CURRENT FASHIONS. ns Outdoor wraps show an unusual amount of variety, one of the most fashionable shapes being the pelerine. It appears as a small cape just covering the shoulders for visiting toilette, and a8 a long wide mantle to be worn for protection against dust and rain. The pelerine gives in addition, the f unda- tion shape for all the new travelling cloaks, & deep leat being laid on each side of the high shoulder to give suffi. ecient space for the arms, and these pleats hidden by a rich passementerie trimming or ribbon. Short half fitting jackets are still worn with a double row of buttons, or the fronts turned back as revers. I'he greatest favorite, how- ever, is the balf-long cloak, with basques, so becoming to tall, slender figures and which ean be worn by ladies of short stature if they are careful to observe that the length of the basque is of the right propor- tion to the length of the skirt that is, that the cloak must not reach to the knee in front yet completely cover the hips. Pretty coats may be seen with Ps divided mto a series of deep cut tabs, which adds to its effectiveness. These coats are ex- fensively worn and have a more dressy effect than the plain coat basque; but for those whom the style suits, the full basque, with hips much set out, is con- sidered more stylish. The use of the lace cape and the lace cloak, with its long wing-like sleeves is greatly favored; the cape is more worn than any other kind of wrap, and is now so much extended in length that it is preferred to the lace cloak. With its graceful length and flowing sleeves it 18 very becoming and stylish. Jackets of milk as well as of lace are also very stylish; they show high sleeves, lace collar and cuffs extending to the elbow, and are elaborately trimmed with lace and black silk cord passementerie. Another favorite shape is a close-fit- ting, sleeveless kind of jacket, usaally trimmed with beads and lace, the sleeves being either of lace or some light material, full, long and richly trimmed. In the he of millinery there is choice enough to please the most fastid. jous. Some bonnets are merely sprays of jet with a few flowers, others of a larger size have the large, new Empire bow or a fairy-combination of gold and jet. Most of the hats are large and of ecoming shape, in the finest faney straws and erinoline. Bows of ribbon and drapings of lace and gauze are now held by the long ornamental pins that for a time d'sappeared from the sight of the fashionable world. They are made of silver, gilt, steel or jet and many have jeweled heads sumilar to the marquis rings that served to hold folds in place. White and yellow are charmingly combined upon many of the Summer bats and bonnets, and the narcissus and yellow honeysuckle are favored blossoms. Pale blue and purple 1s a new combination of color. This idea was carried out in the trimming of a black straw hat; forget-me-nots and pansies were the flowers chosen. Bonnets of lace have ties and loops of black velvet ribbon. The edge may be finished with jet cabochons and the delicate flowers are placed at the back. Elderly ladies wear black lace bonnets with lace strings loosely bowed or sim- ply knotted in front. Hats and bon- nets have seldom been prettier than at the present time. The delicate shades of soft materials used for millinery pur- poses, combined with the wonderfully skilful imitation of all kinds of flowers, makes it possible for those who have an eye for color to produce the most delightful effects. Waist belts and bands of all kinds are much worn; the broad embroider- ed waistbands are the prettiest and the embroidery should correspond with that of the yoke, collar and eunffs. On some of the bhandsomest Summer dresses are seen the corselet effect; it is almost universally becoming, tending as 1t does to diminish the apparen’ size of the waist. It is usoally seen braided in the Russian style in rows running round the figure. It is sometimes used | in connection with the bretelle effect, | which is also seen in lace and muslin. | Soft leather, velvet, canvas, passe. | menterie and gold and silver are em- loyed, in different varieties, for belts, ‘here are Husein leather bands clasped | with the owner's monogram in silver; slender, flexib'e chains belts of gold, and, perhaps daintier than all the others, marrow black velvet belts scecentinating the slenderness of the waist, and clasped with «ld buckles of paste or silver, The popular fancy for a finish at the throat of dresses, especially if the neck be trimmed with lace, is two stick-pins from two to three inches long with jeweled heads, crossed Siagounlly. A Bn . No. 1062. Monxiye Jacker, Light blue cashmere embroidered in point russe stitch, with old gold and white silk, is used for this garment, Both back and front are gathered at i | and faille ribbon, It is composed of a jacket bodice with the fronts closed in the middle aud chest darts. A blouse of lace covers the fronts with a coquille of lace an | knots of ribbon at the neck. A pelerine of peau de soie opens on the fronts, held by the seam of the back. A flounce of lace finishes the bottom of the sleeves and the bottom of the jacket; this flonnce is headed with a narrow band of jet passementerie which descends in bretelles upon the seams of the back. A deign