The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-10
her TROUSSEAU.
Superb Frocks Made
in Paris For Miss
Grant.
REAL GOLD IN ONE SKIRT.
Russian Colors Used in
Compliment to
the Groom.

There may be some doubt that Mrs.
Potter Palmer has given $4,000 to her
niece, Miss Julia Dent Grant, as a we'd
ding dot, but there can be no doubt that
the young lady will have probably the
most beautiful trousseau ever made by
French dressmakers for an American
bride. All the fittings were made just
before Mrs. Palmer and Miss Grant re-
turned to America recently.
The Russian colors-a dainty tribute
to the nationality of Prince Cantacu-
zene her fance-play a conspicuous
part in the arrangements of the vari-
Gus gowns.
The most costly of the evening gowns
is Of black and gold. 1t is made of an
exquisite quality of black silk gauze,
deliberately embroidered in gold says
the Paris correspondent of the New
York World. Both the decollete bodice
and longtrained skirt glisten with
threads of shining real gold, which are
wrought into a pattern of Florentine
iris. The embroidery widens as it nears
the lower part of the skirt until at the
hem the skirt is a. simmer of gold.
The costume is made with one of the
uIdpu6IlOuS
troduced at the drawing-room. With
this regal gown Miss Grant win wear a
gorgeous Russian gold necklace with
pendant of hand-cut workmanship. In
her dark hair a butterfly of Russian
hand-wrought gold will flutter This
butterfly is like a real butterfly as near
like 1t as human artifice can fashion it.
1t is so delicately contrived and so eX-
quisitely put together that a whisper of
Chi .i,0tr q
real butterfly in it's flight. 1t is a mar
Vicious piece of jewelry. Then there is
a golden girdle to go with this golden
gown, which faStens with a heavy
buckle of Russian gold.
In striking contrast is another ball
dress of white crepe de chine and lace,
which introduces an entirely new fash
ion. The gown is made over white peau
de sole and is striped with broad inser-
lions of real Brussels lace Starting
from the left shoulder of the bodice,
and wandering down to the very foot
of the skirt, is an exquisite embroid-
cry of green leaves. They are fine hand
work and represent a vast amount of
skilled labor. Caught among the leaves
are sprays of orchids in shades of pink
and purple, green and white. But the
orchids are not hand embroidered. They
are the most perfect type possible of
artificial fiowerS-works of art each
flower in itself. The curled petals are
of silk velvet and chiffon and they are
formed so that they look natural enough
to deceive a grower of real flowers. The
bodice is extremely simple and is made
entirely of fine tucks. AT the waist is a
pointed girdle of mauve velvet At the
bottom Of the gown, between the crepe
de chine and silk lining, there is filmy
fiounce of white tulle, which gives to
the skirt and train the real effect Of
soft, rbillows. sa atfrf
Another gown is made almost entire
ly of fish-scales, green, scintillating fish
scales, which give the gown a curiously
beautiful effect. The dress is princess
robe and the fish scales cover the cor
sage and long, pointed overskirt. They
are sewn to a foundation of black silk
net. The undersllirt is the prevailing
fashionable billowy affair and consists
of two deep plated ruffles of black
mousseline de sole. The decollete bo-
dice and the tops of the sleeves are fin
ished with a soft putting of sea-foam
green mousSellne de sole. The sleeves
are also trimmed with the fish scales
and are in perfect accord with the Gu
rious effect of the whole gown
Miss Grant has a number of linen
morning gowns. One is of blue linen,
embroidered in black silk Where the
bodice opens to reveal chemisette of
white chiffon it is cut into a series of
points, which are covered with uncut
white velvet. The collar and belt are Of
scarlet silk and the dress is lined with
the same shade of silk. Another is a be-
witching, floating. airy gown of three
varying shades of pink chiffon made of
three separate chiffon garments, one
worn over the other. The foundation is
deep rose in color. Over this is a filmy
robe tint or two lighter, and then the
outer garment is very faint shade of
pink, which is trimmed with soft lueh-
ings of deeper shade. The sleeves. are
f1lmy mass of shaded chiffon puffings
and look like crumpled rose petals. This
perishable negligee is made over foun-
dation of rose liberty silk. The chiffon
robes are only fastened together at the
corsage.