The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-04
CASHMERE DRESSES.
Ne8t-Looking and Comfortable Costumes
for the House and Street.

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Nest-Looking and Comfortable Costumes
for the House and Street.
Cashmere dresses for the house and
for street wear in the spring are being
made with q degree OF f~ullness because
this supple fabric forms graceful folds,
and besides, the very long French
over-skirt is always liked by slender
women. In order to conform some
what to the straight lines now in favor,
drapery Of sashes is used in cashmere,
two long fringed ends of cashmere
falling from the belt to the foot OF the
skirt quite near the front, while others
slightly looped are on the back.
Sometimes three wide bands or panels
of lace or of embroidery are set
lengthwise down the front of the skirt,
and the two sashes drop between. In
such cases the very decorative point
| de Genes lace, like cord embroidery, is
used, or else there are rows of black
or of white embroidery on silk or on
cashmere. An Empire green cashmere
skirt with the front and side breadths
of bengaline has three white point de
Genes panels with two sashes between
| of the cashmere, each three fingers
| wide, with wide green silk fringe tied
in the hem. The back breadths are of
cashmere hanging straight, and finely
plated over a short belt that Is to be
hooked or buttoned on the back of the
bodice. The bodice has full plaits on
each shoulder tapering to a point
below the waist, and full
| sleeves that taper to the wrists
under a deep lace cuff; similar lace
fills the Y at the throat and forms a
standing collar. A pretty cashmere
| gown has an antique brocade of rose
! and green for its vest, and for bands
down the front between the sashes.
| The vest is laid in small plaits, and has
I rows of silk lacing cord with tags OF
gilt crossing it at top and at the waist
line. Little puffs of the brocade ex'
tend below the mutton-leg sleeves.
Gross barred WOODEN dresses in which
| young ladies take their morning walks
are made with a deep over-skirt that
c~onceals almost entirely the founda-
| ton skirt beneath it. This over-skirt
is simply hemmed, is usually bias in
front, and is drawn quite smoothly
back on the hips to fall straight be-
hind in many close-lapping plaits. A
| plain position basque is made of the
prevailing color of the plaid skirt, or
else a surah-belted waist is used. and a
short cloth or seal-skin jacket with a
basque of the same completes the street
toilette. Brown barred with green,
black widely barred with red. blue
with brown bars. and green with red,
hare seer in these useful gowns.
By way OF combining two colors in
dress skirts a border half a yard wide
of plain wool of contrasting color is
sometimes sewed around the foot, aud
ohe whole is accordion-plaited. Dark
blue camel's-hair skirts have a half
yard border of mahogany OR rosewood
c4olored camel's-hair, and the material
of the border is usca3for the vest and
revers Of the blue basque. Sometimes
two tones of O color are used in tltese
skirts, as very dark green wool is the
border for an Empire green skirt,
which is laid in Urge wide plaits al
around. but with more deeply-folde6
plaits in the back.
Black cashmere dresses require SOM
CLEANS of color to relieve their som
berness, and are frightened by pearl
edged gold braid alternating with
black Hercules braid as vest, cuffs ant
waistband on a. long ~redingote of cash
mere which has revers of thickly
repped silk on both waist and skirt
The fronts fall open below the vest tt
show a black silk skirt banded above {
hem with rows of black and gold braid
Another black cashmere redingote ha.
a gathered vest of apple-green benga'
line with darker g%reen-velvet belt and
revers. Old-rose silk under open-pat
termed black gimp forms the left side
of the front of q black cashmere waist
while q full plating Of the cashmere
extends from the right shoulder to the
left of the waist. A Paris dinner dres,
lately made for a bride who has dis
tinctive taste is of black silk muslin il
accordion plaits over black-wateret
silk; the bodice was in the finest plaitl
from the shoulders to the belt, leaving
q v point at the neck, and the elbow
sleeves were similarly plated. A wild
Empire belt of gold passementeri'
crossed the front, and bands to mattel
pushed up the sleeves in puffs. A wide
moire sash draped the right side.-
Harper's Bazaar.
THE MARRIAGE TIE.