The herald., 1896-02-16
Los ANGELES HERALD MORNING. FEBRUARY 1885,


mer over the foundation. There 4 wiae |
plsstron Of embroidered ecru lace over
bright yellow velvet. with a neck trimming |
Of the same made IN full ruff
fle falling from the top OF
high neck band and quite conceal |
ing it. The wide front plait of the gown is
| set off with white pearl buttons inlaid with
gold and pinhead brilliants. and over the
shoulders falls drapery made of silk-cov-
| cred with lace, crossed by insertions of
pale gold ribbons embroidered in deeper
| gold sequins. The gown is vision, study
in white and gold that is ndescribaby love-
| ly for a willowy figure.
| For a wel-rounded, we'll set-up figure,
| such so many American girls can boast
| nowadays, I've seen nothing sweeter for a
| dancing gown than a rose conception Of
, Paqun's The fluted skirt vas of ivory sat
in trimmed with three rows of rose petals
in graduated sizes. the petals made Of
crimped silk and chiffon in fairylike per-
fection OF lightness. The bodice is of pale
rose silk chiffon, with satin puffs for sleeves
set off with armlets and shoulder straps of
the petals. The neck band, back and 'front.'
is of deep rose velvet embroidered with seed
pearls as If the dew had gathered there.
The girdle OF the folded velvet ties into
loops under a pearl buckle. There is a
wonderful sortie du bal for this gown made
OF rose velvet lined with white Llama, with
Marie Antonette hood warranted not to
dispossees single hair of any French wom-
ans head, which is not saying that it would
not muss an Americans coiffure. The Par
} isian women add so per cent. to their at
tractiveness by letting their hair tumble
picturesquely.
The social world is going mad in its
wild rush after all sorts of gayeties before
the changing of the Lenten bells calls them
to repent Of their frivolity and misdeeds
Dancing is INDUCED in at every possible
time, even at the afternoon teas, when
only young girls are the guests and where
!, the usual formalities are thrown aside. The
girls dance with one another for the fun and
practice. and when there is good music at
Il Il hand, what sin it would be to lose it!
> A young Gotham bud, who, in her first
e season out. caught the match of the day,
= recently gave a violet tea to twelve of Iler
3 dearest chums including, of course all the
= = prettiest girls Of Ter set. Among tn m tie e
. . were worn no end of lovely frocks, many Of
them worth describing. The young blond
:, . hostess, slender. petite maiden, with big,
= soulful brown eyes and peach bloom COM
4 plexion, was gowned in violet and white in
foam tulle, made up over an underslip o1
:, cowslip yellow satin with trimmings Of
" leaf-green velvet. The skirt was full ot
: cores all stiffened about the bottom Will
=, row upon row of tiny silver wires.
y The blouse bodice was in the style of &
Is baby waist very, very low, and pouchins
i very much over d deeplypointed girdle o
n velvet, made all a-glitter with rhinestone
,r buttons. Narrow straps of green velve
H. extended over the shoulders from the wais
~ and caught the waist over the arms.
- The wide, dropping sleeves were full
~ puffs of the tulle. crushed in together s.
80 as to seem almost fiat. These dropped OF
the shoulders in the 1880 mode, which /
the only style of sleeve worn at all in al
evening frock.
rI,t. i, ,;e at,,f
frock had hair the color of burnt gole
ard wore it rolled up in a fluffy mass o
the forehead, and fastened under pic
tureSque arrangement of leaf-green velve
ribbon. A wide dog collar of pearls, last
eened with wide diamond clasp, complete
the toilette.
With the return to favor of the stiff whit
skirt the laundry bills are revelations
or Many women prefer mot so much frol
~ economy as from the real liking for then
~ -. the white haircloth pettcoats made to wea
NO ,ro with any indoor frock. The material
~ stiff as anything in the market. 1t is CT
sls 90 as to fit the hips like a glove. the full
~. ~ hess caught IN great bunch at the cent?
III of the back. from which it flares in Il
~ most aggressive fashion.
IN ~ The foot may be trimmed in all sorts
re- pretty and fanciful ways. Among the smar
Is eat are frills of the hair cloth covered thic
sdi close together so as to overlap. VI cour
,ei these skirts do not launder, and so may
'hc treated to any sort of fantastic decoration
up The craze for Louis Seize coats has c
op- tered the field OF evening dress. Many
NJ the most charming frocks have bodices
her this sort made of regal looking brocades a
OF priceless velvets. with fur and lace &:
ana nituIes. not to speak of the big jewel
rou buttons always used upon them. Ofte
mic times they are made sleeveless and squal
you necked, with deep lace falling over the ba
me arms.
-up The Marie Antoinette modes, found to
3W- so adaptable to present uses, have been
strumental in bringing into favor on
veil more the tiny mites of fans so popular 10
soft ago, in the days of the fated Marie, VIII
the couuetry ruled. These fans do not measu
9th quarter of yard in length, and are Of p:
ka- tinted satin, set on beautifully cary
kes sticks. Tiny medallions, painted with dair
ian Watteau figures, are let into the satin a
she bordered with gold embroidery. The featl
ing. fan and all other fans are superseded
, If these tiny creations, revival of old-t
,ale finery They remind one of the lace n
r as era, which we may see once more next s.
liar son, though heaven forbid.
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