Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-18

lin, made IN empire style, with full
crossed waist, shortened by wide empire
sash and full sleeves, with quaint ruffle
of lace at the elbow. She was one of
the few pretty girls to whom it is becom-
ing to wear the hair in the goddess !"
style, and the generally quaint effect of
her "'makeup' was enhanced by the
string of old coral beads round her
throat.
Sateens are now sold exceeding cheap
and make pretty fall dress for this lati-
tude. AS a rule they are so simply made
that a young lady of ordinary skill has
little trouble in fashioning a gown
that is extremely pretty and becoming.
Straight skirts, gathered waists and
full sleeves are easily managed and
anything like fussy or elaborate
drapery would destroy the effect.
Wool skirts, or those of wash fabrics,
are made quite plain or with fat Dor
der trimming. The waist may be made
as fancy as one desires, and where it is
becoming it is usually full on the shoul-
ders and shirred at the waist line, or
Tapped diagonally with directolre ruffle
edging it. In the mounting of a skirt of
straight breadths to the belt there is OPP
portunity for variety. Some are simply
gathered all around; some are gagged;
some are shirred to q greater or less
depth, either all around or down over
the hips, or across the front only.
Lengthwise tucks down the front are
pretty graduated in a deep point and
shorter points may be arranged over the
hips, the back Of the skirt fulIed
into the belt and hanging straight.
These points may be plated half yard
in, hcr oiYc n
pointed cuirass, whichever is the most
becoming to the wearer. For person
with large hips a becoming style is to run
the top to the depth of about six inches
in lengthwise tucks about an inch wide
and the same distance apart, thus reduc-
ing it to width that viii fit easily over
the hips. For the latter arrangement
the foundation skirt should have a small
pad in the back and short steel about
twelve inches below it, as q person with
large hips is apt to be very fat in the
back, and the tucks accentuate the
effect.
As to the matter Of trimming there is
nothing more suitable than feather
stitching. which is now a necessary &C
complishment OF young women, is easy
to do and very effective. a very pretty
dress was recently made by young lady
who was very prideful when she said:
81 did it all myself. - 1t was of gray
cashmere, the skirt tucked and trimmed
with rows of vining done in silk of a
darker shade; the tucked blouse and
sleeves were vlned, too, aud the long,
broad sash finished TO the depth of
quarter of yard, each end in the same
way. It was lovely and the girls went
wild over it. White cashmere would be
pretty made in the same way, the vining
done III orange and blue silk, or in any
two contrasting colors that are becom-
ing.
The simplest and one of the prettiest
full waists has one seam down the mid
die of the back and one under each arm,
the shoulders without a seam, which
causes the fronts to be on the bias. Lace
may be jabotted around the neck and
down the front, and with a pretty full
sleeve with deep cuff the effect is gener-
ally becoming.
For some reason not altogether clear,
American women are growing dowager
like 1t is now rare to meet a woman
over forty whose life has been sail on
summer seas, who does not mourn over
an increased avoirdupois that may re-
mind of Raphael's Madonnas, but has
no hint of Venus, as Greek artists de-
fined her perfect proportions. Owing