New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-29

40 be a growing faVOr Toward udV, ugh-
- t,r.s dresses TO lie doing away of ,p'endcnt
n s = soae il stances, fauu'iOg open morning to-
49,. Al cambrics and oLintzes are either plain Or
T. s,rsrlstvely dimiGuiive hgures; thsir scarcity
der. them doubly precious and expensive.
II the mater Of making up, tho utmost latitude OF
.,.;,e i, allowable in .uil-dress robes. prouoi-
tnn Of new skirts ere gored some 10 excess making
he ousrresd skirt the Counterpart of an umbrella
,,verips being a reduction FROM seven yarte aroahd
- e outer e5ge 70 less than two about the waiei.
Their sway, however, is drawing 10 sn en- the full
ski-,s losing more Of their grace by the teavy, dee
olsi,. which produce 10 their fall tic best effects OF
artistic drapery.
In Paris, the graceful skirt Of Marie Antoineie
q being revived, many dres'es being made
OF Two shades of 81 K, The lighter forming tie
unierskirt, which is decorated en- table,, tie sec
oud one rounding off at the sdes; both are orns-
uented as only the cunning MUD Of Paris'ah
rodise could devise sno her Sktiu fingers execute
CbanLly lace insertions much einployet between
velvet pIsitings aud with marked success. hoVe'
secorston consists Of eight or ten inch wide scars
Of silk pnked on both edges which are fest a.
regular intervals, forming vandykes. the places
where they ere oaugh; up being marked 10y l0uuf
Of ribbon, velvet or bsrbes Of ohanulIy acf' Ane's
pay be 80 disposed al the sides as 10 p'e'en' Wv
,,re f,,o,e. For evening dresses of white tule OF
tsratans succession OF these scaris' MADE u con-
ersstino eolors and judicously shaded, form lkn'
aud graceful garuure suied to sprightly ae"0'Sce'
Of slender figures. In dress Of this sort the bows
,boud b. replaced By flowers, or small IN "aeout
feathers, aud even jeweled aigrste' are m1ted at
q, suitable and practicable Tasteful and becoming
Serthes are 20 be arranged in f.Soous ea satie'
bouquets upon The corssge and shoulders.
White is almost without exception the foundation
Of all evening costumes for those festivities that
los Lent, and will be employed more than for many
sessons past as home dresses curing the warm
mouths. II has Of late been well nigh discarded from
Gle list of allowable colors. There tut few Il
whom solid dead white proves becoming, bot
white. Ike light, admits Of countless notifications.
In silks the French white which is tie yellow Or
cream tinted shade, can be worn by those TO whom
pearl white lie dis6guring; then there Is che rosy
white, like the pure English skin, 80 'zzling and 20
chs ming and blush variety, which looks ii the
light Of sapphires had been shed upon it, may be
safely adopted BY almost any complexion. Thin
dresses my be trimmed thai no risk 10 ran, and
sbis time heavy silks are supeneded by them for
Festive occssions except for uatrons. to whom they
,hould always have been yielded by demo'seii,s.
Many white mas'iDs Of cobweb-like texture are
made to be worn over slps Of silks e delicste sbsce,
producing e1quiste effects in tie dseoyiug nges Of
aheir folds. SAshes are quite universal, aud will be
made Of elk for all tbia organdies or g'euadinrs
Piaa or pineapple cloth forms always most SER
yiossbe and handsome dress: for the seaside II Is
Invaluable, as being superior 10 those atmosphercSI
Influences 10 which nearly all other Sumner mate
as are forced TO succuuib. The black pna, trimmed
viii narrow colored rulhes, applied in bias slope,
win sash aud bodice trimmings to match, Is most
suitable for ladies Of middle age.
Hitherto the only objection 70 these goods has been
their pale tints but this year, the sbsdowy being ID
:he ASCENDANT they will prove Ia mode in thai
spect. Some of the pale green, much admired,
~. TO be found and with iis niiske hue und scay
simmer i. full of Undineish associations, ana seems
. nurmur Of cool waterfalls ia The shad, depths Of
xms enchanted forest. BY the decline Of super
brilliant dyes tho world IF womankind has escaped
/ one tint that bore poison in is perous beauty. We
\ .lude 70 tho dazzling oScf green which tue Parii-
sexA,s held IN such RENE favor. Young gits who
worked in artificial flowers or leaves formed Of this
hs green, dropped sud III some Instances died with
avery symptom Of viruient poison. and even mods
were forced to be wary in making up dresses whose
sTsry lhsssd was intetw With all gentOi Death
1t was computed that a lady crowned with "a dis-
dem Of these upas-ke leaves bore on her brow sui-
| t.ent arsenic 10 destroy twenty Tvs; that the
usual quantity Of material for ball d'ess woud be
sOoed with 300 grain, that the fair one whirled
10 tee midst Of desthdealng exbaations. dangerous
perhsps in Ter b. auty aud douby 80 in Ter brilliant
atmosphere Of poison On light iarlsttne this be-
cane no mere figure Of speech for tie coiorpg beng
,uparfeislly l.id on, III ono evening above sixty
grains detached themselves TO impregnate tie sur
yOuuding air.
Byno means the least important section Of the
3,ess q The present day is the sleeve. Flowing
oDen oLes arc reassertiug their sway and nuss con-
tlae 10 be popular, they call Tor the use Of he
/ ,xquists lace sOIs-m0Sele, which add much 10
sui-d1es6 toilette. Some Of these, however, are b
sonprcmise with the edicted log mutton in ali its
grsdatiOns being full at the top, and partially con.
fnsd above the wrist. Extensive pufs are not 70
HuSh worn, 8 FedundaBce Of trimming joined "
degree Of quaintners in the shape being tie rule.
sna aud jockeyish cap added 10 mary dgtt
iesves, all being prousely orramented in 'daboe
With the skirt. Waists are generally plain, but
trimmed Like tie rect Of the dress A uew cut u
| tight waists dispenses with the wsist pait, there
| seng but ono seam rounding from the arm to the
iron. Of the waist. This ooat-ke cut must be artisi
sslly managed 70 be q success Zouave jackets ana
hsbi, shrts for indoor adoption much worn;
srge proportion VI the scsetsar braided III Egyptian
patterns. En- passant, No may remar. that this
| rYeeies Of decoration ia much employed, aud with