Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-27

stripe three inches wide, next a stripe an
eighth of an inch in mahogany,
then comes one trife narrower
in pink and mahogany changeable: then
the mahogany again, thus alternating
throughout the width. The wide pink
stripe shows branches and flowers in the
same tones, with the daintiest outlining
OF white, and on the dark stripes are a
few tiny holly leaves. This design is car
Tied out in various blue shades, in brown i,
green, steel or slate colors. Another
line of cOlOTs show printed effects in
branches and small leaves in black and
still another with leaves and a large
flower that looks like a SunfiOwer. Black
OF white lines and crosses are displayed
on China silks in all coIOrs in the most
artistic fashion, while the summer ben
galines III cream grounds introduce novel
combinations in cOlors in branch and leaf
effects
Stepping out of the realm of silk there
are lightweight wooden goods, some i'll
delicate shades and some in pronounced
colOTs. Dragon green and rosewood
brown will contend for priority, dragon
green is blush shade in green, and is
more aTistOcratically called vert-dragOn.
Blue shades are by no means abolished,
but are of a grayiSh cadet color and in
the darkest shades almost black. Many
of the wooden goods come with a border,
varying from quarter to thrae-Q quarters
of Il yard in depth on the lower edge an
eighth of Il yard in depth on the upper
edge In a few cases the entire under
skirt is formed of the bOrdered goods, the
border extending entirely around the bot
tom: but in most eases the front breadth
ToT, Cd Of
goods when only yard and quarter is
used. Goods are also imported i'll tab
liers, yard and a quarter long, the
broche work extending across the goods
to form border at the side of the tab
lier
There is n marked revival of alpaca as
q favorite dress material, especially that
which was known few years since as
black brilliantine. This is used extern
sively for dTectoire pOlonaises in combi-
nation with MORE silk or black faille
franchise.
The new ginghams awake the entllusi-
asm of fashion letter writers who say that
these were never more bewitchingly
pretty than now The most coQuettish
style of French art has been layished
upon them. They are in lighter shades,
as a rule, than heretofore, and new col
orS and new shades are introduced with
excellent effect They will make such
gowns as would nave delighted Vatican
shepherdesses. The delicate colors of
the g soft pastel Sevres china that this
artist painted have been reproduced in
color by French manufacturers of cotton
goods.
The designs already shown in Sateens
and ginghams describe interlinked rings
and geomerical patterns, and India silk
patterns are Reproduced in the sateens,
which rival the silks in the charming
colorings ana beauty of texture and
finish.
The models for dresses of cotton goods
are quaint, simple and attractive, many
showing modification of the empire
style with its low fnll waist and short
pulled sleeves. All agree IL the matter
of the skirt of straight breadths, mounted
with more or less fnllnesS III front. as
one 5 taste and figure may require. If
the waist is high, full frouts are lcrossed
IN surplice style, and the sleeves either a
modified leg of mutton shape, or in
coat shape finished with Il full puff ut the
top. With such a waist is worn n sash of
soft silk tied in huge bow at the back
by young ladies, while with house dresses
for matr0ns a girdle of csSi1le cord, with
tassels depending, IS favored If the