Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-13

| OF black SILK lace, ana deep Dlack iace
| fichu-collar. Her bonnet was of white lace,
| with black feathers and diamond aigrette.
Madame Carnot was in .slate-blue silk,
| made plain, slightly lifted, panier-wise at
the hips, and embroidered round the edge In
| light blue Her bonnet took diadem form,
and was of cornfowers.
Miss MANTALINI, in the Pail Hall B's1get,
thus speaks of the latest London styles:
Dust-cloaks are more elaborate than ever
this summer. They are mostly made OF
fowered shot silk, delalne, canvas cloth, or
printed alpaca Perhaps I had better de-
scribe few new models that I saw at
Regent street shop. A very handsome cloak
to wear witha fete dress was black silk,
shot with red and patterned with red
flowers. 1t was quite circular in shape, and
had by way of trimming a short lace cape
and ruf1e of silk and lace round the neck.
I should think such a cloak as this would
suit dark beauty "down to the ground.
Another model of cream delaine lowered
in pink and blue was adorned with
high collar and lace fchu. 1t
fastened at the throat with broad
strings of pink ribbon. The back
was arranged in folds and ornamented with
lace cascade which fell from the collar to
the hem of the skirt. This was very grace
full cloak, but fail to see how it could be
of the slightest use as a protection to
dress. 1t would scarcely keep clean long
enough to wear half q dozen times. Ii l
were seeking a summer cloak should try
to combine the useful and ornamental in
some material rather more substantial than
delaine. 1t must get rather wearisome
when one goes out for days pleasure If
one has to keep thinking about ones clothes
all the time. Nice serviceable cloaks of
printed alpaca in attractive shades of gray
fawn and blue, trimmed with lace, can be
bought for % or 80 shillings apiece. They
are dressy enough to wear on any occasion,
and, having glossy surface, will keep clean
long time.
IT puzzles me, says Miss Mantalini, to tell
why the three-quarter capes have remained |
fashionable so long. I am sure they are |
very ugly. They haven't the grace of a
long robe nor the piquancy of a short one. |
Moreover, as have said before, they make |
a woman's figure look short and dumpy. |
If you put little woman into one of these |
fashionable garments she looks all cape. |
The new mantles, however, are all three |
quarter length. They are made of Noting |
ham lace, and the majority are loose-ftting. |
A gorgeous garment shown to me was of |
black lace much puffed about the shoulders |
and trimmed all over with gewgaws formed |
of jet beads and colored stones. As 1t had |
no lining, presume it could only be worn |
over a silk dress. Another cape with a
trife less trimming on it was adorned with
a velvet yoke embroidered with gold and
mock gems. Its price might have been
three or four guineas. Some Of the models
were marked at startling figure. The
cheap capes were nearly all made of guipure
lace, trimmed with little jet. A jacket
think it was Paris mOdel-com-
posed of jetted net, was bordered with a
deep lace founce, and had loose open sleeves
Of lace putfed at the top. 1t was tremen-
dous weight, and it occurred to me, in help
ing the young lady in the showroom to put
it on, that to carry such garment on
sweltering summers day one would have to
have good deal more vanity than sense.
Cloth caps in light shades such as mush-
room, biscuit, pink and silver gray trimmed
with jet and gold passementerie are worn at
,he theater. An elaborate mantle-one of
Pingat's models-was of blue gray silk
trimmed down the front with cascade of
lace. 1t fitted the figure closely at the
back, and the sides, which were arranged to
simulate wide sleeves, were trimmed with
ct cabauchons. A fawn colored cape that I
aw was trimmed all over with jet stars.
The sketches accompany this department
ire taken from the Budget. They show the
costumes worn by. Mrs. John Wood and
Mss Fi1ippi in ''The Late Lamented,"
which is drawing big houses at the Court
Theater, London.