Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-17

STATESMAN universally attractive, it is en-.
couraging to have their approving smiles
The metropolis presents brilliant ap
pearance at the present time, dressed in 81
the gayety of the new spring and SUNNI el
fashions. The windows are bright with
beautiful muslins and light summer sill Ks
and the streets are thronged with ladies
from abroad as well as at home, who hay,
come to air their new clothes and pretty
Easter bonnets in the sunshine of Broad
way. tii7g7 i.ra .Hihs ss1b 'ei' saY y
The prettiest costumes to be see3 as We
upon the street, are the summer silk suits
chene, or striped in narrow lines in tw,
colors. Awhile and lilac stripe, for in
stance, dress and sac, is trimmed with band.
OF silk in the contrasting color, and worn
over a, white mohair petticoat, trimmed
with three rows of purple silk, ,braid.ns
Another very pretty suit is scomposed OF
mouse-colored chene silk, dotted with
white, and trimmed with rouleaux or nar-
row folds of mouse-colored satin. dotted
with white Opaque beads. This is worn
over q fiuted skirt. ,. p. '''' ~ s.s,s1s .,5s
There is delicate chene poplin, and a
very silky material, made of silk and linen,
both of which are introduced for travelling
dress purposes; but though very pretty,
they are not equal for service to the pure
mohair, which will stand all sorts of wealth
er without shrinking. $50
The new muslins are very gay, and in
very large patterns; they are softened,
however, by the delicacy and beautiful
shading of the designs. An organdie mus
lin, moreover, needs large. pattern to be
effective. Small figures are absorbed by
the fine transparent ground work of the
tissues and serve only to give misty,
uncertain tint to the entire fabric 1q
A neat lawn is much better than an in
ferior organdie. al .s-a.s-rs 57rt's
Robes in organdie have been revived
this season, some made with asingle fiounce
round the bottom of the skirt, others with
an upper skirt, with lowered bands, which
descend upon 1t, and form sort of fam
shaped tunic. -is.- 1a.--a. 4. .sssfi
White toilets promise to be very fashion,
able again this season for young ladies;
although they certainly require great neat
ness and exquisite attention to detail to be
attractive The finest and incest of skirts
and hose, white shoes. (unless the trimmings
of the dress are black, and then black satin
slippers may be worn,) spotless gloves, and
a very careful coiffure, are all indispensa-
BILE to white dress; it is not, therefore, an
economical toilet. -ra '-g a-s73
: The new Paiseley shawls have black CEN
ters and black fringe; they are considered
very distinguished. A great many ladies
are having their old white centers taken
out and the black ones put in. A great
business in this way is done in the altera-
ton of India shawls. e-r
A novelty in summer black silk cloaks
and sacs is the introduction of color into
the trimming. boz
"Reinsn are as fashionable as ever, but they
are now worn without loops, and quite fire.
quently simulated by an embroidery at the
back of the garment, the edges of which
are finished with fringe. -rCNF.Ei 1
The short dresses are found great for
country wear; and ladies are adopting
them universally for this purpose and for
travelling. Nothing so comfortable or con-
venient has been invented before for long
time. - .-,r.-s
1t is decided now that the summer bon
nets will be very small; the bonnets for
dress and reception purposes are really
smaller than ever, and very generally of
the fanchon shape. They are merely lit
tie triangles of lace, or white Grape, laid in
fine folds, and trimmed with mauve or
blue velvet bandeau, little fine blonde, a
white rosebud, and two or three small
bronze leaves.
s Dresses are still cut very narrow, and
with long trains; four yards aud half is
considered sufficiently wide round the bot
tom for trained dress, and three and half
for short dress.
Dresses not full gored are gathered at the
back. We have said several times, and re-
peat again, that under skirts must either
De gored, or made very narrow at the top,
and with a deep flounce at the bottom this
is essential to the good appearance of the
dress. -.,..- zen
Milliners complain that the millinery
trade is destroyed, that ladies all make up
true. During the period of the three, four
and five story bonnets, prices went up
Instead of ten to twenty dol
lars, which were formerly considered high
prices for bonnets, thirty, forty, fifty, and
even sixty dollars were charged and in
the first flush of paper money, which was
plentiful and less valued than gold, no one
grumbled.
But bonnets became smaller and money
less abundant, and instead of accommoda-
ting themselves to the change, an effort
was made to keep up the exorbitant prices.
OF course it failed. Ladies eagerly seized
the idea which the milliners had given
them of small bonnets, made over their old
ones, and made new ones for themselves: ::
and it will be very difficult thing to
bring them back into the traces or make
them again pay anything like former
prices. .<-,-'7-.s,
1t is an i'll wind which blows no one any
good, however, and the decline of the mil
liners has proved the providence of milli-
merry. Four times the amount of millinery
goods are sold to retail customers that were
ever sold before, notwithstanding the small
bonnets need only about one-third the
amount of material and trimming which
were required for the large ones.
The Fanchon still retains its popularity
in spite of the many new claimants to pub
lie favor. Nearly all the dressy bonnets
for summer wear are made in this shape,
which suits so well the style in which the
hair is now worn.
o One of the prettiest we have seen is Of
blue Grape, covered with a scarf of blue
lisse, which is tied under the chin over mar
row ribbon strings. A white, bclf-blown