Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19

length at each side. The center edge where
it is not sloped should be lightly gathered
with strong silk and the ends left to tie
Draw up the gathered top part and place
over the brim with the lower edge Just
under the chin and draw the veil closely
around to the back and, with a small loop
or plat taken upward fasten it through to
the hair. You next draw up the front FULL
ness so that it is full over the brim and
cannot slip of, and secure this invisibly with
black pin or small Italian hairpin. The
sloped top part is then brought neatly
around to the back, the ends twisted and
slipped in beneath the back of the hat.
On plain hats or Of rustic straw fruit is
appearing. and whoever ties the tiny bon
net with velvet strings will make no mis-
take. The milliners say there is no limit
to the demand for wings, and travelling hats
are English walking shape with two wings
and a crown band. Rosettes in two or
three shades also appear on some ribbon
trimmed hats.
Despite the assertion recently made that
blazers were out, they continue coming in,
and are modishly made of cream cloth.
faced with yellow silk on the front, collar
and cuffs, and fastened with gilt or pearl
buttons. Many of the dust or travelling
cloaks have black OF cream lace yokes, neck
and sleeve frills, but such trimming does
not seem appropriate and must give place
to the more sensible gloria, mohair or silky
alpaca with stitched edges.
The modlstes still favor the seamless
bodice This is of course becoming only to
slight figures which can afford to have
bias strip of cloth wound around them to
round angles and to add plumpness. In
thin fabrics such as grenadine the coat eff
feet that is also popular, Is given by having
a deep founce of lace on the edge OF a
round bodice, and panels of lace and flounce
are used on the skirt. \ novel effect in
trimming is made by interlacing two straps
at the center of the back CT the bodice, two
ends passing over the shoulders and two
around the waist like braces are new, as are
triple bands for the front of the bodice
coming from an oval piece.
Another style is to have basques of the
same material as the dress is made cut up
in deep tabs or turrets, some arranged in
killed pleats and others quite plain. Sleeves
are still made wide and rather high on the
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closely the lower part of the arm and well
covering the wrist. Skirts are worn very
plain; some have small ruche in front, at
the lower part, and others have lace
founce arranged in festoons, or are quite
plain; lace is much used for ornamenting
the corsages, put on as yoke, epaulettes
basques, deep cuffs and jabots. There were
some very tasteful arrangements of this
description for filling up the neck; colored
gauze is also used for jabots and plastrons,
and novelty in the way of ruff is made
of satin ribbon, about an inch wide, az
ranged in loops close together all around
the neck, about five or six loops one above
the other, the same length, and then two
loops longer going beyond each row.
Peterson for August shows two pretty
models for ginghams and chambreys for
misses from SIX to eight years. Vandylled
trimming of wash braid, or of any color to
correspond with that of the dress And in
the square neck is fitted chemisette of null
or nainsook. The second has the skirt, is
lilt-plaited, or it may be gathered, as pre-
ferred. The front of the bodice opens over
vest of white pique. The edge of the V
front and collar to be trimmed with mar
row English embroidery High pulled
sleeves finish this extremely simple yet
tasteful little frock.