The Indianapolis journal., 1886-01-10
GENTLEmENs MORNING GOWNS.
A Gorgeous Array that Would Have Made
Solomon Turn Pale with Envy.

A Gorgeous Array that Would Have Made
Solomon Turn Pale with Envy.
Boston Herald.
"A morning gown made of cloth that
new. aud by one firm is made a
speciality. They are cheap as compared with
other goods in the same line and have ready
sale Beautiful bath wrap blankets are shown
In pale pink. light blue and cardinal red. Morn
ing gowns of electric blue, lined with cherry col
fored satin, and having pockets and roll of the
same material, are elegant and costly. They ara
bound around the waist with silken cord.
Articles of the same kind are to be seen in vino
color, with yellow satin lining in brown. with -
lining of peacock green, and in goods black fg0
ured upon purple background, with lining OF
old gold satin. A dressing gown iS
like the last one mentioned, IN every
thing save that the black figures are
upon brown, instead Of purple
background. English dressing sacks in brown
and yellow checks particularly striking
They are trimmed with brown material and ara
finished with brown, red and yellow cord.
Another sack is of check combining the colors
OF brown, black, purple and red 1t is trimmed
with purple, red and orange cord, and has patch
pockets which give 1T rather a jaunty appear
ance. A gray camels-har jacket is trimmed
with dove colored cord tits particularly modest
looking and also particularly expensive. These
Jackets are, of course, suitable for the double
purpose of smoking and lounging One garment
that bears the specific name of smoking jacket
five different colors ribbed cashmere forms the
material of rich and serviceable looking jacket
Other striking garments comprise silk ottomanS
filled IN with WOOL plushes in any variety az
colors. and a number of striped velvets, which
are exceedingly odd and attractive. Other Jack
cts are made of wide vale silken cloths, with
quilted cuffs. The materials mentioned as being
used in the makeup of smoking jackets appear
also In morning gowns. where they are equally
as natty and rich looking. Among novelties IN
bath wraps. which come under the same general
head with morning gowns and smoking jackets, !.
is a line OF white and fancy flannel garments that
are fastened around the waist with worsted
girdle. and at the neck with silver hook OK
antique pattern. An English dressinggown of a
soft gray check. bound round the waist with a
parti-colored cord, is in considerable demand. It
owes its popularity to the fact that it combines
quletness with elegance. Another garment oE
the same general kind is made of a goods that
includes in its coloring orange, brown and gray.
being, in fact, veritable tiger stripe-its bind
ing girdle is brown and lemon color. In Sotch
goods there are the usual gray checks, from
which bath wraps are to be manufactured
Among the other materials noted are an oranx8
cloth with black border. an nltramarine blua
with border of the same color and cardinal
red that as far as its borders are concerned, IA
likewise adorned
Shawl wraps, of English Vienna goods in light
brown and gendarme blue. to be seen, aud
are said to be in steady demand by those whose
purses will allow them to indulge in what one half
of mankind considers inexcusable extravaganca-
Other wraps. of one color upon one side and an
other upon the other, are also shown. Among
those of this class that are particularly striking
is one of navy blue upon one side and of ultra
marine blue upon the other. Another is plAin
gray colored upon the inside, and for its exterior
has rather striking orange and black cneck.
Another plain colored material has for its reverso
side f1ashy green and red check that is not only
offensive to the eve, but to the taste of any ono
whose bump of color is in the least developed.
Flannel goods of English manufacture frcu
which may be made bath wraps, Shirts or any
garment for which a soft material is required.
come in black and orange stripes, in red and
yellow stripes, and in red and blue polka dots