The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-03-26
ING FAS HON s.
The styles of Dresses, Hoops and
BOnnets.

The season favors the fashions. The
short jackets and sacques and the infnit-
esimal bonnets of the past season were
not so we'll adapted to the severe cold
winter as to the bright days of early
spring; and those who followed the ex.
treme "mode" are suitably clothed for
the nilder temperature of March. ga
In some articles of dress the change,
since year ago, is quite marked. The
fitting hoops, which were adopted by the
majority, have been banished from fash
ionable society, and they are at last vo-
ted relic of bad taste, and an unbecom-
ing style. The "tilters" have been fol-
lowed by much smaller hoop, and, when
proportioned to the figure, the new ones
are far more graceful both for indoor
and outdoor wear.
LADIES DRESSES.
The gored dress, SO long in fashion,
will be the prevailing style for the COM
ing season. 1t is made plain al the top
-or with plaits at the back, according to
taste. For the house the skirt is very
wide at the bottom, with long train.
For receptions this skirt is very suitable.
In street dresses there is decided and
apparently popular change. The short
dresses, with petticoat to match, are a
great improvement upon the looped-up
dresses, with trains which would some
times 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 net grace
full with the new short dress.
The interesting event OF last week
among the fashion makers was the open
ing of dress patterns by Madame Demo
rest. Besides these, there were patterns
of mantillas, sacques, &C., and for chill
dren's clothing a great variety of styles.
The coat sleeve is still to some extent a
favorite, but gradually the flowing sleeYe
is gaining 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-fowing sleeve over coat sleeve,
or Coat sleeve open on the outside and
laced, with the loose flowing sleeve fall
ing gracefully over the elbow.
There are several different styles of the
peplum basque, each having something
in its favor. A short loose sacque, tri-
fe shorter at the sides than the back and
front, and beautifully trimmed is very at
tractive.
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 cut with points
around the bottom, and is worn over a
plated petticoat of the same material
but the petticoat is now often made plain,
and when trimmed with graduated bands
of velvet is very pretty, and many prefer
it to the plated. +. Everything in the way
of dresses elaborately trimmed.
The styles in children's dresses are va
rious, as usual. Lithograph prints Of
pretty faces, in framework of golden
curls, are attached to figures to represent
children from two to three years up to
ten years. The figures are dressed in the
latest mode, even to the dainty garter.
BoNNETs.
The spring style in bonnets have moi
yet been brought out,except at the open.
ing of the importers, when the mllliners
gathered up all the novelties and ordered
them home Immediately, where they viii
be hidden until the general opening day
Some change has taken place in shapes
but it is 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 'ssky
scraper," or the Quaker like bonnet thai
hides the .little face divine" The fact
that large bonnets would conceal much
beautiful hair, natural or artificial, thai
now adorns the .sheads, of the ladies, will
effectually keep them at their distance
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