Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-26

evening gowns. The hat accompanying
this gown also claimed Paris as its birth
place. IT was of black and white satin
straw, with perfectly straight brim.
which. at the back turned up sharply be-
meath huge cache-peigne Of cerise roses
In front, two black ostrich feathers very
loosely cuTled, were set either way, so
that their tips just dropped over the brlm.
big rosette Of black accordion-pleated
glace silk, with q little diamond buckle,
by way OF heart, kept them in place.
At the back rose another tip. also fasten-
ed by similar rosette. and pair of
quilts. composed OF black sequined lace.
a band Of this lace surrounded the crown,
and the underbrim of the hat was faced
with lace matching that employed on the
dress. The sunshade was of the two
shades of pervenche figuring in the gown.
and IL was lined and trimmed with chiffon
and had handle of cerise-hued wood.
/ did not venture TO ask the cost Of the
confection. but l can form a pretty accu-
rate guess. Still. / commend the idea TO
those Of my readers who may be the for
tunate possessorS of much lace which they
hardly know what TO do with. Glace silk
and chiffon can be bought at tempting
cheapness, but only the rashest of imita-
tors should be foolish enough TO essay
such a gown, or, rather, TO degrade 1t.
with applications Of inferior or so-called
Cheap lace"
Another, though rather more serviceable
gown. from the same establishment, was
built Of blue cashmere, not pervenche-blue
this time, but that deeper shade, almost
recalling the old-fashioned Royal-blue OF
many years ago--not the hue which figures
I'm the Diapers windows under that title
nowadays. The skirt. the lower portion of
which was cut-as is the mode Just now
TO simulate nounce, was ornamented by
row upon row Of narrow black satin rib
bon, set on in very deep Vandykes-in
fact, so deep that while one point Of the
Vandykes was at the hem of the skirt, the
other reached right up to the knees where
the flounce was set in under piping or
black satin. The back of the bodice.
which was plain and tight-fitting, was also
covered with Vandykes of the satin ribbon
in a rather narrow width, and. needless to
say, in a much smaller pattern. So, too,
were the broad revers, opening in front to
disclose a vest of pale forget-me-not blue,
embroidered with black sequins in a de-
sign Of shamrock leaves. The sleeves
were plain and tight-ftting. with three
deep tucks where they were set in at the
shoulder, and these, too, were covered
with applications of the black-satin rib
bon. in the narrower widths and la Van
dyke. The draped collar-band-a very
high one in this instance-was Of tulle,
in the same shade as the vest. 1t was
finished on either side, just under the
ears, by a rather large bow of its own
material The lining throughout was of
black glace silk, and in place of the ordi-
nary single foot-frill were some eight or
ten small hounces of the glace silk, accor-
dion-pleated. Again I say, costly sim
plicity" The hat worn was of pale-blue
straw, trimmed with cornhowers and
black sequined wings, the brown being
of pale-blue chiffon draped with
some very fine black lace, and the cache
peigne Of cornflowers and thistle-heads.