Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-03-24
The spring Styles.
A woMAN's GOSSIP ABOUT TEEN.

woMANs GOSSIP ABOUT TEEN.
from the N. Y. MALL
The snow still turks about in OUT the
way corners and in the side streets where
the sun seldom shines, aud we of this lati-
Jude shall probably cling lovingly to our
Winter wrappings for some two months to
come. But early as 1t is in the season, the
pale green shoots OF the hyacinthe and daffo-
dil are beginning TO take shy peeps above
ground, and we have far-of promise of
flowers in May; and ladies who are anxious
to rival the lilies of the field in the beauty
of their Spring adornments, are already be-
ginning to talk about the Spring fashions.
For as loves of bonnets do not perch of
themselves upon the pufed and crossed
locks of the bellies of the period, and as
slken robes do not unfold their charms upon
graceful figures involuntariy apd without
lorethOueht upon the part of the wearers, it
is but fair that the ladies should know what
TO buy, how to have 1t made up and when
to wear it, some weeks before they shed the
cast-otf ST, les of the waning season.
Every woman of quiet and refined taste,
whether young or old, will be delighted to
hear that black silk, especially of the heavy
and lustreless grades, lis to be the ulti7natunl
for all ordinary wear, especially in street
dress, until the weather gets so warm as to
render thinner materials not only desirable,
but imperatively necessary Probably those
who are always signing for new Innovations
in dress, TO be displayed upon their persons,
thus investing them with a little brief noto-
reiy, will be disappointed. But red, green,
blue and yellow are still 10 be found on the
shelves Of the dry goods dealers; and if
they chose to be JisaTre rather than ladylke
in appearance, there is no law against
womah's wearing blue dress, red jacket,
bronze boots, yellow gloves, par,i colored
neck tie, and a hat displaying all the mira=
cles of the animal and vegetable Kingdoms.
Only she conveys the impression of being
exceedpgly-what the French call-endt-
nl0Rche.
For out-of-door morning dress, and also
flr travelling, mohars bid lair to rival alpaca.
Mohair is soft and shining. but has pliancy
which alpaca has not, kind of wiry sinu-
BUSINESS which causes it to fall in graceful
folds quite different from the bristllng ap-
pearance OF alpaca, v bile at the same time
il does not catch dirt, aad is not liable to
crease or crumpe after long continued wear
In this, black is aso the premium color. For
persons who are young enoagh to indulge
consistently in something lighter-and 1t
must be remembered that light colors try
the complexion exceedingly by daylight
there are soft shining silks in delicate stripes
If gay culors on IA white, gray or light
ground. These silks are pretty and spring
ike for girls in their teens, and need notrim-
ming except ruilles and flounces of the same
cut ON the bias, and put on nearly plain.
The days Of court trains, pow wdered and
pufed hair. lace ruffs, buckled Shoes Pom
pldour bodices and furbelows are fairly upon
us.
Hardly new dress will be made this
Spring hy fashionable dressmakers without
lie addition of a removable train, to be laid
ba CT Thic tra in
| uuiies an underskirt--in reality composed of
| he one which does duty as outer-skirt upon
the street, tlouneed from he bottom up to the
waist on the front breadth, to make it look
| lust as II ought to look. And of course the
concomianis are half-high, hu kled shoes,
| with enormously high neels and sleeves
iuose ard flowing from the elbow, and hair
| rolled and crep.d, TO finish the costume
| d'talr 9rdade dame. There will soon he
great demand for rare old lace to make
ruilts for sleeves, and fIills and rufis for
! halt nigh bodices.
| IS yet, however, these Innovations are
contiued TO dresses TO be worn in the house,
aud it il to be hoped that they will spread
no further.
Long may It be before we see sleeves ex
posing the arms, and half-high bodces upon
| the street
But if, ten years ago, our women had been
told that they wosld one day walk about
the public highways with nothing on their
heads but ruche of ribbon, bit Of lace, or
a bunch Of artificial flowers, they would
have been shocked. If you had further told
them that they would appear on the street
in dresses only reaching 10 the ancle-we
mean the style not so very long ago-they
would have tainted.
So, let them, by all means, keep a sharp
look out upon the vagaries of fashion in the
matter of street dress for a year or SO to
~ Howard GLYNpoN.