Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-12
SUMMER SUGGESTIONS.

bridal Fincry, Scientific Corscts, Golf
f-rcs, Guns md Coiorr.
NEW YORK, June 10.-This is the month
for mating among human kind and there is
a degree OF inspiring activity in bridal fnery
that gives crispness even to the hot June
days. One Of the nuptial splendors most
talked about is the great bouquet. After
many Seasons OF wandering afield after nov
elites we have got back this June to the big,
round, stiff classic nosegay that was the
rule in the '70s. The huge cabbage-shaped
affair IL Just as much like a vast white pud-
ding as OF yore and few brides will have this
official bouquet made of any but mixed
flowers. For example. seven kinds OF white
lilies were by one clever artist incorporated
into a single nosegay, and another showed
white roses, orchids, gardenias and acacia
bloom. To the bridesmaids are usually pre-
scented equally weighty bouquets, but In an
arrangement OF color that gives the erect
NJ shading. One bride, whose young husband
the week after his wedding sailed for Ma
Mia. gave her maids bouquets Of cornfiowers
and buttercups, in honor OF the groom $
regimental colors: and so artfully had the
florist done his duty that the blue and vel
low were merged into each other as though
nature had grown the posies so.
Trains and Canes.
Just by way OF Hdppy ''o'N
strict orthodoxy, a goodly contingent OF the
brides attendants carry no bouquets at all
but gilded crooks. ivory canes and green
enameled maypoles, wreathed with ribbons
and flowers. The crooks are five feet long
and usually have each n bunch OF white
ribbons tied about their necks, with a Knot
of flowers. On the white satin streamers
are traced, in gold lettering, the date OF the
wedding and the initials of the contracting
parties. The May pole simply has long
streamers and more OF them, hoating from
a ball of white flowers fixed at the top. while
the wand is wreathed from end to end with
ribbons and blooms and bears at the top
what is one OF the newest and %prettiest
wedding devices, a banneret
of white satin, Illuminated in colors with
the arms of both brides and groom's FAMILY.
From England comes the pretty fashion OF
giving the bridesmaids "A wreath OF white
flowers, some sixteen feet long. rms they
carry up the aisle, and at the altar so group
themselves about the happy pair that they
are caught in the snowy, fragrant circle.
AS the welded couple turn to come from
the altar the ushers take a hand and with
the wreath, and the bridesmaids assistance
q series of floral arches are formed, under
which the man and wife pass hand In mana.
A manteau de cone is the name now
given to the train a bride carries, for her
rear draperies' are cut court length, that is,
three yards on the floor. But a train OF such
proportions is too big for the ordinary car
rage; so 1t is made with long pearl EN-
broidered straps, that enable the wearer TO
clip 1t off and on at will. Nowadays the
bridal train is folded and placed in the car
rage with the bride. In the church vesti-
hule one of her maids casts 1t out at length
aud aids her in assuming 1t. Again on leaV-
iIg the church she puts 1t off and into the
carriage. but assumes it on arriving at home
and before the reception begins.
The Important Lining.
The very stone of the cornerstone, in
these days OF fine feathers, is the lining Oh
every gown. The absolute predominance OF
the TRANSPARENT goods has brought about
this state of affairs, and a dressmaker can
render glorious or completely disfigure a
costume merely by the color of the SILK
foundation on which she lays it. For exam
pie, a grey voile must be upholstered on a
rose colored ~taffeta, a meadow green canvas
reQaires a cornflower blue basis, in order
b. to acquire the purple luster so sought after;
contrarywise a Yale blue bunting calls tor
a clear lettuce green underskirt, and a pearl
grey petticoat usually goes under any goods
of ia purple tone. Black wool grenadines.
!. v6iles and such like are cast over with silk,
, . else an undermining of white silk, cross
barred with black, is employed. This last
device Is remarkably effective and no mathe-
matician has yet been found expert enough
to count the number of black and white
hats, as well as gowns, that are this moment
in active wear. To tell the truth, about once
in every two years black and white be-
comes a positive obsession with the fash
ionable women. 1t is one of the only strik-
ing contrasts which every one of Ewes
daughters can wear with satisfaction to her
self and her fellow man and woman
Strong and steady all season has been the
market In black and white hats, and the
very most modish thing n woman can do
lust now is to wear white hose into which
black lace clocks or front panels have been
set. These are for evening white, while the
top notch of smartness is reached in the
white hose finely striped in black.
A Word About Corsets.
A mighty piece of machinery, built oil
bones and steel and cording and heavy con-
tile, n sort of warriors cuirasse, fit to re-
sist bullets, was the stay of other days,
With this medium for torture, womankind
has been faithfully trying for years to COM
nit a sort of legitimate hari-kari against
her life and loveliness; therefore the end
Of this centyry-will be bright forever, in the
history Of feminine dress, as the epoch in
which the grand and glorious reformation in
figure building was begun, Just take up q
fashionable stay Of 1883 and lay II beside
the proper supporter of 1898. Why, it's like
putting a fifteenth century mailed gauntlet
beside a CANT de suede of the nineteenth,