Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
What They Win Wear.

WAsHNoToN, March Mrs. Harrison
invited Colonel E. d. Woodruff, president
Of the Logan silk mills, of Auburn, N. Y,
to Indianapolis in consultation, and, in
convers alton upon the subject, Colone]
Woodruff suggested that the dress should
be original in design. purely American in
all its features. Mrs. Harrison selected and
determined on the burr oak leaf as the pat
tern. This oak grows in perfection in
southern Indiana. and fourishes on the
IIppecanoe farm.
The Logan silk mills worked out the de-
sign of the oak leaf and burr. The work on
ing f0nr weeks of constant application OF
the best designer in the mills. The pattern
FOR the skirt of the dless consists of four
panels, the oak leaf and burr worked on
each panel in form and color remarkably
close to the original. The efe,t is rich and
striking. 1t 10 claimed by the makers that
this is the most elaborate work ever at
tempted and accomplished en- silk looms in
America.
The dress is q combination of brocade on
q satin of French gray, with fallle to
match. It was made in New York. It has
faille of the came shade as the tinge of the
oak Leaf, which is near an apricot, and
overlaid with a magnificent hOunce OF
lace, both being laid in lengthwise; plaits in
front Of the skirt and in the center OF sides
to divide the two panels. The panels are
seven inches wide and forty inches long, the
design woven in the center of the width to
q graceful point at the top: each edge of the
panel is faced with an insertion OF lace and
edged with q short fringe Of gold and silver.
The long train, which is all of plain fallle,
has q slight fullness at the top; the waist is
L. thAy,
ished up the neck with closely fit ed piece
of bead work in golo and silver; the same
finishes the neck, and from all hangs an
effective fringe in gray gold and silve-.
At the desire OF General Harrison his
daughter, Mrs. Mckee, will also appear at
the inaugural ball in q dress of American
productif n. Mrs. Mckee selected Tor the
design of her dress the Indiana golden rod,
q great favorits with the general. The In
diana golden rod is quite unlike the New
York golden rod. A sketch was sent to the
Logan silk mills, and admirably repro
d1ced in silk. The d ess made from this
material is brocade in the design OF q
golden rod on q cream ground. The waist
and train are OF brocade. cut with a slight
fullness IN the back; the front of the skirt
is grape-green velvet, with TIE brocade
laid III deep plait-, each side showing only
two inches of the velvet when standing, but
in walking shows a. If it were an underskirt
Of velvet. Over thu b. ocade is skirt of
gold silk aid in very fine plaits seven inches
below the waist, then left to fall full to the
bolt ,m of the ssirt. The lower edges of the
sev en- inch pats ere fastened with band
of amber beads, with long pendants. The
waist is cut low and unique arrangement
of the amber bead work put over the cor
sage, fitting up close around the neck, el-
bow sleeves, with the same amber TRIM
mings. -,
wear was also manufactured to order from
the raw silk by the same company, the de-
sign being one of the most exquisite eve-
seen here. and the texture and finish of the
fab 10 as fine as anything of the SO ever
in America.
The trimming, rich emb o1dery IN gold
and silver glass beads on white satin. was
all made by hand by an American In New
York, and the d ess itself was cut and made
by Miss Ellen barrett, No. IS East Thi ty-
first street.
The material of which this superb ball
dress is made is rich satin brocade OF
ground tint somewhat more golden than
cream colo, the figure beirg graceful re-
production of the Scottish thistle, of which,
In point of SIZE and detail, it is a faithful
The train and sides of the
skirt are composed exclusively Of this mate
rial. "a also the back and sides of the body;
the front Of both skirt and body is of white
satin, artistically trimmed with the en-
broidery mentioned. which at little dis
lance looks like dazzling jewel work. As q
whole. it is rich, exquisite and artistic, and
suggesting delecats discrimination on the
part of the manufacturer in producing q
piece of goods of such admirable harmony.
Mrs. Morton's dress il cut with low neck
and short sleeves, and will undoubtedly be
considered by all who see it brilliant
achievement of the manufacturer and the
dressmaker's art.