Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-05-04


ins 20 ne H'nlsee Styles.
The Empire pol0nalse cloth oosiu 81
for slender young women ato ve43
handsome il cloths q fuo colars
trimmed with wide gold braid. 1e
front Of the waist crossed end recroc1z
With thiclEly-repped ribbons A treea
cloth polonaise bordered with eoI4
Araid two inches wide Is made up oVae
tan cloth skirt with the loves
sleeves Of tan-color. also The plastron.
while the bust has heavy coracd ereoa
ribbon crossing in Empire fashion. an1
hanging nearly to the ao0r tribe e
the left Of the front The tan okirt Is
full and plain. with two rows Of gold
braid around It above e hem. Ihe
polonaise laps 10 the left side, and has
a single triangular reyers turned back
on the waist disclosing q plastron end
collar Of tan-colored cloth. The rib
bon then begins in the arm-holo on he
right side. crosses to tho left lower
down, then returns 70 the right
side at the waist line. ond
recrosses as q wide Empire pasA
with dropping ends on the left
The sleeves are green from the top %
the elbows, and are pushed up In high
folds around the armholes; below the
elbows they are tightly fitted and e
tan cloth; the upper full parts taper
downward, are pointed at the elbows.
and are edged there with gold braid.
This and similar picturesque dresses
chosen for afternoon wear and for day
receptions are worn with an Empire
poke bonnet or a observation-disclosures
round hat the color OF the cloth, with
ostrich tips and wide loops Of ribboN
for trimming.
Other most graceful wool gowns ere
made Of the widely-bordered camel's-
hair stuffs, with the border at the foot
Of the very plain skirt which is made
round, with a great deal Of sulness IN
the back, where It hangs in natural
and graceful folds. The Rrayish En-
pire green woods, with border Of darker
green half a yard deep around the
skirt make very tastefla gowns with
this simple skirt and e. round waist
opening over a gathered hablt-shirt Of
white or paler green wool; Fevers Of
the striped wool are made bread and
short, and there is a wide sash cross
ing the front Of black moiro
ribbon with ends hanging down
the left side. The back Of The
skirt is gathered to pass over the edge
Of the round bodice, and modistes sup
port this by a very slight pad bustls
sewed to the edge Of the bodice. The
full sleeves give the effect Of high
folds around the armhole; but taper
below in leg-Of-muttOn shape. ked
cloths and red India camel's hair IL
various shades are made up with 3
vest Of white cloth wrought nearly all
over with gold cord. then draped from
each side Of the vest with white ben
galine folds that cross ct the waist line
under a short belt Of the white cloth
with gold cordinR. Other red-cloth
redingotes have the odd decoration Of
copper cording instead Of gold. Cop
per shades of cloth are made up over
very dark blue velvet skirts, with :
vest of blue velvet. striped lengthwiss.
with copper cords In the long redin-
cote. A novel way OF Frightening
black-cloth redingotes is to edge the
braided revers, collar and cuffs with :
narrow piping fold Of light yelIov
cloth. Greens with tan-color, and
gray-greens with black. copper with
blue that is almost plum-color. and
dark beaver browns with dark fur. ere
fashionable colors for wool gowns