Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-02-09

fetas and lustrings will have a place they
have not enjoyed asdress fabrics furat 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 rs well as their
rich, firm quality has made them prime
favortes for certainly over hundred wears
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 DIR, -. while
others have combinations of plain silk
such as faille or bengalne or even satin
and velvet. To have 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 faVOrte manner of
making them.
The 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 50 as to have
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 fan shaped train Some of the
fronts are made of lace. either in success
sion of tlOunces or in one deep fall. Beaded
lace for this purpose is very fashionable
Some black lace has deep palm leaf pat
tern worked upon it with floss silks and
pearl, black or cOlored beads. This is an
exceptionally handsome decorations
One modistr told me that she had re-
ceived orders for eight light taffeta frocks,
and every one was to have u three inch
pinked rufiles on the skirt overlapping each
other. Two of them were to have white
lace laid over each rutile. One very pretty
though sober pattern of taiTeta had a snuff
brown ground, with clouded or notified pat
tern in black. The taffeta silk is the kind
that rustles 50 delightfully."-, though the
quality is fine and close rather than heavy
and rich. The tatfetas are also very glossy
silks. The lustrngs are thinner and have
little or no rustic
very pleasing home gown of striped
black and dark green taffeta had plain
gathered skirt, with IA straight band of dark
green rep. There was a draped upper
skirt, which also had 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.
little fancy picot braid edged the yoke
and jockeys, and altogether this made a
neat and youthful gown. | might have
mentioned when speaking of the taffeta
that it will wash if the colors are not toe
delicate.
saw a pretty party dress of pale blue
tatfeta, with pulled over>kirt of black
dotted net for young lady. ! might