The state herald., 1891-10-02

The wise woman selects her dresses
for the summer with q view to their
being useful during the fall and winter
evenings, or for house wear.
For ladies of moderate means there
are good-fitting, comfortable corsets
| in lightweight materials that cost
very little money. Seventy-five cents
or 81 will buy very good co set
Pale shades of yellow, maize, straw
and corn co.or continue in high favor.
! The colors combine well with the
mauves and heliotropes now SO fash
ionable, and also with certain shades
OF blue.
Corsets intended for fashionable
! ladies are not only very elegant, but
they are made in different styles, ac-
cording to the description of dress with
which they are to be worn, the cor
sets for day wear differing in shape
and material from those worn with
evening dress.
| Foreign ladies, to insure perfect fit,
wear woven bodiccs in silk or Isle
thread, which cling to the figure and
mold it like jersey. The American
under-body generally fits the form
about the waist, and is cut out over the
| cueSt. ana WIFI TOWS VI lace,
or embroIderies, put on to lie fiat.
A most striking head covering is a
fat hat of white straw with pink and
green feathers laid Hat on the brim,
and at the back where the brim is
turned up plume of pink feathers
energies from rosette composed of a
mass of ends of green ribbon, cut in
lancc-head points at the ends.
Novelties in flower bonnets have the
crown entirely composed of the stalks
of the flowers; in others there Is an al
most imperceptible crown of crinoline,
and the brim is covered with close
rows of stalks, the flowers at the ends
of the stalks forming Il wreath round
the edge of the brim. This is very
pretty in corn flowers.
The blouse is still worn, with or
without the open jacket. For young
lady, IA pretty dress is of faint gray
Indian yelling. The front consists OF
n loosc blouse fastened under the left
arm. II is gathered round the neck on
to round yoke, covered with narrow
beaded steel galloon. The back is in
the light fitting Princess shape.
The newest beach jacket is of very
light-colored cloth. II has basque
added on from the hips, which come,
two-thirds down the skirt The fronts
are crossed ana tight-fitling, with long
reyers. The pearl buttons are white
and almost as large AS silver tive-franc
piece. There are three on each side oi
the fronts, and two Just below the
waist at the back.
A Jacket bodice of yelling remain.
widely open IN front, exposing the be
coming blouse. This jacket is cut out
into tabs, and is trimmed down the
fronts only with three rows of beaded
galloon. The sleeves are cut on the
cross, and arc trimmed from top tt
bottom with beaded galioon, put or
IN spiral fashion. A beautifully chis
elcd belt of old silver adds elegance tc
this stylish toilette.
| Particularly desirable for prcsen,
and future service are the dresses oi
foulard, made with corselets ant
bar qucs of black net, with large meshe,
run with very narrow satin ribbon, cor
responding in color with the pattern In
the foalard. II this siyl. Is adopted
with dresses Of plain silk and wooler
fabrics, very frequently the skirt Il
edged with u iiounce of the net rur
with ribbon.
The latest style costume is that mad,
of very tine woolcn. entirely in accor
dion plaits. Tho corsage is ornamen,et
with square figaro jacket fronts ant
bacns of fine guipurc. The sleeve Il
curious. The upper part is in accor
dion plaits, the lower part is absolutely
tight-titting and very long. and is mad,
of gold tissue embroidered with Jewels
The collar and band are Of black satin
This dress is new, and will not becom,
common.