Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-02-16

fetas and lustrings will have a place they
have not enjoyed as dress fabrics for MT least
two generations. These are seen mostly in
very narrow stripes and clouded or notified
effect, and the coloring is not as brilliant
as it was last season. There will be very
little if any changeable silk worn by grown
persons, though the children will fairly rev.
ell in the iridescent beauties of the dove and
the rainbow.
There is an immense line of cheney silk,
with soft, shadowy patterns that look as
though seen through a hazy mist. The deli
cate beauty of these silks as well as their
rich, firm quality has made them prime
favorites for certainly over a hundred years.
There are two styles of these-one having
medium sized patterns on dark or dull
grounds for day dresses, and the other
having enormous floral designs on light
grounds for evening wear. Some of these
are made up into one entire dress, while
others have combinations of plain silk
such as faille or bengaline or even satin
and velvet. Tohave the front breadth made
of plain silk, richly embroidered with silk
or chenille, with metal threads, and in
some cases imitation jewels or jet beads to
add to the effect, is a favorite manner of
making them.
. Ihe princess form for evening dresses
grows in favor, and the effect is always
heightened by having the front open over
"a breadth of something else always more
or less ornamented. The rich cheney silks
may be and frequently are cut so as to nave
the front breadth open, and also to have a
couple Of breadths of velvet or other plain
fabric set in with very deep plaits, so that
they form a fan shaped train. Some of the
fronts are made Of lace, either in a success
sion of f1ounces or in one deep fall. Beaded
lace for this purpose is very fashionable.
Some black lace has a deep palm leaf pat
tern worked upon it with floss silks and
pearl, black or colored beads. This is an
exceptionally handsome decoration.
One modiste told me that she had re-
ceived orders for eight light taffeta frocks,
and every one was to lave IL three inch
pinked ruf1ies IN the skirt overlapping each
other. Two of them were to have white
lace laid over each ruf1e. One very pretty
though sober pattern of taffeta had a snuff
brown ground, with clouded or notified pat
tern in black. The tatfeta silk is the Kind
that rustles SO delightfully."-, though the
quality is fine and close rather than heavy
and rich. The taffetas are also very glossy
silks. The lustrings are thinner and lave
little or no rustic.
A very pleasing home gown of striped
black and dark green taffeta had a plain
gathered skirt, with u straight band of dark
green rep. There was a draped upper
skirt, which also had a band of the rep.
The upper portion of the sleeves, the jock
eys, and the yoke, and the draped belt were
all of the rep. The waist was laid in Nor
folk plaits from the yoke down to the belt.
A little fancy picot braid edged the yoke
n jockeys, and altogether this made a
neat and youthful gown. I might have
mentioned when speaking of the taffeta
that it will wash if the eolors are not too
delicate.
l saw a pretty party dress of pale blue
tatteta, with a pulled overskirt of black
dotted net, for a young LADY. I might