The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1889-12-04
THE LATEST FASHIONS.
"hter street Toilettes-A Pretty Trous-
seau for . Southern Bride.

winter Street Toilettes-A Pretty Trous-
seau for Southern Bride.
raced cloths and rough-surfaced vet
soft-inished camel's-hair stuffs are
chosen for street costumes and for
church suits. and will continue to be
worn at afternoon receptions where
silks, brocades and velvets are also seen.
"A long princess 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 fashionable design for such toll
cites, and very short high-shouldered
capes of the cloth and velvet are added
for greater warmth in the street. More
youthful gowns of lighter blue. pale Elf
Eel red. or grayish green cloth have
black Persian lamb borders, also of mar
row widths. with gilt and silver braid
passementerie for trimmings The small
cape has collar of great height, with
cloth outside and fur lining, or else it is
entirely of fur, cut to fare outward and
wired. while point of the fur extends
to the end of the cape in front A
toque, with or without strings. is made
Of the cloth for the crown, with velvet
along the edges, and requires no other
trimming. Camels-hair dresses have
the round skirt now worn. with all its
fullness at the back. and bodice with
girdle of velvet and full velvet vest I'M
der jacket shaped front, and the coat
sleeves are full at the top, with velvet
cuffs. Bordered camels-hair dresses,
the ground plum, bright red. reseda or
storm blue, with black stripes for the
border at the foot of the round skirt,
and diagonally at the top of the full
coat sleeves, are very pretty when made
with black coat-basque that is cut up
in square tabs and trimmed with black
Persian fur and wide gold braid
A pretty trousseau for a Southern
bride contained a wedding dress of
ivory satin brocade in palm leaf design,
made with the front of waist and skirt
OF single breadth, merely pleated in
shape at the waist line and fastened I'M
der the left arm, then falling on a petit
coat of white mOusseline de chiffon.
doubled and drawn in shirred tucks below
the hips: the neck was draped with soft
folds of the mOusseline; the back Of the
waist was pointed, and the brocaded
train was draped on its edges. A ''black
silk" dress for this bride was of peau
de sole, with pink blossoms and green
foliage brocaded along it's selvages, made
up in princesse shape, over plain black
peau de sole, with green vest and green
collar under the new black Eiffel tower
lace-altogether different dress from
the black silk gown of former days. A
reception dress of pale silver gray bro
cade combined with bengaline has the
brocade for the basque, the full high
shOuldered sleeves, and for one side
of the skirt, with trimming of silver
cord and shirred breadth of gray
mousseline de chiffon in the front. The
travelling gown of shaggy camel's hair,
in an indefinite plaid of dark red and
brown, had round skirt with two great
box plats behind, hooked on the waist.
with frills erect at top, the front was
made dressy with full diagonal crossed
folds of dark red velvet showing no
darts, velvet sleeves and collar of vel
vet. A visiting dress of green cloth
had great deal of velvet on the front
of the bodice, opening on plastron of
the daintiest brOcade, with white
ground strewn with tiny flowers. A fur
cape was to be worn with these dresses,
and there was also gray plush jacket
bordered with soft gray mouflon fur. A
little dress for informal dinners was of
gray satin in the new cord stripping made
up with silver cord knotted in meshes,
and the stripes meeting in the skirt in
cloak was a great Russian coat of white
crepon laid over pink silk, and
lined with white lima fur which also
formed the large collar.-Harper's Bazaar.