The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-12
SPRING FASHIONS.
The Styles of Dresses, Hoops and BOn-
meta-Ahort Draaaea and small HOons.

The Styles OF Dresses, Hoops and BOn-
nets-shOrt Dresses and small Hoops.
The short jackets and sacques and the in6ni-
tesimal bonnets of the past season we're not so
well adapted to the severe cold winter as to the
bright days of early spring; and those who fol-
lowed the extreme ''moden are suitably clothed
Tor the milder temperature OF March.
in some articles OF dress the change, since
year ago, is quite marked. The MtuJ hoops,
which were adopted by the majority have been
banished rom fashionable society, aud they are
at last voted relic of bad tfste and An unoe-
coming style. The ''tiltersn have been followed
by a much smaller hoop, and, when proper
toned to the figure, the new ones are tar more
graceful both tor indoor and outdoor wear.
LADIES' DRESSES.
The gored dress, so long in fashion, will be
the prevailing style for the ceming season. 1t
is mace plain at the top, or with plats at the
back, according TO taste. For the house the
skirt Is very wide at the bottom, with a long
tram. For receptions this skirt is very suitable.
In street dresses there is a decided and aPpa-
rently popular change. The short dresses, with
pettiCoat to match, are great improvement
upon the looped-up dresses, with trains which
would sometimes escape from the best of
loopers TO sweep the streets. These short
dresses require a sacque or Jacket to be worn
with them, and are generally made en- suite.
Shawls cannot be worn with them; they have
too heavy look, and are not graceful with the
new short dress.
The interesting event of last week among
the tashlon-makers was the opening of the
sprng dress-patterns, mantillas, sacques, etc.,
and chldTenis clothing.
The coat-sleeve is still to some extent a
favorite, but gradually the flowing sleeve IS
gaming popularity, and no doubt will have
many admirers before the summer is over.
Some OF the designs for these sleeves are very
pretty and novel. One is half-howing sleeve
over cOatsleeve, or a coat-sleeve open on the
outside and laced, with the loose flowing
sleeve falling gracefully over the elbow.
There are several different styles of the pep
lum basque, each having something in its
favor. short loose sacque, triHe shorter at
the sides than at the back and front, and beauti-
fully trimmed, is very attractive.
The short dresses for the street are made
plain at the top, or with plaits at the back, both
of which are fashionable. The skirt is usually
over plated petticoat of the same material
but the petuCOat is now often made PLAN, and
when trimmed with graduated bands of velvet
is very pretty and many prefer IL to the plated.
trimmed.
The styles in chldren's dress are various, as
usual
BoNNETs.
The spring styles in bonnets have not yet been
brought out, except at the opening OF the i'm.
porters, when the mlliners gathered up all the
novelties and ordered them home Immediately,
| where they will be hidden until the general
| opening day. Some change has taken place in
| shape, but it's not so great as many predicted
| in early winter. When the small bonnets of the
| past year made their appearance, the universal
| belief was that they would not be worn more
| than a season. But they have survived the
| winter and the ladies declare they are almost
! as much in love with them as ever, especially
| when they remember the "coal-scuttle" or sky
sCraper." or the QuakeI-like bonnet that hides
the "httle face divine" The fact that large
bonnets would conceal much beautiful hair
natural or artificial, that now adorns the heads
of the ladies' Will effectively keep them at theil
| distance.