Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-11

and have two rows of stitching and eye
let holes be worked near the edges,
through which colored silk cord is passed
as lacing; as the edges merely meet,
ety. or false hem is placed beneath.
1t is well to let these blouses
drop two inches below the waist
line after their hem with its elastic has
been turned up; to keep in shape, it is
well to basic the turned-up part perma-
nently in the side seams. These cool and
pretty blouses are worn in inch-wide
stripes of blue or red or white, and in
narrower stripes of color at wider inter
walls on white. Flannel and serge blouses
are made in precisely the same way, and
sometimes more deliberately, with three
or four thick cords gathered in rows be-
low the collar and around the shoulders
to form a round yoke. The greatest lat
itude is taken in the skirts worn with
such blouses, everything seeming to be
thought appropriate with them from
gingham to lace.
As everything connected with the White
House is of interest to the public, fitting
close for desultory remarks may be a de-
scription given by q contemporary of a
costume worn by Mrs. Mckee on a calling
expedition at Deer Park: ''There was
an undeIslip of gray silk, and over this
was straight full skirt of gray fshnet
lace, on the inner side of which were
sewed on the above hem twenty rows of
the narrowest black ribbon. The bodice
was cut short and round, the joining of
the skirt to it being hid by a wide sash of
black velvet that was tied in q simple
knot, the two ends reaching quite to
the hem of the dress. The corsage
had the netting drawn over it in surplice
fashion behind, and one side of the front
was loosely draped The other side had
diagonal rows of the velvet crossing it
from the high collar to the sash. The
upper part of the sleeve was full, and the
lower half, which fitted the arm tightly,
had the ribbon LAID on it in diagonal rows
to match the bodice. Long, gray Suede
gloves were worn with it, and the white
brimmed black hat had Its gauzy gay
trimmings caught in place by glossy
blackbirds without tails, such as every
third woman wears on her hat to-day,
whatever its color may be. These rows
of narrow ribbon are almost as much
worn as the blackbirds on the hats.
NOTES.
The latest freak of manufacturer
fancy is fan made of pansies.
B1ouses of surah silk are less popular
than those of washing silks, fancy fan
nels and Victoria lawns
Shirt sleeves with wide wrists bands
which are turned back from the hand are
those which best suit blouse waist.
Garden ffchus and half shawls of white
muslin and lace are worn with hats of
shirred muslin to correspond.
BlOuses made with fronts of one color
and backs of another-the most frequent
combination is navy blue and whlte-are
novelties.
A combination of black and white is q
rather odd feature of this summer s ball
dresses. White crepe is charming, but
trimming of black velvet gives it a rather
lugubrious effect.
New pocket handkerehiefs are of white
cambria, with sprigs of dainty fiowerets
in coloTs, initials embroidered TO match
and narrow openwork hem.
There is new way of using ribbon on
white lawn skirts. The skirt is shirred
below the belt and space enough left be-
tween the rows of stirring to pass
through a ribbon an inch wide in and out
IN the spaces.
Eight or ten rows of shlrring are made
at the waist line of thin white lawn
blouses. This shirring forms the belt
Below the waist this material falls in