The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-25

catching the folds down, top and bot
tom, just in front forming a pointed
girdle effect. Other soft sashes are run
through a handsome gold slide.
| If the boleros are remarkable, the
new capes go them one better, and with
| the unreaSoning but none the less at
! tractive coQuetry their makes contrive
| they shall express, numbers are
| wrought from liberty silk silk muslin,
| lace and net, with a trimming of fur.
| Only the very narroWest lines of err
mine will stripe a black muslin cape
| for example, and frankly bright grass
| green taffeta one yelled in white lace,
| has an edging scarce a fourth of an
/ inch wide of sable that embellishes ev-
cry pert little founce that falls over
| the shoulders. And. after all why
should this not be? for fur is surely
| decorative, and so used there is no heat
| in it. One of the prettiest small Shout
/ der wraps, and a Serviceable one, too,
/ as those things go, was worn by maid
/ of honor at a wedding. Her gown was
white dotted swiss, over light blue silk:
| her hat a burnt straw, Wreathed in
| two shades of cornf1oWers, and her cape
! of cornfloWer blue MORE bengaline
lined with pale blue silk, and bearing
border and falling collar of chin
chilla
At recent evening church wedding
the bride wore a gown of mousselne
| de sole, made a la Marie Antoinette
over white satin, her bridal veil caught
up with a diamond star at one side and
sprays of orange blossoms and white
rose buds at the other. The brides
maids wore extremely pretty gowns of
white embroidered tulle over gored
skirts, and low-necked round waists OF
| pale rOse-colored, soft canary yellow,
1 and Sea-green satin severally each two
of the six bridesmaids being dressed
alike. Their costly lace berthas and
large Rubens hats, piled with snowy
ostrich plumes. impaired great chic to
I their toilets, and they wore wide sashes
tied loosely at the left side, a little
| toward the back. They carried gilded
flower baskets covered with moss and
| ivy, and filled with blossoms CORE
spending with the color of their satin
| underdresses. All wore gloves of vel
Vety white undressed kid. and the tot
/ lets worn at the reception was a very
beautiful one of white silk muslin. dot
| ted with pearl and crystal pendants.
and worn over mauve MORE The trans
| parent overskirt was slashed at each
! side of the front. giving a long straight
| apron effect. The edges of this front
| We're bOrdered with a dangling fringe
| of the beads. The bodice opened in
| front over a draped vest of the beaded
| silk muslin, and the bodice itself and
| the sleeves and short, full puffs were
yelled with the same. A girdle and
| stock collar made of the MORE COM
pleted the bodice and frills of superb
| Venetian lace fell over the hands from
| the wrists. A tall, slender blonde girl
| just graduated from a noted college
was gowned in accordion pleated India
| muslin over a princesse slip of white
| satin. The dainty undulating lines of
| the muslin fell from neck to girdIe and
| from girdle to skirt hem. in easy. fasci-
mating grace. The skirt swept the floor
at the back, and over it fell a long
Louis Quinze sash of embroidered
/ white satin. The bodice part of the
princesse slip was cut low and round.
ing in the neck, but the muslin waist
above was high, though very transpar.
| ent. The sleeves We're mere short nuffs
| covered with accordion pleatings of tba
| muslin. A very few elegant satin and
| brocaded gowns were worn. but the
| majority of the toilets We're of dainty
| diaphanous textiles over taffeta silk ar
| Liberty satin
| Little girls fall heir to the lately i'm
ported straw fans from Japan fanci-
fully painted in scenes from Eastern
nurseries, schools, ETC. Not as clever
an idea on the part of mothers is that
of putting their short -skirted daugb-
tiers into bright plaid stockings and
| pointed-toe shoes. This last fashion
IS pity, as American children. in spite
of their shortcomings. are usually the
most sensibly and gracefully dressed
little people Of any nation.
| Many Of the styles of trimming used
on summer skirts and bodices are not
at all admirable. They are extremely
fussy without being effective. The
| great amount of time and work ex-
| pended upon fiimsy little endless rows
/ of pleated, hemstitched and lace-edged
ruches and frills seem wholly out of
| proportion to the result produced.
| Dresses of this sort are no doubt very
fashionable, but they are also very ex-
| pensive, the chiffon, silk malin. tulle
and other diaphanous textiles used not
being calculated TO withstand even or
| binary wear and tear. More econom-
| zeal and quite as pretty even for
dressy uses, are gowns of India null,
/ French organdie. batiste, China crepe:
| and even sheer dotted Swiss muslin is
| this summer made into lace-trimmed
| toilets, fit for all but very formal dress
occasions.
| A pretty way to freshen a white chif-
/ fon or organdie waist is to cut away
the entire portion that covers the up
per part of the bodice and 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 organdie alternating with rows
| of ribbon. Another effective method
is to add from the shoulder seams long
surplice scarf ends laid in soft folds.
i Bring these in diminuendo pleats to the