Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Drcssy Gowns Made Of variety OF sum
mer Woolens.

Drcssy Gowns Made OF variety OF sum
mer Woolens.
Striped and plain fannals or sorges
are prettilv combined in youthful
dresses for the summer. They are made
with a jackct-waist of the plain goods,
with striped sleeves and striped skirt--a
reversal of the plan used in new tennis
gowns. The stripes are effective, o.
plain blue an inch or more in width
alternating with white stripes that have
two or three blue lines in them. The
Jacket bodice Of plain blue serge or fan
mel stitched with white in two rows
near the edges, has a plain habit-back,
with open pointed fronts finished with a
short revers collar This jacket, when
thrown open, shows bias-strfped fronts
set on the lining in two folds coming
from the shoulders and meeting at the
waist line The V space between these
folds is fillod with a plastron of the
plain blue in single piece, hooked on
the left side under the folds. The blue
standing collar also hooks on the left,
but is cut open in front and neatly
stitched with white. The bias sleeves
are moderately large at the top, with an
inner band of. blue inside the closed
wrist. The striped skirt in English
shape is bias in front, with broad
plain blue border at the foot and is
straight and full behind.
Instead Of the white serges Of past
summers, the preferred woolens are
rough surfaced, semi-transparent, soft
fabrics in quarter-inch stripes or checks
of white and a single pale color, as lilac,
beige or porcelain blue, made up over
silk of deeper tone than that in the
checks or stripes. A Felix gown of this
soft wool in stripes of white and mush-
room-color is made throughout over yell
low silk, and has some pleating Of
golden brown bengaline on the bodice.
The style is very simple yet effective,
the bodice having plain habit back
and dull pointed front slit open where
darts should be, and filled in there with
plated bengaline, similar plaits ex-
tending up the middle to conceal the
hooks and eyes. The sleeves are mod
erately large at tho top, and close on
the lower arm. with cuffs of bengaline
coming from the inside. The high col
lar has fold of the bengaline turned
over at the top. The English skirt is
hung straight over the yellowsil foun-
dation, and its plainness is varied by
having two stifiiy lined box plaits, each
ten inches wide, folded down the front
to meet at the waist, and curved out at
the top toward the hips, the curves fol-
lowed by yellow pearl buttons, with
mock button-holes bound in brown silk.
Very dressy white crepon or camels
hair gowns for afternoon receptions and
informal dinners have Figaro jacket
OF white silk, braided with gold or sill
yer in Moorish designs, over slightly
pointed bodice fastened on the left side
under the jacket. The bodice Is Of the
crepon in the back, and OF cross-striped
mousseline chiffon in front, with full
sleeves Of the mousseline and deep
braided cuffs satin ribbon is folded
around the high collar and along the
edge Of the bodice, with rosette or
many-looped bow in the back. The
straight full skirt OF crepon has hem
five inches deep, with eight or ten
parallel rows Of braid above it. A gre
lot fringe Of gilt or silver balls edges
the little jacket. Harper Bazaar.