The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
ARMY AND NAVY GOWNS.
Strongly Suggestive ior Autumn Weas
ON the street.

Strongly suggestive ior Autumn Wear
ON the street.
DESPITE the fact that the war Is over.
Fall gowns for the street are to be-
strongly suggestive of the army and
navy.
In cloth gowns for the early Autumn
blues and browns are prominent. The
rich golden brown shade once so popu-
lar wall be revived. The soft shade
known as cadet blue will be the favor
ite shade for October wear. brown
costume to be worn as a brides going
away gown is Of heavy, smooth-faced
goods, Fined with cherry silk. The
shirt fits closely about the hips and
flares about the feet in an abbreviated
Pauuin founce The waist is finished
with high, military looking collar
with a short rever just below. The
bodice fastons straight up the front to
the bust and there turns slightly to the
side and from the bottom to the turn
Of the rever is ornamented with silt
buttons. The sleeves are tight fitting
and finished at the hand with fiaring
turnback cuffs, and at the shoulders
with short, circular epaulette lined
with the cherry silk.
The bodice slightly rounds down in
front, is high ON the hips and is nm
ished at the back in the short position
style, once a favorite design for riding
habits. Across the front, just over
the bust, are heavy brown silk cords,
caught at each side by small silk frogs.
The collar, revers and cuffs are TRIM
med with brown silk braid in straight
bands. This costume is effectively
duplicated in dark blue cloth.
Fashionable tailors are giving a
French combination touch to their
gowns by slxilfully working in yellow
and white. and even purple and white
with brown gowns Heavy braids will
be extensively used as trimmings for
cloth gowns.
Women gifted by nature with good
figures or by fortune with dress
makers who know how to conceal ma
lures poor favors are welcoming the
return OF the princess gowns of cloth
and velvet.
The unbroken line Is being sought
after, and the princess gown and redin-
cote come in response to that demand
Both are appropriate for reception and
dinner gowns, and although especially
becoming to mature figures. are not un-
adaptable to the younger ones. Velvet
and silk fashion princess gowns, but
lace is also used in preparation for the
coming season. A model princess
gown on exhibition in one of the shops
is of coarse meshed black net over
orange silk. The skirt falls loose from
the foundation, and is so full that it
falls in luxurious folds. Small ffounces
of the net, three in number, are ar
ranged about the bottom of the skirt
and other rufIles are SO disposed about
the skirt that the net overdress has the
effect of a redingote. vest of cream
lace forms blouse effect in front,
and the sleeves are made Of small puffs
of the net divided with black velvet
ribbons of the narrowest. The collar
IS nlSn at the Ddck Win nail Meuici
effect. and is filled in with fiutings OF
lace. The pointed revers are covered
with the lace. The jacket and skirt
will still be with us. though the Autumn
will see fewer flaring jackets than be-
fore. The jackets will fasten closely
and neaEly to the collar, where the
turning away in small revers shows a
neat bit of collar and tie that give a
touch of smartness to the costume The
misnamed ripple in the back of the jac-
kets has disappeared. The plaits, if
such there be, fit smoothly over the
skirt.
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