The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-30
SUMMER STYLES.

DUM MEN
Light ecru- tinted gloves may be worn with
white costumes
Gauze ribbon, now so fashionable is the 'love
ribbon" of our grandmothers.
White satin is still the first choice for bridal
dresses, with lace and pearl embroidery for
| trimming.
Rhine stone silver and tortoise she'll pins are
| worn in the hair. Flowers and feathers are
worn with full dress.
| Double pleatings of lace held closely in posi-
ton by a string of silver beads, finish the neck
| OF some commencement toilets
| In Paris, handkerchief bonnets are again
worn. The silk handkerchief is mounted in
| irregular folds on capote frame
Children's parasols are of check or changeable
| silk, with handles to match. Lace covered para
| soils are still used for baby carriages.
Wells are secured by pins beneath the bonnet
| before the latter is put on. They are no longer
knotted at the back, and the hair is left perfectly
| exposed.
! Trimmings of velvet, brocade and other hand
| some materials are again carried down the cen
| ter OF the backs on elegant imported French
costumes.
| Reseda, the new color called drab white, grey,
| and sage green are the fashionable colors this
season for the mother of the bride to wear at her
| daughters wedding.
| Watered silks are once more in high favor,
| and long loops and ends Of wide MORE ribbon
are often attached to postllions to form an ad-
| ditional drapery over waterfall backs.
| Harper's Bazaar says The bride alone wears
white gloves, while the groom wears none, or
| else carries them down the aisle in his hand
| with his hat. which his best man has held dur
| Ing the ceremony. The bride also wears white
stockings and slippers, and everything white ex-
| cept the something blue" that she must wear
| for luck.
| The sCadogan' style of hair dressing has not
| been generally adopted. The hair is dressed
high on the top of the head. great deal of addi
tional hair being worn. The low plated coil is
| retained by those who have shapely heads. Peo-
| pie who have short hair, not long enough to COIL
roll it under and have chignon of false hair
| fastened over it.
| The lace bag can be carried with any white
| costume TO make one, cut q foundation of
coarse net ard apply frils of lace, one above
the other, until the the top is reached; then run
ribbon through the casing, which is usually of
white silk or ribbon, and have full frill of lace
above it. Silk or satin can be used as founda.
| ton of this bag instead of net
Very pretty striped or checked overall aprons
| for little girls are made of gingham or seer
| sucker, plated their entire length and finished
| with plain collar, belt and little on trimmed
cuffs. White striped nainsook may be made up
in the same way, or Turkey red, old blue
| twill embroidery being used for the trimming,
| and an embroidered poke, deep and round, or
square, in addition to the collar, the plaits being
| attached to its edge.
Little girls dresses are now called "frocks,r as
| they were many years ago, and the skirt is
gathered to straight waist or Gretchen bodice
| Many such frocks are made so that they look as
| if composed entirely of needlework. The full
| single skirt consists of deep founce, the full
part of the straight, low bodice alone of plain
| cambria, Bingham, linen, Or whatever it may
be, the bands and ruffies or edgng being of open
white embroidery upon the color of the material
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! for any woman who does not make the best of
| her chances. All colors are worn, shades
| to suit every complexion There are perpendic-
| ular stripes for short women, and horizontal
stripes for the tall; full fronts for the slender
and close-ftting basques, short in the hips,
pointed in front, and with coat backs for the
| stout Small designs, which are far more be-
| coming than large figures predominant in all
| the new dress goods, and the firmly established
| fashion of combination costumes renders it
easy to alter any old suit and entirely change its
effect.
Childrens' and infants caps in lawn null and
| embroidery, are shown in very pretty designs
The null caps are shirred and are trimmed with
| box pleating of null edged with narrow lace
| and trimmed with half rosette on top Some
| have only single row of narrow lace around the
| face. The strings are broad, and deep canes
| have been revived. Some are made of Irish
point and OF Hamburg embroidery, and are so
| simply made that they can be done up as well as
| the shirred caps. Normandy caps and the fish
| wife pokes are worn by older children. the soft
lace which. fills in the pointed brim being easily
| renovated.
! A woman cannot go amiss in trimming any
! thing, except indeed, calico, with velvet Dainty
| costumes of scrm in cream or pale pink.
| blue or green trimmed with rows of velvet rib
| bon, with Swiss belt of velvet to match over a
| full, round waist Velvet panels and vests with
collars and cuffs to match are almost the regula-
| ton trimming for pongees. Another and newer
| arrangement covers the front and sides of the
| skirt with embroidered bounces of red material
| or of the new fshnet or Egyptian laces, headed
by broad folds of velvet, either single or in clus-
| tiers OF three the velvet above narrow box
| pleating being the trimming at the foot of the
| skirt.
| The fashionable button, or rather that in GEN.
| eral use, is small and either round or fiat in
crochet, velvet, braid, vegetable ivory pearl or
gilt They are set close, almost touching down
the front of the bodice and in some cases form
close rows down the front of the skirt as we'll
being set between rows of braid. It is also
extremely stylish to have no buttons visible on
handsome dresses, concealing their fastenings
under lapes or full fronts or ribbon bows or
precious metals or semi precious stoues-chased
silver and gold and Rhine stones, amber anne.
thysts, pink crystals. garnets, etc, set in gold
or silver.
Why Women are Always Tired.
jenny June.
IG is the common thing nowadays to talk of all
men and women who work as being overworked
and always tired, and always needing .'rest. .
Why don't they take itl Because people do not
even want rest unless it costs a good deal of