St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-03

Grenadinc is the most popular material
for the ladies' cravat.
Fan-shaped skirts of hair cloth give
very graceful swing to the fashionable
gown.
Gloria, domestic silk used for some
time III umbrellas, is being brought for
ward for dresses.
A quaint conception is a scarfpin
fashioned as & dumbbell, with diamond
sunk into each end.
Mother-of pearl buttons, half as large
as the moon, are much used. They are
in questionable taste.
Real pretty are the wash dresses of
madras and cheviot, white and blue or
white and gray stripes, made plain bell
skirt, shirt waist and belt.
Real lace is beyond all manner of
doubt coming in again, much to the JOY
OF the woman who, more than all else,
desires her dress to be ladylike.
Ribbons in pale shrimp shades pow
dered with pale brocadel flowers are in
high favor. Pale silk chemisettes are
dividing favor with the more masculine
shirts.
Delicate sleeves of mousseline de sole
and other like tissues are kept in al up
right position by the use of small
spring, which is sold for this especial
purpose.
Silk cord and button are greatly used |
on tailor made suits for decoration, and,
to save labor, silk cord button holes at
tached to silk buttons can be bought in
any of the principal stores.
The present season has brought fresh
life to the silk trade. The use OF silk
for Innings, undcrdresscs, and foundation
skirts, the combination Of silk with other
fabrics, and the revival of the all-sitl
gowns, have created demand for silks
which promises to increase rather than
diminish.
Gauze embroidered with cut steel is
made use Of on the firest afternoon
deception dresses. When sewed tightly
snd smoothly about the hips it gives an
exceedingly graceful, symmetrical ap-
Bearance to the form and brings out all
tie subtle, willowy movements of the
gearer when walking.
Princess dresses are coming in again,
gid the faultlessly formed, graceful
woman will rejoice. A beautiful dress
E1cently finished in the universally popu- I
s1r gray aud yellow, was a gray be1ga- s
Nae, bordered with straight rows of gold
braid, and having bertha and full t
pulled sleeves of yellow crepon.
Every Well dressed society woman car /
ries silken purse now. One of the
dalntiest models is made of gray fine, /
sikcn floss, crocheted in slip stitch. t
The beads are strung on gold wire and c
ornamented with emeralds. On The in a
side there is an opening about three =
inches long to allow the money to be
put in either side.
A new fashion in skirts is to make the :.
trout very close fitting, this extending /
well round over the hips, AMI to set the :.
back fulness in one large full box plat, L
with many folds On either side, aud to y
fasten each side over on to the fronts y
with the simulated buttonholes and but
tons, or to trim the edge aud place over :
the front, as if it really fastened SO when '
on the wearer. !
Flowers no longer figure in the com. al
plete toilet. This is due, probably, to ir
the misuse of roses, which ruined the e,
dress and destroyed the beauty Of the fe
igure. Refined women no longer adopt ie
the huge bouquet for the corsage. Tiny lie
posies are pinned in the bosom. tucked SC
IN the belt and pinned in the loops of the a,
sash ribbon. Field daisies, peoples,
lahlias and carnations are sought for this
purpose. Il