Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25

peau de sole, and the skirt Is, like the
handsomest Of the new skirts, made with
a rich fullness and ample amount Of ma
terial. Around the bottom in festoons
there Is line Of black lace. The waist,
is gathered in plain French design as
old as the hills, but Us pleasant to look
at. Around the neck there Is double
rutHe of black accordion plating and
above this, like a yoke. piece of beau
tiful passementcrieI in black and steel
beads. This comes to v shape In the
neck, and there is no collar. The sleeves
reach but to the elbow, where they finish
with two rufles of the chiffon.
The dress. for the other mother is more
drcssy, but not more elegant. The gown
itself is of the heaviest Of the new silks,
and the design Is immense and consists of
large flowers all in vague shades and tints.
The skirt Is wide and with n sweep most
superb when one takes the price Of the
silk Of which it is made into considera-
ton.
This wedding is to be II home affair,
and the mother is young woman yet
and widow In the bargain, so her dress
is made half low on the neck, but It Is
draped around so with old rose point
that it half hides the fact. This lace Is
drawn across the bust and then knotted up
into two loops and from there Is carried
across both shoulders and by some magic
hocus pocus made into sleeves without
cutting the lace, which would be the un-
partlonable sin. When it is looped at the
bust line It Is then carried on down the
left side Of the skirt and looped into one
festoon and then carried along again and
brought around to the foot Of the skirt
Mt the right side. The short elbow sleeves
are OF shirred tulle and end ut the elbow
without any edging of lace.
would like to know just how many
yards of that priceless lace are on the
mothers gown. should have mentioned
that the colors are blue SO faint that it
seems white in some lights, and the 6g-
ures on it are delicate lilac. with green
foliage, but both more tints than real,
decided colors. I might add by way OF
pnrcnthesis that this lady is fat, fair
and forty, or maybe little more. When
she gets that dress on, all its extravagant
costlincss will not make her look like
sylph.
I saw but two out of ten bridesmaids
gowns, or, more fashionabIy speaking
frocks. One Is of pale pink silk muslin
and is low necked. The waist is the
regular baby style and has ruche Of the
stuff around the neck in form of bertha.
There nre drapcd belt Of pink silk and
long white gloves. The ruching forms all
the sleeve there is. The skirt Is simply
made and has no trimming save ruch-
ing Of the same around the extreme
edge, This is for the home wedding.
For the church wedding the one dress
shown me was of white net with inser-
tions of valenciennes set in inverted
scallops, and the same was put around
the bottom, with q row Of hand painted
mink Byzantine in heroic size. The lining
to this skirt was pure white, and so the
delicate pink flowers showed up beautiful
~. Hand painting is much liked for all
sorts of thin dresses, and also many OF
the accessories thar 20 to make up
handsome costume at { r'n"!l cost .
am greatly tempted to 90 into rap.
lures over the going away dress and all
the other things, but the newspaper Of
today even is not large enough to hold
nil could say. SO let me say only that
there is most elegant travelling suit OF
dark gray stuff, with the surface COM
COMPLETELY covered with hairs. ~
There was tan suit with Jacket
with something of directoire cut and
shane to it, Tho rc"ers were wide and
sharp and in between them there was a
vest all Of lace cascade, the lace being
about two inches wide. There was an
automobile coat to match this suit, and
that was as boxy and square as 1t could
be, but 1t was eulogized as awfully styl.
ish. ~. !, %>5s5$5e