The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22
SUMMER SUITS.
seasonable Costumes in Serges and Otht
Light Goods.

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weight, medium-quality serge. Dresses
of this sort are made with plain bell
skirt with a bias band at the lower
edge, or with hem turned up and
stitched.
The Russian blouse, with or without
trimming, is excellent for wear with
these skirts This blouse may or may
! not match the skirt in color or quality.
1t may be made of surah, fancy wool or
some gradesof wash materials
A handsome suit of this sort has a
serge skirt with Russian blouse of Bed
ford cord; another skirt is worn with a
blouse Of Tartan surah; another with a
blouse Of white pique; another shows a
coat basque of white corduroy with gold
and white trimming. The possibilities
of com binations of this sort are almost
fitted waist of the material like the
skirt, which may be worn if desired, as
there are occasions when the blouse is
scarcely as appropriate as the fitted
bodice.
Black dresses of fine wool goods for
the street have the usual skirt in bell
shape, and, it is a pleasure to say, will
be sufficiently short to do away with
the necessity of holding them up. 1t
cannot be too strongly emphasized that
short skirts are approved by the Paris
and London houses, and no lady need
feel out of fashion if she wears dress
that just escapes the ground. She will
not only be quite as stylish, but will be
far more comforta BILE, and will win and
merit the respect of all sensible people.
Carriage-dresses may have long skirts,
and dresses worn in the house will, as
rule, be made with trains; but the
line is drawn so strictly between in
door and out-of-door costumes that there
is no difficulty in providing comforta BILE
and appropriate dresses for both places.
A very becoming housewives is of
spotted surah. The bell-skirt has an
eight-inch ruff1e gathered about two
the hem of the skirt. The round waist
has plain back, the fronts are draped
from the under arm-seams and the
shoulders to a point just below the
bust. The open front is filed in with
chiffon finished with gold gimp or
passementerie. A very high plated
rufde extends across the back of the
neck; the sleeves are very full from
shoulders to the elbows and are
gathered into very deep, fitted cuffs.
An elaborate arrangement Of ribbon is
used for belt, and is draped across the
front and back Of the skirt to one side,
and finished with a large rosette bow
with long ends. Another very stylish
costume has train. The skirt is
plainly finished with elaborate garni-
ture in floss silk, cord braid and jewels,
almost covering the front and extend
ing up over the waist to the tops of the
sleeves. The collar and yoke are of
passementerie; the lower portion of the
sleeves, of embroidery; the shoulder
puffs, of plain material The material
of this dress is handsome peau de sole.
With it is worn very wide sash belt
with bow of ribbon at the back
A very handsome dinner-dress for a
young lady has the princess back and
train of deep-red velvet. The sides and
front Of the skirt are OF pale-blue
Japanese Grape in the finest accordion
plaitings. The front of the waist is
filled in with plaits of plain Grape.
The edges of the fronts and train are
finished with jeweled passementerie: the
half-collar rolled back from the sides
and back of the neck is also of passe-
menterie; the sleeves are of Grape, full
puffed at the shoulders and plated in
around the arms, and with plated cuffs.
A handsome tailor costume of white
pique has a demi-train and fitted coat
body, the skirts of the coat extending
about one-third of the distance from
waist-line to hem of skirt The seams
of the body are finished with very mar
row gold gimp or passementerie; the
collar is high and closed at the sides
and back, the front opens over vest
which buttons into the front and collar
on either side.
Simple styles for making up thin cot
ton fabrics are shown in great variety.
One of these is batiste with steel-gray
ground and chry santhemums in cardi-
nal and yellow with foliage. This is
made up over a lining of fine French
satiue in plain gray exactly matching
the ground of the batiste. The founda-
tion skirt has three narrow bias ruflles
with the hens bound over These are
set on with cord; the skirt is made in
the usual bell shape with deep hem;
the waist is made over lining of the
satine; the backs have folds running to
a point between the shoulders; the
fronts have similar folds meeting over
the bust; the sleeves are very full with
deep cuffs OF the material A neck
ruching is of cardinal chiffon. This Is
made with frill about eight inches
wide hemmed at one edge and gathered
at the other, leaving an inch-wide head
ing which sets up around the neck; q
belt of velvet matching the chiffon in
color has large rosette bow and long
ends at one side This is simple, prac-
teal way of making up one of these
dresses The lining adds greatly to it's
durability, for French satine costs but
trifie as compared with silk, answers
every purpose, and is within the means
of the masses.-N Y. Ledger.
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