The record-union., 1899-02-19

| d ItCCill lONcly IIOltic WCuulAS IAdS
| there were no artificial flowers worn
while the real ones were plenty. The
brides flower decoration was most
novel and beautiful. The new mode Of
| tying" the garlands was carried to its
limit, and with the greatest skill. 1t is
liked so much by those who will have
the very newest modes that it needed a
4 name, and so it was christened the
l"Chatelaine In the device the bride
carried, it was more than a chatelaine;
! it formed a complete decoration for the
front of the beautiful satin wedding
dress. Tying is an inadequate word
| for ornamentation of this kind. The
| ribbons fell from a breadth of some six
| inches so that instead of loops droppipg
over each other, they hung side by side
and fell in graduated measurements the
| full length of the skirt from waist to
| skirt-hem on each side. And on each
| loop was the long-stalked bud of
white rose or a number of tiny orange
| blossoms on their stems. OF course
some were arranged in shorter loops, to
break the length of the prominent flow
ers. The bridesmaids bouquets were
of white lilac and Id france roses,
some of the blossoms having the tender
| burnt brown tinge in them that makes
every petal SO beautiful.
Polonaises, or semblances of them
! produced by the arrangement Of var1-
| Gus dress trimmings, are seen on very
many of the imported gowns from
Paris.
A prevailing feature of dress which
can be made great use of in renovating
partly worn dresses is the addition OF
a guimpe of different material from the
rest of the gown.
French modistes scallop the fronts
and lower edges of their chic little jack
cts, which meet at the top and have
small scalloped revers, like those OF
regular tailor gowns. Others are filled
out at the neck with a guimpe or PIN
afore.
At a recent fashionable wedding the
bridesmaids wore clinging, sheath
shaped skirts of accordion plated white
crepe de Chine over taffeta, the Waists
of the crepe de Chine, with fichus OF
white mousseline de sole, lavishly
trimmed with rose point lace. The col
lars and girdles We're of pink velvet,
the wide trimmed shepherdeSs nat OF
black velvet, trimmed with many hand
some black ostrich plumes and a large
cluster of pink velvet roses at one sloe.
Long. close-fitting Newmarkets, that
cover the wearer from neck to feet, Will
be very popular for useful wear during
the spring for shopping and travelling
They are double-breasted, with revefs
collar, and are cut without crossing
seams on the hips. Very light tan ker-
sey is used for these wraps, with
stitched edges for their finish and white
pearl-button fastenings. Other lonG
shapes Of checked cheviot have hoods
or short English capes to complete
them, and there are fawn-colored MOD
els with pointed yoke of the cloth and
a stitched belt at the back only
Rough Scotch stuffs, camels hair and
other f1eecy woolens are worn in Paris,
in contrast to the very popular smooth
faced Venetians, broa6cloths and SIM
liar elegant fabrics. They are usually
worn in light colors of almond, biscuit
fawn, tan and pigeon gray, with vest
collar and revers, and are otherwise en-
tirely without trimming. Sleeves
guimpe and cuffs of matelasse silk are
new for rough fabrics that have no con-
spicuous design in their weaving.
Plaids of subdued colors, and in the
darker clan tartans, not only in wool,
but in satin-barred silks and silk and
| wool mixtures, are made up IN the SIM
pie way just noted, without trimmings.
A touch Of yellow is given to many
cloth tailor gowns-as, a vest and collar
costume of black Venetian cloth.
French taste once again combines yell
low with dove or silver gray, where
pure white accessories are not found
becoming. The yellow forms a vest,
cuffs. revers. straps, etc, and on ver>
expensive models there are second re-
vers, cuffs and other trimmings, COM
posed of gray silk embroidery wrought
| on yellow cloth.
The tunic. arching up toward the hips
| like the overskirt of the lavandiere, is
a part of some of the cloth models late
| " received from Paris. The low-cut
waist is formed of material matching
| the tunic. while the guimpe. sleeves and
lower skirt are of the fabric, or else
color of a different sort, giving the eff
| feet of one dress above another.
| In all the fancy dry goods houses
there are now offered for sale an ex-
treme1y pretty assortment of silk or
chenille-dotted nets of various widths.
grades and colorings, at greatly reduced
prices. They can be most charmingly
and satisfactorily utilized in making
over winter gowns or bOdiceS of SIX,
satin MORE, etc, which need changing
and freshening for future wear. Any
| of the leading fashion publications OIL
the spring will give one the exact IDEA
| of the best uses to which these nets can
| be put in the form of draperies, frllis,
plaitings, etc. Less expensive still, but
| less durable also, are the chiffons or
| fered in many stores.
| White cloth vests, revers and other
accessories impart an appearance OF
daintiness and distinction to the tailor
costumes they decorate. The gowns so
| finished this spring will be especially
attractive. All the short. natty coats
are very closely fitted in the back, and
on many of the imported costumes the
white cloth vest is double-breasted and
fastened with handsome gold buttons,
and the white revers are edged with 4
graduated design in narrow gold braid.
| Coronado water. Stockton sarsapa-
rilla and iron. champagne cider, ginger
ale. orange cider. J. McMorry, agent