Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-01
Fashion Notes.

Snap slstenings are seen on summer gloves
Of chamois and wash leather.
Lace insertions are sometimes edged with
very tiny ruches in black or white.
Paintings of white ribbon are an expen-
sive but beautiful trimming for frocks of
printed silk.
White spots in four sizes are printed on
navy blue Japanese silks for tennis shirt
waists.
Silk null is modish for full collars and
long sashes. and is particularly pretty with
tinted soft batiste costumes.
Ready-made skirts in linen, crash, duck
and pique, at remarkably low prices, domi-
mantle entire departments in the large shops.
Negligee underwaists for warm weather
are of flexible woven SUITS. Strong, light
weight corsets are Of canvas and Of satin.
Frocks for demi-evening wear are of green,
blue, gray or violet silk, with insertions of
renaissance lace and rows OF black velvet
ribbon.
The ground of an elegant embossed foulard
is white. the design an arabesque in green,
red or blue satin, traversed by a small white
satin pattern.
An exquisite frock is of silver-gray swiss,
dotted in white. and made over a slip of gray
glace taffeta. Girdle and collarette are of
cerise and gray changeable louisine ribbon,
wife a white gauZe edge.
Many OF the newest plain india muslin or
lowered organdie muslin dresses have
tucked bodices and 1ounced skirts, with
the very fashionable ribbon sash, with long
loops and ends at the waist.
Costumes of pure white, from parasol to
shoe, arc one of the prevailing fashions in
summer dress, and they are worn morning,
noon and night, in all the varying grades
of elegance or simplicity.
Short bolercs and etons made Of cut-work
and embroidery, lined with thin tinted silk
OF some becoming color, are considered very
smart with any sort of light summer gown.
They give a pretty finish that is both chic
and dainty.
At a recent character party crepe tissue
paper played a prominent part in the for
nation of dresses and the texture of founces
and striking bodices was not suspected until
maeks were removed and condolences eX-
changed. These gowns were much be-
trimmed on foundations of white pique skirts
and sheer white waists. Quantities of ribbon
bows aided the Illusion of real crepe.
Batiste laces wrought on a delicate net
ground are much used to trim ecru lawns,
linen batistes and similar transparent
fabrics. With these toilets, late in the
afternoon at the summer resorts, are worn
very pretty Tuches OF chiffon or batiste, mn
ished. with long scarf ends OF the same,
bordered with batiste lace insertion bands.
A Paris correspondent reports a new and
very pretty necktie. 1t Is "of glace SILK,
about a yard long, so finely plated length
wise that it forms a band of about four
inches only; this passes around the neck
and is tied in a bow and short ends in front,
the extremities being fringed out an inch
in depth. II is worn with a cambria turned
over collar and is made in all shades, usually
to match the dress or its trimming"
The Brazilian beetle and other jeweled
bugs are replaced by some pretty fancies
in gold and silver birds on the wing. These
are mounted as brooches and stickplns and
take on any number Of precious gems by
way OF increased Ornamentation and ex-
pense. A handsome new bracelet In dead
gold Is made Of medallions with a song bird
as the center of each. These are linked so
that the fastening is invisible.
New crepe papers with a silken finish
have broad floral bands of exquisite beauty
on monotone grounds. Their utility in deco
rating the summer home or country cot
tage is almost boundless, making up as
they do into graceful screens, covers for
stowaways and dainty sash curtains. A
lampshade made OF a cream crepe paper,
brocaded in clematis, with yining tendrils,
has a border OF cascaded frills which. gives
the impression OF g~arlands and festoons OF
smiiax interspersed with purple flowers.
There has been a wonderful demand for
linen of every tint and quality this season.
Both men and women find the material so
servieeable that the quantities that have
been sold have surprised even the merchants
themselves Formerly there was an objec-
ton against linen on account OF its pro-