Telegram-herald., 1889-11-26

Young girls should not wear silks
before marriage
Braid i the only trimming used on
street or walking dresses.
II j. u be feared there IS a general
tendency toward short waists
India cashmere With blzcA velvet
figures Is used Tor wraps OF al ds.
Embroideries have come 10 3 me Of
the prominent factors IA tals IuteE's
tOilettes.
Elaborate small wraps designed for
visiting toileUtes are ornamented with
handsome gold OF JET galoons.
The choicest among al the e.egant
trimmings for winter is com ulnatlOn
Of ostrich feathers and gallOOn.
The tendency is toward making very
small girls little carlcatures Of their
mothers in long clOaks and large hats.
Pretty Russian braids embroidered in
several bright c0lors are used Tor trim
ming house jackets ana children's
dresses.
Little children are clad in silks and
yelvets and decked with precious laces,
but the dress OF young girls must DO
simplicity itself
A toque. with or without strings, is
made OF cloth for the crown, with vel
vet along the edges, and requires no
other trimming
Embroidery makes superb yol1es. cor
sages OF cloaks, Figaro jacket fronts,
/ over sleeves - square or pointed -
girdles. plastrons, anu other accessories.
Small girls wear cloak, older girls
onlv a Jacket, ana still Older-in their
/ teens-have the choice OF a jacket
| cape Single or triple), or Int jacket
/ with a cape.
The favorite dress for girls is com
/ posed of plaid skirt with the lines
straight or bias and jersey bodice 70
match one of the colors in the plaid,
wi Ii either belt or basque
A corsage enjoys4g special favor at
this moment is the Figaro jacket with
short rounded fronts meeting only at
the throat 1t is completed by a
chemisette of silk plated very fine.
Cloth costumes will continue in favor
for street costumes and for church
suits, and Will continue 10 be worn at
afternoon receptions where silks, bro
cades and velyets are also seen.
The newest chemisettes are OF ribbed
! silk like Ottoman or Sicilienne; they
! are turned under to bag al the waist.
and may be either of the same color as
the rest of the dress or in contrast
with it.
The small cape has collar OF great
height, with cloth outside and fur lin
ing, or else it is entirely of fur, cut TO
fare outward and wired. while point
of the fur extends 10 the end OF the
cape in front.
For girls from ten to twelve years,
the favorite style is the Empire dress,
which is made with a shirred waist
very short sleeves. full about the arm
holes and close below, and wide long
sash knotted at the side.
Camels-hair dresses have the round
skirt now worn, with all its fullness at
back, and the bodice with girdle of
velvet and full velvet vest under Jacket
shaped front, and the coat sleeves are
full at the top, with velvet cuffs.
An effort is being made to revive wide
round bolts fastened with deep metal
| buckle. Such belts are worn with round
shirred corsages. as well as with others
which have plated basque that ex-
tends below. The effect is TO shorten
|
A long princesse polonaise trimmed
with sable or other fur, and slightly
lifted far toward the back TO disclose a
skirt of cloth or velvet OF a contrasting
color. is a fashionable design for such
toilettes, and very short high-shoul-
dered capes of cloth and velvet are
added for greater warmth in the street
Plain black or colored velvet is com
bined with broche silks or figured
woolens for wraps as well as for cos
tunes. one Of the other Of these figured
fabrics forming the principal part OF
the dress, with the velvet appearing
here ana there as fans or panels in the
skirts, as sleeves. revers. and vest on
the corsage. and occasionally as sash
OF wide velvet ribbon folded about the
waist. and knotted at the front with
long fringed ends hanging.