Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-17

lining, the longer outer sleeves reaching
nearly to the knee.
NOTES.
There are signs OF n return to low colt
fures.
Solid twilled serges, soft and fine, will
be long favorItes for spring gowns.
Patent leather has been largely sup
planted by the kid and satin shoes.
Slowly but very surely artificial flowers
have again grown into favor.
The most ornamental new hat pin is
moss rose Of enamel in natural colors.
Ribbon striped WOODEN dress stuffs for
spring are seen in the sample books of
leading houses.
The new white cloth dresses braided
with gold that are coming into such fash
iOnable form are called Ouida gowns.
The deep borders of the winter reap
pear in spring goods, and are supple
mentei by woven corner pieces as well.
Some of the long trained wrappers can
scarcely be distinguished from more dig
nifed garments, so deliberately are they
often trimmed and so close is the fit.
The empire has conquered everything.
Its patterns, small, firm and close set,
appear i'll all stuffs, from white embroid-
cred null to black Chantilly lace.
wide double frills of lace turning DOWN
ward from the neck, and are full in
front, with ribbon run through the inser-
tiCn.
Hyacinths, orchids and heath, all as
natural as life, are favorite flowers for
trimming ball gowns. Butterflies, too,
are much used, either alone or dotted
among the flowers.
Home and dinner gowns Of red benga-
line combined with red crepon have full
skirts, round shirred waists, and are
often finished with puff and frill of
pink crepOn about the neck
a dress of yellow Grape lately made in
Paris had the train wrought with jewels
in Il pattern of spiderwebs in which were
entangled moths and dragon flies. Ru-
bies, emeralds and diamonds were mostly
used and broad band of them went all
around the train.
The new Paris hats are to have crowns
so low as TO be hardly peFceptible from
the front view. It is thought also that
since the hustle has disappeared from the
body, the chignon of some years ago will
again fasten itself TO the head. Al
ready great rolls of hair are TO be seen at
the back.
Night dresses are almost as elaborate
as Uea-gownS. They are hnely tucked
and embroidered on the yoke, often a
band of embroidery extending all the
way down the front, with IL jabot of lace
on each side Wide frills of lace laid
over ribbon sometimes form the yoke,
and wide, turn-down collars of fine en-
broidery or lace insertion are edged with
a deep lace ruffle Often the edge of
such gown is finished with an en-
hToidar.ad m. loco Tu$z3a
The directoire style of dress is FIRE
quently adopted in mourning, and very
appropriately so. The directoire gown is
wholly undraped and innocent of pouf or
loop at the back. The corsage is cut on
the lines of a directoire coat, with no
raised trimmings, but fat and plain in
effect. . The sleeves are in close coat
shape. There are tapering revers on the
bodice. with generally a soft wide sash
crunlpled or laid in soft pleafs about the
waist and terminating in long straight
lengths falling on the dress-skirt, the
ends gathered and ornamented with silk
or silver spikes, or other heavy metal or
jet ornaments, or fringes.