Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-19

fabrics, and the variety for street dresses
is almost infinite, yet each has its appro-
pirate inaterial for trimming and pecu-
liar fashionng. The rough Scotch stuff :,
bourettcs and fleecy wooleus are made up
with vests of darker velvet or silk. They
are also made up with vests aud sleeves
of maltelasse. Woolly cloths have small
curls or hair over the surface. Knot
cheviots have Jumps of some contrasting
color. d Sos of long hair on plain
ground make up effectively, Us pea green
discs, or light tan camel's
hair snrface. Cancels HAIR for
tailor gowns is combined with velvet,
heavily braided. Wais.conts for these
are short, with small turned over revers,
disclosing vest and high close collar.
A cloth skirt, with n corduroy waistcout
is new style for the street. These will
be made of gray, tan or brown, while
white corduroy is used for vests in i'm
ported suits. The old familiar shade OF
dark navy blue returns to popularity this
season. An otherwise simple street cult
of this in light cloth has the sleeves and
plain waist TO several inches below the
belt, embroidered with steel bends.
For dinner and reception dresses MOTH
Ing G. surpass velvet, and IL promises
TO he favorite material for the winter.
For dresses for These occasions, the Louis
Quinzs coat, with q straight, plain,
trained skirt, is u favorite stvIe. The
material Is often cloth, with sleeves CT
velvet, the entire coat and sleeves being
one mass of cut steel embroidery or jew
eled passementerIe. Demi-tralns, also
full trains, are male very soft and mar
row. Three breadths OF silk are enough
for moderate trains; these are lined with
satin without furings. A richly EN-
broidered black satin train and jacket
bodice is worn over my light colored
skirt and square front corsage. Brocades
are used this year often for the fronts OF
evening dresses. while plain colored
silk in the new weaves of regence aud
Muscovite reps Is used for the entire back
OF bodice and skirt. The fnvorite bodice
for velvet gown, which is not cut
princess is the Henri Trois, edged below
the waist line with stlfiy lined ruff.
Low, round bodices OF velvet have white
silk muslin sleeves. Evening dresses of
brocade have the skirt caught up with
silk cord and clusters OF tips OF two
or three different shades, the edge
of the square neck being completely cir
cl d with these same tips. Youthful
muslin de sol evening gowns have pustiles
OF white floss and cut steel, the latter ru-
dating in lines from the solid white GEN.
ter. THIS material Is also found with
large flower designs on creamy white
ground. Dotted laces are used for frills.
There nre also bodice trimmings Of bands
winch branch out from the belt over the
front of the bodice. Girlish toilets of
white chiffon are trimmed with rosettes
III Il III,
lar. A pretty use is to drape il sash
fashion over Dengaline, the ends beng
frInged aud embroidered.
House dresses are cut with perfectly
fitting backs, the princess fronts having
the effect OF loose draperies in many
cases. Most OF these fasten invisibly on
the left side aud are trimmed with dark,
rich bands of appl!qued velvet. Wool
ere on in very dainty shades is n favor
tie material. The sleeves in these
dresses are most quaint. Tight to the
elbow, above which there is n delicate
puff, is very pretty way OF making
them. When plush is the material used
the Gu: is straight and plain, silk cord
and tassels being the only adjournment.
Black tea gowns are frightened with
scarf shoulder draperies, tying in q loose
knot across the chest, lined with bright
yellow sntin. The waist Is in this case
belted in with q similar scarf fastened on
each side. Crepe de chine tea gowns are
seen with soft frills of fancy white
chiffon or muslin edging the neck and
front down TO the foot of skirt. Box
plated ruches lined with q contrasting
color IRE placed OH the foot Of the skirt
OF many of these ten gowns.
favor, aud their beauty and convenience
gives reason for their popularity. They
are usually maze over tIght-fitting
lining and pleated into belt that may
be pointed or straight as fancy dictates.
The bottom of the waist is usually fin
ished with a pleated ruffie of the suruh
aboGt FIVE inches wide. The sleeves have
their fullness held in by pleats. aud the
yoke shape is made in the same way. the
pcat finished with feather stitching.
When the material Is procade the TRIM
ming Is often of lace, which also forms
the ruffie and finishes !he bottom OF the
sleeves, which only reach the elbow. A
style of flush is 10 have three bands OF
inch wide velvet ribbon, one extending
round the points back and front, the
other two fastened at intervals in the
underarm seam and at the pointed june
ton in front n bow of the velvet with
cut steel buckles, the sleeve flush above
the lace the same. These Jackets are not
as expensive as an entire new gown and
serve TO fresheu lust winters skirt.
Cut steel is favorite ornament this
winter, and rivals tortoise shell rs an
ornament for the hair. In the styles of
hair dressing there is quite as much
latitude allowed as in gnwning. If one
affects Medici collars the hair must he
worn high, while the Greek cut of the
gown admits the low coil. It is quits
English TO run q tortoise shell dagger
through the hair, which takes the name
OF Castilian because, doubtless, Spanish
women have shown skill in the Use of
this weapon. From time to time IL is
seriously ammo unced that false hair is
discarded and women will wear ouly
their natural locks. As locks are soIne-
times scarce and also arrangements not
ensy for unskilled fingers, new hair pieces
continually make their appearance,
not only for old women, whose
locks are thiet but for young
women who ha In frizzlrd their front
locks till they all emit any left. For
those who look Wor with hair arranged
in the pompadout ron le there is O new roll
which can be nriil "A an "a IN d.fv de-