The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-07
AUTUMN OF SILVER.

AUTUMN OF SILVER.
 Silver will be triumphant this Au- tumn in Hymen's realm at least" said French dressmaIer recently. Never was there such a demand for silver tis- sues and faces, silver ceintures and or naments to grace the bride and her at- tendants.''
 It is true that the reign of the chrys- anthemum always induces a series of yellow and white weddings, and is apt to tip the scale of popular fancy in the recent bride wore a white satin which was stiff with gold embroidery, and the white gown of another was powdered with tiny gold sequins. But these are exceptions to the general rule, which decrees that silver should add it's frosty sheen to the wedding white. In Eng land they have even introduced sil- yer substitute for the time im- memorial rice. The bride and the bride groom are showered with tiny horse shoes. true lovers knots and slippers, all cut from silver paper.
 On this side of the water the bride groom is giving to the wedding party quaint pieces Of %jewelry, with the brides birthstone set in silver At fashionable wedding the bridesmaid will wear silver girdles, which will be his gift; sequins will sprinkle their chiffon robes.
 There seems to De a growing fancy for chiffon or some other diaphanous ma terial worn over silk for both the bride and her attendants. A charmng bridal dress is of milk white silk muslin over white satin. The skirt is sfirred into | the band after fashion followed by our grandmothers. At the night of the knees runs a four-inch insertion of Brussels lace. It is bordered by slight Iy draped slips of the muslin, caught at intervals byewhite ribbon rosettes. Below this runs a garland of silver frosted oak leaves, mingled with wide ruching of the muslin.
 The bodice has high shaped collar of the lace and a round shallow yoke of the shirred muslin. It is bordered by a four-inch insertion of the lace, edged in the same maniier as the skirt insertion. This insertion extends over the sleeves in the form of cap and wide in the front in pointed plas- tron. which extends almost to the waist line. A tiny nosegay of the sil- yer oak leaves finishes the point of the lace plastron. The body of the bodice is of the muslin, blousing slightly over wide girdle of white satin.
 The sleeves are shirred into the lace insertion which forms the caps, and widen suddenly to big puffs just below the elbow. A white strip of the lace insertion, edged with the muslin and ribbon rosette trimming, forms the lower part of the puff. The high, tight fitting cuffs are also of the lace With this gown will be worn tulle veil draped from a chaplet of mingled silver oak leaves and orange blossoms. ! The bridesmaids in this wedding cor tege will also carry out the white and silver scheme. Their gowns will be of white silk muslin trimmed with sil- yer lace The bodies are unique. They are collarless and have boIeros and cape collars of silver lace, which give the effect of double boleros. The round cape collar does not meet in the front, but follows the curve of the bolero be- heath it. It extends far down over the sleeves, giving an extremely long shoul- der effect
 The sleeves themselves are wide double ruffles of the muslin, which ex- tend to the elbows and are edged with muslin ruchings. Similar ruchings trim the full blouse of muslin which falls under the silver bolero. The skirt i shirred over the back and hips. For 10 inches above the bottom hem the muslin ruchings are applied in an o1d-fashioned pattern.
 The bridesmaid will wear wide sashes of the muslin, with ends finished by
 muslin ruchings, and short tulle veils under chaplets of silver oak leaves. Another Autumn bride will wear a silk muslin which is miracle of hand embroidery. The trained skirt is laid in fine tucks and three-inch wide strips of hand embroidery make narrow panels down the front and on the hips. These extend to just above the knee, where an exquisite piece of embroidery, fully eight inches wide, encirles the skirt It forms the heading for flounce laid in fine tucks. A six-inch wide band of the embroidery finishes the bottom of i the skirt. The embroidery is in a charming garland pattern, and single embroidered nosegays are scattered 1 over the f1ounce.
 l The waist has deep yoke of the en- broidered muslin, extending over the sleeves to give the long shoulder effect. | The bodice itself is of the muslin, made very full and drawn into wide white satin girdle. Its only trimming is a draped bertha of the embroidered mus : lin, edged with white lace. The sleeves are tight fitting to the elbow and laid in fine tucks. Below the elbow wide double ruffies of the muslin, edged with i embroidery, fall softly over the arm.
 The veil is of tulle, gracefully draped under spray of orange blossoms.