Year: 1879

come again.


PolkR-dottel satin OF a contrasting
color is used to trim bunting suits.


Paniers have become 30 popular that
clinging dresses begin to look old-fash-
ioned.


Short walking skirts of black satin,
withouta single lullle of hounces, are in
favor.


The new round hats have fiat, square
crowns mounted by an AlsGcian bow of
ribbons.


Crepe lisse lingerie is more worn this
summer than ever. And nothing is
more becoming than this soft material
at throat and wrist.


Queen Anne fans are made OF ehintz
to match dresses, and the chatelaine by
which they hang is Of the same ribbon
as the bows worn elsewhere on the
costume. =


What are called cheese-cloth suits are
dresses made of unbleached muslin, and
trimmed with rows of wooden skirt braid,
or else bias red and yellow plaids in the
handkerchief patterns.


The sashes that have been laid aside
for many years are seen again, and the
overdresses of last season are all being
remodeled by merely making the long
low draperies shorter and higher.


A new and pretty idea for spring cos
tunes of wash goods is to make a neck
tie OF The dress material; stamp the ends
in an elaborate pattern and embroider
in different color embroidery cotton.


Breakfast caps made Of large silk
handkerchiefs are worn by the youthful
matron and the middle-aged lady. They
have foundation of stiff crown lining,
over which the handkerchief is arrang-
ed.


Flounce5 on short dresses are merely
border founces, not very deep, and
alike all around the skirt. A stylish fan
founce, easily made, is of straight silk
ten to twelve inches wide. The plaits-
either three or five in a cluster-are fold
ed or Tapped upon each other, and are
stitched across near the top, and again
at half their depth.


Simple bonnets OF black chip are
edged with beaded lace, or else they are
daintily trimmed with iabot of India
muslin and lsos on the right side, some
saucy perked-up loops of black satin
ribbon on the left, bunch of white
lilocs or of chrysanthemums on top, and
four narrow strings, two which are white
satin ribbon and two black. Inside the
brim is shirred black satin, on which
rests row Of white Breton lace.


HINTS ABOUT DRESSES.


The standing collar around the Reck
OF dress is now covered with shirring
to match the other trimmings. The
drawing strings pass around the collar,
not up and down upon it.


Surplice effects given by shirred
pieces down the front are greatly in ia.
vor for dress waists. Striped, plaid, or
polka. dotted silk or satin is used for this
purpose; thus an almond colored bas-
que and overskirt is worn with full
shirred front Of Scotch plaid silk, and
the kilt skirt is also of the gay plaid.


To trim waists in this way take two
pieces lengthwise of the goods, each a
fourth Of yard wide, and long enough
to reach from the shoulder-seam to the
end of the basque front. Double the
upper end to make ruffle an inch wide,
and shirr it across in bunch Of five or
six rows, drawing it into half its width;
then make two similar clusters of shirr-
ing at the waist line, drawing them
much narrower at the top, to give
tapeIing effect. This is prettiest in
soft trimming fabric, and does not need
to be lined with foundation lawn. Some
times broad belt passes over it at the
waist, and tho part below the belt hangs
in two loops like great Alsacian bow,
or else forms a sash. Some dresses
have a more full blouse effect given them
by covering the whole space from the
front Of the neck down with single
breadth of the striped or plaid silk.
The checked Panama cloths 30 much
used by young ladies for spring suits
are so thin and pliOble that the surplice
drapery is made Of the cloth, merely
piped on The edges with olive, maroon,
or seal brown silk. Hdrper'S Bdzar.