Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-08-31

seen, most of them with small figures
brocaded over them. There IS something
about bengaline that shows up a brocaded
pattern as though it were carved thereon,
and it is very rich There are also more
kinds of brocados than could write down
in a month Black and white in very
tiny figures, cross, broken and hairline
stripes are seen, and also some eXquisitely
fne silks where the ground is fine rep,
with very small brocaded figures. l have
one piece before me in rep with n lustrous
ground combining dark green with chest
nut brown. Scattered irrcgularly over the
surface are numbers of triangular satin
spots, some of them brown and some pea
cock blue bordcred with moss green. The
dclicacy of the work may be judged when
! state that The figures are not a sixteenth
of an inch long, and the border to them
is no thicker than No. 60 cotton. This
silk is produced in 10 colors, not includ-
ing the black, and that allows every wo-
man to suit herself The quality is most
excellent The grosgrain silks are as Of
ten brocaded as plain, and the figures are
all small, neat and artistic. The figures
are rarely floral, but dots, rhomboids, par
allelograms and stars, moons and twigs,
everything that can be imagined, and they
are so we'll woven that there can scarcely
be said to be any reverse side to the silk.
The handsomest dress / have seen this
week was Of black grosgrain, with a rose
plating at the bottom and a cape collar
trimmed with beaded passementerie. 1t
was a pattern model imported dress and
was shown with "A beautiful mourning cos
tune of silk warp henrette and cour-
tauld Grape, both with stiff skirts not too
full, but having ample folds, There was
a pale gray cheviot, too, that was very
beautiful. The skirt was plain but for a
little apron drapery and largo sash of
reseda green velvet, with white guipure
applique. The sleeves We're of gray silk,
with small green figures and the waist
had trimming of fancy jet.
Another very handsome dress was of
the brown figured taffeta, described above.
The upper skirt lifted in two places on the
left side. The sleeves and waist We're
trimmed with knife plaitings and fancy
white and brown silk passementerie.
At this same house, which makes a
speciality of its fine madeup gowns, were
two beautiful dresses for sisters, one of
them being of black grosgrain, with white
horizontal broken stripes. Around the
skirt and on the plain waist were set bands
Of guipure insertion picked out here and
there with silver bead. At the waist was
a knOtted belt of black ribbon, and above
and below the insertion was "a narrow fiat
satin ribbon sewod.
The other gown was Of the green silk
mentioned above, and the skirt opened
over panel of chestnut colored satin and
was finished with a windmill bow of satin
ribbon 10 match. The folded belt was of
the same flushed by white guipure in the
form of Is curselet. The front opened over
a satin vest and there was shrred col
larette II the silk finished by white gut
pure.
have nothing but unqualified praise
to give all the new fall and winter styles
except the glarlng, flaring plaid ribbons
and even they, when properly used, may
not prove 80 terrible shock TO weak
nerves. MATE LEROY.