Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-30

continues to be the color OF the year,
but as autumn approaches it loses its
bright tone, and the shades of myrtle,
tea and a & have replaced the more
brilliant hues. These will be used all
this autumn, and they withstand the ef-
fccts of damp and climate better than
most other colors.
Frenchwomen are still faithful to the
polOnaises and coats. Now that Paris
ciety is concerned, blue and red are
much worn again, especially blue
wOolens trimmed with red silk; both
tones will stand salt water and sea air
far better, by-the-by, than the huge
steel buttons with which many of them
are adorned, matching large steel
buckles at the belt. Such dresses have
mostly full or pulled sleeves, rather
than the tight coat form. Ostrich
feathers are rarely seen in the country
all useful hats are. trimmed with
straight wing-feathers or lowers.
Hoods are a h~ead-covering which, in
our time, we elect to adopt almost en-
tirely for ornament, not for use, though
their serviceable capabilities are far
greater than are realized in modern
a bright color, which serves to redeem
them from dOwdiness, are made to wear
with most of the autumn, seaside and
country gowns, rs they are slipped on in
a minute; and the dress is equally COM
plete without them.
Yokes, straight and pointed, are in
trOduced into the bOdices OF many
gowns, and accord well with pulled
sleeves.
Wafer spots are likely to BIO the fash
ion Of the future-the immediate future,
l should say; and some OF the new WOOL
ems are made with skirts in which those
of a distinctive color are graduated to-
wards the top, the silk trimming used
matching the tone of the spots. The
I%ncrOyable jackets, cut straight at the
waist, have large buttons at the side,
where they fly open, and with revers at
the neck in some solid color, are much
worn with full vests m striped skirts;
for example, a mauye and white striped
cotton or wool skirt with O soft silk
jacket.
Stripes are often so treated or one
dress that they look like two stuffs; for
example, many skirts are horizontally
tucked (which reduces the stripes to q
solid mass of color and then over
draped with the fabric left in its origi-
nal condition. Sleeves tucked at the
shoulders md wrist leave the elbow
piece of a different width of stripe.
Wide MORE sashes are universally worn
at the back, and threaten to be so con-
siderably wider as to form a t~rain-piece
In themselves.
Suede, channels, and the long gamut
OF n eutral tones which go by SO many
names, are superceding grey for tray
cling and country wear; they keep in
condition so much longer. Huge red
cotton parasols are the fashion now at
French watering places, and brighten
up these tones most eifectually, es-
pecially when red stockings are worn
with shoes; Prenchwomen show a de-
cided preference for shoes rather than
boots.
Foulard is not too cool for wearing
vet, and is a fabric with so much to COM
mend it that it is likely to find favor a
year hence. White printed on a color
Is being superseded by colors printed
on white; but they are not so generally
seryiceable. Foulard parasols are in
~geniously painted; they recall some OF
the pretty figures on Dresden China;
and so does a very popular style OF
dress, the bodice low, but filled in with
a fichu of mOusseline de sole. Jabots of
wide hemmed and pleated lisse make
| dowdy dresses 1T for fetes, and with a
| few yards of muslin and soft silk those
who have clever fngers contriye to
have an endless variety with but few
gowns.