Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-15

improve so as to unite in n charming trio
utility, beauty and adaptation.
''Some in rags, some in tags and some
in velvet gowns, - is as true q. III the
time when the old song was first
written, but it Is the "sOme in velvet
gowns - who consult fashions oracle,
and these will be pleased to know that
velvet is TO be as much worn this season
as ever; black velvet is a stately dress,
needing little adjournment, and pre-emi-
ueTitly fitted for the wear of iuatrOns. 1t
will be used in combination with silk,
both as bodices and trimming, and viii
serveito renew many a silk dress thai has
been considered slightly passe. The vel
vet is used in basques and IS made short
Jacket fashion with spring collar that
is lined with white or tinted silk with
vest to match. It is, however, more
serviceable if the collar is lined with
black, for then by having the vest re-
movable it is easy to give variety to the
one best dress, which to every day Wo-
men is enough for ordinary life.
While the list OF coIors looks almost
apDalIing there is safety and style in a
sirnnle combination of black and white +,
and there seems TO he abundant evidence
| that this charming effect will be con-
tinued in fashionable winter tot
Iettes. In looking over the light
woods for autumn wear there
| is a preponderance Of striped black and
white material for the fronts of dresses
and for collars and cuffs. Many black
! stuffs have borders woven on the edge in
which black and white are Drettily inter-
mingled. All black costumes are well re-
| Heved by q liberal use OF silk and vel
vet. of lace and jet, and of mOire and
! faille.
There is scarcely a year in which
! Scotch plaids do not appear, but this
season is certainly to be a season of the
tartan. The checks are large, the colors,
while somewhat conspicuous, are so ar
| tisticaIly blended as not to offend good
taste. For misses there is nothing pref
tier than these gay plaids, for it seems
inaDpropriate that youth and freshness
should be encascd in the somber- hued
cownlng that has been adopted by some
1 andSas a house dress for elder sisters and
/ their mothers, there is glowing charm
bin these plaids that for the dull dark days
Of winter is very grateful. Of course. if
mamma is at all dOwager-like i'll her
Dronortions she cannot wear them, but
/ fashion is kind and she can use with
Main material the delusiye stripes that
give heightened effect.
! Young ladies' walking dresses for the
| autumn are distinguished by great sim
plicity in stuff and trimming, il fact in
! the fashionable centers the directing gen
ius of all dressing seems to be simplicity
| of STYLE. The round, full skirts do not
admit of drapery, and falling folds will
| take the place of looping and generally
yyriukIed material. The length Of skirts
seems undetermined, but good sense
would seem TO arrange that they be mod
| eratclv short in front, even if a short
trail must be added The simple bodices
of many of the new dresses nave round
collars that reach3 over the shoulder to
| the arm and have much the appearance
of a woke while the skirts are very plain in
the front and at the sides, having at the
back small fiat folds arranged as a half
| furled fan.
Just at this season plaid surah is
! much used III dress skirts and is
! worn with the new velvet jacket that
later viii do service with heavier stuffs;
there is, however, for the house lin
gering fondness for the silk blouse. 1t
is still made with plain or shirred yoke
with small tucks or large plaits, with
pulled or plain sleeves, and trimmed
| elaberatelv with lace or passementerie
! or left plain as the wearer may prefer.