The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-02
THE LATEST FASHIONS.

pretty, and attractive. The colors recently
| brought out, g Sultana red" and /" Meter
mich green," have not attained their antiel-
pated popularity. The latter is most worn,
but is only becoming to the brightest COM
plexions still, green is the prevailing color
/ in millinery goods a darker shade than
Metternich predominating. -
BonnetS are becoming smaller and smaller,
and there is good reason to believe that in
short time they will vanish altogether, to be
superseded by simple coiffures Of lace and
flowers. Spangled and crystalized lace, as
well as plain whitelase, are much used upon
bonnets: the feecy folds of the lace adding
greatly to the beauty of q blooming youthful
face. The majority Of the bonnets are made
of thin material-crape or illusion. Straw
cords, bands, and straw flowers, are much
used. One of the prettiest bonnets is OF Ia
vender Grape fulled overa fanchon frame,
with folds of lavender silk around the edge,
and a narrow rutHe of silk-the edge notch
ed-across the back. The ties are narrow,
with Grape strings falling over them. Crys-
talized lace is festooned across the inside,
with pink and white flowers. a blue Grape
is made of folds. The strings are Of Grape,
edged with white lace, and are joined on the
top, near the front, and fall over the sides.
The ribbons used or bonnets are all mar
row No. 16 is the fashionable width. White
straw color, blue pink, and lavender are all
in demand but the leading and prettiest
color is the apple-green. There has never
been greater variety of flowers, or more
attractive display, used in decorating bon
nets. Indeed, the fashionable bonnet will
be made up of lace or tulle, and clusters
and wreaths of flowers that drop to the
shoulder. Among the recent importations
are beautiful vines with trailing tendrils
and leaves, and messy 1erdure that closely
resembles that Of the forest.
The new style of hat has high sugar
loaf crown, with brim wider than that OF
last year. The latest is of brown straw
the crown sloping up small, and fiat on top
the brim on one side is wider than on the
other, and turning up, is spanned by vel
vet band. Hats with low crown and mar
row dropping brim are also worn. A
snowy round hat is of pink silk, with
pink spangled lace streamers.
DRESS FASHIONS.
Rich silks are worn for evening dress to
some extent, but the figured silks are more
in vogue than the elaborately embroidered,
| and the recent importations are chaste and
effective in design. The French gray is
most fashionable for dinner dresses or eve
ming wear, and when trimmed with rich
lace, and lace sash to match, worn over
the full train, it is superb. The new green
color in silk is much admired, but has not
vet become general favorite. For travel
ling dresses serge is popular. Fercales and
! pigueS will be rs much used for morning
wear as ever, and make the neatest Of home
dresses. A fine linen, in narrow stripes, is
something quite new, and makes tasteful
morning dress, more desirable than cam
brio.
For suits, the fine chfne silks are in
vogue, and are asomcwhat newer style than
the small checks of narrow stripes, in
brown and white, or black and white, and
which are also much worn.
For full dress the train is worn very long,
the black brcadths being straight and full,
and the sides and front ones goring, with u
few plaits. The pannier skirt is new, and
not yet generally adopted; though having
many admirers, there is some doubt of its
! becoming favorite style. 1t is becoming
to a tall, slender form, but when adorning q
stout one the pannicr loses its charm. A
! lavender silk-the skirt gored Gabriel
! style-trimmed with cherry velvet and
white lace, is one of the most elegant eve
! ming dresses Of the season. Cherry velvet
ribbon, edged with narrow white lace, is
I set around the bottom of the skirt i'll up
S., rights, four inches apart and one-tourth OF
yard long at the back, being graduated to
! ~ ,,-tn hall
These uprights are headed by u fold of Ia
vendcr silk set on with lace. Bows and
sashes of cherry velvet, the ends finished
with white fringe, are worn with it.
Something new is an evening dress Of
violet silk, embroidered with white silk.
The skirt is gored with n full train, the
seams of the front breadth are covered with
embroidery graduated with the skirt and
Stimulating Ace edging on each side. A
! similar wreath runs around the bottom,
that on the front breadth being in the form
of scollop, in the centre of which rests
cluster of beautiful leaves. The body and
! sleeves are embroidered to correspond, the
front at the neck is laid open with reUerS,
to be worn with lace.
Short dresses, in suits, are fashionable
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black silk. A novelty in suits is Of change
able French serge, the two back breadthi
fulled, pannier style. Tile bottom OF tho
lower skirt has q narrow hounce, the upper
one is in points trimmed with fringe, will
three satin folds above it of the darkes
shade of the material. The sack has man
tilla fronts that cross, forming two points
and trimmed with fringe and folds bel
with bows and sash of the sumo material u
the skirt.
A stylish suit is Of chene, gray and blacl
silk, and trimmed with folds of the sam
and black cord. 1t has only one skirt but
to simulate the second, blue ribbon
plated in scollop in front, and, from tn
4 seams, slopes down to the sides, thence u
to point Mt the back, beneath the sash
Graduated between the upper skirt and tn
bottom of the lower are three narrow band
of silk, with black cord on each edge
: Bands are also set on the front above tn
. scollop of ribbon, with one running UP tn
seams, clasped with buttons and loops.
) blouse, with belt and sash, trimmed
: match, complete the suit.
ParaSols this spring are very snowy, tn
) blue, green, and lavender being emproi
, dered in brilliant colors, after beautiful dc
signs, and those in black silk are wrous1
. in white or bright tints. Colored para,s.oi
are often edged with white lace, whlcl
, gives them o tasteful appearance.
LIST OF UNAVAILABLE LETTERS REMAIN
nc IN THE RICHMOND POsT-OFF1CE MA
Mrs. Mary Cohill, New York, no stamp
Rev. ]. L. Burrows, Richmond, Va, n