River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-06-03
summer FASHIONS for wash Dre.ses.

summer Fashions for Wash Dresses.
The fabrics for cotton dresses or
print gowns" as the English tailors
call them, are this year particularly
soft in finish and attractive in design.
Many of the sateens. seersuckers and
ginghams so closely resemble silk and
wool, that their real origin is only re-
vealed to the touch. Conspicuous
among these are those having frise eff
fleets, shown in stripes, blocks, and
bars of rich, quaint colors, such as
light blue or buff ground, with dark
green or brown frise figures Crazy
cloth is also new and pretty, though
rather tlimsy cotton material, that re-
sembles Grape. 1t will probably be ex-
tensively used, as it comes in exquisite
~ delicate shades, aud is warranted to
wash and still retain its crinkled APP
pearance. Ii is said, too, to require no
ironig. Blue-gIay is now the fashion
able color in Paris, and appears here
in the ever-useful seersuckers and lin
ems, which make such delightful trav-
cling dresses.
The gathered basque and long drap-
cries are the favorite styles for maxi
ing up wash-goods. For thin, colored
mulls, batistes, or ony transparent fla
brio, the basque is made double; that
is, lined with the same as the outside.
This is done that the waist NAV be of
the same shade as the doubled skirts.
Cambrics and ginghams, however, re-
quire no lining whatever, the white
corset cover worn underneath being
sufficient The fullness is all confined
to the front of the basque, and is done
by simply adding two or three inches
to the width of the fronts when cutting
out by any basque pattern, and gath
ering at the neck the waist line and
end of the basque. The fronts and
backs are longer than the sides. and
the edge is finished with bias piping
fold. High military collars and small
tinted pearl buttons to fasten the
basque are worn.
For more dressy waists, embroidery
either white or colored-is added in
reverse. or else inserted in V-shape
down the back and front alike. Round
waists gathered to a belt, with a yoke,
or else white muslin guimpe, still
hold their own; and with these are
worn dog collars of embroidery or vel
vet
Handsome sateens and Chamberies
are often ais made up, the same as
wool or silk dresses, with heavy lining
aud whalebones, but these have to be
sent to professional scourer to be
cleaned. The Norfolk jacket is anOth-
er pretty easy fashion for any material
and differs from last years in having
only one wide double plat at the back,
and one in front.
Overskirts are long, with the regula-
ton apr IN front, hemmed or trimmed
with embroidery or lace. The back
breadths are straight and gathered to
the belt. Three or four wide plaits
down the left side are held in place by
cross tapes sewed underneath them,
and the front breadths next these are
dawn across to the right side and
caught mp in folds b. loops and but
tons. Unlike stuff dresses, one or two
narrow ruiiles finish the lower skirts of
cotton gowns.
When two materials. as plain and
figured. are used, the combination is
somewhat odd For instance, the
busqne and foot-plaitings may be of
plain blue cambria, and the skirts,
waist. collar and cuffs. Of that which
is figured all over. This is an excel
lent style for remodeling old dresses,
but in buying new, it is better econo-
my to have all of one fabric.
In white muslin, embroidered stripes
are the newest mode. These are
beautifully made with a Figaro jacket
that has closely-iitted postillion back
while the fronts are cut away, and dis
play q soft full vest OF dclicately tinted
Crepe lisse, or silk muslin. Sashes are
largely shown this season, and appear
in some form on cotton dresses and in
most decided and exaggerated con-
trasts. Thus brilliant scarlet ribbon is
now worn on dark blue sateen, and
dull brown on plain pink mulls.