The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04
FASHIONS MIRROR.
La test Things in Gowns, Trim
nings, Hats, Etc.
Dorothy r. Lewis Writes Entertainingly
About Matters of Dress That Will
Interest Women, and Also
the Steiner Sex.
When in doubt wear gloves.


made up for early spring wear, but
they differ from the jackets OF last sea-
son in being fitted closely to the figure,
with short postillions at the back like
| the waist Of riding habit The short
fronts are fitted smoothly by a single
form" to the figure. and attenuated to
a point at the bottom.
A simple and refined gown for a
| young girl has what is called 4 corselet-
! tunic skirt and corselet put in onel,
! made Of wooden material of dull red
| irregularly striped with pale tan. The
full skirt waist is of plaid foulard in
| the same colors. The puffs OF the
| sleeves are OF the plaid foulard the
lower part of the sleeve fitting the arm
is of dull red wool. The top of the
corselet and the collar, are prettily
trimmed with velvet in the same red
shade.
There are many crepons brought out
again in changeable effects in all the
new colors Of the season, with trim
mings OF rniroir velvets, silks and gay
EN- broideries Among the most beau
tiful EN- broideries are those of Suede
colored leather on transparent back
ground with Venetian guipure with a
touch of delicate color.
There are other embroideries bright
ened with spangles in various colors
closely wrought in background of
French metal-gold, silver or copper.
The trimmings in colored band crochet
in medley of Circassian tints are
among the most beautiful and costly
of garnitures. Point de Genes laces
are imported this season in colOrs,
either dark blue, red or black, with
ecru.
The steel and jet trimmings are not
confined to gowns, but serve to make
some of the new hosiery conspicuous as
is at all desirable. Black hose
have bullion embroidery of steel and
jet covering the instep and the front of
the leg to the height of a very high
boot. Other all-blac1 hose have bow
knot bouquets embroidered in colored
silks.
The new silks and woods are in excel
lent accord with the gown styles. For
once the modistes have succeeded in
eclipsing the milliners in the general
interest aroused by their displays.
Nothing like the present excitement
has been known in the costume parlors
for years.
The careful sister might whisper in
her brothers ear that calling cards for
men are appreciably larger this year
than have been used for some time
past. Men are, most of them, careless
in these little matters of change: but
if they pretend to keep up with the al
tering styles at all they should be as
sisted once in a while by their woman
kind
Children's hats. have oblong crowns
an inch and half high. from which
founces of lace, often six inches wide.
droop only with the support afforded
By the body of the lace or by invisible
wires
Bingham hats are shirred on cords
set in groups and at half-inch intervals.
Wide brims prevail in these hats, and
rutfies of embroidery are on the brim
edge. The crowns are the cone-shaped,
the BEEHIVE or dome, the large tam, and
a crown high and sloping, with a tiny
tam perched on top Wide strings of
the hat material are fastened at the
sides. The broad strings are on hats
of crepe and fancy straw.
The summer silks are made I'D in
many delightful ways The daintiest
silks are those of taffeta and other light
qualities which have n little moro stiff
ness in their weave than the soft surah
and India silks which lend themselves
to dra peries but not to faring effects
For the same reason those who know
predict the return of the oldtime gros- |
grain and the departure OF soft failIe |
Franchise and all silks OF a soft, cling 1
ing nature.
A dainty gown OF seeded silk in pale /
violet, changing to cream, is trimmed |
with rutfies of creamy point de Genes |
worked with violet. A ruffie of the |
lace is set on the bottom of the skirt |
and is surmounted by another of silk /
three inches wide, hemmed on both sides /
and put on with a slight heading. 4 /
second group of rufiles Of the same size |
as the first Is placed at the knees, and /
a third around the shoulders of the full /
bodice TO give the wide 1880 effect A /
soft Empire belt of the silk surrounds /
the waist, and the large leg o mutton
sleeves droOp toward the elbow. Still /
another gown of dark green silk is f.
striped in quarterback stripes IN creamy
white satin, and finished with wide /
ruffie OF lace, feStooned at intervals and
headed By a ribbon caught down by
square bows. The white vest of the /
bodice is striped with wide lines Of dark
green embroidery nearly covering the .
ground, and the large green sleeves
with their balloon puffs are made quite
close to the forearm and finished with
a cuff Of white wrought with straight
lines of embroidery.
The new chere skirts are soft and
take gathers nicely. Many have the
skirts trimmed with only one founce
Or narrow ruffie Of silk or lace. or per
haps with a band Of openworll lace
over & lining Of colored satin. No
skirt, however. : prettier on the thin
silks than the skirt full OF founces-
mat Is, founced from waist 70 loot n
-uffles Of siX-inch width or graduating
rom six 10 eight 20 or - inches The
aonnces are Of the silk. and are pref
test when pinked top and bottoEa and
put on with q narrow ruffle heading.
the heading on the top founce only Il
the aounces overlap OF on al 4 they
are set on separately.
A charming design fer trimming the
silk skirts IS that % . succession % mar
-ow ruffies 10 the knee. pinlzed and
caught up in festoous b. knots OF VEL
Eet tie Color Of one .na5e u ne sllk !