Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

old rose embroidered In points and in color!
to match foot-band; wide sash Of the old rose
silk finished with gold meifan fringe
sleeves edged with vandyke pattern of Ori.
entail passementerie; old rose slippers fash.
ioned and beaded a la Oriental.
Paris brocades have a narrow satin stripe
spaced an inch apart, dainty rosebuds with
proportionate leaves in natural tints scat
tered here and there amid stripes. These in
black or in white. Surah damasse is soft
but firm fabric, those attracting my atten-
tion permanently having for design wide
spreading palm leaves in white, the ground
being white, and over all perfect shower
of howerets in delicate ameythist shades,
which color, by the way, is at present the
most popular-but more OF colors and shades
anon.
ONE OF THE NEWEST MAKES.
One of the newest makes in silk is the
Regence, a soft, lustrous fabric capable of
draping, yet with sufficient body to fall in
rich. heavy folds. The otherwise smooth
service is broken by what, for want of a
palmer term, 1 will call an intaglio twill,
since it is groove and not a grain-this
twill straight, not diagonal. This comes in
all shades of both new and old colors; but
the one most taking" while purple is king
of the color world, is ground of lightest
amethyst or heliotrope with large plumes,
deepest shade of that royal color; and so
near to natures heart in shape and curl that
one could scarcely repress the childish de-
sire to blow into them just to see them fly
away on the air.
While looking at this charming conceit
the thought occurred that fitting garniture
for decollette gown of this material would
be ''really" ostrich tips in shaded purple
for foot band and neck fnIshment. A fan
of some feathers and aigrette for the hair
would complete this costume. A fine foil
for blonde perfection, l assure you.
WE CAN ALL BE SCOTS.
The most startling novelty in silk wear is
the tartan plaids, or the clan tartans. We
can all be Scotch now in appearance-and
the clan with which we sympathize can be
designated by the colors we ADOPT and the
width of the bars. For instance, we have
Mcdonald plaid, red, blue, yellow; Ar
cyl. green, blue, black; Mcleod. green.
blue, yellow and red; Forbes, white, black
black, etc. These plaids are to be made
with killed skirt of course, jacket with
sleeve pufed at shoulder, but fitting the
arm neatly from puff to waist, which is fin
ished with velvet cuff; full. Fedora vest of
any harmonizing color, reveres of velvet,
and high collar band of the same.
It's grievance not to have unlimited
time and space in which to dilate upon the
beauties of rare designs in peau de sole,
striped grenadines, gauze sutache, china
crepe. printed chinas and pongees-the
groundwork of some simply showed under
in white flower designs-and the still newer
wash silks in all colors, both checkered and
striped, called Japanese habutia. This ma
Terial is SO soft and so fine it could easily be
drawn through lady's finger ring by the
yard, and be none the more crushed or
crumpled by the experience.
1 regret it is not possible to tack samples
of the goods described to this article, in
which event I am sure you would e1claim
as did the sastonished Queen of Sheba OF
Bible fame: ''The half has not been toid.''
Thanks are due Messrs. Bogg s. Buhl for
fashion hints contained in this article.
MEG.