Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-19
THE FASHIONS.
What is Being and is to be
worn.
SEVERAL POINTS FOR THE LADIES
Preparations Already Being Made for
the Fall Seas0n-Changes
of Ideas.

worn only by widows.
Warm weather fancy work should not
require the use Of needles.
The newest wrinkle in Paris is q col
ored gown with black sleeves.
Never any fashion in dress died SO
hard as the hustle, but it is almost gone.
Roof gardens are not the faehion, but
1t is right to pray that they may be in
the near future.
The woman who does not wear a COR
Get has an advantage over the one who
does at this time OF the year.
Minton china is in high favor for din
ner services, Worcester for decorations
and crown Derby for vases.
Crepe de Chine is the prettiest fabric
in use that can be worn on dress coca
sions during the period of mourning.
The prettiest white dresses of the sea-
son are made of China silk and silk null,
the null being used for the sleeves.
White silk and lace parasols have an
air that is not truly rural, but which is
becoming to light and jaunty costumes,
nevertheless.
Angel sleeves, or, as the Parisians call
them, "Mauchera la Juive," are worn
with sleeveless jackets over skirts the
same color as the sleeves.
All the lovely tints of lilac, mauve,
and heliotrope are suddenly restored to
their old-time popularity. Some of the
new dyes shade exquisitely into faint
tints of old rose.
Black laces snd white laces are beau
tifully combined in some of the new Cor
day and Marie Antoinette fchus, and
capes and gowns formed of this magpie
mixture are among some of the most ele-
giant dresses OF the season.
''La Surprise de Ia Course" is the
name given to dress which was in high
favor at the English races. At first
view it appears somewhat like plain
redingote, but when thrown open in front
displays a petticoat and waistcoat of
great richness.
Women's hats have assumed another
wrinkle. The Paris models reported in
London are said to be somewhat fam
tastic in shape, the brims breaking out
In unexpected curves, depressed here,
raised there, and twisted into all sorts OF
angles" A double-crowned hat has also
been seen.
On some of the new sleeves the mater
ials are again shaped to give increased
height to the shoulder-points. A deep
cut is then made in the fore part, which
is more or less long. Into this space q
piece OF material, shaped like an elon.
gated diamond cut in half, is introduced.
Where no alien fabric is employed passe-
menterie similarly shaped is laid upon
the sleeve.
The effective union of red and black
appears in many of the dress toilets pre-
pared for the autumn season. Red crepe
de Chine, for example, is made up with
point d'esprite and vivid Roman red ere.
paline is veiled with black Chanti!y net,
the skirt slightly raised at the left side,
but falling straight elsewhere. A black
gauze fan, slack gloves, black silk hose
and black kid sandals are ensuite.
Small fruits of every description ap.
pear among the hat and bonnet garni-
lures for the coming season. These are
perfect limitations of nature, especially
the purple grapes, plums, red and white
currants, spricots, peaches and backber-
ries in cluster. These fruits are mixed
with folds of net and plaitings of black
lace, on large directoire round hats, to-
ques and capotes of shirred black tulle.
A writer on fashions in Boston paper,
apparently woman, says that the Mar
quise de Beauvoir and the Duchesse de
Luynes appeared at the Grand Prix with
frocks cut so low in the neck as to give a
complete view of the clavicles. Both
frocks were rather simply made, with
narrow belts fastened in the back by a
simple rosette, 80 that the attention was
necessarily centered on the cut Of the
waist"
1t is said that we are soon to be treated
to an improvement in the mechanism of
umbrellas. Everybody knows how ex-
asperasing it is to stand in deluge Of
rain vainly shaking the detestahle things.
Everybody will hail with pleas Ire any
simplifcstion Of the present inrricacies
of rods and springs. The improved
umbrella, as announced, will unfail.
ingly and instantly open and close by
touching spring that is concealed in
the handle.
The fashion of puffs on the shoulder is
decidedly pretty upon slender women
and children-much prettier than the
esthetic puffed sleeves. The pufs are
put on over the close coat-sleeve after it
has been made. A favorite sleeve for
autumn tea-gowns will be the Vandy ke,
the pointed ends of which barely reach
the elbow. The model opens but slightly,
and is edged with a narrow band of pas.
sementerie or gold or silver galloon. A
dainty bishop sleeve of lace, net, or
China silk issues from the pointed one,
and is shirred into band at the wrist,
A novel and useful little article called
"perfumer" is the latest novelty shown
in the toilet article line. 1t consists of a
perforated metal cylinder containing alb
sorbent cotton, which may be saturated
with a favorite odor. 1t is designed to
succeed the sachet bag in perfuming a
quantity of undergarments at once; can
be used in the corsage, the pocket, hand
kerchief case, etc., etc. Wherever used
it imparts delicate perfume to all sur
rounding objects. 1t has the great ad-
vantage over a sachet bag from the fact
that it can be removed at pleasure from
the favorite odor bottle.
In the early weeks of the spring season
directoire cspes that appeared in eur
streets clung to the sober hues of tan,
brown or dark green. Now the French.
women, who introduced this novel wrap,
are more daring as to color than their
English or American sisters, and ap-
peared at the races, in the Bois, ETC.,
with the four falls of the cape Of poppy
red, empire green, and vivid blue cloth,
and lined inside with bright contrast.
ing shade of satin or silk. New York
women, while they wear tan colored and
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