Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-08-25
ELKO, NEVADA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 1889
slMPLE MORNING GOWNS
Tho Materials and Styles Most Popular mt
the Present Time.

Tho Materials and Styles Most Popular nt
the Present Time.
While Henrietta cloth remains the
regulation dress for street wear,
there arc many beautiful and suitable
dull black woods which are made up
Tor deep mourning. The Geepest
mourning Is necessarily n widows
and a!l rcfe renee TO tho dcepcst mourn
ing refers tD u widow dress. 1t is in
extremely bad tasto TO wear such
mourning on any other occasion.
Thus daughter wca"s much SIMMER
mourning, uud il would DO ostcnta-
tious Tor her to adopt the dress suit
nh!o for her mother. Her gown NAV
be OF dun black cashmere. caneIs'-
hair, Slclro-e cloth, Henrietta, or any
s"it s!!li-warped or pure wool cloth,
ana unless sheiS advanced in Years.
very slight trimmings OF Grape nre
considered in the best taste. Her
bonnet Is simple and her vail Of
Grape or nuns vni.ing merely reaches
10 her waist and is worn over the
lace nut Il few weeks. 4 widow usual
~ wears long vail of nuns vuI.ing
Tor ordinary occasions to save her
Grape vail. Nuns vailings with q
wide. pain sc!vcdgc, which comes In
such cNquisitciy fine qualities nnd j.
so sheer it must DO made over India
sl!k, makes II cool. pleasant material
l"r summer afternoon gowns. There
are also biuck-.awn scwiug-silk
g"cnaGincs ana tamise cloth which
q used in u daughters or mothers
mourning. It. is in bad taste 10 cum
tnus wearing diamonds or any gems
during tho period that Grape is worn.
ms seems sclf-cvideut TO ANY
person Of taste. but this rulc is
so continually violated in this country
That 1t Is necessary TO repeat this.
c!I-meaning women, who do not in
tend To violate the canon OF refined
taste. sometimes wear solitaire dia-
monds with IL widows cap. 4 widow
may Wear simple bur-pin cf black
cnamclcd gold, or OF onyx, but these
arc 50 plain aS hardly TO DO classcd as
jewc!ry. Simple l:orchicfs and fichus
OF whito cropc or India null hem
stitched on tho bOrdCr or embroidered
in dots. or some such simple pattern.
49, '''' ~ So"'l-s l'iAitt. Linen co.,
lar and cuffs arc suitable TO wear in
any mourning whcrc crapc is not, but
back ruchcs Of crepe lisse or some
sheer matcrial is only suitable with
Grape. Plain black fouIGrl silk malos
n simple, light afternoon dress for n
Indy Who has taken of Grape. And
there aro many fnc-stripcd b!ack-and-
whitc fou'ards and dc!icatc'y figurcd
iouiards suitable for this purpose and
Tor morning gowns or white ioulard
dotted with black. Children seldom
wear mourning in this country, nj
though in some families even tho scrv-
ants nro expected TO wear n blucl;
dress whiio tho family arc In crane
W hilc many people now do not woar
mourning. and tho custom Il by no
means increasing. IL is best that NIL
who prefer IN adopt tho dress during
their period Of grief should bo guided
10y tho simple rules of etiquette which
prevail for such occasions. There IS
nothing moro Objectionable than ILL
chosen or ostcntatious mourning.
when tho dross. which is n protection
To tho wcarcr from all claims of socjn-
~ nnd an indication of her scclusion.
becomes tho means OF making hcr
Vulgnriy conspicuous Good House
Keeping.