The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-13
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, April 9TH 1870.


again, with, ,a
Aud loving touches each hiiisioe an"
plain,
Sweet flowers and leaflets awake at her
kiss, 49,
And blush into life with feeling OF bliss.
Young and old gay and sober acknowledge
her power,
.sin fashion and frolic they spend the
gay hour,
And SO for your pleasure, my best cen
to do.
The latest of fashion, spread before you.
GOSSIP.
The first importations of Spring
goods, show that we were in fault last
Sprinp when we declared that nothing
could be produced more beautiful than
the STYLES then laid before us, for this
wear brings us many new fabrics and
designs, far more elegant and exquis-
itely lovely than anything we ever be-
fore saw, or imagined, ground texture
color all different to those oflast Spring,
and all more charming. Among wash
ing goods, french chintzes, lawns:
picque, percales &c., we notice pre-
yaIence of chintz figures, checks, deli
cately drawn stripes, and sait patterns
similar to those of last year, but with
less borders and ruffle trimming. Lawn
robes and suit patterns, have two
shades in stripes or alternating with a
chiutz stripe. A new material for
washing dresses in satin jean, all cot
ton. finely twilled with as fine body
as piaue, and gloss like satin. Speak
ing of new goods we would call partic-
Mar attention to the new and varied
assortment of boys and youths cloth
ing inst opened at Capt. B. I. Washes
No 40 Canal Street, suitable for all
ares from two and a half years to man
hood. He has alapaca, linen, checked
linen, cashmere, drap d'ete. mixed lin
On. and cloth suits, affording selection
from which all tastes may be suited.
These goods were selected by Captain
Walshe in person and manufactured
expressly for his trade. In gentlemen's
furnishing goods, neck wear &c, Capt.
Talsbe has many new styles, ali des-
tined to become popular with his many
customers.
DRESSES.
Walking dresses and street suits are
generally made with two skirts, the
lower are in some instances only sniff
eiently long to conceal the top of the
CATER, but more generally long enough
TO touch" no more. Ruffies and
aounces are as much worn as ever, e1-
cept by stout persons, and we arc
pleased to see that they in most cases
prefer fat trimming, bias folds &c
Evening dresses are worn with court
trains, low square corsage of course
in this climate light fabrics, organdy
swiss and the beautiful China Grape
have preference, but many very beau
tiful evening costumes are still mad
of silk. with an oyerdress of lace C
some other suitable material.
HATS AND BoNNETS.
Bonnets have changed very little i
shape, but of course all sorts of ligll
materials are now used in their mann
facture. Flowers and feathers hay
almost supplanted ribbon as trimming
and the back of the bonnet is almost q
much trimmed as the front. Hats al
worn ridiculously high and pointed an
are in truth very unbecoming to mos
faces, but as fashion loves extreme
there is an effort to introduce, or rattle
reproduce the senicabe and becomin
" shutdown" of few seasons ago, b,
with poor success, it would seem
they are neither dashing nor coquet
ish enough to be worn with the presel
jaunty styles of dresses.
HAIR.
The hair is generally worn "all of
bnnch," puffs, finger curls, ringlets al
every other conceivable device in t
way of making the head large out
all proportion, are freely used, a
sometimes with anything but flatteri
results to the appearance of the f;
wearers, still when lady has go
taste enough to know just how mu
hair she may wear without maki
herself a fright, the getting up of a We
fashionable and yet very becomi
couture must have the assistance
out as well as nature.
HOOPS.
The very grotesque appearance pl
sented by some of our fashionable
dies might lead many to suppose IL
hoops were entirely discarded, b
such, we are pleased to say, is not t
case. The ladies who have judgme
enough to mix fashion with conf
and good taste still retain crinoli
enough to be graceful and in peri
conformation with short dresses. Oh
few, and those of that class who
ways run to extremes, quite regard
of good taste, have laid hoops aside
The hoop is too comfortable,
graceful and too much promoter
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