Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

the more fashionable shoemakers will
work up pieces of the fabric brought to
them, and will have white leather dyed
to match. There has never been time
within my recollection when toilets were
SO completely harmonious in the mat
ters of gloves, stockings and shoes.
l have been favored with the oppor-
tunity of sketching from photograph
of the American Duchess of MARI
borough the guise in which she APP
peared at Il recent English garden
party. 1t will be seen that she went in
for rather theatric effect, and yet in so
doing she was not out of fashion, for
London ladies are this summer indulg-
ing in costumes far more laboriously
picturesque than anything worn in
America. 1t will be seen that the robe is
aesthetic in style, and TO that extent its
counterpart may often be found at our
summer resorts but | have not vet seen
any of orr bellies in a toilet altogether
so boldly artistic. Presumably some of
its aspects We're put on for the sake of
the camera-such as the armful of
flowers, the long black scarf, and I
may add the pastoral pose. All &C.
counts agree that the New York beauty
has made hit over there, socially.
The cable has already described her
appearance, bcdiamonded, and al
together regal, on several important &C.
casions, and ere this she ha, worn
the costume here portrayed
Here is the top portion of n girl who
wears three things worth mentioning.
The hat is a new and peculiar shape, as
you will see, the striped waist is feat
ure for August costuming, and the use
of piece of veil-llke texture both as
n wrapping for the neck and frontage
for the corsage is new fancy. Speak
ing of millinery, any other year it
would be ridiculous to discuss autumn
bonncts in the first week of August,
but this season the milliners turn
their attention to hats and bon
nets more suited to dark days than
confections of tulle and summer flow
ers. Accordingly, tho leading houses
have already prepared some early SUM-
mer noEelties, in which the character
istics of the charming head adornments
prepared for this disappointing summer
are reproduced. For instance, the
shapes viii still be formed of stems,
MOSES, and o.her na'ural-looking
foundations, the trimmings being
chiefly of the beautiful tin ell autumn
leaves, hld,d fera froads, lat, roses
just toucht d with frcs', chryslnth =
nuns, End blGckb,Irics in various
stages. Woodnuts, hips and haws, and
the bright Siberian or. b-apples are also
being effectively arranged en- the most
marvelous-looking tanglcs of briars,
thorns, and leaves and with these
large tortoise shell combs and orDa-
ments are also being us d with excel.
lent effect.
The blouse waist has arrived. 1t has
tarried, and ct one time seemed likely
not to como at all. The accompanying
sketch shows that it is in shape what
our grandmothers called q sacque,
belted at tho waist and variously en-
bellished. Blouses originated in Lon
don, and it is not SO often that we ac-
cept our fashions from that source, no
matter what may be the practice of our
few Anglomaniacs. Paris and Berlin
are moro favored by us. So threat
ened not to put on the blouse, and we
have not done it until midsummer,
when 1t appears suddenly and generally
at the watering places. There comes
lAaatuTe about the middle Of the hot