Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-08
LADIES' COLUMN.
Dame Fashions Weekly Comment
on DOingS in Dress Circles.
Flowers Bloom, PIumes Nod, Ribbons
Fly and':Buttertiies Culver on the
Heads of Fair WearerS.
4 Message Of the. Fifteenth Century that Has
Lost None of Its Pertinency but Proves
Available for Homely Lesson.

glance on the promenade, or IN
any assemblage where women most do
o,nprecate, attention is always bestowed
-, the fashion of head covering, and
,.+ampt is made to discover if possible
the latest vagary of the miIIiner. AS
result Of some such observation it may
30 stated that the millIner has fixed
-rates. if not bounds, from which she
docs not diverge. So much material
,,7st be in bonnet and hat, and what
these lack ID height must be made up
=, breadth. The fellow who complained
that he could not see over his fair
rairhbor's head, now says he cannot see
,ra1ud it, and if he would bestow any
Iorar-like attention the broad bFm
arms of intrusion. :. The broad -brTmmed
,sghorn that may be bent in any
.orr OF fashion, that sometimes
has garland of flowers that
seemingly Just dropped upon it, or
a1se long ribbons - entangling
themselves as well as he who gazes, are
vsrv euticiug. Sometimes the-rsweet
5eIicacv Of maiden face is enhanced by
fall Of lace pulled around the edge
that. Ike a delicate covering of which
the poet wrote, "heightens the charms
her modesty would fain conceal. the
broad Jrim Is also witching when turned
ra from the face, it stands like aureole
If sautabove the golden cUrls, and even
10 the weaTer is too suggestive to permit
coqnetlisn flashing of eyes that are now
.bant low. ,rIndeed, one almost sees in
her some niched image in cathedral wall
the hands cIasping a lily holly crossed
eli a breast that has no feminine heart
tarob for the very latest from Paris.
The halo effect of a hatof this kind is in
creased by lining the brim with lace kept
IN place by Insertion and interthreaded
with ribbon, then j little i'm
ggtnatiou converts these lines
into rays from a glowing center.
The outside of such a hat has q simple
cluster of flowers tied with a ribbon bow,
and in order to have it lit property the
the har must be dressed low on the neck.
The girl who still has ambition for the
hat that towers, turns the broad brim up
on the left side, sOftens effects by vel
W lining and puts upon the low crown
high bows and a long ostrich plume starts
from the front and falls or the hair.
BJuets are not hardly anything to speak
of. in fact SO insignificant are they
that they seem to have almost passed ont
Of view, old women and young affect
hats whether the fluffy curls be gray or
golden, sail there are for evening wear
tiny head coverings having diadem-
SLAPPED brim that but for the strings
NIGHT easily bc mistaken for a wreath of
flowers. A favorite arrangement is the
bonnet of gold passementerie overlaid
wi,b wreath Of lockwood leaves, clever
limitations Of the leaves of the
little plant so many viii remember
q, bordering the dear old gar
den plat where haunting marigOlds
aud gay cOlored pOpDies spread their
bright beauty. Feminine fancy having
grown s0mewhat weary of birds and their
NUmage, finds novelty in what is appTO-
prarely a summer decoration, butterflies
as large as life made Of dyed feathers,
swayiug on spiral wire, are much coveted
FOR thinning tulle and crepe bonnets,
O.teuumes forming the only decoration.
Ara season just passed the midsummer
and in a latitude that does not elicit
much attention from fashion ceuters, it
DO. easy to find fashion or fabric that
exactly fits, dresses of what is called
Washing material being the only ones
that are soryiceahle in August, dress
makers seem to be. in q combine that,
these shall be expensive, making them
1 such q way as S5nly the most skilfuI
numbering viii avail TO render them
TegGlle when washed. The uniting
%, lowered q and STRIPED cambrIcs
m the same gown seems a little Dolly
'4-aHul-h but still il can be so done as
~ have picturesque effect. The under
dress should be of the lowered cambria
.2a IN knife pIaits, and the overdrapery
@ striped, IN harmonious cOlOTs placed
44-anoI.y, beginning at the left side at
ue belt ana extending across to the bot
'y1 IF the skirt on the right side. The
stripe is again seen in the lower half Of
liz sleeve, tight from the elbow, the
lowered goods being used TOR the full
'oGs OF the sleeves and for the bodice,
and when the young lady ties a soft silk
s->a around her waist, she has q right to
lee. herself very chic, even in a cambria
flock
There have been some Paris importa-
IONS brought to 4 fashionable watering
t+.s. and while there is nothing
a.-E new, there is q Tecapitulation
~.-t may prove useful for those who
avail themselves of every hint to keep
pace il possible with Dame Fashion S
pageant.
I'll. GOWNS representing the latest mot
o. fashion at Worth : and other Paris
houses have elaborate corsages, bouffant
s.-'.s, and perfectly straight skirts,
1"--t austles, ana giving no hint of
~- very short steeIs that are in most
,',.s used to support them. These
s~s,s are called round waists. to dis
-.-.sa them from basqucs, but are
Usually slightly pointed below the waist
'-e Ia back and front alike. The NUT
.-.a- sleeve, all in one piece, with its
--.-..ss at top wriGkled around the arm,
~ -se4 toT all kinds of fabrics, and for I
...a. people rs well as for those who are |
>-at: but Worth shows 2 preference |
Inc empire sleeve, with a puff around |
~. @.aa3le and of easy coat shape be- |
-' Blue has reasserted itself as a
sumner color in turquoise and Gobelin |
.---.s while the yellowish greens lately |
go vogue are being replaced by the cooler |
l1, or turf green, and by the palest |
sue green, which is especially fashion, |
-..s When trimmed with peach color, - |
~ ..-. shade deeply tinged with pink. |
1aw ami red is called ''rouge |
--.Ee,- and n great deal of brick red is |
oil, while ccru and Suede remain in |
-a.a.! favor. irish guipure laces in /
'-.aF iEa points for collars cuffs and the /