The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-08-26

froek OF fancy of fine material Silk frocks,
which are mostly worn sby little girls. are
trimmend with band of terry velvet with a
pattern worked in steel buttons above. and
broad folded sash kn0tted in number of long
loops behind, ,as ehildren's dresses are worn
shorter than ever. and the fulness drawn to
the back so that they give Somewhat the eff
feet of slight tournure.
AUTUMN MILLINERY
Felt, velvet, and tinsel embrOaderies are
the leading features OF the earliest autumn
millinery, while the novelty that is seen in
all kinds of materials for the miilIner's use is
the combination of wool with silk goods.
This last followed naturally on the success
of uniting cotton and wool with better
goods, as in the canvas fabrics worn during
the summer, and is the legitimate result of
wool in summer laces. Illustrations of this
are shown in ribbons with stripe of wool, a
stripe of plush, and satin or faille stripe:
or else open wool stripes like the angora
laces in colors have a gilt thread wrought
through them, and are between velvet
stripes in bonnet ribbons, while "piece
goods for making the bonnet have wool
foundation-like cloth, or they are in lace
patterns with embroidery in tinsel threads
all over the surface. Wool braids a fourth
OF an inch wide are plated in basket pat
terms with many guilt threads forming cross
bars, and this fabric is to be used for the
crown or the brim of the bonnet " cOmbi-
nation with cloth or velvet, or. if desired.
the whole bonnet will be made of il. The
boucle effects noted for dress goods are also
to be seen in the wool stuffs used for making
bonnets, and in the stripes and bars of the
ribbons for their trimming.
FANCIEs.
Canvas draperies are much employed for
silk dresses.
Bonnets of white crepe and gold are fin
ished with exquisite sprays of white and
green lilies of the valley.
Dolmans of dust-colored cloth, Just Dor
dered with gold braid or gold and colored
wOrstead braid, are light and useful.
Small diamond buckles or slides not larger
than an old-fashioned scent piece are worn
on full dress slippers of black satin or kid.
Very fine silk tulle viels are now to be pro-
cured in every color. Instead of the thick
dots they are ornamented with small woven
in rings
An elegant plastron to wear with the bod
ice of almost any dress is in black lace en-
broidered thickly over with black jet. 1t is
fastened at the back.
UNloleveteen is a new fabric 1t is of cotton,
closely woven. 1t has velvety surface and
is said to wash well. 1t is made in cOlors
and black and white checks.
Among the trinkets to be given man. and
one he will welcome and not toss aside, is a
pair of sleeve links of pure gold in the de-
sign of fragment of whipcord. One button
represents the sailor knot, the other fastens a
straight bit of the gold cord.
A pretty model for a Scotch bingham dress
for morning walks or for a short Journey in
the CARS is of black and white large cross-bars
for the kilt pleated skirt and its sash-like
drapery, while the basque is of a plain
ground of mixed black and white, with a
gathered vest OF the plaid set in the front.
Dresses of wooden lace material are in gen.
eral favor and not much worn. The gath
cred skirt consists of one piece the seam be-
hind being concealed in the double pleats.
This shirt is worn over a colored or black
silk slip, and just allows the pelisse round the
bottom to be visible A sash with long ends
and broad bows replaces other back drapery.
A lace blouse is gathered over the silk
bodice, or it can be trimmed la fichu with
lace and have lace sleeves. This style is
another proof that the most useful style pre-
walls with fashion.
Polonaises are to be revived, as they have
been long out of use, and all the changes
been rung by basques and coats. The soft
camel's hair serges and diagonals will be
used for long and stately redingOtes, to be
worn over shaggy cloth skirts. One of the
new wool stuffs has diagonal lines woven in
double rows that are so wide and so promi-
nent that they resemble soutache braid ap-
piled in bias rows; this is the result of the
furore for braid trimmings that has pre-
vailed for two or three seasons, bnt which it
is predicted will soon be over; these heavy
diagonal cloths are to be used for redingotes,
basques and jackets, with borders and large
buttons of fur as trimmings.