Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-07-17
FASHION NOTES.


Each and every new suushade and
'parasol is fashionable, even if it does vary
u little in the. style of make up.
Country house furniture ;, is very beau
tiful this season, with styles running to
dopies of the Chippendale and colonial.
!. Checked tweed gowns for mourning
ar travelling are made with deep coat
and plain skirt simply finished with stitch
ing~n $3.50. ~.
College fans, which came atc last sea-
son, are merely SO called because repre-
sentative colors are introduced on the
sticks. rs % -;
SSGirls who have -abnormally small
waists, huge stuffed, sleeves, aud who
wear big hats, have been dubbed
"wasps. -. ~ :, ~.
Mousseline de sole and chiffon ruffles
for the neck are printed with gay fieur-
cites, or else are dotted and scalIopcd
with Black;M : So,
:, Light tw6eds and 'cheviots in brown
and gray, with indistinct cross bars and
checks, are used for tailor gowns for the
demi,season.
Braiding and embroidery are carried
out in light sarlands up the front and
sides of princess gowns of light cloths
worn. by Parisiennes.
Prevailing fashions for women are fa,
more grotesque than pretty. The woman
must needs be pretty who can success
fully illustrate them. =,
,Bandanna aud tartan plaid ginghams
make gay and picturesque dresses; they
are often cut on the bias and edged with
tiny bias ruifle or fold.
indoor costumes for summer are being
made in Paris OF light faced cloths,
trimmed with flounces of black lace, and
a 'girdlo and collar of jet.
Lace will play more important part
than ever in summer fashions. Lace
fiounccs will be especially the fashion
able thing for afternoon and evening
Flannelettes for tennis gowns are
ribbed, and i'll narrow stripes of lilac, pale
blue, or pink with white. More dressy
woolens, as soft as crepons, are also in
the popular lengtlywisc ribs.
The; new corduroy silks come in Per
sian and Algerian stripes and in pretty
tri-color-green, gold and English rose
and various other bright combinations
that render them most attractive for home
wear.
White and lilac ,ginghams trimmed
with white feather stitched braid. make
pretty morning dresses for summer, as
do, also those Of rose pink and cream
gray and silver blue mignoncttc and ger
anium red.
Some of the new tailor-madc travelling
suits for women of Scotch goods are ex.
ceedingly pretty and stylish. They are,
of course, supposed to fit .'like: paper on
the. wall, no matter how much personal
discomfort the wearer may have to en-.
durt.
| Satin:striped silks With tiny flower
] clusters the satin stripes or changeable
!armure silks or surphs are much used for
| gay house dresses made with draped skirt,
pointed Josephine bodice and ; bishor
sleeves, with wrist trimmings and collar
Of dark Y,elyet..tl = -: So. s,
;iBosh extremely simple and elaborate
make prevails in the little gowns. Moth
ing more simple and sweet could we'll be
Imagined than The dainty zephyr and
;chambrdy. gowns which ore made with
gathered. waists, and full skirts. the latter
tucked 6r.simpty henihied.H' $50: rs
We 4 fashioSaBic iAoddiste hrs RETURNED
from Paris with some "improver sl1irtsp
made of moreen. Tho goods are wiry
and stiff, and the backs Of the skirts are
fieuncsd from Sclt to HON. The .modiste
i'wasirtormed that, theses skirts are but
ayanreiea.a!.ioss. O., crinaline, proper. x 49,,
| "A, gown. for a miss of. fourteen is OF:
ocean 'blue serge With 'skifts pi9ated' at
The tsrist.l'the font is'scahslly tlraped!
and,a border of black .soutache orna.
:ments the bottom; the folded bodice
opens. over VS. of black velvet, and be-;
heath therhiSh draped sleeves are tight
one. of velvet: ~ .ess". e
i IarGswaists andn tea jackets will b
very popular, and besides entire. toilets
Of lace, or, net there viii be skirts of surah
foulardi' veilfng, silk Ghalli'and'c repalne,a
with fitted blouse waists of Fedora chan
tilly or P,ompadour. lace or net. with
pretty belt ribbons with long loops and
ends matching the stripe or figure in the
skirt fabric in tint. 49,,
s a novelty this. season is broadcloth. on
which are. printed designs OF flowers and
leaves in natural colors, rs tan, gray; OF
cream grounds strewn with forget-rie.
nots, violets, or other. clusters like those
seen in. chalis and Indian silks. This
printed cloth is used for house dresses,
as it is Zoo snowy for out of. door cos
tunes: It as usually combined with
ibe4gqline. -"
Cholera is still causing great ravagc.
at Viadivostock on the Russian North
Pacific Coast, the Mansas and the Coreaus
being the chief victims There soap,s +o