Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-14
Miscellaneous.


| Lace and fur are cOmoineu III hhon.
dressy reception toilets
Vests covered with gold embroidery are
| used with cloth dresses.
New Jackets are made with walstcoats,
with embroidered pocket flaps
/ Long oyerskirts are in favor to wear
| with underskirts of brighter hues.
/ The round baby waist is liked for very
Young ladies' and will be much worn by
little girls next summer.
The very newest sleeves are pointed at
the top and extend up the shoulder to
within two inches of the collar.
Silk stockings with the foot of escurial
lace are worn over very fine merino socks,
reaching only to the ankle.
Bird of paradise plumes are cut into
short lengths and used to make tufts to be
set in the centre of lace rosettes.
Satines are striped and have arabesques
on delicate grounds. These two styles
| will be used for combination dresses
Lawns have rosebuds. sprays of delicate
| flowers, and geometrical figures. Some
with white ground have bright blue de-
signs.
/ Bows of velvet ribbon are used to trim
| old ladies' caps, and look very handsome
| and elegant among their soft Mooresgue
laces.
Bonnets with openwork fronts OF jet,
intended to lie fiat on the hair, are worn
in London, but are not likely to become
fashionable here.
A bonnet of red velvet has full crown.
The broad brim is covered by large jet
beads, which are strung in cross-bars. A
small black aigrette forms the trimming.
Brocade silk trimmed with gold cord is
made into breakfast caps in England with
out the addition OF any lace. but only the
prettiest faces look we'll with this sort of
headdress.
An evening dress is made of scarlet silk.
covered with jet-embrodered net. The
sleeves are formed of three festoons of
black beads.
Geneva point. a lace somewhat resem-
bling Irish crochet, will be used much for
| decorating dresses and for neck ornamen-
tation. 1t is very costly, as even the imi-
tation is sold at four or five dollars yard.
/ Spangles and gold thread feather stitch
! ing unite the scraps of crazy patchwork
| bags, and gold fringe or tassels trim
them, but they must be closed with rib
! bons for draw string.
Tan and brown are the leading colors
for gloves for spring wear. Suede gloves
In mousquetaire style, are in great de-
mand while in dressed kid button gloves
are worn. The hooked gloves are obso-
ete.
The old-time Louis XII ruffle around
the waist, has been revived in Paris. 1t
is "A piece of silk folded double and close
| ly plated, sewed to a pointed bodice. 1t
falls open in two points, front and back.
and is very short over the hips.
! Some of the prettiest dress skirts are
trimmed with folds of velvet OF two col
ors. A very wide folds set at the bottom
of the skirt, and the other appears above
it at the top, seeming to be set beneath it
and sewed down by it. The cuffs and
collar repeat the effect.
Small gay covers for tables. or the little
square footstools can be made of an I'M
! bleached Turkish towel trimmed with mar
row rows of bright ribbons or black velvet
embroidered with bugs or butterflies,
evenly bound, and tackled along the edges
with brassheaded nails.
| Short basques for evening wear are
| sometimes made up with very deep bord
ers of velvet, which have a becoming
effect. and have three-cornered lapel of
velvet extending from the throat to the
waist. Bands of embroidery head the
velvet borders and extend down the centre
OF the waist. which has no buttons, and
is fastened by hooks under the lapel.
An elegant reception toilet in heavy
materials lis of thick ivory white satin,
with front of frise embroidery, artem
las in shaded pink with green leaves
then come three wide kilt plaits, reaching
to the train at the back. The square neck
is edged by large pearl beads and filed
in with duchesse lace. Small crochet
buttons fasten the dress.
White nuns yelling dresses for evening
wear are trimmed with silver braid Ii
the braid is narrow, there are twelve or
more rows on the skirt,-six about the
throat, and the same about the waist
Some OF the dresses are tucked, and each
tuck is headed by braid an inch wide.
The overdress, open at the left side, has
rows of braid on the under side which is
turned back so that the trimming is dis
played to advantage.
An evening dress of pink satin has the
skirt covered with two deep flounces of
duchesse lace. The overdress of satin is
pointed in front, draped very full at the
back and fastened high on the left side
with mass OF pink roses with leaves of
gold filagree. and has reuers of lace
from the hip to the point in front. The
bodice is pointed, and is very short over
the hips. 1t is high in the back, and has
V shaped opening in front, filled in with
tulle. Full sleeves OF the lace reach part
way down the fore arm. A bouquet of
pink roses is worn on the left shoulder.
Society girls carry little fiat pockets at
one side, fastened to the belt by a fine
gold chain or loops of narrow ribbon.
Into this pocket they slip their dancing
cards with tiny pencil attached. Most OF
these sachets are made of silk or satin,
delicately hand-painted. and scented with
faint odor of mignonette extract or
! other CHOICE perfume. One Young
lady wearu. a toilet of dove-grav satin,
} imported, added effect to her attractive
appearance by sachet of dark ruby vel
vet, upon which she fastened a lovely
cluster of real Jacqueminot roses.
The latest novelties in lersevs present
some patterns that are noteworthy. These
. are the fantail. the Fedora front, the even