The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-09

DuJ III go1ordlly cO0SlSJS VI 1dSb
seasons pCplins and snowy cambrics.
Every body has pet weakness, per-
haps more. but certainly one. One of
ours was for the pretty, delicate, fine
striped and small figured cambrics
and persales, which always made their
appearance like the cuckoo as the
herald of Spring. We never tired of
them any more than of the green
freshness of the grass, or the welcome
song of the birds. But alas we see
them no more there are cambrics,
but they are gaudy, Haunting things,
printed in large patterns, dreadful
borders, with perhaps body different
in color from the skirt-bold, shame
full, tawdy fabrics, which desecrate
their name, and are no more like our
modest eambrics of years ago than
the dandeloin is like the crocus or
violet.
Much better than these are the
plain cambrics, which can be taste
fully trimmed with bands in a con-
trasting color, stitched on with the
sewing machine, white upon blue, for
instance, green upon grey, and blue
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afford it, however, white makes the
prettiest morning dress-fne, white
corded muslin or plain India, and we
recommend all ladies to count two of
this description as indispensable to
their preparations for the summer
season. Our own choice In color
would be white or black all the year
round, but always white muslin, with
the addition, in cold weather, of a
blue or scarlet sac or jacket for morn
ing wear.
. Jasper cloths and Jasper silks
are offered as spring novelties, al
though there is nothing particularly
novel about them. They are simply
fine chene goods, in dark colors, with
little bright intermixture. They
make up into handsome spring suits,
the silk trimmed with cross-cut bands
of satin, with jet heading running
through the center; the cloths, pop
lines they are sometimes called, orna-
mented with jet guimp or brade.
Poplins contribute now the generic
term by which all mixed goods are
known, and it is not best to try them
without being we'll assured of their
quality. Common mixtures are rarely
worth the cost and trouble of making
up, and it is much better to have only
few dresses of pure material-cotton,
wool, silk or linen, and warranted
manufacture-than large number,
made of cheap stuff, which answers
no really good or useful purpose, and
shrinks or dissolves in the first shower
of rain. Pure Alapaea or Mohair
cloth is an excellent, desirable, and
always lady-like material, but itshould
be lined or it soon looks Wrinkled and
shabby. lggE
Rich black silks are greatly in
vogue, and very handsome patterns are
embroidered in narrow but thick
stripes upon the seams in silk and jet.
The very latest styles in black silk
are much more elaborate than this,
however. They are embroidered in
butterfly and insect patterns, with bright
dark silk and gold thread. The cost
of them is two hundred and fifty dol
lars the dress, and they form grand
toilettes for dowagers, who like silks
that rustic, and that can 8 stand
alone"
The revival of brocade silks is gain
ing ground slowly. The toilettes dis
played at the latest and most brilliant
entertainments of the season, have,
very many of them, been composed of
heavy white silk or satin brocades, in
various colors and magnificent de-
signs. But the, beauty is not unfre-
quently wholly lost in the incongru-
Gus nature Of the ornaments. Point
lace of point APPLIQUE should alone
be employed to trim them, and the
| Jewels should be diamonds or nothing.
Instead of these, we see white guimp,
and even coarse Cluny lace, used as
decorations, and massive gold breast
pins and bracelets displayed as jewell
~, and we sigh to think how much
money is spent to make people look
hideous.
49,. HOUSE FURNISHING.
Ladies' who are about refurnishing
or going to housekeeping for the first
time, may be glad for few hints on
fashions in furniture. The day of
large patterned, bright-fowered car
pets is gone by, and they are sue
,ceeded by plain ground, or small,
underlined figure; plain ground tints
on walls, and In carpets, are discov-
cred to be infinitely better for throw
ing up furniture pictures and orna-
ments. The bright tints of ladies
dresses also show off to. much better
advantage when the prevailing tone
is neutral. Color may, of course, and
should be introduced, but it should
be in the ornaments; notin the fur
niture-in the mats, fans, trees, vases
and hanging baskets of fiowers-not
in the carpets, the chairs, or in the
walls, excepting, of course, in pic
lures. ~ ah .ss
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