Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-12

three sides. The cloth was q quantity pretty
piece of German linen, patterned with vine
leaves and clutsers, and these outlined in a
wide border with embroidery stitches in
white and pale purple and gold. Each dolly
was shaped like grape leaf and en-
broidered not too profusely, but with wise
restraint, in the purple and gold of harvest
time.
The center piece was low fiat osier bas-
ket resting on grape leaves and piled high
with purple and white clusters. and on either
side of this were vases in Dresden china,
opalescent in color and filled with feathery
goldenrod and the vivid cardinal flower,
Dresden china decorated, in fruit designs
was used throughout the courses, purple
and gold and green and white coming in
always in fresh combinations. The ices
were served in grape forms and grapes were
printed upon the menus
THE BUsrLE AGAIN.
There are wild and conflicting stories
afloat of things we are to see this autumn,
but here are a few of the things that may
really be depended upon: Waists will be
shorter, bnt not definitely short for some
time. Paniers will be seen more frequently.
| The hustle will be worn again and very
generally, but will be, for the present, of
very modest size. The widening of the
skirt at the bottom does not mean hoop
skirts. At least not yet while. Sleeves
will remain full at the top, and will be
drawn in tight from the elbow. The corse-
| let bodice will be worn very generally.
The Louis coat will go out and then the
short jacket resume its interrupted popu-
| larity. Hats will continue fiat, but will
restrain their ambition with less expansive
brims
Two trousseaus of very considerable pre-
| tensions have been finished in the city this
week, together with more dresses for Miss
| Sallie Hargous, and an inspection Of these
smart bridal wardrobes gives one a fairly
clear idea of what people are wearing and
are likely to wear. One of the most inter-
esting of these new toilets Is figured. 1t
belongs with the costumes especially de-
signed for Miss Hargous, and is a pale fawn-
cOlored silk with long plain skirt and a
long lace jacket of exquisite Malines lace
fastened with broad pink ribbons. The
jacket is of an extremely graceful cut, and
the colors have been proved over and again
beauty.
Two other costumes, one for immediate
wear and one suitable for October, cannot
escape, while 1 am talking of this much
talked-of trousseau, two or three words of
mention. The dress for September is in
fawn color and pink, like the afternoon
gown Just described. The material is batiste
studded with large pink wafers and trimmed
with pink ribbons. There is a simple little
guimpe in white crepon cloth, and white
bands on skirt and sleeve and belt. The
hat which goes with 1t is of black lattice
work lined with fawn and trimmed with
pink plumes.
FOR CUPID's TRIUMPH.
In one of the other trousseaus was fawn-
colored dress also. The material was Gre
pom lined with fawn silk and edged with
band OF light chestnut-colored velvet en-
broidered with bronze beads. The corsage
had a eorselet of rather curious shape, like
the Swiss belt in form, but somewhat wider,
and, instead of finishing in point in the
middle of the front, having the velvet car
ried up in a gradually narrowing triangle to
meet the velvet collar band. This arrange
ment was very novel and striking, though
not to be recommended generally, and the
sleeves had curious cuffs of a similar de-
sign that were really corselets in miniature
The points were carried up tar above the
elbow. and at the top an ostensible reason
was given for their elongation in that they
were allowed to secure two or three highly
draped folds of the crepon.
In a week of going and coming it has
been my luck to note number of interest
ing things At hotly contested tennis
match yesterday 1 marked a pale drab wool
dress draped over silk of more reddish
shade and worn with fichu pale blue
There was also as pretty and fresh sum-
mer dress as have seen since the advent of