Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-27
PRETTY GINGHAM GOWNS.
Colors and Styles That Promise to Be Yer


Colors and Styles That Promise to Be Very
Popular.
Scotch ginghams for midsummer
dresses are brought out at this early
season to be made up during the mod
iste's dull season. The colors fashion
able for cashmeres are repeated in these
simple cotton fabrics, and a touch of
black in stripes or bars is added to many
of the newest patterns. The black
stripes are of Sateen, and look like lines
of genuine satin most effectively ar
ranged at intervals on an old-rose ging
ham that is Strewn with darker chine
flowers, or on sage green or pale blue Of
the same design; or there are irregular
lines of black marking gray-blue, pink,
or stem green stripes, or stripes that
alternate with white stripes; there are
also plaids of Suede and white with black
and rose sateen bars, or pink and gray
with black, green and gray with black,
and yellow with black and white cross
bars.
Bordered ginghams are so wide that
the width serves for the length of the
skirt, the border trimming the foot;
these have plain ground, with wide
Scotch plaid border, or else graduated
stripes of the new chine designs in
vines Many hght-colored ginghams
have chine flowers of darker shade,
amid narrow sateen stripes, while other
new ginghams have broad, chine-fgured
stripes alternating with white or light
plain stripes. Bourette stripes with lace
like thin stripes are pretty, and the
rough bourette threads, sometimes in
black or in white, are strewn about at
intervals on otherwise plain ginghams.
Genuine tartan colors are seen in the
newest Scotch plaids in the dark blue
and green tartans so much worn in wool
en- goods, and the gay Stuart plaids Of
red, green and white. Fancy plaids
come in charming soft colOrs of mauve
with yellowish brown, of rose pink with
white and green; of gray-blue or porce-
lain or navy blue with ivory
white. Heliotrope, mauve, lavender,
yellow and green ginghams will be
as much worn as they were last year,
and there are many of the pretty half
inch stripes of three colors together, as
green, cream and old-rose, or gray,
brown and green, or lavender, violet and
brown, or pale blue, dark gray and clear
white. For children are the Scotch
plaids and the smaller crossbars and
fine stripes of color on white.
For trimming these ginghams are the
white embroidered muslins, used as
Jokes, Spanish jackets, collars, cuffs.
and as insertions in the skirt of very
simply made gowns. with full waist,
slightly pointed in front, either straight
or point ted in the back, and with straight
skirts The large sleeves will be worn
by many, made precisely as they were
last summer, but the modistes advise
large coat sleeves, or else
the mutton-leg sleeves, made without
too much fullness at the top. eros grain
ribbon of the most prominent color in |
the gingham will be set diagonally on
the front of the bodice. and banded on
its pointed edge. Wide vandykes OF |
white embroidery will be inserted |
straight across the front of pointed |
bodices of solid-colored ginghams, some |
what in yoke fashion, or two narrower |
the lower row passing just under the |
and that above from sleeve to |
sleeve. The fashion Of fastening the |
front of the bodice out of sight will be |
continued in these cotton dresses, the |
small buttons and loops being hidden |
under embroidery down the middle of |
the front, or under epaulettes or Span |
ish jacket on the left side. The plaid |
ginghams will be cut bias throughout, |
and made with round be1ted waist |
very slightly full at the belt, and quite |
plain on the shoulders. High standing |
collars of embroidery. and also turned |
down collars, with cuffs to match on full
sleeves, will be worn with these waists. |
-Harper's Bazaar.