of passemen- terie ornaments the centre of the back; sementerie designs finish the bretelies. o, 1C68, rroXT YIEW, the nek, and held at the waist line by with long ends. The right front lads over the left side and is finished with a | broad feather stitched hem. holes with bands of point russe embroidery, mented with pearls is placed within a Medici collar of passementerie, bends are of the sams embroidery. The bottorn of the jacket is finished with 8 deep hem, above which is a row of feather-stitehivg. No. 1068 Hovae Gowx, house gown is made of flopred manve | challi and trimmed with aubergine | silk. Three ruffles of the silk border the frout of the skirt, and one extends | up either side of the back. Similar | ruffles trim the neck and arm-holes of | the bodice which is pointed in front and ontlined wth a belt of the silk. The bodice is grthered slightly at the waist-line in the back: the left front is plain while the right front 1s pleated and crosses from left shoulder to the right side of the centre point where it is fastened by a rosotie of silk. The me- dium high shoulder sleeves are fasten ed on the inner arm seam by a row of buttons. Sommer Waar. —The model No. 1064, shows an elegant wrap in black sau de soie, bengaline, or royal silk trimmed with black Venetian jh jot This pretty | : ov. 1065. Bopicr Ganxrrone, garniture consisting of collar, menterie and gold cord. From the design, in front of the ool- lar and the girdle, depends a fringe of colored eabochons, No. 1067. Mooxraix Sor. —The ma terial here nsed is a tweed of wood brown and green, the skirt perfectly plain and reaching only half way to the The coat has loose fronts and a | collar faced with tan colored | cloth. 1t is worn over a blouse of tun. | Tan leather leggings and brown derby, complete the neat costume, ancle. shawl No. 1063, Cavmpric Samy Waser. —The model for a shirt waist, shown in No. 1064, is made of dotted cambrie. It is fitted by two side forms and has a tuck- ed back and front, the back being fin- ished with a yoke. It is closed in the centre of the front, by buttons and bu'ton-holes under a fal e box-pleat stitched at the edge of the right front. Flat, pointed collar and full slecves gathered into broad cuffs, A belt of the material stiffened with canvas and having pointed ends is crossed at the centre of the waist line in front A bias cravat of the same material is at- tached under the collar and tied in a satlor knot with loose flowing ends, No. 1068. Six Smirr Warer. —This pretty waist is made of striped wash ing silk. It consists of a Pe side backs and fronts. The fronts are fulness being laid in pleate at the waist-line: the fronts are also slightly gathered at the neck, while the back is gathered at the waist-line. The belt crossed 1n front is male of the mater ial and stiffened with canvas. Straight collar with turned over points; full shoulder sleeves rather open at the wrists. The waist is closed in front by buttons and batton-holes. : No. 1070. No, 1070 Danss ron 4 Gun Foon reex Ymans Op. This pretty eos tome is made of tan-colored ribbed wool goods with trimmings of bronze valvet and beige colored surah. The skirt is formed of large pleats with plain sides and is ornamented just above the hem with several rows of stitching. The bodice is finished with a pointed belt in velvet and plain basques, open in the centre, in the back. The front of the bodice is open on a uffed waisteoat of surah; the figured onts are of velvet and ornamented lar in the back. The straight collar of velvet 1s open in front on a centre of surah. A knot of bronze colored rib bon is placed at the left wide of the waist line. Gathered sleeves of wool with wristbands of velvet. Mua, Hunex H, Backus the newly elected Jr enident of the Brooklyn Wo- men's Club, is a graduate of Vassar Coll one of ite and the ‘e of President of P Insti- tute, of Brookiyn. She is a woman of broad enlture and dignified % Sond Suliure void dignified banting. » leader. A CrxorexaT: man is teaching a horse sing Haven't we one-horse singers already? Wax Bryant, the poet, was in Mexi. dy har Una nrodaston she wi o a : in New York ‘aod, they all go to * FANCY WORK. It is rather late to think about ham- | moek eushions, yet as the old saving g es, “betier late than never:” and us the season has been 8) eold they have, as yet, hardly been needed. Cush ons of ull sorts never come amiss anil the more one can have, toe greater comfort he will have as a pichie will alwavs be | found for them, : Very pretty hammock cushions are made square, filled with curled hair or | pioe needles and covered with dark | blue demin which is printed witha! sprawling design in white, The is finished with a blue cord or not, as one fan tes. As the demin is so dark | in color, a cover is not necessary for it will not soil easily, but should one be edge As the pattern shows be made to fit the cushion rather snng- | ly. The pattern is guite simple the number of stitches cast on depending on the width of the cushion. Ist row.