River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-26
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
The Growing Popularity of Wooden Good
for Serviceable Dresses:


Wooden materials were never so hand
some as they are now, and are so uni.
versally worn that it is quite possible tc
have a simple yet tasteful outfit OF
wooden dresses, using cloth of camefs
hair for street costumes, cashmere for
house dresses, and the exquisite crepons
for evening gowns. An economist who
must make little money do a great
deal should choose plain woolens instead
Of those with figures, stripes or bars, on
the bordered pattern dresses that at
tract attention by their snowy designs
and she should find the best and newest
shades of the colors that are becoming
TO her, or that will combine well with a
color that mas hitherto proved salts
factory. If she is pure blonde,
the stylish beaver, drab and
castor shades will be good back.
ground for her delicate tints; or if she
have high color in lips and cheek, she
can wear the clear yet dark silver grays
even in the coolest weather, or the mill
itary blue with characteristic trim
mings Of gold or silver braid. If she be
brunette, her brown shades should
have much red in them, as in the popu-
lar Eiffel color, and her blue gowns
should be of the rich dark violet shade
which is now fashionable. The new
heliotrope and the grayish green reseda
shades are said to be most becoming to
demi-blondes, or those who have fair
complexion with dark hair. For gayer
dresses for the house brilliant red and
clear yellow shades are chosen by dark
and fair alike, and the same is true of
white woods with gold or silver trim
mings. Black, after having been decid
eddy out of favor in wooden fabrics, is
again popular. and indeed fashionable,
for both house and street dresses.
Camel's-hair of pure wool and serges
well-marked diagonal lines are bought
of medium weight, double width, and
in good dark shades for street dresses,
at seventy-fve cents or one dollar
yard. Smooth-faced cloths cost about
twice as much, and are preferred to the
heavier tricots with slight ribs that
catch the dust. These fabrics are so
wide and are now made up SO plainly
that only six yards are required for "a
dress, and they are thus within the
reach of women of small means. Cash
mere for morning and house dresses
costs from 30 to IS cents yard for fair
ly good qualities. but is not so wide as
cloth or serge, and about eight yards are
usually bought. If silk is to be com
bined with the cashmere, any remnant
of six yards will suffice for the dress,
and about four yards of silk will COM
plete it. Henrietta cloths cost little
more than the cashmeres, are more
lustrous on their twiled surface, whether
partly silk or not. and are much liked
both in colors and in black.
Silk cord passementeries in points OF
flowers or in pendent balls are fashion
able trimmings that need be bought
only in very short lengths by the econ
omist, yard being made to trim the
collar and wrists, or to extend along the
curved or diagonal front of the bodice,
while bit of velvet or silk forms It's
collar, cuffs and a vest, or some light
drapery. Very narrow edgings of loops
or curves of black silk cord cost but lit
tie. and make dressy trimmings on col.
ored woolens A remnant of velvet
can be well used for large mutton-lee
sleeves, or a bit of satin, plain or bro
caded, for full vest.
For lining the dress waist and making
the foundation skirt, a good and low.
priced fabric is called Oxford cloth BY
the modistes who import it, but is bet
ter known in the shops as French sateen.
This is fnely-twilled cotton, as lAstrous
as satin, and so durable that it is pre-
ferred to silk by many ladies who do moi
have to consider the cost. Only three
lengths of this wide sateen are needed
for a foundation skirt, as the side
breadths can be cut from one length
Modistes make such skirts two vard;
and three-fourths wide for women o
average height.-Harper Bazaar.