Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — Bridesmaids in Alpaca. [ARTICLE]

Bridesmaids in Alpaca.

White alpaca gowns, the material of exquisite fineness and' pliability, but still alpaca, were worn by the bridesmaids at a recent wedding. The frocks were softened with fichus of white chiffon, and the toilets completed by black tulle picture hats that had white satin crowns and were trimmed with ostrich feathers. Another group of al-paca-clad bridesmaids had their chiffon fichus caught down with violets, and wore large violet trimmed picture hats of white chiffon. They carried tall white sticks, trimmed with ribbon and violeta