The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-04
FASHION NOTES.

| Corkscrew bengalines are new
land stylish.
| Little girls wear dressy irocks oil
lcbaliIe, Indian silk and fine reps.
! Until they are each four yesrl
ioid, boys and girls wear cloaks very
much alike.
The law has been laid down;
iShOrt skirts, and only short rkirts
are 70 be worn IN the street.
| A new navy blue serge has a SIN.
gle t"eecd strlpe OF deep green, and
It's pronounced very stylish.
! New skirts for the street do MT
touch the ground, but house skirts
are almost ali made with short
Grains.
! House slippers Of bright red, with
full rosettes of black or white ri{'.
bon, are considered very stylish in.
deed.
! Frocks of black tulir, with bod-
ices of e Old oriental silk, are much
affected tor wear at Informal enters
tanments.
I Wide brimncd hats, With an
abundance of OAtrlch plume trims
ming, will be popular tor summer
wear.
Marrow Knife plaItings of China
Grape scollnped with silk, are show n
10 tho new imported dress lengtbs
| of crepon.
Panel effects are introduced ID
new skirts, and are usually Of con-
trasting material or else arc heavi-
om broldered.
One of the new Ideas ia q black
| satin bodice aud a skirt OF some
dark, rich cloth. tndeeo. black
eatin az a waist material Is quite TO
the fore.
Fashion is most kind to children.
Seldom-lf ever--have ~they been
so infinitely considered by designs
ors, dress.ma akere, ta'lors ana pur.
veyo1s.
Kilt-plaited skirts have reappear.
ed, and, in fact, the tendency Ia to-
ward floating loose effects. the
|, io.m being no louxer incased in
sheath-like coverings.
The most refined dresses for ba.
bies are of cob.web fi!miness with
richly embroidered yoke and sleeves
and f..ll skirt with deep hem and
no trimming, not even tuck.
When a net or other lace skirt
has become unpresentable at the
bottom, it may be cut off at the
xnee ard worn in Russian.b!ouse
fashion over any house skirt that
suits the moment.
Dresses that are slightly eoiled
at the neck can be made like new
by cutting the neck ' shape in the
front and back, to he worn with 81
large silk handkerchief in the old
style Of 1890.
White will be vsIy generally
worn during the coming summer.
Pretty simple dresses of white lin>
en-lawn, with hemstitched tucks
and hems. will be quite the thing
for dainty young ladies.
Shot silks are fully ss popular as
they were last season. and will prob.
ably be even more generally worn.
The snlmmerlng surface ia particu>
la1lv effective when seen through
Chsptllly lace or netting.
W1inkled or folded girdles are
especially elegant on house gowns,
but their place is taken for street
wear by fitted peasant waists. TIE
latest of these waists or girdles may
be made to close at the from, aide
or back.
The eornet skirt is Of the bell ore |
der, with darts or gathers in front, |
having the back laid in three
lound, not pressed down, box plalts
that are not over an inch and a bali
wide at the top and t.perinE to-
twice that width at the bottom.
BasQaes with pointed fronts and
dresscoat backs are more generally
admired than when they were first
introduced. They are particularly
artistic when made OF wool goods, !
and they may have breteils or ber.
thas of the same or contrasting
fabric.
Challies, printed muslins, fancy
China s,lke, and flowered and dot
ted snrahs will, as rule, be accom-.
panied by harmonizing plain fab
RIGS, which viii. be used for p1tfed
sleeves, cape collars, revers, folded