Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15
SPRING WRAPS.
Unique and Stylish Nantes. With Charm
ing Bonnets to Match.

As most of the fashionable costumes
for all practical purposes. street, in
formal visiting and even for church
wear, are made with an outside gar
ment in the material like that forming
the dress. the necessity for individual
wraps really does not exist However,
a great many ladies prefer dressy
mantle OF visite of very handsome fab
rio for calling. to the jacket usually
made to accompany the suit, and such
wrap is created of rich goods and in
style that it can be worn with mum.
Der of dresses. In such case the bon
net is made en- suite with the mantle,
not with the gown, and some of these
sets are very elegant.
A stylish visite is made OF a rich
brocade velvet and trimmed with
Oriental beading. In formation it is
really plated blouse, belted in at the
waist line with a beaded girdle. A
yoke of velvet is defined with the trim
ming, and the cape. which is fitted in
the back and falls over the sleeves, is
bordered with band of the beading,
which is brilliant with Examinations.
The bonnet has beaded crown. is
trimmed with folds and fans of velvet.
with beaded feathers to match the
crown.
An entirely novel wrap for early
spring wear is visite of Persian bro
cade, Oriental embroidery and a heavy
corded silk. The silken sleeves are
doubled under to the height of the under.
arm and held together by gathered cuff
and ruflle of embroidered silk. The
front of brocade is joined or fitted to
the back by two side-fronts of corded
silk, giving the garment look like
Fiasro jacket. Each jacket front is
fastened to the back by the shoulder
scam and is sewed to the sleeve as high
as the bend of the arm, where it stpps.
The middle of the back is of brocade,
and this center piece is finished at the
lower edge with a shell plated tlounce
of embroidery. 1t is trimmed with rib
bOns at the neck and at the waist. The
inside front of brocade looks like full
embroidered tlounce, arranged in shell
plaitings. The straight collar of corded
silk is secured by an Egyptian buckle.
The bonnet is Marie Anne style. with
crown of brocade, the material being
brought forward. 1t is trimmed diadem
fashion by silken points. embroidered
with beads in the designs and colors of
the Persian brocade. The brim is also
fancifully embroidered and the bonnet is
finished with corded ribbon strings.
One of the lately introduced jackets
has an inside vest with very pointed
waist. with the front covered with
Sicilienue or velvet. The vest Is
trimmed with two large revers of
MORE CT Persian fabric, which join ins
the MIG idle and partly show the vest
front. The jacket is cut like corsagc,
with flat, round basque. The basque
of the jacket is plated and faced with
MORE. The collar is straight and
closed by oxydi1ed silver pin, while
the vest is fastened by buttons to
mattel. The coat sleeves have cuff of
MORE. With this jacket a Russian
turbsn is worn. 1t is formed of a now
NOISY material and has little or nc
trimming. save a tuft of feathers and
an ornament of OXydiZed silver.
Simple and pretty is a wrap Of Hen
rietta 1t is short in the back and
front and is finished with iichu of rio h
jet passementarie down the back and
in front. The epaulettes are Of jet and
jet fringe surrounds the garment.
The collar is embroidered with jet.
The bonnet is trimmed with velvet and
ornaments of jet.-Phiiade'phia Times.