The record-union., 1897-07-11

shade of the gloves. But there are nice
questions affecting the color of gloves
! that cannot be settled at glance at
the gown and hat, and these questions
! the arbiters of fashion suffer much in
! trying to answer satisfactorily. 1t has
+ been darkly rumored that the dainty
white glove is to be tabooed. Nothing
of the kind; white gloves will be worn
a great deal this year. Naught COM
pletes the diaphanous summer toilet so
we'll as white gloves-really white of
! course. Nothing spOils a summer cos
tune so quickly and effectually as a
dingy glove. But then it is so easy to
clean white gloves, and they look SO
well when they are cleaned that there
is no excuse for the woman who puts
on a dirty glove. There is the dead
white glove the cream and the ivory
glove. All these are beautiful, and all
are cleaned without difficulty.
|
For street wear gloves of pronounced
| colors are de rigeur. A bright light
tan shade is popular and for calling
one may wear a pearly gray. One of the
novelties is the sewing of seams in
bright colors on black or light gloves.
| Many colors will be seen in women's
costumes this year-sometimes alto
gether, and sometimes all in one gor-
! geous hue. Fashion allows that much
choice, and women should make the
most of it. The proper fastening for
gloves is four large pearl buttons.
In addition to kid gloves the sum-
mer girl will need few pairs of silk
or cotton of various lengths and shades
beside others for cycling, driving and
riding, all made with special view to the
service required of them.
Gowns entirely red in color have al
ways appeared too aggressive to be in
| good taste, but fashion has this year so
| persistently favored red in every guise
| that many maids and matrons, yielding
| to her domination, have donned the
| color who never thought of using it be-
fore, at least only in touches for relief to
| black or subdued browns, green, grayS,
| etc. At all the fashionable summer re-
sorts it has high place. Red toilets,
costumes, jackets, capes, parasols, fam
cy waists, tea gowns, belts, and even
| gloves and shoes are displayed. In fact.
red from the deepest damask and ruby,
on through the brilliant list to gera-
MUM, lobelia, cardinal, coral and carna-
| ton, is triumphant this jubilee year. If
any gown of the color could reconcile
one to a red dress, it would be one re-
| Gently worn to late afternoon tea 1t
| was an Italian red foulard, with a
creamy white design struggling over the
surface in very delicate devices. There
was little pointed yoke of white silk,
! below which the front Of the corsage
was full, drawn to a point, and pouching
| slightly over the belt. The waist fas-
| tened on the left shoulder, and frill of
creamy white lace, narrowing greatly
| from the shoulder to the waist, con-
cealed the fastening. The close sleeves
were finished with white silk turn back
! cuff. Very pretty was a blue satin
| fOulard also patterned with white sim
ilarly made, and decidedly the choice of
| the two gowns worn by sisters exactly
opposite in type, the elder, smaller
blonde one oddly wearing the gay red
gown; the tall, slender brunette the
blue.
Decidedly novel and pretty gowns of
White silk etamine, made in revived
Louis XVI. styles, have been worn by
| bridesmaids at recent weddings. Some
OF the gowns were lined and trimmed
with cool, golden-green silk, with satin
ribbons to match. Pale rose pink lin
iugs and ribbons finished other white
etamine gowns, the maid of honor wear
irg snow white etamine lined with
white satin and Louis Quinze sash to
| correspond.
The dainty little Louis XVI. pelerine
with long scarf ends and the pictur-
esque Marie Antoinette fichu complete
many of the poetic summer toilets de-
signed by Partisan artists. They are
as a rule, made of textile matching the
! gown, and delicate and lovely Liberty
satins, rich and Iustrous of surface but
light in weight; India muslins, flowered
taffetas, French organdies, plain and
| fancy grenadines, and etamines, bat
istes, and sheer silky grass linens are
among the favored materials used in
making these fascinating lace trimmed
summer gowns.
New French jacket bodices, so close
/ ly fitted that they serve also as dress
waists, are short and very fancifully
finished. Most of these are made with
open fronts and a blouse or vest. the
frents turned back with pointer revers.
The more youthful styles do not nneet
at all on the MILDLY vest-t1at fastens
at the back-and sometimes the jacket
bodice is cut down all around the top,
the handsome, light-colored fancy vest
! extending over the shoulders like a
! yoke.
Tailor-made suits OF white. pink.
cream, and pale ecru linen have five or
seven -gored skirts. completed by a
pleated Norfolk waist, with (which are
worn very handsome belts with buckles
and trimmings of solid silvs.r Again
are suits with a fancy Eson and a
blouse vest OF beautifully embroidered
and tucked French muslin Or there is
a very smart jacket bodice with vest
either of plain linen, with Ia embroid-
-e~ed box-pleat in front, or sof dainty
! White null, over tinted silk, pink being