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

leaves, ana never is there mere the bright
colorngs Of more northerly forests, still
there is a feeling that the summer is
ended, and already the miIliners are
showing autumn hats, heavy with droop-
ing feathers and bright with the flaming
coloUs borrowed from Nature s palette
The cool morning air has tinted the
Young women 5 cheeks and their eyes
gather brightness us they see displayed in
shop windows the pretty, soft wool goods
that are TO be converted into fetching
costumes
Even grave business men who stand on
our street corners talking of syndicates
and schemes, pause in their talk rs some
smiling, dimpling face crosses their line
of vision, ana, while the Datter OF the
Uatent tipped tiny shoe is heard look after
the 1.-the form that finds the morning
cool enough for a tinted russell
serge gown that fits so trinity with a
sash Of brown confined at the side by Il
silver buckle That mucn of the costume
the man might know, but his wife-lf
she should chance 10 stand conveniently
uear-would tell her daughter that Car
RE c. had on such Il pretty russell
serge with brown surah sash; that the
waist was n round surpHce, and the skirt
made straight gathered; that she had
over her shoulders IA triple cape OF brown
silk lined with scarlet that came just TO
the elbow. hnd she noticed in bowiEg
tuat her hat was a little brown straw
turban with trimming of russell ribbon
bows and red berries; her gloves are
loose at The wrist and of russell dogskin,
wisric on her left arm she carried the
Cutest chat > a woman 5 world bag of
russell plush, worked with gold and scar
piazza during the mornings of her sum
Iueriug.
But "You should have seen chow a
woman 5 tongue runs on when she dis
courses of dressD Mrs. b. as she
stepped ont on the street You
know she is just back from Eu-
rope She had on the Ioveliest
gown Of fine blue cloth with u severely
plain rcdiugote worn over q blue silk
reiticoat. The cuffs, collar, pocket
flaps and revers were of blue velvet, and
so were the large DirectOrie buttons.
Her hat was a blue sailor straw with blue
ribbons - \ woman looks at the de
tails man at the general effect, hence
the difference.
Although merchants in the large cities
are chary about exhibiting novelties
until the first Of next month, when re-
LlA- mug ibltilSlS III " ISL ~ SEN llFtAt III
their freshness, enough has been shown
10 give an idea of the pTedominating
STYLES of fabric Many of the new goods
are h0Tdered and the skirt has but one
seam, the material lying in such ample
folds as 10 enable one 70 idealiZe rather
more than heretofore the form no longer
plainly defined. The tact OF the mo-
diste is shown IN these folds being caught
up here and there, giving a glimpse Of
the peGticOat OF silk'Nthat is beneath.
Many of the new weayes are Of plain and
figured material matching each other
exactly in tone. The plain material IS
20 form the back Of the skirt and the
waist, the figured effects to be used on
the plated fropts, front of waist, large
rolling collar, Gaps and cuffs to.tEa close
sleeves. There is also a standing collar,
but rot half so high as those worn last
season.
silk and cashmere are used in combina-
ton, and this is not infTequently odd IL
the designing A very uncommon ar
rangement is in combining blush green
and gray, the materials cashmere and
velvet. The skirt front has 4 band of
green velvet with gray passementerIe
laid on it, and tbe back Of the skirt is Of
rich, green velvet. The bodice has
woke Of passementerie land on velvet land
the cashmere from il forms q full bod
ice kept in plzce by n broad sasho of green
velvet, high under the arms, passing
round the waist. rounded effsat the ba9E
tin it desceuds in point pnd doses itse9E
n the velvet folds of.the SKIRT. TIb#
sleeves have puff of theSmatfrIal st tltS
shoulders end band of tfle passementeS
RE below Z
stripes and plain is aaotner varesf.
and is arranged in Q stTik ms os tuIaef 0v
Il skirt with slight saTaaery ast back
aud large plaits ae8he ssids and on the
center front, THIS sSht sids front Of the
flower stripe, notsn6re tsan twelve inch
es wide, and this VRQssss the waist line,
fo!lotFE51g up the frontof the waist. and
finished or the shoulder bya point, be-
ing curved out around the neck low down,
something IN the Style of guimpe waist.
The sans width IS placed down the other
sidezae8 the waist, curved in the same
manner at the neck, one covering. the
other on the waist from the bust down,
the under one branching off TO the left
side. where il falls over the skirt to the
foot Across the waist line in front is
narrow belt of the PLAIN goods. The
sleeves are close fitting and finished by
stylish cuH Of the stripe.
The princess of wales has made gray &
distinguished color, and ii is seen in ball
room, at dinners and receptions and on
the street What might be called
model dinner dress is of silver gray Hen
rietta, trimmed with green velvet. The
silk skirt has a double row Of narrow
knife pleatin@ fastened at its edges above-I
which is of strip velvet, in, points, and
outlined at the top and bottom with two
rows of narrow silver braid. One end of
the sash, composed Of the cloth, bOrdered
10y deep fringe, is fastened at the left
hip, the other end just little TO the
right Of the center of the skirt. The two
ends are knotted in front, falling nearly
10 the feet. The corsage is cut with
princesse back, falling undraped TO the
feet The front opens over a velvet vest
and is turned Back with Directoire revers
of velvet Over the vest and down the
front falls cascade of futed crepe lisse.
NThe sleeve is large at the top, forming a
puff at the shoulder, and the deep cuffs
and high collar are Of velvet.
There seems TO be a rivalry between
the triple cape and the scarf FOR autumn
use: the latter is frequently seen.attached |
tho draGs The r1afayi1I uSus4Iv has /