Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-06-08

bic to make many q tiny scrap of such lace
available. On n bonnet there was a bit
of lace measuring not over 4 inches in
length stretched to it's utmost extent with
wire, to form a fan shaped ornament to O
handsome bonnet. This bit of old point
was exquisite and had just the color that
old age gives lace, and that is a sort of
rusty, yellowish white Not for worlds
will the possessor of a fine bit of lace nave
1t washed, however soiled it may be.
Laces of all the cheaper grades and the
limitations are lavishly used on all cos
tunes intended for this seasons wear,
oepting tailor suits and mourning. The
light laces now shown in butter color,
putty, cream and mode are all very grace
full when employed on the various summer
dresses, whether as 1lounces, %festoons,
berthas, collects or bretelles. The butter
color, being quite new this season, is rather
the best liked. It blends beautifully with
almost everything.
I call to mind a very striking reception
dress Of red crepe dc chine brocaded with
swivel dots in gold colored silk. There
was an underskirt of surah a shade darker
than the crepe, and this was plain. Set
upon the bottom of the overskirt there was
a festooned founce of butter colored lace
headed by a quilting of cherry velvet rib
bon. There was another lace founce fcs-
TONED in the same manner. The waist
was plain, save for a full vest of velvet,
with a belt and collar Of the same. There
was q bertha cape made of the lace which
ended in front jabot fashion and went
straight across the back. This dress was
all softncss and grace.
Quite unlike that was a tailor frock
which was novel enough to deserve special
description. The dress was of gray chcviot
with a figure Of narrow stripes and dots.
The front breadth was straight and
smooth, and there were two folds of slate
gray bcngaline on each side tho front
brcadths, like panels. The back fell in full
organ plaits. Tho gigot sleeves had turn
back cuffs of white bengaline. The cor
sage was in form Of a plain waist, with a
pointed polka frill set on, and made very
full on the hips. The waist opened in
front over a plated skirt Of white bengal
line fastened with pearl buttons. The col
lar was OF %bengaline, and so were the in
ner revers, which lay upon the large outer
ones loosely, neither being fastened down,
but both being made very stiff. There
was a small stock tie made of dotted surah
to match the color of the dress. This
gown was extremely neat and dressy, yet
very plain in reality. The design is a
good one.
Every year the best stores provide more
and more made up costumes, and while
many ladies feel a preference for q gown
made under their own special supervision,
as being more individual, many more now
buy as many of their dresses ready made
as possible. Unless a woman has q good
dressmaker or abundance of time to sew
her own things, she really does well to buy
her dresses made. They come much
cheaper, and many a grows tired
OF q gown before it is done If she makes it
herself Or has o dressmaker in. .
The light summer dresses are so cheap
and SO daintily made that it is a pity to
spare time to do them. The lawns for