The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-05
Mrs. Hastings Gowns.

The outfit Of our present first
Lady in the State of Pennsylvania,
Mrs. D. II. Hastings, wife Of
the new Governor, is remarkable at
once for ats quiet elegance and simplic-
ity. The materials are of the choicest
qualities selected IN colors best suited
to the complexion of the wearer and
made up by artists. Some choice gems
were created by the modiste who made
Mrs. Cleveland's gowns, others were de-
signed in Philadelphia and still others,
it is whispered, some of her prettiest
dresses, by her Bellefonte dressmaker.
A very handsome dress, the one
worn on Inauguration day and
which is now to be taken for her
visiting and calling costume is Of
:a1y's cloth light mauve in color
aud trimmed with velvet in the darkest
shade of the same color In this suit
change has been rung upon the almost
universal plain skirt, by piping either
side of the front breadth with a cord Of
the velvet, quite as thick as one OF her
-Yn slender fingers.
The waist for this skirt is round and
lnished at the waist with roll Of the
dark velvet, and at the necE with the
conventional stock collar. 'ery full
sleeves finished at the wrists with velvet
roll, and full vest of MORE silk SHOW
ing shade of mauve between the very
light cloth and very dark velvet with
Just the least bit CT cream lace forming
a tiny iabot at the throat, the whole
forming one of the most exquisite COM
binations imaginable and one that
could only have been evolved from the
brain of q ssreally' artist.
For carriage wear with this suit Is a
coat of the dark mauve velvet, almost
if not quite three-quarter length, tight
fitting, full skirt and sleeves large
enough to take in the fashlonably
large sleeves of the dress waist. A
Frenchy feature OF this exquisite coat
is very full fall of heavy cream lace,
which seems simply to have been
tackled at the throat and then left to
take it's own course to the waist line.
With each full suit there is small!
bonnet to match.
One OF Mrs. Hastings most becoming
gowns is street suit of tho Just now
popular yelutina-cord in so shade Of
wood brown and trimmeu W ~ that
fschest of all fur, the brown marten.
Velutina- cord, it may or may not be
known generally, is of corduroy weave
but with a surface SIS soft and glossy as
real velvet, and certainly promises to
be the most popular winter goods IN
the market. The architectural idea OF
Mrs. Hastings suits PLAIN full skirt,
showing two wide box plaits at the
back. 4 coat basque with two small
box plaits from the yoke to the waist
line, back and front. The yoke was
rather wide, cut in three points back and
front, and edged with the brown mar
ten fur. The sleeves and edge of the
BASQUE were finished with the same fur.
A pretty house grown and the one IN
which Mrs. Hastings was receiving calls
upon the afternoon of my visit was tne
cream wool shot with cerise red silk
which combination was particularly
becoming to her brunette type.
The skirt of this gown was as plain
and full as possible pipe-organ plalts
at the back and the whole crlnollned
t'until able to stand alone"
The waist was laid in the new box
plaits with stripes of red velvet showing
from under them; roll of red velvet
finished the edge of the waist and wide
folds Of the same bound the throat.
Another, and probably more costly
than any is Lyons black velvet, short
length. One peculiarly Of Mrs. HIS
wardrobe is the ABSENCE OF trained
skirts. The waist of this velvet IS
heavy with cut jet and so made that
with the sleeves removed and the
heavy yoke of jet, a fully-Hedged eve
ming bodice ls left all ready for wear.
With this velvet skirt there are to be
worn several waists of silk, chiffon and
grenadine that almost defy description.
One certainly does,
An illuminated grenadine in stripes
fully three inches in width, one stripe
in dark green shading out IN the
ightest green, and the alternating
stripe in the darkest red shading into
palest pink. The stock, and waist, and
sleeves, finished with red velvet and
sparkling jet, the whole, when worn
with the elegant velvet skirt making
an almost bewildering combination and
one of Mrs. Hastings most becoming
suits. NJ. T. B.