Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY.
The Make and Material Of inexpensive and
Beautiful Wedding Robes.
STYLE OF ENGAGEMENT CARDS.
Teas, Card Parties and Weddings i'm
Omaha-Art Gossip, Personals
ties and Social Brew
tiles.
Wedding Robes.

Detroit Tribune: An inexpensive and
beautiful wedding dress can be made of
embroidered surah and ornamental lace
with tule VEIL the whole costing about
$50, silk waists with white albattoss
for skirt and drapcry are also pretty and
useful for informal afternoons and cof
fees during the season. Robes of white
nuns yelling are becoming and grace
full to make pretty evening dresses.
For those wishing a more expensive robe
the conventional white satin is again
coming into favor. Satin brocadc is also
popular, as is also white corded silk.
White Sicllienn, or the old-fashioned
poplin, is also favoritc for court.trains,
the drapery being of softer, non-cling
material
fashionable modiste is making for
an October bride wedding gown with Il
court train of cream white silk, en-
broidered with bouquets of white silk,
panels, and revers eof white velvet. The
foundation skirt is of plain silk, with
thread. lace ilounces. The waist is of
white velvet, with pointed vest front of
the embroidered silk The elbow sleeves
have frll of lace, the neck in a narrow
square in front and high back. The
bouilant or full effect at the back is pro-
ullttu Nv punching lHb lIilu il luc Hlpo'
The edge of the train is cut IN square,
with n rufiie of lace beneath. A narrow
ruile of lace edges the front, relieving
the plainneSS across the feet. The dra-
perry is very bouflant, which allows the
veil to hang gracefully over the back
from the head, The narrow square of
the bodice Is also filled up with rare
thread lace
Apropos of evening dresses there is an
indication that the diaphanOns fabrics of
tulle gauze and muslins, which had such
hold on popular taste last season for So
cIal affairs, will be superseded by some
what heavier textures, such as silks, en-
broidered veilings, cashmere goods OF
soft delicate evening shades, eXqulSltclY
tinted crepolsne, and even plushes The
pretty, airy gossamers will with the
Summer girl disappear with the first
chlll autumn days. This is a move in
the right direction. There are few
cast.iron constitutions that can tritle
with these transparent toilets, but the
most of American girls need comforta-
BILE, long gseeved, hIgh-nccked dresses to
insure even a moderate degree of health.
Some Society Points.
Society is disportlng itself in very
leisurely fashion at present. Popular
caprice for the moment seems to run to
teas-English, French or Japanesque.
One instance is reported of a II o'clock
tea, where the beverage was not served
at all. This goes to show that there
must be something in the name more
potent than in the beverage. Luncheons
seem to share the general favor, and
with a few exceptions the male sex
seems to be left entirely on its own re-
sources, and it doubtless besses the
hapOy accident that prOhl bits its attend
ance mt tea parties.
The fashion of announcing engage
ments has become such matter of course
in the larger cities that the society col
umns are genorallv headed with Il list of
the betrothals of the week. Frequently
cards announcing the interesting event
are sent out. Below is a diagram of one
that was issued in Minnesota. The card
was square, bevel edged heavy paste
board as an ordinary square envelope,
and the announcement was printed thus: