The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-10-05
Ladies Department.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
lGlrls' Dresses.

of perishable silks, are more often of
fine woollcns, with striped sewage
for trimming, or an embroidered
edge, or else gay Persian border.
The features of these gowns are high
round waists with surplice tapped
fronts, full bias sleeves that are some.
times pulled at the armhole, a wide
soft sash, and very full straight
skirt. Empire gowns of blue or of
rosewood or gray cashmere have
Tapped shirred fronts to their high
round waist, full bias sleeves shirred
at armholes and wrists, and shirring
on cords around the hips of the full
straight skirts, with broad folded
sash of soft black ribbon knotted in
front, and black bows ON the high
collar and on the sleeves. French
modistes line the skirts ofwool dress.
es with another skirt of white crime
line lawn finished with futed
balayeuse, and they sometimes add
small pad hustle; but children's
diess.makers here make the skirt
single, and advise that it be worn
over white muslin petticoat that is
fiounced across the back from the
waist TO the foot, the f1ounees being
stiffly starched to give full effect to
the skirt of the dress.
SIMPLER DRESSES.
The simpler designs IN favor here
are high.necked belted dresses. and
the straight English dresses with
jacket.waist and skirt for school and
everyday use, while for more drcssy
occasions are low necked dresses with
guimpes. The extremely short waists
and very long skirts worn year ago
are abandoned for all except little
girls only a year or two years old,
and waists arc now made of natural
length, with skirts falling halfway
between the knees and ankle, the
latter rule holding good for all skirts
until they are gradually heightened
to the ankles for girls in their teens.
CASHMERE DRESSES WITH GUIMPEs.
Colored cashmere dresses for girls
from three to five years old have
half-low square necks and short
pulled sleeves; the round waist is
covered with lengthwise pleats that
are feather stitched; the skirt is
hemmed below and gathered at the
top, and has one and half bredths
ofthe double-width cashmere for the
smallest sizes, and two bredths for
the largest; these dresses are pretty
in bright scarlet, with feather stitch
ing of the same shade, and a bow
and ends of gros grain ribbon set on
the left of the waist line. Simpler
gulmpe waists are V shaped in the
neck, pointed at the waist in front.
and round behind, with elbow sleeves
open in V shape on the outer arm;
these are prettily made of gray cash
mere, corded with navy blue in the
arms and around the waist, and
trimmed ON the neck and sleeves
with blue cord gimp; blue ribbon
bows on shoulders and on left of
waist line; skirt of two breadths
hemmed and tucked. A newer waist
has watered ribbon an inch wide of
contrasting color placed between
lengthwise box pleats of the same
widths on the entire front and back.
as gold brown ribbon on Gobelin |
blue pleated waist, or white ribbon
on a scarlet waist; bows are then
added on the shoulders, and one with
ends on the left OF wrist line or in |
the middle of the back.
HIGH-NECKED DRESSES.
The shocked dresses of cashmere
or of India silk are the choice for
small girls, and are also much worn
by those who are larger. The short
pointed yoke, with pleats below GO
ing into a belt, and a gathered |
straight full skirt, are the simple one
piece dresses which girls from five to |
ten or even twelve years of age wear
to school; the sleeves may be full or
in coat shape; for these dresses plain,
plaid, or striped woollens are used in
all the dark colors. More dressy |
gowns have the high round waist of
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