The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-25
FAMILY FASHIONS.
Charming Gowns Made of the Daintiesf
Of Wooden Fabrics.

Charming Gowns Made of the Daintiest
OF Wooden Fabrics.
House gowns were never more be-
witching than now. The daintiest fab
RIGS of wool with simple accessory
trimmings Of silks or pompadour bro
cades in pattern OF tiny rose 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-gown 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 house
wrapper. 1t clothes the figure loosely,
but gracefully, in a manner that sug-
gest the picturesque dress of the Japan
csc lady. 1t is invariably 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 luncheon party and
suitable for a 'high tea" was composed
of olive-green velvet, combined with
pale pink faille silk, brocaded 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
ruffies, 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 a
variety of ways, with pretty figured
silks or silk grapes. Still, simple tea
gowns or house-dresses which are not
dressy enough to be worn for reception
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
fiannels are finished with full fronts OF
cream-white wool and tied of girdles
of two-nch ribbon, the color of the
groundwork.
There are many beautiful fannels,
figured in a medley of cashmere colors
and Oriental design. These are usually
in cream-white grounds, and are COM
bined with cream-white wool The old
striped and plaided fannels, formerly
used for wrappers, are now completely
passe and dealers are selling the rem
nants OF their stock left over from last
season at considerably reduced prices.
Imported French fannels in new pat
terms in the usual width, twenty-seven
inches, are sixty-five cents yard. The
same quality OF hannels in last years
patterns are from forty-five to fifty
cents a 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 shown
in all the old. odd colors of the season.
These flannels are used by the most
fashionable dealers in ladies' furnish
ing goods for wrappers and dressing
sacks, to be used with ns0:inee skirts.
These garments are trimmed this sea-
son with silk plaitings. draping cords.
pirdles Of ribbon and are Ornamented
with edges Of needle-work or with lines
of misunderstanding. which is done in q
variety Of patterns There is less lace
used for this purpose than formerly
Good Housekeeping.