Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-04-13

lace, with q heading Of fine jet passemen-
terie. This fastened With a bow of ribbon
and long ends.
There was q gown on show in one great
shop, as they arc now called, that caught
my fancy as a novel novelty. 1t was a
poplin with bias checks. Around the skirt
were three bias folds, bound with velvet of
the dark brown shade. The plaid was the
shade OF brown over pale apple green.
The corsage was quite plain, with a brown
velvet belt and two bias folds bound with
the velvet in form of flat bretelles. The
sleeves were plain gigot. Over this waist
was an enormous white dimity collar, with
a scallopcd dinity ruffle edged with scar
let thread. Where it joined the collar was
a row OF fine feather stitching in scarlet.
There was a round collar above this, stitch
ed to match, and the cuffs were done in a
similar manner. The whole set was strik-
ingly pretty.
Another quaint fancy struck my eye-at
this same place.. There was a gown of
black faille. Around the skirt there was
a Spanish hounce, headed by a narrower
one which was slightly festooned, with
black velvet BOWS set upon each apex. At
the bottom of the deep founce were two
rows of velvet ribbon held an inch apart
L ~ u VI 1IC11iSUlUC11lllS VI ODGu WOTk
OF silk threads. The waist was draped
surplice fashion and crossed by bands of
velvet ribbon. There was a sort of pelerine
cape thrown over the shoulders, with shawl
shaped points in tho back and front, anda
deep knotted silk fringe around it. Adeep
revers cape turned over this and had two
large velvet bows on each shoulder. There
was a small black velvet medici collar at
the neck. Altogether one could scarcely
find a more gracefully designed gown. It
would be pretty made up in crepon.
1 forgot to mention two novelties among
the new dress materials when I was speak
ing OF them. One is c~ravenette. This has
come out in as many new styles and pat
terms as there are in tweeds, serges and chev-
lots, and in all the new colors. It is
made waterproof, but you would not know
1T unless told so. These goods are made
up principally in cloaks and travelling
dresses. 1t does not do to trust this eli
mate, and in making up an ulster or red
lngote it is well to make it of ~cravanette.
1t is as light and porous as the tweed,
serge or cheviot and yet sheds the rain like
a tarpaulin. 1t does not smell "rubbery.'
Ihe other was a new crepon, with a
swivel weave brocade pattern, as if crepon
were not pretty enough in itself. The pref
tiest shade, to my taste, Of these crepons is
the mordore brown. This is a sort of red
dish brown in the daylight, while in the
evening it takes a golden shade. In vel
vet or any silken fabric it looks like gold
dust, and in MORE it resembles molten
gold. The nuns veilings, challies and all
the delicate light woolens are extremely
rich in this color. Among the new com
binations Of color I notice green and blue.
This is an innovation indeed, and hardly
think a pleasing one. I car hardly recon
Gle myself to a green dress with blue
sleeves, revers, ruffles and ribbons, or vice
versa. Still, when a French modiste
chooses the shades, it is not quite as bad as
1t might be. At any rate, let us hail this,
hoping that it will drive the magenta col.
ors back to oblivion again.
MATE LEROY.