SUMMER CAPES AND MANTLES.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2060, 30 September 1880, Page 4

SUMMER CAPES AND MANTLES.

The black lace cape has been fully estafished in the good graces of the majority of ladies, and those who by reason of the oost fail with the laeo cape, with its quantity of thick, close ruching, which takes an enormous quantity of luce for so small a garment, fall back upon the still smaller jet cape, which reaches only a little below the Bhoulders, and u made of a fine silk mesh, in each division of • whioh is set a cab jet bead, finished by a deep fringe-competed of eiagle strands of silk and jot. • These little cspes are much less expensive -than the larger ones of lace, and can be utilised in many ways. They are considered ctylish additions to an indoor dresa of ah black, ■whether it is of Bilk, satin or cashmere, acd'dre3o up a simple toilette at the same they occupy little room.

The small bl-ck mantles of satin de Lyon, trimmed very fully with fringe, jetted passementerie and rcchiugs of lace, are the most popular sty lei 1 , notwithstanding the effort to introdure colours and high contrasts. The majority of ladies want a mantle that can be r»orri with many different dresses, and the pretty, richly trimmed hlack one, which, without bting a jiekot, is held in at the waist, and thus give trimness to tho figure, exactly meefs tho peiioral want, and if made en 3uite with tho black silk costume, a hand fotoo specimen of which every lady should add to her wsrdrobe once in two years, the coat ia hardly felt, for it can be made part end parcel of the whole, without muoh increasing the outlay.

Small lace nhawls are found quite a convenience by ladies who need a variety of wraps, pb they cunbo drup*d on theshoulders, boltod in at the waist, or left to form a pointed cape or small mantelet, as the case aiay be. Fichus of light lace-trimmed muslin, ■matching dresses, are very pretty for the warm days, and also the fichus of white laoo and mu-lin. Tbo more elaborate costumes of eatin, or grenadine satin-lined, particularly where maaocs of red or old gold interior floating is us.-d, are in many instances set Aside, probably to reappear in the autumn, for in addition to the actual warmth of the costume, the imagination invests the bright red and old gold which shinc3 through the transparency Of the fabric with the power of intensifying the discomfort. Light colors ace said by

physicians to be far more useful and agreeable for summer wear. Hoods are a most important part of dress this year, and ereiy known shape seemi to be brought into requisition. But they are all wide open, and with the lining turned out, so as to show plainly. No cords and tassels are used with them, as of old, but a cord is sometimes run through the outer edge, to draw it up and tie it round the throat, or a bow of ribbon is placed in the centre of the back. Many hoods are made in the shape worn by the Capuchin monks, and also in that of a clerical or academic hood, to be worn with the tight-fitting dresses or a jersey. In this way they quite take the place of a mantle, and supply the only out-of-door covering needed. This is especially the case with young ladies and little girls. Shepherd's plaid is much used for lining black silk hoods to be worn with any dross, and black lace hoods lined with a color are very popular.