lowest part of the side cores next
the seams that join them with the front
gore Then drapc the wool goods to form
deep apron covering the front breadth
TO the foot, slashed up the sides to show
the velvet panels Just inserted, and fall
ING down beside these nonel. to fhr bgct
of the back of the lower breadthS. \
hem two ipchc, wide stitched Inv machine
in one or two rows finishes his over.
skirt, which Is carried up in plaits high
on each hip, and falls in straight brcadths
behind.
In SKIRTS of ladies' cloth the bach
breadtls may form two boN-plaits, but
dresses now have TWO .trnioh, barG,no
back brcadths widely >hirrrd NJ mo ION
When striped velvet il used for ponrl.
the material may be cut across from sci.
wedge Ia >rlyrdS,. orJ tbs tun irscrt,,
panels VIII then represent cross strinrs
when more velvet i tn M. shown I'm III.
skirt, a good plan is to arrange n yidr
box.rloif from Lalt "a f,,t In IT,, ,,.,.
four breadth. only tbree.ei,bt. NJ ,,,,I
deep around Inc foot of tho ,,,nsinds,. of
the skirt Thrsa I,road,b. arD aI ~,
lined with thin black lawn. ana the vcl,at
faced up an inch upon them at the foot
In some instances five nf thrs, Short
breadth, are needed ond tboSo q, ,bo
back are gathered ike eonpcr
They are 6n.tpd I'm tb.ir rIace. NJ
the foot of tins skirt. and gathered sram
at thelrtop is covered with silk tapc.
or else the edge of the top is turned over
before gathering. The long wool dar.
cry for such skirt forms Two deem
curves, like the half OF a fan, on each side
of the velvet trout, and there arc two ful
Shirrcd breadths OF the wool goods hang
ing straight behind In "a former papcr
were descriptions of the velvet Side
breadth that extends up the left TO the
belt. With thisarc Slightly mll brcadths
around the lower BART of no skirt and ="