Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-23
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blned for girls wear.
ETAMINE with wide meshes is COM
blned with wooden lace.
CoTToN Grape cloth is almost as eff
fective as the millinery Grape.
WHITE and ecru cotton grenadines
are among the summer novelties.
CHALL1, etamine, foulard and India
silk are used for girls nice dresses.
WHITE dresses for home wear are in
general use for persons in mourning.
CAMEL hair cloth, in light coIors,
is combined with bright tinted surah.
EGYPTIAN and Oriental lace are used
for hounces over colored and white
dresses.
MATINEEs Of lace, lined with colored
silk, are worn with dark silk skirts
with demi- train.
MATERIALS for tennis costumes, with
figures of the accessories OF the game,
have ribbons to correspond.
EMBROIDERED Grape, gauze and mus
lin are shown in most elaborate de-
signs and beautiful coloring.
SLIPPERS for evening war are Of
suede leather, ard are deliberately en-
broidered with beads and silk.
LARGE buttons are used to trim
dress panels. The rosary beads, now
somewhat passe, are utilized as but
tons.
BRoCADED sateens, in light colors
and white, have delicate vine, bud and
fern designs in the same color as the
ground.
COARSE meshed nets have large or
small polka dots. They are to be
found in all the fashionable colors.
They are made up over silk.
Thin black tissues richly embroid-
cred with Jet and lined with some
color, as lilac, mauve, gray or red,
are among the latest Partisan novel
ties for NANTES.
A NEW material, laine vitreaux, has
small checks with lace canvas lattice
work. 1t is in colors, and is worn
over silk corresponding to the darkest
shade of the checks.
A BONNET of pale fawn-colored Grape
has coronet brim of dark brown vel
vet. The trimming consists of bows
of gauze ribbon and tinted carnations.
The strings are of gauze ribbon.
MORNING dresses of yelling, CASH
mere, albatross or surah of delicate
colors are trimmed with lace or rib
bon, according to fancy. On some Of
these dresses accumulation ofribbons
Is used.
AMONG the dainty things one sees in
fine lingerie are French fuckers made
of the sheerest linen, with tucks laid
in bciar stitching or hemstitching,
now bands of finest French needle
work.
A BONNET of white straw has the
brim covered with white lace, embroi-
dered with gold. A full cluster of
black velvet loops placed directly in
front has sprays of purple lilac and
pansy blossoms arranged among them.
The strings are of velvet ribbon.
AN evening dress Of white tulle has
the underskirt tucked, the full drapery
being raised high on the left side. The
skirt is edged with white Chinese prim-
ulas and leaves. The bodice is of white
watered silk with narrow satin stripes
and trimmed with primulas. These
flowers also border the drapery where
it is caught up on the side.
A WEDDING dress for June bride is
of cream white faille Franchise. The
front of the skirt is covered with cream
lace, over which is a drapery of crepe
de chine caught up by q cluster of
lilies of the valley. The pointed bod
ice opens over a lace plastron with
very high collar. The veil is of cream
white tulle long enough to cover the en-
tire train.
THE coolest and most appropriate
hand covering to wear en- suite with
elegant black lace dresses are long
black lace mitts, which reach con-
siderably above the elbow. The palms
and portion of the backs are in
Melted silk on some of these mitts; the
remainder is of lace. On others the
entire mitt is of lace, in thread, imita-
ton thread, Chantilly, Spanish and
other patterns.
For seaside wear, g. combination of
foulard and satin surah will form ct
fective costumes, the skirt made up of
mixture of the two materials, and
the tunic and bodice of the striped or
dotted foulard. Parasol ana princess
bonnet are en- suite, and at the left
side the tunic Is caught up with rib
bons whose colOrs repeat all the shades
of the toilet. These neat and lady
like costumes afford an actual relief
to the eye, because they are sensibly
made up without vestige of the
leagues of lace which are festooned all
over summer toilets of nearly every
description.
TUE milkmaid tunic is becoming as
popular as the full housemaid skirt
proved last summer. This natty over
skirt, also called the laveuse-tunic, is
pretty for dresses of two fabrics. one
striped, the other plain. The over
skirt is turned back with deep revers,
and Grapes high on the left side, the
narrow portion of the revers reaching
to the belt. This is covered with the
stripe, while the remainder is Of the
unpatterned goods. If yoked bodices
are chosen, the stripe forms the yoke,
and the gathered portion. is of tie
plain material. If plain, round waist
is preferred, there are belt and sash
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