The herald., 1897-07-04

roses and foliage executed in silk and
harmoniously shaded. A green crepe du
chine belt defines the waist line and the
bodice shows a yoke and collar of green
crepe du chine, on which the design of
roses is continued in embroidery.
Royal purple has had it's turn and is
not a hue that looks it's best in summer,
while it is aggressive to the reds and
deep pinks now so much in favor. The
orchid and pimpernel hues, however,
will be much worn, while the love for
green wakes warmer and warmer. 1t
is an altogether amiable color and is
most successfully combined with black,
white, red, blue, yellow, brown and
pink, while it offers an endless variety
of choice in shade. Green with silver
grey is a combination which finds favor,
as does green with Parma violet. White
is, as it has ever been, the most worn of
all in the summer, but this year it is
contrasted with deep, bright tones.
The time for garden parties and al
fresco fetes, particularly at the seashore,
is now, if only the weather will permit
The dress is ready and the wearer too,
but only continued sunshine will bring
this combination successfully to the
front. A lovely frock is made of ivory
white soft silk, woven like alpaca. The
skirt is of the radiated accordion pleat-
ing, for which taste has not yet abated
The bodice is partly yelled in a very
thin cream-colored embroidered blonde
This is closely shirred around the sleeves
and is drawn down the front and back,
while little, light looking frils of it fall
between puffings of the silk on the
shoulders.
Blue is a favorite hue this year, as
stated, and somewhat brighter shades
of it are worn than any we have seen for
some time. The effect is in no wise
garish or crude. 1t is, indeed, very good,
while the color proves generally becom-
ing. Excellent in taste IS a dress of
glace silk of cornf1ower blue shot with
silver white. This is veiled with chiffon
of deeper, softer shade of the same
color having cream colored lace insert
ed down the side seams, showing the
paler blue silk beneath. The bodice is
an exceedingly cleverly arranged bit
of millinery. The whole of it, with the
exception of the sleeves, is of the darkest
chiffon, with lines of the creamy hued
insertion following the prettiest curves
of the figure and drawn down becom-
ingly at the waist. The sleeves are of
the glace silk, tucked finely on the
shoulders and again at the cuffs There
is careless looSink full vest bordered
by insertion of royal blue chiffon, and
standing collar and rudinents of yoke
made of minutely tucked cream -colored
silk. The quantity of tiny tucks, infin-
itesimal frills liliputian puffings and
diminutive ruchings fill the contem-
plative mind whit wonder as to how such
work can be effected in the short time
often given for the making of one of
these elaborate up-to-date dresses.
Muslins, gauzes zephyrs and grass
lawns are very popular as materials for
the early Victorian costumes which the
fact of the Queens jubilee has given
even to Americans 1 saw one such
dress made Of silken muslin with lit
tie white sprigged rosebud on it. The
whole of the skirt was founced, each
flounce being edged with narrow lace.
while all was cleverly graduated as to.