Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-17
WHAT THEY WEAR

Moire ribbon is as much in favor upon lace
gowns as it was last summer.
Black is now stylish worn with any color
from the palest to the deepest.
Crepe de chine will be largely used for af-
ternoon watering place gowns.
Lilac and wistaria will be favorite flowers
for ornamenting summer lace bonnets.
An authority declares that ''ruffles puffs,
6ounces and furbelows are looming up in the
near future"
Yoke waists are now as popular for grown
folk as they have been for children for the
last two years.
The combination of blue and black is now
so much in favor as to seriously threaten the
long supremacy of green.
Many of the new silk wraps have boa Of
Chantily lace down the front and are heav
lily trimmed with fine cut jet.
A feature in skirt trimming this spring is
the straight panel hanging loose over one side
and of stuff entirely different from the
dress.
Midsummer gowns of white crepon, draped
in most aesthetic fashion over yellow, blue or
pink silk, will be very much worn at Newport
and other resorts.
The sash is de rigueur with Worth, and his
latest caprice is the putting of a narrow rib
bon beltwise around all waists, sr-u those
with sharp points.
Many of the handsome new ginghams will
be lined with silk and so deliberately berib-
boned that they will cost more than a gown
of silk throughout.
The new camel's hair, with borders of ben
galine brocaded with spun silk, are costly, but
while pretty enough on the counter are too
pronounced to be elegant
Many of the new straight skirts are plated
on to the belt; but they are much more stylish
if shirred three or four inches deep and drawn
to fit the foundation skirt.
Clinging stuffs, such as crepon, light silks
and so on, are preferred for summer wear,
though fine light cloths viii be much used for
travelling and seaside wear.
Some of the handsomest of the new even
ing gowns have ostrich feather trimming
four inches wide all around the court train as
well as upon the waist and sleeves.
The lightest and the richest stuffs are now
hsed together. Tulle is combined with bro
caded or embroidered velvet and the thinnest
gauze with gold or silver shot moire
The new loose sleeves come very high up or
the shoulder, and are pulled or shirred OIL
plated throughout their length in more ways
than the mind of any one can conceive.
Long coats and polonaises are very much
worn, but basques and round waists with
straight skirts slightly draped upon the foun
dation come in numbers from all the bes
houses
Lace, black, white or colored, is more useC
than for several years past. The newest pat
terms have either a straight edge or else very
deep points Gauze and net are almost a
much in favor.
India silk with black figures is trimme(
always with black-the ribbons are of blacl
MORE or velvet, the jabot of black lace, anC
often panels of plain black silk are set at tn
side of the skirt.
Waists are not so pointed as they were il
winter and last summer Revers upon then
are still much used, though not as stylish a
soft loose folds crossing slIrplice fashion am
quite hiding the fastening of the front.
Tue pad hustle is moribund yet one or tw
steels are required by the gradual slope a
the back that is characteristic Of many of tn
new imported gowns. When used they mus
never be less than twelve inches below tn
waist.
Full vests, sleeves and cascades Of lace ar
seen upon all sorts of imported costumes.
novelty is the use of lace a facing TO
revers, in which case the gown stuff is Gu
out to match the scallop and neatly hemme
down upon it
Fish net that you could put finger throug
comes in black silk and is especially stylis
when made up over black moire The Skin
is deeply hemmed and above that has tie
rows of the narrowest satin ribbon draw
through its meshes.
Skirts grow long and longer. Nearly a
indoor gowns have train of some sort. TIL
favorite style is straight breadths, fallin
loose from the rest OF the skirt and anywher
from fifty to ninety inches long Seventy
about the golden mean
a handsome novelty in embroidery is tina
with deep scallops at the edge underlaid wit
a straight row of lace through which th
scallop is wrought. In India silk the Ell
broidery is sometimes forty inches deep, wit
twelve inch lace below it.
Foulard and India silk grow more an
more in favor. Blue is the leading colol
especially when figured with black TIL
striped silks, though not nearly as pretty @
the figured ones, are SO much fewer that the
are voted much more distinguished.
To cut the genuine leg-o'-mutton slew
you must fold the goods bias, then cut on
corner of the fold off square at height tha
will make it just big enough to go over til
hand; then make the mutton ham curve on
to the folded over corner, and from ther
make a big round to the top. To set we
they must be sewed in SO that perfect bis
will come over the elbow. New York Con
mercial Advertiser.