The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-07-05
DAINTY FASHIONS.
Neekwear for Summer Days-Lace
Gowns and Hats.


Black velvet ribbons are used on light
chambray and lawn gowns. organdies and
muslins. as girdies, breteiles. rosettes,
shoulder knots, AROUND the neck in
points, and hanging from the belt in
chatelaine ends and loops.
The revival Of sheer wirF linen batistes,
In ecru and tan shades, has already been
noted. This transparent fabric is made
over lavender or fnaure silk. trimming it
with insertion made OF baby ribbon.
While black and white laces appear Ia
unnumbered designs and varieties. yet TO
each one Is assigned an important part to
play in the summer programme.
a ruufor comes from Paris that the
street-sweeping walking skirt must go.
Tan color seems to be very favorike
shade just now, when combined with a
good contrasting tint and on a recent
stroll in the park / noticed no end of very
nice gowns made Of tan colored silk.
cloth, or Bengaline. One specially nice
frock was made OF tan eoIored fouiard.
with large pale blue rings all over It.
This was made very simply, with long
polonaise lifted slightly TO show pale
blue petticoat. Blue sleeves and q
s.cuirass" bodice over full under-bodice
charming little summer afternoon gown.
A black riding habit is rarely seen
abroad. A novelty just now Is TO line the
habits with silk. Dark blue and green
are the shades most used.
Lace sleeves are richly ornamented with
frills that are headed by bands OF jet and
pearl pasSementerie.
For che seaside and the watering places
light summer silks" are again In great
demand and the popularity they enjoy Is
merited by their delicate elegance ana
convenience also. They are light, cool.
dressy and pleasanter 20 wear than any
other silk fabric, not excepting the wash
silks. The new designs are less fantastic
than the patterns of several years past.
A great abundance OF fancy lace is the
popular trimming for light silks of ali
kinds this year, but rnchings, friils and
f1ounces of the silks are tar more appr0-
pirate. especially il the dress is TO do duty
on many and varied occasions.
All the dressy summer bounets or
toques are more or less transparent. Ifof
straw or rushes the plat is very open and
SO reveals q space between. Nearly all
leave visible the arrangement of the hair
beneath, which on Young people makes
charming effect.
Lovely poke shaped shade hats are
made Of lace chiffon and French crepe.
La Tosea, sort of black Brussels net, is
used alike upon dresses Of cloth, silk and
crepe.
The most fashionable neckties now are
made in white linen and Dique, folded
like mans. with pin in the centre.
Sailor ties. which are long enough for
the ends TO disappear in the waistband,
are worn.
Linen collars are worn of the all round
shape and rather high, fastening with a
stud. The cuffs are like shirt cuffs.
The newest black lace gowns are of
dotted net OF light quality, like that used
for wells. made over rich. royal ribbed
silk, pearl colored, pale gray or stem
green.
Is or Russian or Irish lace, in white or
ecru, are exceedingly rich over silk skirts.
Those who favor delicate arrangements
OF lace about the throat are making con-
slant use these summer days of the old
time jabots and cravat5 of lace, India
muslin and chiffon. To look well, the
Lace must be really good and the patterns
fine. The wide Spanish scarfs, in white
or black, are again made use. These
come in beautiful qualities, and they
measure three and one-nalf yards in
length. They are arranged IN many diff
ferent ways, one method being to put the
scarf around the neck. bringing it down
full to point like a fitted blouse-front,
then carrying the ends TO the back, form
ing lace paniers over the hips.
A very nice hat to be worn with dark
gown is Of dark brown chin with broad,
fiat briu, draped in q particularly artistic
way with cherry colored crepe de chine.
The straw is curled up in the back over
the low crown. and held in place by a
huge bunch of cherries, which look most
lusciousiy natural and tempting. A dear
little morsel of bonnet has cloSe-fitting
brim of plated rush straws, with most
delicately Sunshiny bunch of daffodils
composing the crown. While on this
most absorbing subject of head coverings,
I must not fail to mention a plateau
shaped hat Of black lace straw, trimmed
with black areorphane, the brim being
outlined with a wreath of crushed pink
roses, which disappear in the back, be-
hind two outstanding black wings incrust-
ed with gold powder.
The new parasols. are truly wonderful
One of the newest is quite novel depar-
ture, the outside surface presenting very
much the aspect OF sea waves. The one
rib raised, the alternate rib depressed.
Specimens seen were made in coffee col
ored silk lace, or in black and white lace
frlnged with grass, is to be a feature in
fete parasols, and in lieu of ordinary
fringe, silk is cut up into strips and intro
duced as trimming. Silk cord is applied
to the edge of some of the new parasOls,
and tassel encircles the handle, starting
from a species of fluffy silk ruche, which
looks like feathers. Frills of chiffon, en-
broidered in colored flowers, cover some
OF the new kinds, especially the double
squares; it remains TO be proved if they
will fiud favor.
Velvet ribbons are much used for trim
ming summer dresses of cashmere, chal-
of uncut velvet, ribbed across with
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