Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-05-25

HANDSOME TEA GOwN N LACE res
purple as compliments in one costume,
the green for the lower skirt and sleeves
and the other for upper drapery and waist,
or vice versa, but in any case to have the
colors combined. The clover colors in COM
bination pattern are found in some cash
meres, muslins and cloths, besides the Gre
pons. There are glace taffetas with the
clover colors together in changeable effects
and overshot with little pinhead squares,
the alternate ones being Of the different
colors and all together looking like a clo-
yer field in full bloom.
I saw one costume made up in this COM
bination which was so very pretty and po-
etic that it merits a detailed description.
The lower skirt was made plain, except
for a narrow rose plated ruffle of clover,
purple crepon pinked on the edge. 1t was
not over 2 inches wide. The waist and
pulled sleeves were of the same color, but
the pinafore overskirt was of the shaded
green, and the bottom was cut in deep
leaf shaped points. Around all the edges
of this was another rose plating, but in
green. 1t made q lovely gown and a grace
full one.
The entire line of purple, heliotrope, IL
lac, auv md clover are among the pref
tiest of the new %colors, and one of the
shades will certainly prove becoming to
everybody. The making Of combinations
with green is by 10 means a new idea, for
as far back as 1916 the fashion books were
full of praises for the purple garments
with emerald and pea green trimming,
but the puppies and greens of those days
were raw and sharp, and those of today
are toned in some delicate manner, so that
the effect is really harmonious.
One of the prettiest dresses I have seen
had a rose pink silk fishnet lace made I'D
over a bright green taffeta slip. The out
er skirt was gathered to the waist and fell
from there in ample folds to the bottom,
where it was bordered with several rows of
very narrow moss green velvet ribbon.
The waist was polka shape, and from the
front to back points there was laid a pam
nier drapery of the lace. Upon the corsagc
there were set tiny bows of the velvet rib
bon, and around the upper edge of the dou-
Bile ruffle which served for drapery there
was q vine of %eglantine. Three rows of the
same narrow velvet were sewed around the
lower edges of the bertha. The sleeves had
one high puff, and another one at the ell
bow dropping down, and between them
the net was held in by bands of the velvet.
The whole dress was as lovely as a rose
anu ouoNeu NIldb a1 eHecJ may De pro-
duced by judicious use of colors.
These fshnet laces make very handsome
gowns, and they look much more costly
than they are. Many of them are made up
over some gown that has served for one or
more seasons. The iridescent silks of last
season have been found most useful for
these, and the effect of the changing tints
half yelled by the net is very beautiful.
Many of the fishnets have hounces of some
other lace set round the bottom, and some
have insertions of a contrasting color az
ranged upon them in various ways. OneI
remember was Of silver gray mesh over
gray %taffeta, and there was a pannier dra.
perry OF fine black chantilly. There was a
dounce Of the same, and the sleeves had
full caps of the lace. 1t made an elegant
and refined costume, particularly as it was