Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-07

don It be afraid" folding 1t up, "The
interview is ended, sir;' carrying it
handle outward, "Follow me;" point
outward, "Take care, we watched, -
ETC.. etc.
The lady of the initial, according to
this code, is saying to her cavalier, who
is omitted from lack of space, "Sir you
perceive my agitation She is dressed
in an organdy muslin, SO very modish at
present, and wears one of those pretty
little shoulder capes of ecru cloth to
match her dress, trimmed with jet. AS
may be expected, her parasol matches
her costume, for in no way can you more
readily prove that you are to the "man-
ner born'' than in having perfect har-
mony in your toilet-dress, shoes, hat,
parasol, gloves, making up color SYM
phouy. For instance, when mousseline
chiffon is used in soft frills around the
sleeves and throat, it should reappear on
the parasol, and when valenciennes en-
ters into the makeup of costume the
parasol should be cascaded with pointed
lace. The great desIderatum is to give
each part and parcel of the costume the
look of being made for each other and to
avoid the suspicion of union of "shreds
and patches.
You may pretty generally assume that
if a color is becoming to you, you can t
have too much of it about you, hence
the parasol comes in to heighten and in
tsnsify the effect. Take a costume in yell
low for instance, it is bright and agrees
i've, but, with some compilations,
strikingly becoming, and here the
parasol serves a most artistic purpose,
accentuating the impression. Imagine
the effect of canary -ooiored bonnet
and dress, emphasized by yellow
ostrich feather boa, and double under
scored by parasol in exactly the same
shade; or a white MORE covered with
black lace with parasol to match
But quite naturally it is at the races or
in the stands at the ball matches that
one sees truly astonishing creations
in parasols. Here the fancy may be as
wild as it chooses, and from the field the
grand stands look like huge beds of
Dutch tulips, the more gorgeous in that
they are set in frame of dark green.
These outing parasols are usually IN silk,
with pinked fiounce, and have con-
trasting "rib ruohes.' as they are
called, that is, yellow silk, with white
chiffon frills, black with soft yellow,
gray with cream, red with black, and so
always having an eye to harmony with
the costume. The trimming up the ribs
is a narrower frill than that going around
the edge, and is arranged in zigzag or
cascade fashion, eliminating in rosetto
at the ferule, or is carried down between
the divisions in small points.
The lady in the second illustration of
this article holds her long-haudled para
sol well back of her, very cordial and
friendly attitude. Here the parasol acts
as background to set off her toilet and
heighten the effect of her bonnet. 1t is
en- suite with the costume, matching in
color the ground of the skirt and waist
and light stripe of the sleeves. 1t will
be noted that boquet of flowers adorns
the handle. Flowers have been much
used in parasols this season, being lightly
sprinkled over them. At recent garden
party the psrasols, in richness, ele-
gsnce and variety, presented q coup
'oeil OF almost startling magnihcence.
One of white silk, with cornfiowers, was
very fresh and pretty; another of mauve
china crepe, had rows of white comete in
deep bordering, the tiny ribbons run
through and tied one above the othsr on
each rib of the parasol. One of the