The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-24
FASHION AS IT FLIES.
Some or the Latest Spring Fashions for
the Fair 0nes.
Misses Wash.Drosses Dress Trimmings
Inexpensive Honnets.

fgures, bars, or stripes. As these dresses are
to endure hard usage and 10 be frequently
washed, it Is poor economy to buy anything
but the best qualities for them. The yoke
waist. belted, aud worn with plain round
skirt tucked above the hem, is f,vorite dc.
sign for such dresses, and one easily laun-
dried. The yoke may be tucked, or else
striped with insertion the belt may also be
OF insertion, and sash bow attached ct the
back is made OF tho material, tucked across
the ends and edged with scalloped embrold-
cry. Other print dresses OF white or ecru
ground striped with blue or red, or else with
tapestry like figures printed upon them, are
made with pleated or shirred waists that are
belted only on the sides. Girls OF twelyeto
fourteen years wear their dresses buttoned
bshind, while those of fifteen or sixteen may
fasten theirs in front. though many young
ladies Of seventeen or eighteen have 60 ne OF
their prettiest dresses OF white yelling or of
cashmere fastened behind. For afternoon
and evening dresses misses wear white null
dresses with shirring around the neck and
above and below tho belt With this is a
house.maid skirt tucked almost to the shIr-
ring, or else made palmer with perhaps two
or three rufiles at the foot edged with Valen-
cieDnes lace. A cash of striped or of watered
ribbon completes this dress Sprigged mus.
Inns and dotted Swiss muslins are made in
the same way, but are trimmed with en-
bJoideIed ruffles.
The jauntiest jackets Of red blue, or
golden brown oerge are made for young girls
to wear on cool days. The bright poppy red
serge Is made into double.breasted Jacket
hat ms W n NJ oh in, frrn
Is much shorter behind than in front, and
has no plests in the back. The stitching, in
rowe ere trimming enough for this gay
jacket. which will be exceedingly pretty
with all light summer dresses. The blue serge
jackets RE similarly made, and trim med
with wide white Hercules braid, while the
light brown sacques have either gilt or eoru
mohair braid IN many narrow rows.
Pretty white muslin and linen lawn dresses
for misses are made with fitted basque that
is worn with 8 belt OF velvet ribbon that has
bow on the side. The skirt has two gath
cred 1ounces tucked and edged with seal
loped embroidery. White nuns yelling re-.
mains in favor for nice dresses, and is made
with plain cuirass waist buttore1 or lacsd
behind, fitting as smoothly as q jersey, aud
worn with a skirt laid in pleats, on which
are many rows Of morrow white satin ribbon.
a wide fash may complete s1ch dress for
stout girl, but for slender figure there
should be On apron over-skirt that is merely
Greek apron In front, with sash loops and
ends behind.
BUGLEs. BRAIDs AND BEADS.
Jet bugles ord coleied bseds are worn as
much IL not more than ever for trimmings
and ornaments for hats and bonnets. Firm
ges, lace. braid. feathers and ribbons are
more or less threaded or embroidered with
them. There are few, If any trimmings
more effective and becoming than Jet.
Braiding in all widths are 10 be bought
ready TO be laid on, but they really are more
like braid lace, being made of fine mohair
braid, third of an inch wide, unitsd by bars
and wheels, worked in pure silk. These are
to be had in white, black and colors. Indus
trlous fingers can eesily produce these at
home for quarter less than that for which
they are purchased. For todices beautiful
material is in woven beads the foundation
either gIenadine or firm silk. 1t can be cat
in any ehspe without fear OF the beads drop
pirg.
The newest buttons for dresses are OF per.
forate metal of the coin shape, with antique
and medieval designs; gold and silver is
often mixed in classic figures warriors heads,
and other devices, but bullet buttons, made
of composition to resemble onyx in all col.
oIs are used for cotton and wool dresses;
also perforated steel coin buttons and metals.
INEXPENSIVE BoNNETs.
Very cheap straw DonneIs are not always
straw costing only ten cents has been known
to do good service on European tour, and
TO look very pretty with its ribbons OF dark
REQ end blue velvet. A dark straw bonnet
that does not crack when rather roughly used
in the purchasers hands will doubtless wear
we'll. and O cream white rice straw, which is
qply slightly rough surfaced, kept its color
through three summers. and was worn
through one winter besides by having the
crown covered smoothly with bit of figured
velvet. the front and strings being already OF
velvet. For tkis reason OF doing long service,
velvet is one OF the most economical trim.
mirgs ano for other reasons too, as it far
mis- hes well its thick, heavy pile requires
only a small quantity; and because, AZ the
end Of winter, velvet ribbons lined with
satin can be bsUght for eight to fifteen ceats
yard IN nice qualities and choice color.
These ribbons, from one to two inches wide,
are chosen in white velvet, poppy red or
bright yellow TO form o "donkey's ear" bow
that is now pointed in q cluster on the front
OF the bonnet slightly to the LETT. II is also
used with fewer loops snd many notchet
ends for apparently Tying bouquet OF flow.
ers directly on top OF the bonnet. Strings
are also formed OF these inexpensive ribbons.
They begin each side of the center of the
crnwn and are folded narrowly, pass down to
the point on each side, and one string Is left
as short notched end, while the other has
| small bow OF velvet set upon 1t and an end.
ms Is cooler 70 wear ana mucn easier 10
make than the leaf bows cut from bias vel
vet.
For dress bonnets ladies' nov use odd bits
| OF material SO well combined that they say
| they can wear the the bonnet at any season
| OF the year, and appropriately too. Some
| cashmere lace Of many colors. or else some
ecru Egyptian lace, that is. embroidery on
net, some velvet, either cream white. poppy
red, or pale blue, perhaps little gilt lace,
and a coed bouquet Of flowers, with an aig.
rette or some short tips OF ostrich feathers,
make mp a bonnet capable of being often
varied by merely changing the lace or the
| velvet strings at the throat. For round hat
n scari OF which there are many at small ex'
peDse, may be passed around the crown care