The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-01

Fashionable Fabrics for Home and Out
Door Wear.

Fashionable Fabrics for Home and Ont.
Door Wear.
Light twccds and Cheviots in tobacco
brown and gray shades, with indist:nct
crossbars and checks. are used for tailor
gowns for the demi-season. Homespuus
I OF rough surface in self-colors also re-
main in favor. More fanciful French
stn4s have raised cord-like designs OF
dIa7honds and bars. the others have
no}ver and leaf patterns Of one color
Ely covering the cream-whitc ground.
yChecked tweed gowns for morning or
travelling are made with = deep coat
and plain skirt simply finished with
stitching. The coat has the usual darts
and side forms. with also hip seams
pointed in front, arched on the sides.
Nd sloped thence TO meet the con-
VA uous middle forms Of the back. The
liza ITS turn back in revers from a mar
fcvf vest OF faced cloth fastened
" small horn buttons. The revers
nre wide at the top-reaching al
most TO the armholcs-and graduate
70 point az the waist line. where they
are trimmed with three buttons larger
than those on the vest Wide pocket
maps are set in the hip seams. The
sleeves are bias. They are full Mt the
top and tapcred to the wrist. 10 fasten
by two buttons with button holes: two
rows OF stitching are around the wrists.
and several rows further up outline
cum. The standing collar is covered in
front with faced cloth next the vest
The skirt Is bias to match the sleeves
y = cut OF walking length. that IS to
clear the ground all around. unless the
tailor Is distinctly directed. as too often
happens. TO lengthcn the back 10 lie
Tour inches on the ground The front
q the skirt hangs straight without
chnging closely. it is fitted smoothly
around the top by short darts: all the
iuiness Is gathered in the front in
space OF four or five inches. The hem
! finished by two rows Of stitching.
ne foundation skirt is widely faced
wi'h tweed set on smoothly. without
plaitings that add to the weight
Smarter gowns OF French woolens
Angora or homcspun. have the coat
oof1ce more drcssily finished with
vest and revers OF thickly rcppcd silk.
such as the Muscovite silk. decorated
WIN cords Of silver steel. or gold in an |
intricate braiding pattern. A kind Of |
venture OF the silk is set in the hip |
SEAMS 70 give apparent length. and Is
decorated In its pointed fronts with |
corner designs Of the cording. The
s,'N cuffs are in gauntlet shape. wider
.nan me sleeves. Such gown is very
handsome in pcarl-colorcd wool with
ueePcr bluc-gray silk trimmed with
''eel and oxidized silver cord.
4 novelty this season Is broadcloth
y winch are printed designs Of flowers
a1u leaves in natural colors. as tan.
10y Or cream grounds strewn with
,no NJ violcts, or other clusters
u. IN those seen in chailies and India
49, This printed cloth is used for
.,sase dresses, as istoo snowy for street
sowhs Its usually com bincd with ben
sa.'ne Or other reppcd silk. A Paris
s2"n Tor afternoons at home has bod
sL. NJ" ight tan silk, with sleeves and
~ |, y printed cloth with tan ground.
y -, ngh bodice is smoothly fitted like
,.a I.'ass' and Is laced behind. II cx-
~. 's iow over the hips in eleven square
sra;1 .nas are braided with gold in a
ill., sn' design like GALLON. A yoke.
brs;alpss '.e IN with tabled edges Il
ssers a below the collar. The cloth
epss are very full. with close silk
s,b. me straight skirt fans outward
Hone oacx in graceful French fashion.
FOR ny gowns for the spring, and even
Paris !, GUNNER, are being made In !.
ned AN u nght-colored faced cloths trim
vsdle w u" nounces Of black lace. and
- 80 collar Of jct--Harper's ~