Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-06

belt decorations; jubilee fans. very hlieEofi-
cal in design: Jubilee cushions in many col
ors and Queen Victorisk portrait On The satin
aud jubilee purses and ribbons.
Many Of the hot weather gowns are made
with eurplice bodices most gracefully ar
ranged. The skirts are garnshed With
ruches frilling houncss. ribbon in rowe or
fancy devices. accordion pleatinCs ana lace
edEinrs and insertions put on In every man
ner that modern taste and ingenuity can
devise.
Some OF the very smart models for sum
mtr gowns show the skirt laid in alternate
knife-kiltinEs and narrow braided panels
Robe dresses OF plain and mRchine-embroid-
cred linen. bstiste. or the lighter graes linen
are particularly effective SO made up. and
in moire. satins. OF fBilles. in combinations
with sun-pleated neis. grenadines. crepe de
Chine or silk etRmine. some extremely ele-
CANT costumes ara shown.
For the summer are new semi-transparent
materials for mourning gowns initiating ln-
dia textiles in their patterns. also handsome
foulards and China silks. grenadines, and
ethmines In black and white effects for light
mourning. soft Liberty silks with black
grounds sprinkled With various delicate white
devices. and white grounds with black bars,
vine stripes ana all-oyer designs and odd
geoneiricAl figures.
The sleeves OF thin dresses are either
shirred or trimmed round with rows Of tucks
and lace insertion. and three e-edged
frills are the prettiest finish for the top.
The skirts have less fullness than those OF
last season. but they are cut either with
seven cores and fitted carefully around the
hips or made with plain breadths shirred IN
tiny cords below the waist and trimmed With
lace insertion set in various forms above the
hem. diamond points being one OF the Ia
write designs.
A very pretty model from Paris Of ex-
quisitey dne sheer null is laid in tiny
tucks, with rows Of lace insertion alternat-
ing. then gathered fun about the neck into
q folded satin collar. Elegant lace caps fall
over The short sleeve pufs and the insertion
shows on the closely fitted sleeve from wrist
to puff This waist has separate short
sleeve un12r-boiice. lace-trimmed and very
snug, low in the neck, and designed TO show
the shoulders delicately through the semi
diaphanous textile Of the waist proper.
The new bell skirt is much used for sum
mer gowns of silk. cotton and wool ma
terlals. Il is cut in three pieces-a front
gore and one bell breadth each side Of this
gore which is very wide, and has bias
seam down the hack. The skirt measures
about four and one-half yards at its greatest
circumference and il can be used as a drop
skirt under draped skirt or overdress. All
the various French models fit smoothly
around the hips, the fullness at the back
either gathered or pleated in compact form
and with just an easy. graceful fare around
the lower portion Of the skirt.
To those who find the Eton or bolero jacket
becoming this little shape can be utilized
in cutting over a coat or hasque-bodice that
ono has tired OF or that has become slightly
worn below the waist and on the fronts The
basque portion may be cut off and the hooked
front also removed. leaving enough only for
the Eton fronts. II these are at all soiled,
they may be quickly cleaned with naphtha
and then covered with revers-fronts Joined
to a square collar that falls over the shoul-
ders in the hack. The points of the revers
n edge hp
front, or end some inches above the waist
lire.
The modste and the tailor have this year
made yachting and tennis costumes that are
suitable also for beach and country wear
some in skirt and jacket form, others with
a canvas, serge, or mohsir skirt, and a waist
Of different material each Of fancy taffeta or
the cooler figured India silk. These are not
the familiar shirt waist with pointed yoke
and stiff collar-a style relegsted to mere
utility uses-but are made over thin lining
in a rather fanciful fashion, with fluffy
front, spreading shoulder effects, seamless
back, small sleeve puifs. and ceinture-like
waist finish that is not toe wide to give q
slender efTp-f