Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-26


seams and brought over the bust in nat
ural folds; then shirred again at the
waist line and left to fall down the mid
die of the skirt, the great lowered
breadths being seen as if beneath the
solid colored sides that appeared to open
upon them.
June, September and October are the
months for brides, and the rare beauties
of the trOusseau are calculated to tempt
Joan to a speedy, eyes. Among a
wealth of pretty gowns for all occasions
what can be more elegant and attractive
than this vision Of black and pink The
redingOte polOnaise is made of black vel
vet opening in front 10 show q petticoat
of pink crepe de Chine hemmed with
three rows of scalIops. Heavy black and
pink frin5es, though which shine CLEANS
of pearls, adorn the dress, the draperies
of which are caught up here and there
with pink knots.
The gradual emancipation of women s
arms is certainly hailed with Joy by the
majority, for while the coat sleeve is not
abandoned its bounds are so enlarged
that a woman need not present the appear
ance of a skewered fowl. Now the coat
sleeve is usually gathered at the top,
forming & slight pun ut the shoulder. 1t
is diminished in size toward the elbow,
and thence to the wrist is close fitting,
after the old style. TO stout figures,
however, the fullness at the top is not
desirable, as il gives a seeming greater
breadth to the shoulders, and fashion is
sufficiently complaisant to permit
Que to dispense with it al
together if desirable. A pretty new
style is made like q coat sleeve, but is
finished off with puftings, which droop
over a cuff embroidered or braided like
the epaulette, which is also made in the
plain material and pulled on the shout
ders with three rows of gaugiDgs.
Children $ dress grows more and more
attractive each season, and that quaint
beauty that owes its presence to Kate
Ereenway Is losing none of its popularity.
The little tots tTOt around in their short
wasted, long-skirted gowns, wear their
pinafores and grow highly indignant at
their, brother a size larger, dressed a la
Fauntleroy who pulls out the big bows
of their wide sashes and plays horse,
much to their discomfort, the
dismay of nurse and the
wreck of the immaculate smOOthness
of sash ends Mamma looks up reprov-
iugly, but her thoughts are on very
stylish pelisse she has seen that will be so
pretty for big Sis in her journeys to and
from school. It Is made of checked
wool. The front has a double row of
buttons; the back is gathered, and the
cape IS plated into a circular yoke to
avoid the fulluess. High turnover collar.
Hat of felt, trimmed with long ostrich
plumes. For twO-yeaT-Old i'll its out
ings, where health and freedom is the
prime consideration, she has just finished
a comfortable flannel blouse that is
gathered back and front at the neck, and
at the waist there is d ribbon run in a
casing TO draw up and tie in front; the
collar and the cuffs are of velvet. When
the wind grows keeper there is to be
worn with il plated. shoulder cape set
on a square yoke and-fnished at the neck
by high standing collar, then with Il
Fez cap, the tassels noddng in every
fashion. mamma darling boy is a tit
subject for a Reynolds,
Another becoming fashion for misses
Sulet is Of cashmere. The waist is a
pointed basque, 10 which a round skirt is
set on in box pIaits, the seam being Gov
cred bv a band of velvet Two inches wide
OF darker shade. There is Il wide round
collar extending over the points of the
shoulder and q standing collar of velvet.
The sleeves have very little fullness at
the arm size, bat gather at the wrist into
q wide turn back cuff of velvet, buttoned
on the outside seam by three buttons. At
the top of the hem of the skirt there are
four or five rows of ribbon velvet about a
half inch wide. An appropriate cap is of
the material gathered on top Of the head
into d large button covered with the vel
vet, and the cap has a front piece for
shading the face, it is presumed, but
which the girls give jaunty incline up
ward.
Something was said III the beginning of
this chat upon styles about the patent
tipped shoes, but has any one seen the
combination of black and white patent
leather in shoest 1t Is very pretty in
deed. Some such shoes have a long
black toe piece and white sides and
front, while others have the tips in white
and the rest black Worn, as they ought
to be, with black stockings, they seem to
consist only of i toe, and are wonder
fully becoming TO the foot They are
called the Harlequin shoes. - At
least they are a vast improvement on the
yellow and other COlored shoes that have
intTuded themselves upon the list of
fashionable feet castings. Despite oil ct
forts 10 the contrary for all occasions,
short the EXTREMIST full dress, the plain,
blacks shoe, buttoued or laced, fitted
well stsfese foot, is without rival, and
vii khol9sts own against all attempted
in4pvatidas.
s notes.,
Eaugs9oaks VIII alternate With short
jackeTs lis winter and autumnal wraps.
High collars are again in the ascend
ant, as the cold weather approaches.
The winter toques are very rich in
materials, being chiefly in velvet laid in
folds and trimmed with stars or aigrettes
in cut. jet.
Ruddy browns willy be prominent
among Colors this coming season. Rust
color will be seen in many of the fash
ionable fabrics.
Plain as well as brocaded silks are
largely imported for winter wear: but,
if the dress is of the bTocade it will be
generally made up in combination with
plain silk.
Some of the new French visiting
dresses, or caTriage-gowns,- as they are
called, without being trained, are what |
is called demi-longy just made to touch |
the floor slightly at the back.
Bordered gowns have plain petticoat
with the round, fluff .overskirt simply |
caught up quite high and quite far back |