The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-13

fine lingerie tucks, finishes the collar
and forms the close sleeves from shout
der to wrist. The tucks are omitted
On the lower portion OF the Spanish
hounce and merely three rows of the
ribbon are used as a border. To pro-
duce the threaded effect with the rib.
bon, the tucks are cut in slashes, the
width of the ribbon on the invisible
side, and the apertures button-hole-
stitched to make them firm.
Bright.colored capes of pleated silk
muslin, lisse, chiffon, and transparent
silk are one of the fancies of the sea-
son. The material is accordion pleat-
ed; and pillows and yards of it are used
for each cape, which is pointed front
and back, short over the sleeves; it is
sometimes finished with very long scarf
ends. The most attractive of these
dainty CONNECTIONS" as the French
call them, are in creamy white. Others
are in pink, blue, green, violet, cherry
red, or raven black. One smart, sud-
den summer shower would inevitably
reduce these airy fairy capes to a sorry
pulp, and for warmth they are absolute
ly useless, but for stylish and pic
turesGue appearance they are deemed a
great treasure.
The fancy grenadines are lovely this
year, as indeed are all the new grena-
dimes, for never was there such a won.
derful and beautiful variety. Very ele-
CANT, also, are the silk nets, and differ
ent importing houses show different
treatment of these handsome textiles.
AT one establishment on Broadway the
black net is in princesse form, over a
sheath shaped slip of cherry-red MORE.
At another noted house the beautiful
black net has a foundation of ivory
satin with bodice trimmings of white
lisse almost covered with black guipure
lace sprays and insertions. A third
gown is decorated all over with cut jet
bow-knots, garlands, arabesques, and
scrolls. This gown is made up over
%nasturtium satin, and the collar and
girdle are Of brilliant orange velvet.
Many of the beautiful teagowns and
matinees exhibited are rich enough in
effect, and cost sufficient TO entitle
them to be worn OF the most dressy &C.
casions at the various summer resorts.
They have all the "dress" appearance
of many of the evening gowns made in
princesse or directoire style, with open
fronts and elaborate blouse vests and
%petticoats; and they are formed vari-
ously of crepe de Chine, satin foulard,
summer silk, brocade, %grenadine, silk
canvas, and the most expensive white
embroidered muslins. Among the
lovely gowns in this line was recently
noted a teagown included in a very ia
vored young lady's summer outfit,
made of c~ream-colored crepe de Chine,
with yoke and sleeves of cream-colored
guipure net. The gown opened all the
way down the front over a blouse and
petticoat of guipure lace fiouncing. At
the belt was a pointed girdle of narrow
mauve satin ribbon, with long loops
and ends carried to the back. Another
pretty robe in more of a negligee style
was made of soft almond. colored foul
ard trimmed with geranium red velvet
and bale blue faille ribbon.
Numerous bewitching little French
capotes are again worn without strings
of any description, leaving the lower
portion of the face unencumbered.
These are pretty head-dresses, rather
than bonnets, and they are very dainty
accompaniment to summer church.
BoWuo3 40 tnOy arc, VI q hc-
LANCE of lace, fine, green foliage, and
flowers. Some of the more elaborate
creations are undoubtedly very Frenchy
and yet it cannot in many cases be de-
MED that, coming from the skilled mil.
liner, and worn by a suitably youthful
person., the effect is exceedingly at
tractive. Stylish models are shown in
plated zephyr straw and rush bonnets,
with odd tucks or folds of tulle laid
around the entire front, caught here
and there with the straw arranged in
unique forms. Other hats and bonnets
are of straw pas~sementerie, which is
simply an improvement, in color and
pattern, of the antique open-work
straws worn by our grandmothers,
Though not SO high, trimmings are
still massed upon top of the hat. The
quantity of these %garnitures is limited
only by the extent of space allowed by
various-sized models, the taste and
fancy of the buyer, and the length OF
her purse.