Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-28

diminished size, and it will continue to
wane until probably midsummer will
see the last of it.
Another thing that You may bid
oood-hv to is the talormade costume.
Not that men tailors will not continue
TO make robes for rs. but the dlStlnctlvelY
mannish garment, with its pronouncedly
masculine seams, is going out of favor
The newest walking suits of WOODEN, or
mixed silk and wool, are now often
made up with the selvcd%e edges show
ing. That may be no more than n
passing whim, but l saw considerable
of it during saunter on the avenue
Yesterday. The seamless and enduring
Jersey still remains in sight, but it has
undergone so many changes that it is
no longer the plain, knitted, revealing
thing it was at the outset. At first it
was a skin-tight basque, with no seams,
and a general suggestion of underwear.
Now it is an elegant bodice, with as
many boncd seams as full-dress cor
sage, and finished with Il vest gathered
to a pointed yoke that may be wrought
all over with beads of gold or steel.
Accordion pleating is . summer de-
velopmcnt of dress. 1t consists of the
insertion into Il skirt of section of
contrasting goods plcated pcrpcndicu-
larry, beginning in point at the waist
and widening gradually to the hem.
AS the wearer walks, the pleats open
and shut more O. less, like the bellows
Of an accordion, from which the name
is derived. The effect is rather pecul-
lar, especially when the plcated fabric
is of bright color, while the rest Of
the dress. is dark. The flashing dis,
play of color with each stride, like the
momcntarv spreading of Il peacock 5
tail, afford rainbow glimpscs that fairly
dazzle the eyes of observers. Women
who aim at less street distinction have
their accordion pleats made of some
unobtrusive hue, so that the opening
and shutting isn't SO much like the
fash of dark lantern with stained
glass bull's-eye in it.
1t is never safe to conclude that,
because fashion is imported from
Paris Berlin, or London, it will be ac-
rcpted in America. That is why the
gorgeously colored fashion plates in the
magazines and fashion weeklies are of
no particular value, except to crafty
curiosity as to what is proposed by
foreign designers. One of the IDEAS
Just now brought from abroad is that
of tight-fitting black silk jackets for
outdoor wear, and l should say that
they will be adopted here. have seen
model or two in nearly every large
establishment that | have visited within
a week, and few are observable in the
streets. These jackets are made ana
trimmed in various cCquettish ways, but
the general characteristics are lace
founces and iettcd passementeries.
They can be worn by all young ladies,
and by those matrons whose figures re-
tain youthful outlines. A handsome
| Jacket of this sort is made of black
bengaline, trimmed with two pleatcd
lace hounces, and closed at the neck
and waist by embroidered tabs over an
embroidered waistcoat. The fronts are
trimmed with passementerie, and the
sides of basque form square embroider-
ed tabs falling over the flounces. The
sleeve is open at the back nearly to the
elbow, and onamented with lace
| hounces. There are many other ways