Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-11-17

are an outcome of the revival SIN il
Dmectoire cCstuming, and it is proba
bic that CHI shapes will appear nun
erouslv later in the season. Will
some of the Sc Eats are rather too p cul
10: for e rnerrl favor and represent the
cons ant efforts of the New York swell
girl t. be peculiar, they do indie a.,
the great diversity in current millinery
The gowns shown may be accepted
hs mitch more closely representing
styles that are becoming popular this
fall. In the embellishments particu-
larly has care been taken to illustrate
the newest ideas. As the weather will
very soon compel the bellies to put on
cloaks. they seem to have embraced the
last opportunities, as afforded at the
country club assemblages, to show
themselves out of doors in unwrapped
bodices. An examination Of the pic
lures will convince the reader that the
designers of fashion have been indus
trious and ingenious. In one respect
good sense has been happily adhered
to. There is no indication Of an aban.
1t is number of years since women
dragged their dresses on the sidewalks,
or had to save them by awkwardly
holding them up, and every season
return to an Objectionable length
for skirts is dreaded But the re.
lapse evidently is not to come this
year. Gowns for the promenade are
all short enough to clear the ground,
and even in ball dresses a train is not
often seen. Skirts are more varied
than ever, if possible, by means of dra-
peries and trimmings. The open front
polonaise, or redingote, persistently re-
mains in vogue. In garniture every
conceivable device is adopted, from
military braiding and pyramids of en-
broidery to the costliest of cut-Out APP
plique work in Oriental effects. Skirts
are made with straight, ungored
breadths, which are adjusted over the
hips by small darts, and as a rule are
untrimmed at the fc OF, being almost or
quite concealed by the upper garme mt.
What has been distinctively known as
the tailor-made gown is thing OF the
past. Not that men are not still max
ing dresses for our wealthiest women,
nor that the same masculine skill in
exact fitting is not demanded, but the
plain cloth suits, that used to be de-
scribed as tailor-made, have given place
to the increased orlamentation of the
period. The first of or figures is as
snugly encased as possible, but
the front of her waist is dec
orative with embroidery inclosing
simulated vest The second
girl enjoys n zigZag pattern, made of n
strip of the dress material over insert
ed strips of darker satin, running down
her breast, arms and sides. The third
exhibits still greater novelty in
semblance of quite domestic bib and
apron, with basket pockets in front,
but all made of wide-meshed lace, and
attached to the front OF dress that
formerly would have been called tailor
made. The sleeves in this instance are
loose from shoulder to elbows, while
tight from the latter point to the wrist.
in accordance with style.
The girl who cannot make good ap
pcarance in the saddl, is considered OF
no account, and hors shack riding has
lecome 50 general, among those with
time and money enough to indulge in
it, that Central Park is fairly sur.
rounded by livery stables and riding
schools. 1t wGs at the mentioned meet.
ing of the Westchoster Country Club
that an odd hor" was spent in mock
trials, like those Usually held aboard
steamers ON transatlantic trips. A
well-known belle, whose grace in the
saddle was not by any means perfect,
was loosely arraigned on charge OF
"equestrianism.
"If your Honor please" said the
humorous counsel for the prisoner, 1--WE