Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-04
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

Quotations from Shakespeare in raised let
ters appear upon some of the newest bangle
bracelets.
Garden tichus and half shawls of white
muslin and lace are worn with hats Of
shirred muslin to correspond.
Anemone.pink, cafe au lait, apricot, nuns
gray, and strawberry silk waists are worn
at afternoon teas. with the pretty Flemish
jackets of russet, gray or cream-white foule
cloth.
broidered crepe de Chine, cut to fall low and
broad below the waist is q feature of styl-
ish redingote gowns for afternoon recep-
tions.
One principal characteristic of the autumn
styles will be the increased popularity OF the
directoire redingote, which will appear in
many forms, of greatly varied materials. and
with simple or elaborate trimmings to SUIT
the various occasions in which it will be
worn.
The printed American silks brought out
this season form some of the most attractive
toilets at the summer resorts. They are
made of the printed silk alone, with velvet
ribbon trimmings; or they form empire
gowns that open on plain silk skirt and
waist. q. -'
Besides the pleated and brier-stitched silk
blouses and shirt-waists now so popular in
stylish summer dresses for negligee uses are
some very handsome little tucked models of
crepe or taffeta silk in Roman red, in straw
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are seen.
Silk-embroidered crepe du chine with deep
netted fringes form the most elegant and
drcssy light wraps for the piazza. They are
especially popular in cream white, as they
may be worn with any dress. They also ap-
pear in cel-blue, English pink, mauve and
pale corn-Color. rb
The Spanish peleiiue is, now considered the
height of style, and is worn with dressy
toilets of every description. 1t consists Ct
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lace in combined pattern, with scarf ends
that fasten with a iewelied clash at the belt,
and fall to the foot Of the dress skirt.
For very young ladies are tichus composed
of extra-wde sash ribbons. These are joined
diagonalIy at the middleEof the back, crossed
| in front with few pleats to conform them
| to the figure, and knotted at the waist be-
| hind That is style revived from one pop
ular the latter part of the last century
The gray ana silver shades are strikingy
| beautiful this season, and in very many cases
these tints take the precedence of all others.
| In stylish and recherche English costumes,
very elegant fanCies are achieved in gray
camels' hair and gray royal armure, with
vests of old rose or white SILK, wrought with
| silver silk vine embroidery.
In copying many features OF the ecclesias-
| tical or chatelaine garments worn by fash
| ionabe women of the so-called dark ages,
| costumes and toilets that are exceedingly
| novel and striking have been produced.
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| therefore the gowns are both pretty and
| picturesque. They have been worn this
season by slender, youthful women with
| great success.
| The artistic medieval tea gowns, with cui-
| rass corSage asid full skirts, are very ch arm
| ngly made of the soft beautifully tinted silk
| muslins, brocaded with roses and foliage.
These are invariably made up over silk lin
ings the shade of the gown, Neither rib
| bons or flowers are worn with these dresses,
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| collar of Venetean lace, this reaching to a
| decided point on the front of the V-shape
| opening in the neck. There are lace cuffs to
| match.
Travelling dresses for autumn brides will
| be made variously OF Indiana cloth, French
camels' hair (still a leading favorte abroad)
| glace mohair, bordered English serge and
silky Henrietta cloth. A large portion OF
same color as the woolen goods. Some will
arabesque bands, with special ornaments OF
the same on the bodice; others with rows OF
| narrow watered RIBBON on the edges OF the
overdress or Grecian draperles.
The caprice for borrowing details from
| masculine attire grows still more evident,
| and in tallor-made walking suits and tennis
| and yachting costumes, there Is really very
| little except the skirt to distinguish them
from mems dress. Soft felt hats in black,
| white and gray are worn, caps with cloth or
| leather visors, stiff neckties with scarf pins,
saiorknots and collars, vests and cutaway
| and so on. These little affectations appear
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