Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-19
Paris Fashions for AprfT-

| . AIl4ough the weather is still occasionoII,,
cluhSiy cold and We are visited at times Ly
froSts OF night, the Partisan modistos o, wy
determined to force the spring forward sn;tI
OF nature itself The windows of Their os+of
hshments, indeed, may be compared 70 %
many parterres of spring flowers. Velvet
Donnets are fast disappearing. and in place of
them we have chapeauX of white crane and of
rice and other fancy straws. A new shane
just introduced, and one likely to become verv
popular, IS sort Of compromise between the
bonnet ana the hat 1t appears to be nothing
more or less than hat with a widish hrim
compressed very much at the sides; in fact, n
revival OF the soidisant pastoral headgear in
which both Reynolds and Gainsborough occa-
SlonaLiy decked out their aristocratic beauties.
and which we see covering the heads of the
shepherdess of Boucher and Langret
Ihls new form OF chapeau is made generally
N white Grape or the finer sorts of fancy straws
The usual trimming is II wreath of either
clemauS or JesSamiue blossoms and leaves, or
wreath formed of Michaelmas daisies. with
occasionally a brilliant coated beetle or two 81
one side. Those made of fancy straw are
hordered with some lightcoored velvet-bIue
seems to be the tavorite tint-with strings ia
match, and trimmed with either a bunch Of
wheat-ears on one side, Or wreath Of WV
leaves, lntertwlncd among which is a chai1e
SoHodoH, all being Of the same material as the
bonnet itself
The Pamela bonnet, which the Empress has
now taken up, and which she rechristened the
'chapeau Lamballe," is becoming very much
worn. The peculiarly of this bonnet is, that
1t hts close to the lower part of the face
clutches it, as it were-which has a very prattv
effect on the countenance Of a well-rounded,
youthful beauty, to whose perfect oval face it
forms a charming frame, but which hardly
SUITS those ladies OF maturer years who depend
so much upon and who so sorely tax the
modlSte's art. The chapeau Lamballe as
worn at the present moment, has few ornaments
about it, and rarely any feathers, except a
little tutt or so. 1t is now being made in white
or pale blue Grape in preference to velvet,
with, perhaps, rose ortwo both inside and out.
For robes, ioulards are in great request,
more particularly for walking-dresses.
The chajHe BG0it0R, which took the Partisan
world as it were by storm, still holds its sway,
although 1t is quite certain that it will be i'm
possible to adapt it., on account Of its more or
less heavy look, to the light and delicate
chapeauX which promise to become the mode
during the ensuing spring. 1t will, no doubt
however, retain the hold it has secured as an
auxiliary to the couture. Formed Of pearls or
OF amber, and intertwined round the bend. the
hair being fastened behind with a bunch Of
small rosebuds falling over the neck, it has
most graceful appearance.
ColHureS, as al present worn, are generally
raised good deal above the forehead, with q
multitude of small curls The chignon is be-
coming abandoned among the haut monde,
with whom nets are again the mode The
great novelty in the way of nets is the Couture
Benoiton, which is covered over with artificial
curls made Of the glossiest and finest silk of
various all the shades of the human hair, and
which are occasionally powdered or dotted
over with small gold stars.
Stockings of bright and sombre colors
ornamented with clock at the sides. or of a
white cross-bar pattern, have recently been
introduced. For evening dress, stockings are
Of white silk, with clock in gold or silver
embroidery.
In jewelry, artistic canoes and enamels still
take the lead these are now mounted, en-
clrcled by pearls or diamonds, and nothing
can exceed their elegance and beauty. The
grotesque i'll jewelry has been pushed to the
widest excess, So far as the dorsey element
IS concerned. Fancy earrings formed of
immature golden stirrups, or ike q horses
toreleg, curved almost into a circle, and
brooches of gold horseshoes two-thirds the
natural size, and consisting Of a single horse
shoe nalI, two inches long! The last extrava-
gance IS appropoS Of Victor Hugo's new work.
LES Iravaileurs de la Mer, and consists Of
earrings, brooch and solitaires, oxydized silver,
IN the form of shells or shaped liked fish,
which last are suspended to the ear by q
verltable hook.-idUStrated London NelCS.