Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-18

edged with black soutache braid laid in q
row of circles is very pretty.
A clever French woman has designed
thlrty-siX separate and distinct styles IL
sleeves for tho present season.
i India silks run all the others hard but the
! lighter and more graceful qualities require q
taffeta lining, which adds to the expense.
/ While the hats of this season are startling
| in the cOlors, there is a growing tendency tC
use only one color, in its various shades, on
! each.
The fashion in belts is endless. The swell
est thing is the set of oXidized silver links
joined with small miniatures set in diamond
| frames.
In Paris. where startling things always
seem natural. the latest hat has a high
crown with the brim turning sharply up in
| tho front.
Foulards promise to be plentiful this sum.
mer, and blue with white outline, in mi
| crobe" designs, seem to be well in the ia
yored foreground.
Taffetas gain in favor. for all there are
some OF them that won't wear well enough
| to pay for making them up, to say nothing
of the cost of the silk.
Even little tots Of 3 years wear WOODEN
frocks of small checks, paIds or miXtures
of serge cheviot or canvas weaves in shades
of brown, green, tan and bright blue.
a new decoration shows tabs OF lace over
the Shoulders half way to the belt, with
ribbon in the center Of the tabs held by a
Black point despTit silk net is in great
use, both for making wholly new toilets and
waists and for freshing gowns and bodiccs
OF black satin, MORE, tafleta India silk and
grenldine.
Rosebud printed china silks and plain
shades of the same soft silks in light shades
have long been favored for little girls Lace
edged luiile3. velvet ribbon, satin bows ana
lige-meshed lace are the only trimmings
Tor these silken fabrics.
Some original dinners are being given in
London. At one the table was done" en-
tirely in cherries and water cress The fruit
WAS wired to stand erect and tied up with
vivid foliage Of the cress by cherry color
ribbons, the boquets set in low silver bowls
and vases.
Midsummer millinery has lost much of its
bold and erratic appearance, and some of
the latest French models are made of white
Neapolitan or chip, with delicate gaTnitures
Of white lilac, or white viOlets maidenhair
fern frouds in shaded velvet long slender
white wings. and loops of mOusseine de sole
The English and French designers are ht-
ting their most delightful gowns and waists
with belts OF drapen. glace silk. This is
merely the survival of the crush belt of
couple of seasons back, but the old-time
clumsineSs of make and material is now
done away with in the close fitting folds Of
the thin ana pliable ta1etas
A pretty way to freshen a white chiffon or
organdie waist is TO cut away the entire
bodice aud shoulders; stitching the raw
edges thus made to secure them. then adding
a new yoke top, either Of lace and insertion,
all lace, tucked India muslin, net or shir-
rings of oIgande alternating with ROWS Of
ribbon.
An English bride went away recently in
travelling dress of fawn-ombrodered canvas
over pale pink silk, the skirt being borderci
with a double ruche; the bodice was en-
broider5d wlth Brussels applique in steel,
pearl beads ana sequns in a raised design.
finished al the neck and wrists with lace
hounces and at the waSt with a folded belt
OF pink silk.
New designs in rlch silks woven both in
this country and abroad show marvellous
effects OF shading flowers and foliage on
opal-tinted and similar beautiful back
grounds; eglantne and honeysuckle orchids,
liacs, chrysanthemums, geranium and
hawthorn bios SONS, etc, are reproduced
with wonderful hdelity even in the minutest
details, with all the skill OF hand painting,
Many of the styles OF trimming used on
summer SKIRTS and bOdices are not at all
admirable, They are extremely fussy with
out being effective, The great amount OF