The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-03
New York and Paris Fashions for
May.
Letter from Jennie June.
New YoRK. April. 1867.

and always attractive. The thin fab
RIGS and lively delicate colors' are in
keeping with the tender beauty of the
freshly blossoming earth and the re-
turningsunshine, while the pleasure of
wearing them Is enhanced BY the will
ingness. with which we leave off the
dark heavy clothing, which has become
intolerable with the fine days.
A great deal has been said about
the UNUSUAL beauty and novelty of the
dress goods this season but although
there are some that are very beauti-
full, there are a few that are novel.
One Of the very incest materials
| for travelling dress, apart from check
ed washing-silks, which is always
good and lady-like, is pure mohair,
usually sold under the name of al
paca; but the genuine article is fine,
close and without any surface gloss.
| The only goods we have seen of this
kind are checked in black hair-lines,
clustered upon white grounds. No
temperature affects these goods; they
wash like white cotton cloths, and if
ironed carefully on the underside
|dook quite equal to new. They wear,
as old ladies used to say of their knit
ting stockings, forever" but that
need not be considered a fault, be-
cause whenthey hayesdonead duty one
or more seasons, they are still good to
give away.
The light summer silks are all IN
narrow stripes or small chene patterns.
Marrow shaded stripes and the other
Of the positive color are very new and
very much worn
Gaze de Chombery has taken the
place to a great extent of grenadine.
1t is very like grenadine, but holds
its stiffness better, and being equally
diaphanous, is quite as attractive and
more durable. |
Ofgandies flourish in snowy robes
and large patterns, which, however,
look better in this material than they
could possibly in any other. The
texture is so thin that a small uncer-
tain figure becomes absorbed in it,
and only succeeds in giving a dis
mally dirty or grayish. tint to the sur
face, whose exquisite fneness and
perfect Transparency throw up with
'fine effect beautiful designs and bril-
liant coloring.H8E9F2U al{TT 4
: Nearly all the muslins that are not
robed are made narrow at the top of
the skirt and with a deep founce.
Ia ambrics1 are made in the same
way.dW sbao0 yaf biaoas TKEIIl |
4, The prettiest design in cambric'|
consists OF. a small leaf-like figure
upon a white ground, with an ex-
ceedingly narrow bordering to match,
which is used for trimming. One,l
two or three rows of this bordering
constitutes the Heading Of the hounce,
and the body is made with a deep
pointed yoke trimmed to match.
White dotted muslin dresses are
very pretty, made in this way. /
The lateststyle of hoopeskirtis not
a skeleton" but has the springs
woven on to a thin cotton fabric.
They will wear without injury to- the
springs, and with very little trouble,
and are fast achieving a popular as
we'll as fashionable reputation, as
they saw the trouble of skeleton skirt
covers, and all liability to accident.
Two and a half and two and three
quarter yards, are the usual size for
skirts at the extreme base, and four
and a half the whole width of a gored
and trimmed dress skirt.
Speaking of skirts, we may as well
mention in this connection, that when
partially gored. they are left almost
plain in front but pleated on the side,
and gathered and guaged at the back.
We have mentioned this change be-
fore, but repeat it at the request Of
severatdistant correspondents
SrJuMER gIoAKS AND SrtTS