Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-10
PRETTY N0THIN GS.
The Numberless Devices of Coquelry
to Vary a Costume.
ACCENTS OF PARISIAN DRESS.
Ball Dress of Pale Pink Crcpop, with
Crepon Rosettes and Flowers In
Tints and Shades.
Correspondence Of the Dispatch.)


PARIS. May 2s.--The very last touch OF
elegance is given TO a moussellne de
sole or any other thin vapory afternoon
gown with n velvet bolero so small that
1t Is cut off Just below the arm-hoes,
and Is open by some space In front. 1t IS
the numberless devices Of coquetry, TO
| vary a costume.
have seen an ccru lawn made UP over
brown that had such n little jacket of
brown velvet with revere and epaulettes
Embroidered over with ecru. 1t was
ravishing. There was brown MORE
ribbon belt. There were ecui rosettes on
the sailor hat.
Such little jackets-braces one might
almost say-are made also OF black or
| white guipure. and are useful in a ward
robe to put on when little extra elab-
Grafton IS wanted in the toilette. The
lace should be heavy. approaching almost
open-work embroidery. TO have most
effect possible.
VARIEGATED ROSE.
One OF the good ideas Of the season IS
to minge together in the same garment
many tints of rose. Thus a ball gown
Of pale pink crepon has crepon rosettes
and flowers in tnts and shades running
from white down to deep red.
PIAZZA CAPES.
Collarettes to protect the shoulders when
in evening dress, as after tie waltz, one
saunters out for piazza promenade, arc
made Of wide sash ribbon, arranged as
ruGles by being gathered along one edge
and sewcd onto thin silk foundation.
They may be two or three deep and edged
with lace, or bound with velvet Of the
same color; or the upper pdrt may be
formed OF n lace collar laid over the
foundation silk. with a single ruiiie below.
A ruchu should finish the neck and end
In ribbon ties. Such Capes should be
easily made at home.
THE BUNCH OF VIOLETS,
In France the single violet as well as
the double is fragrant. Everybody, man
and woman alike, wears his boutoniefe
of Violets, and they have become as much
a matter of course as a brooch or rosette.
They cost but two or three sous bunch,
so no one need be without them.
THE UNDERSLEEVE.
Some gowns are finished with a short
sleeve only, and have an underSleeVe 10 he
put in or taken out at will. This varies
the dress and makes it serve more pur-
poses. Thus for the theatre or other eve>
ming occasions long gloves are worn that
meet the short sleeves, and for occasions
where gloves are not wanted the long
sleeve is put i'm. The short sleeve is
great puff or succession Of puhs half way
To the elbow, and the thin undersleeve.
II IL does not wrinkle glove-lIke down the
arm, is in Il loose puff gathered into n
binding. like the undersleeves seen in
fashion-plates of.sOme thirty years ago.
Some Of these sleeves end in a ruflle that
falls upon the hand, which also is an old
fashion revival.
THE BUFFANT BODICE FRONT.
Very noticeable is the number OF
bodices made bOuffant in front. The back
is kept fiat, but the front is bloused
enough to give a full. round look to the
waist without falling over the belt. 1t
produces an outline quite different from
the cOncavc outline We are accustomed TO
in waists fitted with darts Evening
gowns quite as much as day gowns are