Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-03-06
EARLY SPRING STYLES.

style of bonnets which will be gen
orally adopted, but it is settled tina
the bonnet of the coming season il
to be smaller than those of the last
with little trimming at the sides
and no strings. A beautiful evening
bonnet of white tulle has point ap
pliqUe lace crossing the back anC
falling in front; the ends are Joined
by bow of tulle, covered with fern
Vines of green fern cross the front
with tendrils running over the entire
bonnet. Another is made entirely
of folds of corn colored and brown
satin, and trimmed with jet mar
guerites. A Neapolitan is trimmed
with puflings of white lace and
orange flowers at the back. A bon.
me- of black lace has q half-opened
rose IN front, with trailing vines
falling at the side. A white satin
bonnet is trimmed with puffings OF
white lace and q wreath of sweet
peas and green leaves, with sprays
OF wheat across the front.
A new style of round hat, called
the Rosalind, is of fancy straw it is
without brim, somewhat in the shape
of the ToqUe, high in the centre,
with a loop of green satin ribbon,
falling at the back.
Very pretty paper bonnets are on
exhibition, prepared expressly for
milliners as patterns, and costing
but trife, while real pattern bon
net costs twenty or thirty dol
lars. These designs have been
found to answer the same purpose
as models. A very pretty design
for bridal hat, with a wreath of
orange flowers, inpaper, is attractive
DRESSES.
An elegant dress of lavender pop
lin is made, the skirt goring front
and sides, the back breadths full and
trained without trimming upon the
bottom of the skirt. A putting of
satin, the same shade as the material,
commencing at the belt on the first
side seams, slopes down 4 half yard
across the first side breadth, then
curves to the seam joining the back
and sides, and is finished with q
small bow bound with the satin.
Satin putfing-made in reversed
plaits-is set on the bodice in form
Of a bertha, pointed at the back and
surrounded in front; below this puff
ing is q row of heavy fringe. A
single row Of putting around the
hand was the only trimming upon
the sleeve. A cape, to be worn with
it, if desired, is trimmed to CORES
pond; the front passing under the
belt extends a half yard below it;
the back has two or three plaits at
the fall of the shoulder, to give it
fitness, and it is cut round, and
caught up above a fan bow, with
long wide loops at the belt
A gray merino wrapper is cut Ga
brielle; the seams of the back
breadth covered with folds of the
same, edged with satin a shade
lighter, the same band slopes from
the seams Of the front around the
back; and those covering the front
seams extend over the shoulder.
Large satin buttons, with loops join
it, and there are six rows of satin
folds across the lower part of the
front breadth.
SUITS.
AN elegant suit of heavy black
silk, trimmed with satin and attracts
much attention. A pretty design
for street wear is a gay material
trimmed with putiings of the same,
bound with garnet satin. A new
style cape was trimmed to match.
A novelty is a green underskirt
with a wide hounCe, set on in fiat
plaits, around the bottom. Over
this lavender skirt is worn, neatly
trimmed With fringe and putting of
the same. The cape to be worn
with this is trimmed to correspond
with the over dress A suit Of sober
gray, for street wear, is made with s
wide fat-plaited founce around the
skirt, which is gOring at the sides
and front, but straight and full al
the back. The bodice is plain, witt
q pulling-across the shoulder and
at the hands. The cape is mantills
form in front, the back round, Will
plaits, at the shoulder, on each O
which is a satin button, and at tht
back is caught upwith a rosette o
the same.
A pretty suit of blue is trimmet
with white and heavy blue sill
fringe.
CHILDREN's SUITS.
A corn-colored suit has a row q
puflings, headed by a narrow brow
satin fold around the underskirt
The overskirt is made entirely c
pufs edged by satin folds. Tn
waist is high and plain, with n ro'
Of upright scoIlops above the belt
the sleeves are long and plain.
very snowy dress is of green, with
putting of the same set on with golC
colored cord; the upper skirt
trimmed in the same manner, an
is fcstooned at the sides by rosette
of the same. The waist is cut 10
and square with very short sleeve
and worn over a lace waist, pute
with narrow green folds and go
cord, and 4 frill of lace is worn
the sleeves.
A Gabrielle suit for child
two years is very neat, being trir
med with folds of satin IN q co
trasting color. A pretty suit for
little girl of ten years is Of lave
der, with a wide plating around t
skirt, and small cape trimm
with a putting of the same. Anoth
suit made in the same style has
sleeveless jacket TO be worn on t
street. A white suit has the und
skirt made Of ruffles, pinllad up,
the edge-the upper skirt with o
ruffle and festooncd, the waist plai
and over this is worn little bla
silk jacket.
CAPEs, BERTHAS, ETC.
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