Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-13
MID-SEAS0N STYLES.
DRESSES FOR MISSES OF THE BE-
TWIXT-ANO-BETWEeN PERIOD.
Head-Gear for the Intermediate Season.
Bcwitching Bonnets and Hats-Noyel
Caprices In Stationery.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dlspatch.l

correspondence OF the Richmond Dlspatch.l
New YORK. July II. 1890.
So little has been said in this column Of
late regarding dress for the girls COR. as the
pattern papers call them. misses that q
few lines Of this letter will not be misused
in description Of what the younger gene
ration may wear. just Mt present it is use
less TO describe anything but outdoor
dresses and gowns for country wear. For
girls from twelve on the most noticeable
peculiarly in thelatter variety of costumes
Is that the skirts are made very much
longer than usual, quite reaching the boot
tops.
Realizing that the girls of this betwixt-
and-between period are not likely 10 have
fully awakened to all the responsibilities
Of dress the designers have made fashiOna-
BILE for them gowns in which simplicity
and durability are prominent charac-
teristlcs. Perhaps the most suitable of all
are the sailor suits that are being SHOWN.
These are Of blue serge or blue flannel,
made with the usual full blouse. belted at
the waist, and full, plain skirt. The trim
ming Is Of white fiat braid, and Jaunty
blue lam OShanter cap is worn.
wIDE-BARRED GINGHAMs.
Ginghams are particularly serviceable
for misses country-going or seaside gowns.
These dresses are created in wide-barred
or plaided ginghams, with gathered waists.
confined by broad sash gIrdles OF silk.
Trimmings Of white embroidery furnish
ing the collar. cuffs. and border for the
skirt. OF course ell the light wash fabrics
are adaptable. For girls from twelve to
fifteen pretty model in which these soft
thin materials develop with very happy et-
feet is az follows: Tho waist is made on
round shirred yoke, the shirring appearing
in four OF five distinct rows. The front
and back of the waist are gathered, the
gathers being drawn in by q sash at the
waist, below which they are permitted
70 expand, forming full skirt. The dress
is, in fact, Just what our cousins over the
vay delight in calling q "frock" The
high collar is cncircled b. broad ribbon,
which Is tied at tho side IN bow. Inc
sleeves are very full, with shirred cuffs
similarly ornamented.
THE TOQUR AND LEGHoRN.
Millinery is one of the puzzling subjects
of this intermediate season of the year.
One must wear some form Of head-coyer-
ing. What Is il 10 be? There Is nothing
very new since the spring styles are
already antiquated. But two features are
noticeable. One must wear the smallest,
out-oftown. q great big Leghorn. Tho
toque in its present phase is an exceed
ingly dainty little creation. II fits very
closely to the head and is trimmed very
low.
TYPICAL SPECIMENS.
Among n number exhibited by q millinery
establishment here let me note one or two
which will typify the rest. One WAS IN
black embroidered tulle, the. diaphanous
material drawn across the low crown IN
full. STRAIGHT folds 10 tho back. Along the
sides fiat designs Of jet and upon the front
a kind Of star ornament Of Jet set upon
bow Of old pink satin ribbon. Snort, mar
row black velvet ties from the back
| This latter feature IL common TO them ALL
Another was altogether floral. This had a
Great bunch Of fOrget-me-nOts upon
the front. both sides being composed OF
the pretty. pale-biue blossoms, and the
crown sheathed in velvet OF the same
shade. A third toque showed facing OF
pale-crcen velvet; above tins limo OF
white lilacs, surrounded by coronet OF
wv leaves. Over all suggestion OF gold
lace. with garniture upon the front con-
sistipg of a knot Of cardinal ribbon. As
To the large hats, they are 50 easily trimmed
that description of them would serve little
purpose. Little more than knot OF rbpon
is necessary 10 make one OF these big
shapes presentable.
FEMININE STATIONERY.
Stationery exhibits several novel CO
prices. among which the adapton of dark
colors for fashionable note-paper IS TO DO
remarked. The shamrock Is not an es-
| pecial new DEVICE for feminine stationery,
| but it has now become the most common.
and IS stamped upon all the fancy" note
paper. Ladies who do not favor conspicu-
ons fashions any more in their stationery
J than in aught else about them, continue 70
use plain, heavy linen paper, across the
/ top of which appears ia embossed
| lettering, quite plain and small, the
| street-number of their residence.
ODDS AND ENDS.
| The wide four-in-hand, not made up but
/ tied by the wearer. Is the stylish neckwear
/ for gentlemen. still.
The only passable wrap at present Is
/ either a lace mantle or connemara OF
/ very light material
/ The ornament which bangles at the end
/ Of ladv's fob-chain is now q silver hunt
/ ing-horn containing scent.
The eyenng-gown at the summer hotel
! is often of no more elaborate material than
snowy embroidered lawn.
Zouave and Figaro effects are retained
even in tho light summer fabrics.