Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-06

| sense iron-clad, as they are often arranged tc
/ give the effect Of enveloping the figure in q
| cuirass OF zizzazo.
| There is promise that the transformatio cos
tune of last year will be improved upon, and in
stead of a trunk OF huge dimensions one gown
viii be capable OF many changes. Think of hav-
! ing a morning, evening, dinner and dancing
dress all In one Verify, no coniurer's art ever
l devised anything so charming as a gown thus
transformable. BY buttoning on a sleeveless
Jacket, hooking up little draper, or the tossing
on or off of pretty mantle by unbeIting q
blouse. a tea gown, dinnerdress comes to view.
! Verify, Cinderella's god-mother was clumsy
| ''prentice hand when compared with the mod
| ern man dreSsmaker. who is working out this
| idea to what he says shall be a practical con-
Now, while it is not expected that our sensible
Texas women viii slavishly follow French fash
| ion and particularly those of French actresses,
! two or three costumes that are tasteful are
given, as they may furnish guiding hints to some
puzzled woman.
Mile Rejane's new gowns in monsieur
Betsy are the town 8 talk. The first is house
| dress of scarlet cashmere, made in the
| princess style, with long, straight sleeves OF
! black guipure, lined to the elbow and trans
parent below. In her ruddy auburn hair she
wears gold comb near the front, to one side.
In Act ". Nine. Betoy is in mourning, and
her elaborate toilet is very becoming. The
princes dress is made of the new uncut velvet
and its apron front makes the train very narrow,
if long. This is Of rich black brocade with side
folds Of plated lace The uncut velvet waist has
a chemisette of plated crepe lisse and superb
Jet fringe falls from it half way down the apron
front. This fringe is made in deep. sharp points
The crepe lisse bonnet has small, high crown,
with a large Jet butterfly in front, and crepe
veil behind falling to the very edge OF the train
Mile. Muller wears exquisite toilet of white
crepe de chine, EN- roidered in silver. This en-
broidery makes hem around the bottom and
flowers upward on each seam of the jupe. The
low corsage q la VERGE has wide satin belt fas-
tened with a cabbage knot and long ends the
left side. The great novelty, however, is the
yoke and Jockey sleeves, made entirely OF the
silver open-w work embroidery, very heavy and
very effective. She wears long Saxon gloves of
Dale cafe au lait.
Ribbon in rows is much used on spring dresses
of soft light wool.
The old fashioned narrow silk fringe trims
some of the season. tea gowns.
The cuirass bodice, with no seams, no visible
opening, is admired and worn by fine figures.
The revival OF draperies and polonaise gar
ments separate from the underskirt is one OF the
predictions for summer.
The fashion of matching the bonnet with the
gown, while still IN great vogue Is not so obiga-
tory as formerly.
Lawns of white ground with wide black stripes,
edged with open lace patterns, are made for
mourning wear.
tenslncatlons OF old ones, The gauzs ribbon is
the ribbon Of the sea on. IL is shown entirely
OF gauze, and again striped with satin and with
velvet.
Satin is to be worn. there is no doubt, and
most of the newest designs are thrown on to
satin ground, some OF them on to q silk and
SdtlI SLE pes
Perfect-itting plain coat sleeves are seen
everywhere, in spite of the great array OF loose,
full, fancy ones. Many of the plain styles, how
ever, are deliberately trimmed at the rounding
upper portion, and also at the close wrist
Hats are in ChantilIy lace and jet, with lace
bow, bunch of roses in front ard garland of
myosotis; also in black lace, lined with rose
faille, with bow of rose velvet ribbon under the
hair.
Soft summer cheviots in terra Gotta, stem
green, beige, marquise brown and gray, with
lines or stripes of harmonizing color, are used
by ladies' tailors and dressmakers alike for
walking and travelling costumes.
E1he fashion of matching the bonnet with the
gown, while still in great vogue, is not oblig-
atory as formerly. The bonnet should, how
ever, always be consistent with the costume
and the occasion, but every day gives proof that
it is not.
In most of the new tailor-made bodices of
striped fabric the darts are taken in the lining
only, and by perfectly bias adjustment of the
flexible material, they smoothed and closely
drawn over the silk lining, to fit to perfection
without the aid OF either dart or seam.
Some early spring skirts have velvet band at
the edge, and another at little distance above
The bands are from three inches to four inches
wide, and correspond with the general coloring.
Ihere are now on an average about seven single
widths in = skirt-four at the back, two at the
sides and one in 'front.' No steels are added,
and only small pad; some women do not even
have this.
Some very dainty handkerchiefs are shown,
made of hemstitched Vienna cambria. One
corner has the appearance of being turnnd back,
and on this piece disk resembling a large seal
Is worked either IN white or colored silk.
Dressy little kerchiefs of cameo pink, lilac,
cream or ecru silk delicatey wrought with |
Vatican borders, and finished with frill of |
resl Valenciennes lace.