The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-01-23
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New York Fashions.
TUI.LE WAISTS. TUCKED SLEEVES.
GLOVES. lew GINGHAMS. LACE STRIPED
BATISTE.

TULLE WAISTS. TUCKED SLEEVES.
GLOVES. Jew GINGHAMS. LACE STRIPED
BATIsTE.
Correspondence of The journal.
The advance of the ball season shows
sleeves of evening dresses higher on the
shoulder, and nos unfrequently those of
silk or satin are arranged in so many
broken putfs or folds as to present a
\ most exaggerated appearance. Colored
tulle waists, worn with white OF black
skirts. are the latest novelty for evening,
and can easily be made at home, over a
cheap grade of satin or silk-as full as it
is possible to make them, and very wide
tucks stimulating frills. form elbow
sleeves Tulle costumes are also very
fashionable, and satin belt and bow at
the neck are all that is necessary.
VERY WIDE SATIN OR VELVET BELTS
may be made to cover partly worn waists,
and contrasting sleeves Quilted to the
elbow are on some of the newest ball
gowns, which, together with wide lace
around the neck. all Deficiencies are con-
cealed. There is no field for observation
equal to the opera, and between the acts
the occupants of the boxes promenade
the lobby; and iii gathering up their eie-
CANT skirts, it is noticeable that most of
them are finished with the Redfern bias
corded velvet binding, one OF the IS. II.
& M varieties; certainly the richest and
most durable binding, for which there is
no substitute. Long gloves are obligatory
with elbow sleeves, and pure white, with
delicate white stitching, aIo most i'll favor
Slippers should match the costume in
color, and are sometimes very low, with
strap across. or higher ones are trimmed
by ribbon bow and buckle.
IT HAS BEEN TIE CUSTOM
for many seasons past to remove holiday
goods from the shop windows to display
cotton materials: and this is done in order
to afford time for making up cottons be-
fore Easter dressmaking comes on. A
beautiful variety of Bingham has plaided
ground work Of subdued or bright colors,
over which species of ''fresting' is
thrown by means of loose white threads in
hair-lin stripes. This style is twenty eight
inches wide, and 50 to 60 cents per yard.
Ginghams with raised stripes, intermixed
with small chine figures, are extremely
pretty, plaided repped ginghams show
similar designs in all fashionable hues.
Silk ginghams are really beautiful,
surfaces, with silken figures in white or
pale shades, with darker chine designs
as a species of background.
ZEPIlYRS ARE ALSO IN RAISED PIAIDS
of white or colors on contrasting surfaces,
principally in salmon, pale blue heliotrope
OF marine blue. Dimities show for the
most part very small Dresden designs on
corded and printed dimities are dotted,
tlowered, striped, or in chine patterns
The partially for linen batiste (grass
linen) has by no means expended itself,
and besides all these beautiful cottons,
Lord & Taylor are showing new styles in
this material, such as stripes silk corded
stripes in colors, colored lace striped
styles ranging from 90 to 70 cents per
yard, and the palmer ones at 30 cents.
COTTON CANVAS WILL BE VERY LARGELY
employed this season as a substitute for
duck, coming in pink, crimson, blue,
heliotrope, black or dark blue. 1t is
Bingham width at so cents per yard
M adras Cheviots and percales for ladies'
waists and gentlemen S shirts, are in an
e ndless variety of checks, stripes or fig
ures, thirty-two inches wide, varying
from 25 to 40 cents. Figured organizes
embodying Persian colors are among
SIP ecial attractions, and sometimes an il
regular stripe suggests chine effects.
VERONA CLARKE.