Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-24

''The TOland - the - Grecque and the
"Henri II, - tocques, severally will &C
| company the Grecian dresses, ami the
ladylike and elegant princesse bonnet, of
perennial favor, will be a fashionable and
fitting accompaniment to the princesse
dress.
NOTES.
Silver buckles are much in use.
Cashmeres are now made III princess
style.
A prophet of evil foretells for this year
Easter gowns and bonnets of flashy red .
Wide plated frills are a novelty for the
neck and sleeves of little girls dresses
Wide plating of crepe lisse are worn in
the neck and sleeves of artistically mod
eled empire gowns.
''Horses ears, as they are called i,
made of dark gray velvet and lined with
light cloth, are used for trimming En-
glish turbans.
White underWaists will be worn again
this summer, both by very little children
and those of larger growth.
Large rosettes of the very narrowest
ribbon are at once the newest and most
stylish trimming for bonnets.
A favorite tea gown combination is
velvet in two eolors, as emerald green
and black or coral red and gray.
Desespoir is the name of new and in
tense black, which the manufacturers
have succeeded in obtaining in silk and
wool goods for mourning gowns.
The monogram, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser, must now be
embroidered twice upon the tablecloth at
a point half way from the center to each
end.
Charming little party dresses for sweet
sixteen have straight full housemaid
skirts, wide empire sashes, with novel
bodices that button on the short shoulder
seams.
Baby best gowns are now made often
of cream washing silk, with the finest of
torchon lace in place of the time-hOnored
cambria and embroidery.
Silky French mohair will be in great
use this and the coming season i'll the
making of gowns for calling, travelling
and the promenade.
House gowns of black surah or alpaca
are made with accordion pleated skirts
and round waists, and are finished with a
sash OF wide MORE ribbon which ties at
the back and hangs quite 10 them.
Handsome and stylish-looking cos
tunes are set forth made of the new dyes
in princess of Wales blue. This will be
one of the popular shades of color the
coming season.
Silver-shot black silks for 'fsecond -
mourning are novel and effective fabrics
They will be trimmed with jet and silver
galloons or cut steel passementeries, and
fringe showing mixture of steel and
black.
Little folk will wear full waists again !,
pulled sleeves and full straight skirts
Girls from ten to fourteen win have fitted
waists, pointed in the neck, front and
back over the white undergarment, with
sleeves opening in points almost 10 the
elbow.
a pretty demi-toIlet for blonde has
an accordion plated skirt of white China
silk and a long, straight redingote of dull
blue India silk with white figures. This
has full white vest and is open in sew
eral places to display the skirt beneath :.
The wide reYers, collar, cuffs and pocket
flaps are OF white bengaline bordered
with delicate tracery of blue embroid-
cry.
Lady-like and pretty costumes of fine
India cashmere or Henrietta cloth are
shown, made up with Bengaline or vel
vet or fine wool of a deeper or contrasting
shade, the suit including wrap TO