The Republican., 1893-07-13
SLACK DRESSES.
Something New for simple summer Gov

eSmetntng New for simple Summer Gowns.
Black dresses are once more in great
favor, partly in protest against the
very bright colors worn ON the street,
and also because many women of
fashion are wearing light mourning.
Inc black woolens worn have twilled
satln-fnished surface with design of
long dashes or of dots. They have a
tallor-made skirt and jacket usually,
out one fancy is to have black sleeves
set in silk blouse that is trimmed
with faring collarette of the black.
Thus pink and white surah in cross
stripes. or in narrow Roman-colored
stripes around the figure, is in blouses
Tor very youthful black dresses, while
Others have ombre satin blouses rang
ing through dark rich shades. and still
Others are of Persian-patterned fou-
lards.
For thin dresses is new black net
OF tine meshes with lengthwise cords
OF silk half an inch apart. Five fiounces
OF this net are on a foundation skirt of
black satin. covering it entirely. and
each fiounce is edged with wide black
satin ribbon. A full waist of the net
Is trimmed with gay red Japanese silk
| gathered on the shoulders just at the
armholes, and covering the sides to the
waist-line, leaving a V of the net in
front and back. Ribbon ruffies cross
the bust The net sleeves have ruffies
I W@<Ae silk falling from the top, and
bordered with black satin ribbon. A
belt of black satin fastens in the back
under plated rosette. Point d'esprii
and nets with larger dots that appear
like embroidery amid irregular meshe>
are made up as a straight skirt hanging
full over plain net skirt of the same
shape banded with eight rows of satin
ribbon alternately of Corot green and
cherry red. Both these skirts are at
tached at the belt to a foundation
skirt of black satin merveilleuX. The
waist is of the dotted net striped
around with ribbon and gathered very
full on black satin. The sleeves are OF
the new gauffered satin that is very
thin, and the waist front is ornamented
with long dropping strands of large jet
beads. Sprigged black net is made W
over Russian blue satin, and both ma
terials form bell skirt trimmed with
five bands of wide black satin ribbon
each edge covered with large jei
spangles and row of white guipurt
like passementerie through the middle.
The waist of blue satin is covered from
the bust down with the net gathered
very full, and the blue at the top is in
yoke shape with radiating rows of jet
drops from the neck to the bust
Ombre velvet shading from blue
through gray and pink forms the
elbow puffed sleeves, the collar and
the girdle,
| Simpler black dresses are of grena
dine made up over satin and trimmed
with black satin ribbon edged with je'
or with the new ecru or white guipurt
like a narrow vine of passementerie
! Double skirts of grenadine are Dor
! dered with ribbon, the uppef skirt
| opening up the back and trimmed there
also. The waist has revers cape
F; flacing widely on the shoulders, YET
lAvithout gathers, and coming down tn,
fronts in points to the girdle; this i.
4 opened on the shoulders and is Dor
, dered with ribbon. The sleeves hav,
(, a full puff at the top and are banded
| with ribbon from wrist to elbow TIL,
stock-collar and girdle are of wide rib
bon. Other black grenadines hav'
| colored flowers printed upon them, ant
! are made over silk shot with the color,
! of the flowers. When punches of vic
lets are the design the skirt is trimmed
with ruchcs of violet ribbon edged
| with satin bands the shade of the greer
+ leaves of the fiowers.-lIarpers Bazaar