The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-25
THE BRIDES GOWNS.
Many Beautiful and Costly Costumes
in Her Trousssau.

Miss Grant was a charming bride.
She is one of the women who look par
ticularly well in an ivory satin mar
riage gown. Miss Grant is tail, slender
and graceful. She is more than ordi-
narily attractive in appearance. She
measures 5 feet inches in height but
is so well proportioned that she does
not look so tall Her features are reg
ular, her complexion brunette; she has
dark, almost black hair, which is worn
in the fashionable pompadour style, and
grows very prettily on her wen-poised
head Her eyes are of an uncertain
color; they look black at night and are
grayish blue by daylight; very fasci-
mating and charming eyes they are. The
impression one gets from seeing Miss
Grant casually is that she is extremely
reserved, very .amiable and unpreten-
tious.
The wedding gown is of conventional
white satin, made with a court train,
trimmed with rare old Irish point. The
skirt is severe and almost without
adOrnment, a f1Ounce of lace being the
only trimming The bodice is made high
in the neck and with long mosque
taire sleeves. One-half the bodice is
draped fischu fashion with lace, and the
other half is composed of drawn tulle
and lace: a knot of orange blossoms
worn upon the shoulder. The train is
lined with chiffon and tulle- rouchesses
and Ornamented at the ends with true
love knots of Irish point and orange
mowers Inc Veil OF tulle IS held IN
place by a coronet of orange blossoms.
The bride carried a shower bouquet of
white orchids and lilies of the valley
One of the most beautiful gowns in
Miss Grants trOuSSeau, and one in
which she will look the fairest is COM
posed of pink crepe incrusted with rare
old guipure lace. The underskirt of this
delightful composition is of rose-colored
taffeta, covered with pale roSe-cOlOred
mOuSSeline de sole, which is caught at
intervals by insertions of guipure which
harmoniously follow the lines Of the
skirt A redingote of rose-colored
crepe. also trimmed with guipure, is
worn with this costume, to which a note
of distinction is given by a tiny pelerine Of
black chiffon, trimmed with plaitings
of the same. A tOQue composed of pink
velvet adorned with an immense Bird
of Paradise feather, trimmed with gui-
pure is worn with this exquisite crea-
tion.
One of the most beautiful and costly
costumes will be an evening gown of
black and gold. It is made of an eX-
quisite quality Of black silk gauze, elab-
Orately Ornamented and embroidered in
gold. Both the decollete bodice and
long-trained skirt glisten with threads
of shining real gold, which has been
wrought into a pattern of F1Orentine
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 new dfaPhanOus trains which were
introduced at the London drawing room
last spring. With this regal gown Miss
Grant will wear a gorgeous Russian
necklace, with pendants of hand-cut
workmanship. In her hair a butterfly
of hand-wrought gold will futter This
butterfly is as near like a real butter
fifty as human ingenuity can fashion it.
1t is so delicately contrived and so ex-
quisitely put together that a whisper
of air will set it's wings shivering like a
real butterfly in it's flight. It is a mar
VelOus piece of jewelTy- Then there is a
gold girdIe to go with this golden gown
which fastens with a heavy buckle of
Russian gold.