The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
BlTS OF FASHION.

Hoop earrings of plain gold are more and
more the fashionable thing.
The girl proud of her small feet will
never go In for the over gaiters.
Ali colors of the rainbow seem now to be
represented in the silk underskirts.
Streamers of ribbon down the back from
the summer hat have had their day.
Women whose lace dreases are not vet
worn ont will insist they ore fashionable.
Women with hand-painted sash ribbons
at $40 a yard usually decline invitations to
sit down.
The fashion of wearing watches on the
breast is fast declining. 1t never obrai ned
among women of good taste.
Dreams In summer dresses are those of
heavy embroidered Canton crepe. which
everybody knows cost eight dollars q
yard"
Expensive trimming on a cheap sailor
hat Is one OF the absurdities of fashion,
as any one can SEQ who promenades the
streets.
About the best that can be said of the
shirt-waist, now o decidedly common
fashion. is that 1t IS more comfortable than
elegant.
Rose and black and rose and green are
the combinations most In favor iust at
present in Paris. All dress waists are short.
pointed or round. and as q rule furnished
with a yoke of differen: material.
Frills of ribbon are newer than ruffles of
silk and are usually fashioned of two or
three tints deity and dnintiiy combined.
three rutfies are usually used in the finish
of a dress. and must not be moro than
three and a half inches IN width when i'm
ished.
Rosettes of plated ribbon In two colors,
loops of silk or velvet ribbon in drooplng
rows. one above the other. braids of silks
formed of lined silk folds braided in and
ont like strands of HAIR, and puffs of silk
between bands of velvet. oil are used to
finish the bottoms of skirts.
Leaaucs of black and tinted chiffon are
sold this season for neck ana sleeve trim
mings. Also ecru laces dotted with tiny
jet beads. which outline tho devices In the
lace. The nets TO correspond form pretty
and effective vests. deep skirts 10 Russian
blOusos made of rhe jettcd lace. full bisbop
sleeves. and pointed girdles and Swiss
belts.
A rich black toilet Is sure to make itself
notable In q mass OF colOred Own and
very many of this description are seen In
all large fashionable assem blies. Mover
before, does 1t seem, were cOlOrs so brilliant
and SO varied. The most daring oombina-
tions arc seen. Nevertheless n woman who
have that style admired.
White-throated women affect the sim
plest neck surroundings. They delight in q
tiny rufile not more than an inch in width.
the rundown linen collars with accom-.
panying cuffs that turn up or a narrow rib
bon band. A pretty neck can stand this
kind of treatment, but woe betidN the
throat that IS neither fair. ronnd MOI
gracefully formed when its owner attempts
like modes.
Combs and pms we're for s long time the
only worn in the hair, whilst
ribbon was comparatively despised. al
though We have long thought it the pref.
TEST and most becoming trimming. But
the present Greek knot has again brought
ribbon in'o favor. Ii is chosen about two
or three inches broad and tied according "a
taste IN n large or small Alsace bow. whilst
the waved front hair almost mingles with
the ribbon loops.
Nuns waists of soft g~ray-dotted surah are
made with bias fronts with light folds OF
the silk laid from the shoulders. The edges,
which 40 not quite meet in the neck. bu,
form n slender V, are edged with delicate
| gray chiffon. scslloped at the edges with
white silk. The back has fan folds from
the neck 10 the waist, and the full bishop
sleeves are gathered to a deep and of plain
gray silk that is thorn-stitched in white
! silk and finished with frills of chiffon.