The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-13

Suede, Argentine gray, silver-blue,
male tan. reseda, raspberry-red, and
other fashionable tints are used for the
long driving or dust cloaks OF light
taffeta or surah, worn in village carts
and runabouts at the various summer
resorts.
French tailors have made considera-
BILE use of whipcord fabrics in silk and
wool stripes, but closely woven to form
a smooth surface that reoels dust
These are for travelling costumes that
will serve for shopping and walking
suits throughout the autumn They are
made in colors of blue, gray, browns
in several dyes, and are forty eight
inches wide Of the same width are
the still fashionable mohairs in checks
and hair-line stripes in white and re-
soda Havana brown and apricot,
black and white, and iris blue and ecru.
English serges of well-defined twills
are used for skirt and jacket travelling
costumes in several handsome shades
of green and brown, and of course in
the serviceable navy blue. Suits OF
these fabrics are very simply finished
with stitched straps and buttons for
trimming, and machine-Stitched edges.
They will be worn until the winter sea-
son begins.
For the early autumn silk and satin
striped nuns veilings will be used. as
well as foulard silks and brocades.
Besides these will be shown small, bril-
liantly colored patterns on gray, black,
blue or green grounds. These soft,
sheer, all-wool fabrics will be made up
with fiounced skirts, the bodices
trimmed with black and ecru guipure
lace, with collar and girdle of dark rich
velvet.
Some lovely lawns, dimities. bareges
in novel effects are placed in attractive
forms upon the counters beside dainty
French zephyrs, chambrays, wash silks,
cotton grenadines and cream white AMI
tinted crepe cloths. Challie and flow
cred lawn patterns are also prominent
among the bargains
The silk net gowns worn this summer
vie in popularity and richness with the
dresses of lace and grenadine. A
handsome toilet of black point d'esprit
met, woven in Chantilly patterns, is
made in princesse form over a sheath
shaped slip of cherry red Liberty sat
in The bodice portion has shaped
bretelles of Chantilly lace, with net
top weave, caught here and there with
dangling jet ornaments, a chatelaine
girdle of the jet falling to the hem of
the skirt on the left side. second
gown has foundation of cameo tinted
satin, with bodice trimmings of pale
pink chiffon, almost covered with black
guipure lace sprays and insertion
bands A third net gown, made over
ivory colored taffeta, is draped with
black lace over white tulle, the collar
and girdle of white applique lace de-
signs laid over black velvet.
A simple, yet effective little gown,
worn as a going-away costume by a
bride of the week. was made of silk
and wool fabric in a checked pattern
of cream and brown. The skirt trim
ming gave it a dainty finish, being
formed of three rows of cream-white
mohair braid in graduated widths, the
row encirclng the extreme edge of the
skirt being about two and one-half
inches wide. Each of the three rows
of braid was covered with lines of the
narrowest brown soutache braid, so
closely set that only spaces of the
cream braid beneath showed in lines
about as wide as those of the brown
soutache. There were three straps OF
this same trimming on the bodice.
front and back, giving the effect of the
waist of a Norfolk jacket; and the col
lar and belt were made to match three
graduated rows of the braid finishing
the close coat sleeves at the wrist, the
same number finishing a fiat cap at the
top.
A group of bridesmaids seen recently
wore gowns of white satin barge lined
with cool golden green taffeta with sat
in trimmings to match. Pale rose
pink silk lining and garnitures finished
other white barege dresses, the maid
of honor wearing snow-white etamine
over white satin. with elbow sleeves