The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-05-31
WHAT THEY WEAR.
rcy runs riot in the sleeves of the newest

Farcy runs riot In the sleeves or the newest
tea gowns.
Moire ribbon is as much In favor upon lace
| gowns as II 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 favcrite flowers
for ornamenting summer lace bonnets.
| An authority declares that 'rufles, puffs,
flounces 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 us to seriously threaten tho
long supremacy of green.
Many of the new silk wraps have boa of
| Chantilly lace down the front and arc 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 a stuff entirely different from the
| dress.
Midsummer gowns Of white crepon, draped
in most aesthetic fashion over yellow, blue OF
| and other resorts.
The sash is de rigueur with Worth, and his
latest caprice is the putting of n narrow rib
bon beltwise around all waists, even 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 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 i-.lch more stylish
il 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 will DO 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. Tute is combined with bro
caded or embroidered velvet and the thinnest
The now loose sleeves come very high up on
the shoulder, and are pulled or shirred or
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 best
houses.
Lace, black, white or colored, is more used
than for several years past The newest pat
terms have either a straight edge or else very
deep points. Gauze and net are almost as
much in favor.
India silk with black figures is trimmed
always with black-the ribbons are of black
MORE or velvet, the jabot of black lace and
often panels of plain black silk are set at the
side of the skirt
Waists are not so pointed as they were in
winter and last summer. Revers upon them
arc still much used, though not as stylish as
soft loose folds crossing surplice fashion and
quite hiding tho fastening of the front.
The pad hustle is moribund, yet one or two
steels are required by the gradual slope at
the back that is characteristic of many of the
new imported gowns. When used they must
never be less than twelve inches below the
waist
Full vests, sleeves and cascades Of lace are
seen upon all sorts of imported costumes. A
novelty is the use of lace as facing for
revers, in which case the gown stuff is cut
out to match the scallop and neatly hemmed
down upon it.
Fish net that you could put a finger through
comes in black silk and is especially stylish
when made up over black MORE. The skirt
is deeply hemmed and above that has ten
rows Of the narrowest satin ribbon drawn
through its meshes.
Skirts grow long and longer. Nearly all
indoor gowns have train Of some sort. The
favorito style is straight breadths, falling
loose from the rest of the skirt and anywhere
from fifty to ninety inches long. Seventy is
about the golden mean.
A handsome novelty in embroidery is that
with deep scallops at the edge underlaid with
a straight row of lace, through which the
scallop is wrought In India silk the en-
broidery is sometimes forty inches deep, with
twelve inch lace below it,
Foulard and India silk grow moro and
more in favor. Blue is tho leading color,
especially when figured with black. The
striped silks, though not nearly as pretty as
the figured ones, arc so much fewer that they
are voted much more distinguished.
To cut the genuine leg-o'-mutton sleeve
you must fold the goods bias, then cut one
corner Of the fold off square at height that
will make it just big enough to go over the
hand; then make the mutton ham curve out
to the folded over corner, and from there
make big round to the top. To set we'll
they must be sawed in SO that a perfect bias
will come over the elbow.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.