The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-09
AUTUMN TINTS IN DRESS.
New Bodices Are Made of Chiffon SILK
Null. with Velvet Collars.

/ Null. with Velvet Collars.
The new tones in brown for autumn
and early winter wear show a decided
/ tendency tow ard red reflections. Burnt
flour, auburn, mahogany, rust color
! and autumn leaf are the names by
which some of them are known: au-
tumn leaf being hardly more than
! dull red, with bronze shadows which
show only in folds.
These shades are all more effective
| If made up in plain woods touched
/ somewhere with velvet in a deeper
| tone, but some of the latest materials
| in them show checks. plaids, and even
/ stripes. accented with a thread of def
| mite red or gold.
Along with the red browns are seen
! the familiar dull leaf shades deepened
! and melting into indistinct green's.
The old-fashioned snuff brown, so
becoming to fair, high-colored COM
plexions, will also be much worn; and
! for this shade Persian embroidery or
black Russian fur make the handsom-
est trimming.
Bishops mantle, a deep, rich violet
that suggests the time-honored royal
purple, is one of the new tones for
camels' hair and ladies cloth. In fam
tastic stuffs, VIRGO, a curious eccentric
tint touching on peacock blue, is the
latest novelty. Other new colors for
either silk or wool are petunia gray,
which has an atmosphere of pink,
beef's blood red. bottle blue. and wall
flower yellow, that looks as if lightly
busted with brown.
Turquoise blue, in slight touches of
velvet or satin, makes an effective bod
| ice garniture for dull leaf brown cos
tunes.
When velvet is used. it is generally
only wide shirred collar, rolled belt
and cuffs; but lately imported visiting
toilet in this combination showed an
entire tight-itting vest of the satin
over which fell loose blouse Of white
oriental gauze, spangled with tur-
quoise.
The skirt of this costume was of deep
leaf brown velvet, untrimmed, and cut
bell shape with full wave-like effect
about the hem in front. and the back
stiffened with haircloth to fall in
straight outward lines. Over it hung
a long two-pointed tablier drapery. "
shaped back and front, of crepe cloth
in a paler leaf tint. This was heavily
bordered with a Persian embroidery,
Introducing the two leaf shades and the
turquoise stones
The round bodice of the crepe cloth
had a seamless back and huge gieot
sleeves. and coming from the rig Mt
IN ier-arm seam was a girdie scarf OF
the crepe that passed under the blouse
I'D fastened at the left waist line il. a
full chou.
TO be worn with this toilet, charm.
ing in spite of its fantastic tendency,
was a short square cape of the deep Leaf
velvet lined with turquoise satin.
Along with this costume-which, by
the way, is to be part of the trousseau
q an early winter bride-was smart
Louis XIV. jacket of striped yellow
end black satin. to be worn with a
Hack net-trimmed bengaline skirt.
The full house vest of this jacket,
which was intended exclusively for
the theater, was of white mousseline
de sole fastened at the throat and waist
line with long narrow jet buckle.
A rich Jet beading also outlined the
large revers and deep square cuffs, and
J! was lined throughout with yellow
snot silk Another eXquisitely dainty
arment III this trousseau was Had
ing evening gown of stiff ashes Of roses
silk and short draped sleeves of point
d Alencon.
Tor this same trousSeau another ex-
qu'site frock has been prepared. 1t is
made of heavy watered silk of creamy
tint. the only garniture being hugely
bis canary-colored bow at the bottom
of the skirt. on the left side. The bod
Ice was Of the same material as the
skirt. made in the Louis Treize fashion.
The corsaCe was low. the shoulders
slooing effect and trimmed with fall
OF point lace. About the waist was
bel: of rich cut jet two inches wide
and fastened at the left side with a
smaller canary-colored watered silk
ribbon bow The voluminous pulled
sleeves were finished at the arm with
a band of the same jet as the belt
Bottom Globe.