Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-29
ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER
THE BRILLIANT WAISTS OF MID-s UMMER AND THE MANY STYLES
AND COLORS THEY TAKE.

usual or characteristic. This painted
muslin is made into a tunic-like polo
naise which reaches at the back almost to
the feet and is rounded off in front, leav-
ing the underskirt of black lace plainly
visible. At the hem of the polonaise are
small, very full ruches Of black chiffon
worked with gold thread and jewels. The
bodice has sleeves of black lace with
frills of the painted muslin back and
front and filled into the throat with white
satin magnificently embroidered with
jewels.
This costume. destined to figure at a
large afternoon reception and garden
party. is to be worn with a hat after the
L.eghorn order. but arranged. as it We're.
in deep tucks, with roses both outside
! and inside and under the brim and broad
black tulle strings passing under the
chin and tied at the left ear with a puffy
bow and long ends.
Among the toilets seen within the last
morning or two at the casino a sheer
grass-green linen was calculated to rouse
one almost to "a fit of the enthusiasms.'
The long %polonaise, opening in the back
and slashed high on the right side, was
threaded through and through with a
lacing of narrow black velvet ribbon, ana
fell over an underskirt of delicate. bis
cuit-colored lace, which also formed the
under-bodice over which the low-cut cor
sage of linen was held up by means OF
| black velvet straps across the shoulders.
The sleeves of this dress illustrated
Newport's newest summer fad. having
the appearance of long gloves of the green
linen. velvet-threaded at the top, where
they were drawn up upon the lace not
, quite to the shoulder, and ending at the
hand in veritable mittens, which MADE
the wearing of other gloves supert1uous.
The green straw hat had a short crown
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cred with black ostrich feathers stand
ing yet higher. Threaded through the
| crown were scarf strings Of soft green
| and black tulle, very full and so arranged
that half were tied while the others t1ut-
tered down almost to the waist line .
Almost as pretty was a cool-looklng
grey muslin spotted with white and made
quantity chic by lines of tucks that ran
in waving. sinuous fashion about skirt
and bodice and sleeves below creamy lace
founces. Grey appeared again in the hat
whose tint exactly matched that OF the
muslin, and which scarcely appeared un-
der the fluttering softness OF beautltul
gray ostrich feathers.
At a lunch at the Country club the Ia
bles with their decorations Of flowers and
ferns formed a charmingly picturesque
and harmonious background for light and
brightly colored m%uslins, veilings and
painted materials. A spotted muslin in
a startling shade of cerise was made in
princess fashion almost absolutely plain,
Of cut and tight and clinging as If OF
cloth, but decorated at the bottom OF the
skirt with four curved tlounce Of black
lace, the top flounce narrower than the
others and caught into loops and ends
with bows standing out against the ce-
rise. The bodice was made with a rolled
collar, straight cut, long and narrow or
the shoulders at the back n in from
covering the top Of the yoke, all edged
with black lace frills. This collar formed
part of a fichu filled into the neck will
mort Fittings and with thend crossing
in front and carried around the waist ir
sash fashion, fastening at the back un'
der a large gold buckle set with rubies