The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-03
The Fashions,


 Among the laces that are in greatest favor this season are point de Venise, Moresque. Chantilly, pont de Milan, Broderie Anglaise, Valenciennes. point d'Irlandes, many new and dainty de- signs in Oriental lace and insertions, Bourbon, and point de Paris.
 Silk muslin frills edged with narrow lace and crimped or accordion-pleated are delicate and effective garnitures for summer dancing-toilets. Paquin makes great use of these trimmings, and fre- quently adds velvet collar and girdle to the bodice decorations that are edg- ed with the frills.
 Evening silks have eXquisitely tinted Pompadour bouquets on a cream, ivory white, or very light colored ground are exceedingly popular this season. Gowns made of these fabrics are trimmed with satin ribbon and point de Venise lace.
 Emerald green spangles on black silk jetted net, draped over golden green satin, formed a very striking waist made in blouse fashion, with immense Queen Anne sleeves, also of the net-cov- cred satin. There was a spangled col lar and girdle, and the waist was worn with a skirt of black satin, with a skirt border of jet four inches wide.
 Many of the pretty pale-tinted silks in taffeta that are made into fancy waists or entire costumes have the background of the silk covered with shaded Dresden patterns in Chine eff fects, with hairlines of a contrasting color forming stripes from quarter to half an inch In width.
 The great fashion of white alpaca abroad is bringing it into considerable favor on this side of the water. York shire manufacturers have filled large orders for alpacas ard fine mohairs for several of our leading merchants this season. White alpaca costumes will be in particuar favor during July and August at garden parties, the races and at all fashionable summer resorts For day wear they are made up simply with vests or blouse fronts of fancy glace silk. For evening they are com bined with white satin brocade or flow. cred taffeta.
 Batiste faces, wrought; on delicate net ground, are much used to trim or gandie, ecru lawns, and similar trans parent fabrics. With these toilets in the late afternoon, at summer resorts are worn dainty chiffon ruches or boas In some instances these are finished with lace-edged scarf-like ends of the chiffon nearly yard in length.
 ToracSy aftarnOou crourpc nf4 fio,1raS French lawn are made with five gored skirts full in the back, and finished with a deep hem headed by a single band of lace insertion. The waists are box-pleated, and the pleats and the i'm mense sailor collar with pointed fronts that reach the belt, are edged with pale. yellow Valenciennes lace.
 Many of the imported Jackets this summer are made of fancy box-clotI showing a white sailor collar and rev. efSyand fastened with large mother-of- pearl buttons with a circle of cut stee at the edge. These jackets are mostly in open fronted effects of short length and with full farings skirts. The box. cloth is of a pale shade as a rule and the wrap is called the Redfern beach Jacket. The popularity of skirts dis tinet in color and material from tht bodices they accompany is still largel, maintained, and the fashion will las all summer and during the autumn sea son, if not throughout the entire year sIn many of the leading importing hous es whole outfits were sold to wealthy patrons who. never before purchased ready-made gowns. DressmakersA hay, complained bitterly this season of thi! infringement on their province. A wo man can now walk into store ant find skirts of every description iron gingham to satin brocade, we'll cut gracefully hung, and tailor-made, ant in the same establishment or elsewhere can easily find any style of waist sh' likes best, smart, neat, or elaborate il effect, which, with little alteration-of ten without any-will fit her to perfec tion, since great skill is now brought t bear on high-class garments of thi description. Black satin or lustrou silk is now brought to bear on high class garments of this description Black satin or lustrous silk skirts ar first choice, and one may wear half i; dozen different waists with such skirt and the effect produced is that of a many distinct gowns With large lac berthas, ribbon braces, fancy sailor col lars, and similar accessories, one ma, still further vary the appearance of tn waists severally.
 There is an immense choice this sea son in costumes of the washable sort The French zephyr ginghams are reall. beautiful and make charming beach 0 mountain costumes. The fancy line ducks and Teviot suitings and pique are especially suitable for mornin wear, and the pale blue duck suits dot ted or striped in white make very nea and pretty utility costumes with sail or hat en suite. These ducks and drill appear in tan, ecru, blue, cream, an pure white variously figured. Thes are made with plain gored skirt matt Trilby jacket open in front, hug sleeves, and a double breasted vest C white pique with sailor collar to match
 Large white collars and fronts of lace trimmed lawn or batiste are worn wit black or dark silk gowns. Immens sailor collars of white embroidered mus lin or pique are oddly worn as the sol decoration of black mohair or alpac gowns. This was an original idea c the famous Paquin. On other cos tunes are seen very large marine col lars of flax colored linen with broa insertion band of embroidered linen a finish. These collars accompan