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Regarding New Styles

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
August
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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The assoi'üiuon ol black sük lace and lighteolored cotton goods, once considerad iinorihodox, has becomo deservedly popular Chantilly lace confers distinetion npon such & gown, & fact now widoly recognized, many of the sneer Summer gowns being trimmed with t. The insertions are ntroduced n festoons, pointed outlines or straight, aa fancy directa, and the edgings are put on in innumerable ways. Zephyrinos are much tlünner than ginghams; in fact, they are littlo heavior than lawns. Thcy are shown in checks and stripes, soine of the latter boing open and lacc-like. Green hair-lines and green laey stripes are woven vertically upon a white zephyrine, whieli could bo made up by a very dressy mode for afternooa wear. Froncb printed cambrics are principalïy made up in shirt-waists. Tlie patterns are simple - broken stripes, hair-lines, dots or small fancy figures, the white grounds being better covered in some instances tlian in others. The colore are invariably fadelegs. Cotton étamines are pluiu, striped or plaided In dainty colors and develop very satisf.ietorily. Au admirable gown inav bc made of blue-and-whito plaid étamine overasolid blue lawn lining with ribbon trimmings. A mediaival iashion is revived in a slceve forroed entirely of a series of graduatcd puffs. A black faney straw braid earriage hat has a brim facing of white straw, which is visible In the bend made directly in front of tiie brim. Several black plumes wave gracefully at both sides of the Crown. Under the brim at ono sido is adjusted a black feather and at the other side is a bunch of pink rosos. - From The Delineator. ■♦ Tlie late Emperor of Brazil, on bis visit ,o this country, was shown over a large nanufactory, and informed that the jreat fly-wlieel of the steam-engine made 200 revolutions a minute. "Indeed," said his majesty, "that jeatsour South American república!" -

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Ann Arbor Courier