Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

At q fancy dress ball held recently in Paris
iady appeared with II miniature Eitfel
tower on her head, Il yard high, set with dia-
mondS.
Directoirc redingotes of cream-white pilot
cloth or cames' hair, with cricket caps To
match, are imported for coaching and sea
side uses
Although III great vogue the straight, full,
undraped Empire skirts do not please uni
versally, and slight draperes urc seen every
where.
There is n great rage for flower bonaets
and toques abroad. Some are rlaje of foliage
alone; for example, pale yellow-green rose
leaves overlapping each other.
Models of Parisian designing show lovely
striped fabrics III every grade OF dress. from
the taut mountain suits and pretty boating
dresses to the grand toilets for special dress
occasions.
Some of the neglige corsages OH new en-
pre tailor-made gowns represent 4 shirt
waist of corded silk, and below this is a
pointed girdle trimmed with fine lines of
gold braid.
Great use is made in evening dress of the
elegant, softly drapng silks known under
the generic titles of Bengaiine, Sicilienne,
peau de sole, Victoria reps and China and
India silks
Next in favor to the foundat,on.slips in
black satin or moire, in the new black lace
toilets, ure those of shot silk, which are con.
| sdGrcd fur more effective than those of one
| bright color.
For the summer are new semi.diaphanous
| silk and wool fabrics for mourning, initiating
| Chinese grapes; also very handsome surah
| called "surah Antoinette," with fine dag
onal lines, which is designed for light
mourning.
Cream-white Chantilly lace is much used
| for bcrthas, Marie Antoinette and Charlotte
| Corduy ichus, vests and antique collars, and
| also for the frivolous summer wraps that
| are far more tanclful and beautiful than
| useful.
Cool, transparent, white wooleHs are used
| by Partisan dressIiakers in combination
with soft silks that are either figured with
| delicate buds and sprays of flowers, or else
| striped or barred with quaint, old-fashioned
| colors in buff, rose-pink, lilac, etc.
Ribbon Is used this season with great pro-
| digality. Many lovely evening dresses com
posed Of tinted silk net have the entire from t
| formed of lengthwise rows of ribbon run so
| close together that one would scarcely sus.
| pecL the means by which. the pretty effect Is
| produced
Although a certain compliance with pre-
| vailing tastes and ideas is apparent in every
| fashionable toilet there is practically no
| limit to the historical and picturesque effects
brought out in the creation of the superb and
| luxurious gowns made ready for the gay
| pleasure season just upon us.
In order to make great saving of laundry
| bills at tho various summer resorts and also
| to obviate the necessity of counting many
dozen muslin skirts III the summer outfit,
| much Use is made OF strong American Surah
and also of moire in many tints, these
adapted in color to the dress with which
| they are to be worn.
There is infinite variety in the styles for
the summer carnival dress The Grecian,
| Empire and Directoire models predominant,
| but the general melange IS bewildering.
| Josephine, Marie Antoinette, and Medici
| gowns all appear in artistic circles of So
ciety, as we'll as few of the quaint early
English styles 30 becoming to women Of
stately figure and carriage
The fabrics composing the gown, waist
coat and shirt front very frequently differ in
kind, for example, dress of reseda India
| cloth has a vest of pale golden-tan faille
| with soft cream-tinted shirt-front, or
| again, an old-rose Henrietta cloth has tea.
rose shirtfront of China silk laid in fine
plaits, with a three-button vest below Of
| deep claret velvet. The dress fabric is laid
next TO the side Of the vest, with velvet re-
yers Japering from the shoulders to point
| below the belt.