St. Landry democrat., 1886-08-07
SUMMER MANTILLAS.
Description of an Almost Endless Variety
of Light Wraps.
AmOnp the DrettieS novelties of the


of Light Wraps.
Among the prettiest novelties of the
present season are the numerous ele-
CANT summer mantles that are now
offered at such marvellous low prices.
Those in black grenadine or lace sparkle
with beads, and fashion allows the in
trodu ction of colored beads, the style OF
which reminds one of Oriental models.
Heavy twist of beads fall over front and
back and the beads are of all kinds,
black or colored, large and small.
One charming mantle has the back
and side pieces of capucine-colored
fancy velvet; the sleeve, in the shape of
a pigeons wings rounded over the
shoulder, is composed of a network of
beads of various dimensions, finished by
a heavy fringe of the same. A hand
some iabot of black lace with bead PEN
dant trims the fronts from the neck to
the edge of the mantle, which does not
come down much below the waist.
A short mantle of black grenadine
has wing-shaped sleeves of ChantillY
lace and trimmed with Byzantine en-
broidery of multi-colored beads. Rose
patterns follow the outline of the shoul-
der. the neck, fronts and sleeves. The
edge of the sleeves is ornamented with
long festoons of round beads. These
beads are of different colors, and the
effect of these light-colored beads over
the black mantle is exceedingly pretty.
A beautiful black mantle is of beaded
grenadine, the center of the back one
mass of drop jets. The front is finished
with a jabot of lace and bead tassels,
ornaments. The mantle is bordered all
around with lace frills and jet beads.
The effect of the whole is rich and very
ladylike.
A dressy visite mantle is in black OF
toman silk bordered with black lace,
and shoulder pieces composed of frills
of black lace edging. A summer mantle
of grenadine which closely fits the fig
ure is profusely ornamented with jet.
The sleeves are of lace and reach to the
elbow. A V-shaped piece of watered
silk is let in at the front and back, and
the high jetted collar is bordered by a
jet fringe. The square fronts reach be-
low the knee and are bordered with
wide lace and double row of cut jet
beads. The back of the mantle below
the waist is of lace, plated very full
and ornamented with lace and jet
rosette. Wide ribbon strings beginning
at the side seams fasten the mantle at
the waist line in front.
A Bedouin mantle for travelling is in
brown bourette; the hood lined with
silk and caught in the center of the
pelerine which forms the sleeves. The
back of the mantle is laid in three large
box plaits, and the fronts and high col
lar are bordered with braid. The gar
ment is fastened with horn buttons.
A very lovely model is the Frasquita
mantelet, and this can be made at home
when an illustrated pattern is secured.
One seen is in black ottoman silk, with
netted shoulder-pieces having jet and
plum-colored beads intermingled,
dark red surah lining showing through
the meshes. These shoulder-pieces are
bordered with deep jetted fringe.
Wide jetted passementerie trims each
side of the fronts to the pointed tabs,
turned back again, passing over the
shoulder to the bottom of the shoulder
piece. The high standing collar is also
covered with the passementerie, and
the tabs are finished with beaded tas-
sells. This model is very stylish and
one easily made, and can be gotten up
in many kinds of material at small cost
-Brooklyn Eagle.