—Knit across plain. row-* on- plain, make two stite es, in fignre ¢, we have a box for hold ing bonbone, A gold edge frames the #ides, whieh are zcvered with postage stamps of all sorts. To make a pretiy be taken in f the stamps; small if aud there the stamps add greatly to the beauty of the box. The flat pattern gives scale of size covtimetres, 2; io the ineh) and shows how the top and bottom are eu and placed. A pick on one top allows for the insertion of the opposite point, To pet the right shape the out pread Bony creases on the inside, a and 4 show very simple but prett designs for embroidering children’s dres-es, aprons, ete, The skirt lifter shown in e, which is a very useful articls in the present time of long skirts, conmsts of a silsen eord which encircles the waist, one end pass. p at the other end; attached to this end is a clamp of oxi- the disks of which are as not to faced with India-rubber so 1 mike two, repeal from star. 8rd row fine seam, make two, seam to to- gether seam three, seam two together, make two, seam three, repeat from *, 4th row.-Three plain, make | narrow, one plain, narrow, | plain, repeat from *. Oth row. i three * make two, seam three together, make two, seam seven, repeat from i 6th row. — Three plain, * narrow, make two, one plain, make two, narrow, five plain, repeat from *. Hepeat from third to fifth rows inclusive; then from second to sixth row inclusive, Repeat from second row. One mide should be left open and tied together with scarlet ribbons Large sofa cushions are very com fortable staffed with down and covered with embroidered black or eolored satin, or with Turkey twill, worked in scattered small designs with coarse cream flourishing thread. The width of the satin is that of the cushion, and the length averages from three quar- ters of a yard to one and a fourth yards A frill of folded silk about four inches deep is placed all around the edge. If a cushion is worked ins contrasting color to the foundation, the frill should match the embroidery. Black satin with light terra-cotta and olive green with a darker shade, are favorite colors, Pretty traveling cushions are now made oblong in shape with a leather handle on one edge which serves as a convenience in carrying them. They are covered with plush, linen or dar | colored chamois skin, with the words { “An Revoir,” “Bon Voyage,” *Lebe { Wohl,” ete., embroidered on one side. ! But the most convenient of all is a cushion made like a ball, in eight quar. ters, and stuffed with down. The cover, also cut in quarters, may be very ela- borate—of silk, plash, or brocade, ete. ; on one end 1s placed a knot of ribbon, and on the other long loops of the same ribbon which one can throw over the arm in order to carry it. The most comfortable and useful cover, however, is one of wool, crocheted (in quarters) in different colors and set to- gether with a crocheting of prettily contrasting embroiaery silk, Ena. Figure a, shows a fancy kite ar- ranged as a holder for photographs. The earaboard foundation must have an extra piece for the point, to be sub- plain, while the remainder is covered with pleated satin. Two bands for the | pictures must be tightly secured across the middle; they may be made of plain material either painted or embroider- ed, or even of pieces of fancy braid The pattern gives soale of size. Rib- bon rosettes and knotted cord form the trimming and tail of the kite. . Figure b, is an embroidered design, which may be used for the eross-bande which hold the pictures, } The crochet edging illustrated in d, worked with fine crochet thread. { First make a foundation chain of the | length required, and work as follows: 1st row-—* A double erochet on the next, 4 times 2 chain and a double on the following 3d, then 11 chain, elose {the last six into a loop with a shp 11 single, crochet around the {loop and a sliy on the first win- gle crochet arouna the loop and » ‘slip on the first single, 5 cham, a mangle on the preceding double, skip 2 foundation stitches, sud repeat from *, 2d row —* 6 chain, a slip on the fol- lowing 3d double, 4 chain, aslip on the 2d of the 6 chain, 1 chain, 4 double, separated by 1 chain, on the 2d4-66h of the 11 single, 1 chain, 2 double separs- ted by 3 ciain on the next stiteh, 1 chain, 4 double separated by 1 chain on the following 4; repeat from *, 3d row.—* A single round the chain before the 1st double, 4 times a le round the chain, after the next double and 4 chain between, 2single separated | by 4 chain around the 3 chain st the middle, 4 times 4 chain and a smgle | after the next double, then a Single around the chain after the next dom | a single on the following stitch, om | which there is already a slip stitch; re- | peat from *, 118 3 a Crocurrep Evar.— This narrow edge crocheted with pointed linen brmd is so simple that it requires no explaaa tion. It is suitable for trimming chil- | dren's dresses, aprons, skirts, ete. § - | It is reported that through the lick telescopethe discovery La: been made that one of the moons of Jupiter has a little moon of its own revolving | around It, One dollar a minute is the charge for using the new telephone line be- tween London and Paris. Distance about 280 miles. Forty cents a minute is the price betwern New York and Washington, about 240 miles, ~The four most common causes of boiler explosions are xternal corrosion, overheating, overpressure and weak- pess of flue, Tie four least common causes are abeence of safety valve, bad Tmateral, weak manhole and depoist.
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