The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-09
FASHIONS FAVORS.
Points Of Interest Culled for the Benefit
of tho Fair Sex

Coming Styles in Jewelry and Raiment
to Add to tho Comfort and At
Effectiveness of the Gentler Por-
Iton Of the Human Race.
For elaborate gowns. Felix employs a
light, glossy silk called taffetas basines
In its warp, at very close intervals, a
thicker silk thread is woven. and with
the aid of the changeable gloss this
thread forms most beautiful sheen on
the whole surface. 1t makes up into
summer dresses even lighter in weight
than gauzes and chiffon, Tor these must
always be made over thick skirts
Well men dress very quietly in
summer, and it is long since they left
the conspicuous blazer and Gordon
sash to AIRY and his kind. A dark
blue serge or gray homespun sack coat
with white flannel or African duck
trousers with plain leather-strap
belt-that's the costume most generally
seen on the men one knows, together
with particularly good shoes and stock
ings, well-laundered colored shirts, and
a tow-knot tie of colored cheviot or
percale.
A bracelet set with American tur-
quoises graduating from the centre
is a neat ornament
Irregular, noun famous surfaced
studs in Roman finish are becoming
generally popular.
Opal ear rings surrounded by small
diamonds are being more extensively
worn than ever
Variegated orchids of enamel, very
finely finished the centre thickly
studded with tiny diamonds, are rich
novelties
For wear in fresh breeze. or in the
chill Of the evening, a specially hand
some collet has been designed by a
leading firm It is in heliotrope cloth,
edged with founce slightly plated
and headed with double coquille,
which is secured by full ruching in
heliotrope silk, initiating the one round
the neck. The circular yoke is in silk,
welled with either white Bruges lace
or guipure work, and the shoulder
irill and two pointed lapels, front and
back, are in keeping. Lace is also
used for the eapeline specially made to
wear with this collet, and which is
draped round the straw crown with a
twist of cherry velvet. finished
off at the side with d bow. A smaller
one droops at the back. and at the
front is bunch Of black aigrettes
Tho h,% Io<
hard work and really rough wear are
much the same shape as they were last
year, and are strong, plain and ser
vicea bic, perhaps little too much all
three to be particularly becoming.
A characteristic feature of the sea-
sons fashions is the use of all kinds of
thin black materials in com bination
with colors. and, more striking and
beautiful still, with a decoration of
white. One of the gauzy gowns in
som bre hue is made dressy and elegant
by the addition of three white lace
founces above the hips, falling from
belt OF jet. The bodice shirred over
the bust, shows a yoke of lace, and
lace rufies fall over the sleeves.
In all the spring and summer goods
the black note has been distinctly
sounded, but it is to be struck with in
com binations The use in millinery of
steel, in connection with black, pro-
duces some of the most charming eff
fects of the new seoson-
Black with gray is seen, and black
with the other neutral shades, but
black is in alliance also with the most
brilliant hues, as with orange, the
strongest reds, with green and even
with blue in its prom ounced tints; also.
it is with the pale blues, yeuows, pur-
pies and pinks-in fact there is no
color or shade of color which escapes
this juxta position with black
Possibly the most prevalent com bin
alton after the black and white will be
black with yellow. The latter color
in some OF its clearest tints, has gained
perceptible advantagd over many of
the other colors in the late summer
costumirg, beginning with the latter
part OF June and the first of July. In
the autumn work il will hold all that
is gained during the summer and take
a step or two in advance
The yellows can be used so artist
caily with the browns that they will
be of assistance in ushering in these
shades, so long relegated to SD bordi-
nate place that they seem TO have
grown too difident TO seek the promi-
nence they well deserve. Perhaps it is
because the browns are more relia bic
as subordinates than almost any other
set of tones that they have been kept
in the background
Long peau de sole or black satin
Jackets are predicted for autumn wear.
They are to reach almost TO the knees
with rather full skirt lined with
color, and will tasten across the chest
with one button when closed. II oper.
they disclose an ella borate trimming OF
ruipure in the color, which is met by
yoiuniuous collar that hangs IN MIC