Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
A PARTISAN NOVELTY.

The Russian Costume-New Gowns For
Evening Wear-Stylish Trimmings.
A real novelty is the Russian dress
recently prepared in Paris. 1t is made
of indigo-blue cloth and the front
breadth to the depth of a half yard is
covered with steel metallic spots. The
bodice is made as jacket of the Rus
sian cut, very full in the basque, and
bordered throughout with chinchilla,
the junction of the bodice and basque
being hidden by a belt of Cossack de-
sign in flagree gold and silver, having
a large. center ornament and pendant
ends. The sleeves are fastened to the
elbow on the inside of the arm with
steel buttons.
French women, it would seem, for the
time being, have ignored almost any
material, save wool and velvet, and the
choice of gowns made of the former pre-
dominates. An especially pretty ex-
ample is made of gray pole de chevre,
the front covered with large distinct
designs in black Amsterdam weaving.
1t is fau-plaited at the back, with just
sufficient draping in the front breadth
to soften the outlines of the figure.
Long basques and Louis XIV. coats have
much to recommend them. In many
cases the junction of the basque and
coat is hidden by black guipure. A
brown vicuna, with priest-beard spots
the size of a half-dollar is made up in
a plain skirt with leather guipure trim
ming. The sleeve is full at the top and
tight at the wrist, the bodice pointed
and all trimmed to match.
A pointed chiffon with black spots
makes lovely gown for evening wear.
The material is so thin that the spots
look either gray or black, according to
the silk skirt worn beneath" Carton
crepe, with the handsome white silk
embroidery picked out with gold thread,
forms a beautiful front for tea gown.
The crepons of the softest, prettiest
shades are very taking. A dress COM
posed of delicate pink and of the palest
green crepon is made up over pale green
silk, with apple blossoms and trim
mings. Nothing could we'll be prettier
for evening costumes than the newest
and finest kinds of embroidered lisse
Primrose lisse embroidered with prim-
rose and white, and cream lisse en-
broidered with white silk and gold
Thread, can not be rivaled.
An evening dress most uncommon in
style is of black embroidered gauze
The bodice is loosely draped across in
front and is almost covered with black
silk drops These are repeated on the
skirt the front of which is full and
gathered into large diamonds, and at
each gathering thread are punches of
black silk drops
Decidedly the most stylish among
feather trimmings for evening dresses
and opera cloaks are ostrich combined
with marabout The white ecru trim
mings are exquisitely perfect so soft
and fluffy, but with stronger charac-
teristics than marabout They show
more light and shade than the latter,
for, the feathers being separate, each
throws a shadow on those beneath. The
prettiest of the marabouts is black,
with the lightest sprinkling of gray
ostrich imaginable.-N. Y. World
The salvation army in Berlin has
found a new. and unique recruit in the
Baroness Margarethe Won Lilienkreutz
She is beautiful, and only thirty years
old She is the daughter of Swedish
knight and the widow OF Swedish
captain Before her conversion to the
principles Of the army she led a gay life
IN St Petersburg, Stockholm and Ber-
lin society. The Salvation army has
not however, as the conversion OF the
Baroness might indicate, had very
easy task trying to reach the sinners
Of the Babylon on the Spree" They
have been in numerous rows in Berlin
In a restaurant in the Rheinsberg
strasse ten days ago six warriors who
were attempting to convert the work
ingmen drinking there, got completely
'done up" by the crowd, who objected
to be disturbed at their beer-N. 7.
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