Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-16

waved and festooned patterns there is
q fringe of the thread along the lower
edge of tho lace. Yak lace Is another
new production this season, though by
no means d new lace. 1t is of mohair
wool and Is exceedingly rich and eff
fective, more SO even now, as the low
ed edge is made much heavier than the
upper. This gives a suitable finish to
the edge of a tunic or other part of a
suit. There are wide and narrow laces
of this fabric made to match in de-
sign. Point de venise is SO heavy and
rich in itself that IT ennebles anything
on which it is put. How beautiful,
then, does 1t make a gown like that
shown In the illustrationi The whole
upper part Of the gown Is made of this
lace In a rich and striking design.
This dress has a tunic of the lace over
an exquisite plated aud rufiied skirt
of crepe llsse In delicate lilac tint This
showed up the design of the lace like
ivory sculpture. Some of this lace has
n fringe made of the long fues of
white ostrich feathers. This is light
as snowdrift and enhances the beau
ty of the lnce and also of hematerial
over which the lace is laid. 1t Is
sometimes used on fine woolen goods
as well as ON lighter fabrics.
There are some very novel garments
of soft and clinging Grape with whole
outer dress of fish net knotted over 1t,
with the bottom left five or six inches
deep for fringe. Some of them have
chenille worked in with the silk fringe
with excellent effect. The heavy real
Irish crochet laces are wrought in all
over designs both for bodlces and en-
tire princess shaped gowns. They are
also shown in bands, fgaros and set
pieces. and nothing is richer. Cragnele
net, with applique pieces sewed upon
1t, is another novelty, and there are
some designs where the flower part Is
backed by some bright color which
shines through. Lace 1t is and lace it
will remain for the rest of this season
anyhow.
The spaDgled nets are as popular as
ever, and in evening one sees women
one simmer of light like a scaly
(stage) dragon or the blue light thrown
by the moon over rippllng water. At n
very recent function saw q beautiful
girl wearing pale pink chiffon gown
covered with lines of silver spangles.
Silk null has little more body or
stiffness than chiffon, but this last Is
the most exquisite Of all the thin
goods. The lisse is stiffened. Chiffon
reminds one Of fine Grape seen through
the wrong end of the telescope. Nous
sel!ne dc sole, liberty silk and satin,
chiffon and the different thin nets are
all among the materials adopted for
evening dresses. and all of these, when
mingled with heavier goods. are DEEM
ed proper for even old ladies'. The silk
mulls and In fact, all light stufrs are
thickly studded with lines of spangles
or flowers in floss and chenille in
colors. White floss on crepe lisse or
silk null looks like silver and when IL
is sewed on in polka dots the resem-
blance Is still more striking. Some
gowns are designed with long. flowing
tines OF spangles; others have them all
over or In all sorts of figures.
The newest broadcloths have a sur.
ANNH hithoot Inv sdtihs SO iiNu anu
ing II Is, and 1t is very firm also. When
In the light tints, 1t ranks with silks
for elegant gowns, and It is richly trim
med with lace and narrow bands of
fur and In some cases elaborate hand
embroidery. Some of them are made
up with velvet and plush. These deli
cate pastel grays have been made up
into the most elegant Of gowns for Wis
iting aud trimmed In so many ways
that ] viii not attempt to enumerate
them. While looking at an excellent
princess gown and coat Of pastel bis
cult cloth today l discovered a new
wrinkle. and that is that the long seams
down the back We're pressed apart, and
line OF flexible featherbone was sew
ed along This gave body to the seam
while. being almost as flexible as the
goods It Is decided improvement to
the old pressed seam. ! have seen 1t
used down the seams of the front |
breadth TO hold II firm and well, but
thisis the first time have seen it used
In the bnes. oLIvr HARPER.
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