Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-02
Family FASHIONS.
Charming Gowns Made of the Dalntiesi
of Wooden Fabrics.

CnaFmlnE OOWnS mAue OF INC OdlHIicbt
of Wooden Fabrics.
House gowns were never more be-
witching than now. The daintiest fab
rics of wool with simple accessory
trimmings Of silks or pompadour bro
cades in pattern of tiny ross buds,
clusters of fine flowers and Other de-
signs are used for these gowns. The
most fashionable house dress for recep-
ton, is tea-gown, but the tea-9own Of
this season differs essentially from the
garment of this variety as first intro
duced. The new tea-gown has none OF
the negligee appearance Of a house
wrapper. 1t clothes the figure loosely,
but gracefully, in manner that sug-
gest the picturesque dress of tho Japan
ese lady. 1t is invariably a demi-train-
ed garment, but is no longer made with
wrapper-fronts, as it was last season.
It retains the princess effect, that is, if
it is in one piece, but the front of the
dress as now made is modification of
the Empire style.
A charming tea-gown to be worn by
the hostess at a luncheon party and
suitable for "high tea" was composed
of olive-green velvet, combined with
pale pink faille silk, broeaded with
rose clusters. The back breadths of
the dress, and the waist with its short
jacket fronts, were of plush, and the
loose under-bodice was of pink brocade,
as was the front and side breadths,
which was laid in box-plaits between
which were long scarfs of olive plush,
and these breadths were edged on the
bottom by cluster of four, inch-wide
ruffles, alternately, OF olive and pink
silk. While the elaborate reception
gowns are made of such rich material,
the majority of these tea-gowns are Of
soft woods in delicate colors or rich
shades of old colors combined in q
variety of ways, with pretty figured
silks or silk grapes. Still, simple tea.
gowns or house-dresses which are moi
dressy enough to be worn for receptions
gowns, but suitable for the home, are
made of the pretty figured French fan
nels, which come with scattered figures
of cream white on sapphire blue
gobelin blue, navy, garnet, old-red
old-rose and other grounds. These
fannels are finished with full fronts o
cream-white wool and tied of girdleI
of two-inch ribbon, the color of th'
groundwork.
There are many beautiful fannels
figured in a medley of cashmere colori
and Oriental design. These are usually
in cream-white grounds, and are com
bined with cream-white wool. The OLE
striped and plaided fannels, formerl!
used for wrappers, are now completed!
pGsse and dealers are selling the rem
nants OF their stock left over from las
season at considerably reduced prices
Imported French flannels in new pat
terms in the usual width, twenty-sevel
inches, are sixty-flve cents yard. Th
same quality OF flannels in last years
patterns arc from forty-fve to fift.
cents q yard, and are purchased by eco
nomical women for balmoral skirts be
cause OF their genuine value and dura
bility. The twilled Orient flannel
!, which is made in this country. is show
/, in all the old, odd colors of the season
4 These flannels are used by the mos
/ fashionable dealers in ladies' furnish
( ing goods for wrappers and dressin
/ sacks, to be used with matinee skirts
{ These garments are trimmed this sea
L son with silk plaitings, draping cords
( girdles OF ribbon and are ornamente
with edges Of needle-work or with line
/ of Misunderstanding, which is done in
i, variety Of patterns. There is less lac
+ used for this purpose than formerly
Good House keeping