Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21

gray straw - il you will observe it closely, has
| Hogarth's line of beauty in perfection. But
| this is not its only charm. Observe the very
| striking and original manner in which 1t Is
| trimmed with white and indigo check surah rib
| bon, for, after all, the French say, 1t s the
| sauce that counts, and the trimming OF this big
| straw deserves the name of sauce piquant.
| In the second illustration you will find repre-
| sented q rather striking dress in greenish gray
| peau de sole, partly covered with transparent
| white tulle, embroidered and fastened with dark
| green-gray buttons as shown in the illustra-
! ton making, with the hat ALREADY described,
! an extremely handsome costume, rich ana re-
! fined and full of thought.
| The last illustration sets forth a scene which
suggests Neptunes salt kisses. This is the
| time of year when maidens' fancies turn to
visions of white wings" and life loses all its
| zest unless some one invites them out for a
| yachting T2rty. Provided a girl doesn't get
| seasick, the deck of yacht is capital place
| for serious Irritation. Scarcely moment
| goes by that protecting arm is not necessary,
| and here necessity becomes the mother OF sem
| timent just as she is the mother of invention.
| deck of yscht for day or so. 1t enables them
| TO discover how good their compilations
are, and how they look in gale
atiitudini1e or ''amble and jig'' as Hamlet calls
it.
This young lady wears a very pretty dress of
white and gray chs ok wool. trimmed with pale
gray and indigo striped ribbon and knots, and
three fold white cincture. The chemisette is IN
indigo pongee, and the gloves are gray. The
hat have already described.
There are so many real novelties to talk about
that hardly know at which end TO commence.
In hosiery l notice two new ideas well calculated
TO please those fond of startling effects, the one
being green silk stockings with q serpent en-
broidered in gold. His snakeship starts out at
the ankle. and disappears ir graceful coils; the
other is new design in hosiery, IN which the
lower and visible half of the stocking is black
and the upper flesh colored.
The stripped cotton ''skirting' which has
served for SO many years for unders kirts, Is
rapidly giving way to silk petticoats. These are
in all Shades or in plain, black cream. Some
RaNf
ments are at times quite as much the subject of
design as the dress itself. For instance, one in
shot silk-green, shot with terra cotta-had
deep fiounoe of terra Gotta, and another of green
silk with a fall of deep cream lace, caught up
here and there, and falling over all.
One complete surah set of underwear in pale pink
attracted my attention. 1t consisted of chemise
in pale pink surah drawers of the same mate
rial little brighter in tone, short skirt, corset
and long skirt also in pink, but increasing in
depth of tint, each garment being embroidered
with dainty marabout of roses. When clothed
in these various garments. the wearer must pre-
sent the appearance of being full blown rose,
provided that these delicate tints not too
trying for her complexion.
But / have reserved the greatest novelty for
the last-an entirely new reformed and
'hygenic'' principle in dressmaking. l have
not seen dress made upon this 81 rinciple,''
which is the principle of Turkish trousers, so
elaborated and peuected that it may well be
called new. The peculiar feature of these skirts
ings for The feet to pass through. To make
them niece of cloth some four yards long is
used for the front and back breadth alone. H.
cad of cutting them the required length in the |
usual manner, the material is hemmed up |
certain depth, the extra length being left to con-
meet the two breadths. Then the side widths |
are fitted in. It is claimed that this new skirt |
has all the advantages SO long sought TOR by |
dress reformers and medical men-the utmost |
convenience and warmth combined with light |
ness of weight as with such dress underskirts |
may be almost dispensed with, while it has one |
recommendation which can hardly be given to |
any other "hygenic'' costume, namely, that it |
looks like any other dress. This skirt is made |
without foundation, but when draped dress |
is required the foundation is cut in the new
manner. and the dress material may be
ranged in any and every style.