Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
THE FASHIONS.
a'nts Regarding the Latest Styles In Dress
at Home and Abroad.


sints Regarding the Latest Styles In Dress
at Home and Abroad. ,
Some of the new cashmere gloves
1ave the long wrists embroidered in
'haln stitch on the closed tops with silk
ot a pale shade.
fancy bonnets are made of tinsel and
novelty fabrics of various kinds over
frames OF wires and lace net.
New silk jerseys are beautifully
beaded with jet in various designs, and
sometlmes in patterns covering the
whole garment.
Inc most stylish handkerchiefs are
plain white, with narrow hens and
;ucks, or borders composed Of squares
formed of alternating thick and trans
parent blocks.
Among other delicate and novel bon
net trimmings are limitations of birds
wings andtails of crepe lisse embroidered
IN white silk applique on velvet, and
also IN delicate gilt thread on black
lace.
Dresses made entirely of lace are a
dainty novelty worn by those who can
afford such expensive luxuries. Made
over a black silk, they are worn for
dress occasions in the daytime, and over
silks OF delicate colors for evening.
Nothing can be more elegant. Black
marqulse lace, a very beautiful silk lace,
with exquisite flowers and vines on q
fine net ground, is used for this pur-
pose, as we'll as the French and Chan
Itilly laces.
Jersey waists of solid color are worn
with . gay striped or plated skirt and
sash. by little girls.
Inc black armure grenadines are used
as the principal part of q costume, with
a Brebn vest and plain lower skirt that
has thee cross stripes of pale blue with
golden brown Or olive, with black ar
mure stripes as well, or else the gayest
scarletstripes are alternated with dull
green ind gold, with black stripes at
intervals.
The French poplln, or, as it is also
called, fsille franchise, resembles gros
grain oflight weight and fine reps, and
is almost as light as the silk surahs
which it promises to rival for summer
dresses.
Checked materials are combined with
plain onts in a very effective manner.
A stylish polonaise is open from the
shoulders to the waist line, slantwise,
over a plain plastron. At the waist it
is fastened with a metal clasp or plain
bow of velvet. Then it opens again
over the skirt, falling into a shawl
point on each side. At the back it
forms a draped puff, also finished into a
shawl point.
The new pinafore front, a revival of
the Jewess tunic, is a style likely to
find favor with economical women,
both as a means OF freshening an old
dress and making the same dress do
duty as two distinct toilettes. 1t is, as
its name indicates, al apron, fitted to
the figure and covering the whole front
OF the dress from the shoulders down;
its effect is greatly improved by cutting
Sits in either side a little below the
waist-line ear the hips, and draping a
plain sash through them, letting itform
a festoon in front and full ends behind.
For very light dresses for summer
evenings the nuns veilings have the
bayadere stripes of white or silver OF
gilt, to be made up with plain white
yelling.
The Algerienne stripes Of many gay
cdors across the fabric from selvage tc
sewage are very effective in grenadines
or nuns veilings for combination with
plain goods.
For children's dresses, especially for
kilt skirts and sash drapery, there are
wool stutfs, heavier than yelling yet not
SO heavy as camel's hair, with the
%brightesy cross stripes of blue with gold,
red and blue, or brown with yellow and
red.
Ecru canvass or etamine. in small
meshes, makes quiet and tasteful
dresses, with wool lace Of the same
shade and some ribbon bows for gar.
niture. A silk false skirt and waist lin
ing are necessary for such a dress.
Havana brown is a favorite color for
the spring.
White with brown velvet is a new
combination.
Embroideries are works of art, car.
| ried out in chenille, beads ana gold
thread and shaded like a painting.
White and black is a fashionable
combination for evening.
Trains apparently distinct from the
front breadth are worn, the front breadth
being either of brocade or a beaded OF
embossed fabric, the back of some
heavy stuff like velvet or satin.
Colored silk Innings are placed in
brocade wraps, and as they are visible
in the wide sleeves add a pretty and
becoming touch Of bright color.
A very lovely mantle is of nos green
brocade showing an ottoman satin
ground, with raised velvet flowers in
the same shade. A wide band of ostrich
feather trimming outlines the edge,
and the lining is of bright red silk.
Wide bands for covering the skirts O.
cloth suits, made of wide and narrow
braid crocheted in elaborate patterns
with heavy silk cord, are seen in sets
comprising SKIRT and waist trimmings.
Boston Budget.
A Mock Poiar-Bear Hunt.