The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-16
Spring Fashions.


invoices, water proof gros- grains are the
ne plus ultra i'll desirable and serviceable
dresses. Glossy, heavy, wide, never losing
body or lustre, or spelling with rain, from
the coating of a rubber solution given
them, they wear for lifetime. The price
is 81 to Sc yard, and the appearance is
the same as much higher silk i2 yards
is the pattern for a plain suit, or a dress
with demi-train. The trimming is usually
made of the silk in side pleatings, ruff1es
and scollops. Hardly any other silk is used
for making suits in England now. Nice
striped silks, in soft spring colors, green
and pearl, blue and gray. or silver-gray..
most fashionable of all. under the title of
yrisa5lls, are So yard. Plain silks. 50 and
$3.50, of good quality. Soft, narrow check
silks and hair stripes aIe S1.25. Mongo-
lines, not to be told from silk, though mixed
with cotton. are 81, in the same patterns
japanese is the term still given te mix
lures of silk and linen, though these are
made in Paris, and are staple goods for
seasons to come. Foulards are fat-wove ::
pongees have the thread Slightly twisted
and are firmer. Twisted still more this
becomes Grape. All these have a silvery
lustre. and are soft and clinging, of good
width, and desirable. The silver-gray,
plain. checked, or striped, is admired for
spring. Later in May, when our warm
weather opens, the ecrU. or unbleached light
buff tint, will be chosen by every one
These goods are of all thicknesses, from
the rich canvas-clOth, that seems pale cloth
ef-gold, and the serge, siiken smooth, but
warm enough for March, to the linen like
feulards and crepe tissues. The former
are 50. 80 and $500 a yard. of good width
Foulards are $50 to 81. The goat s-hair
poplins in silver-gray and light colorS are
lustrous and pretty cough for the best of
country suits, as are the mehairs of I'M
buff. rose, pink, and dove color These
are CO cents 10 81 % yard.
Then come the gray wool-tinished cot
tons, like delaines, in mari grayS. coarse
but stylish, at p cents yard. The buff,
gray, brown, and unbleacled linens are Il
to . cents. White and colored piques are
81 to - cents. PercalcS and cambrics, 81
cents ,jaconets. 80. and prints from 90 to
10 cents. | only name such qualities as
arc really acceptable to most purchasers
All cotton and linen goods are soft finished
this year and are to be worn without
starch. Small figures are the rule, but
patterns of cambria are sold in variety,
though they are in secondary esteem to
what they were last year. and are not so
pretty. Plain linens and percales are pre-
ferred. Make these with one tlounce of ten
inches, scant. and with an upper skirt or
tunic rather long, and short jacket or Der
tina cape. Make the skirt to reach the in
step, and round, not dipping to the back
Deep side pleatings, held only by row of
stitching at each edge, are the trimming
for all cottons or linens with these. wash
braid, crochet gimps. linen folds, like silk
ones, and cambria embroderies are COM
bincd. Braid embroidery and pique braids
are pasSec.
Some new patterns in thick cambria are
embroidered in large dots of color, the
bands to head the feunces and rutles.-
Nankeen dress patterns are ST each.
House-dresses are name with round waists.
and heart-shaped, open Threats, or with
points and square in the neck for full fig
ures. Long skirts arc WON only with
dresses for ceremonious receptions, and the
train is always removable like court-tran.
People in the country may dispense with
them altogether. Sleeves are coat-shaped,
OF in large puffS, with large bands between.
OF frilled at the elbow. OF made in every
modification Of these styles. Notrimming,
but 4 narrow flat band is worn on the
shoulder. The trimming initiates bertha,
or square neck, or revers Oh the waist
Sashes are longer; tunics upper skirts)
are open nearly to the waist behind, and
looped to the belt, the sides less high One
deep tlounce, scant, with wide pleated
headings or flounccs, pleated in the centre.
are Worn.
Grape fringes, velvet ribbon, very narrow
or wide, and hand trimmings, are used on
dresses. Muslin folds and fittings are
Worn on silks for evening. Black lace over
white tule is much liked Folds of silk.
half one color, half of black, stitched in
the centre, narrow vertical folds, and clus-
tiers of horizontal ones, are among the
hand made trimmings. Flat bands of .iaco-
net or linen, and cambria embroidery, will
he used on piques. instead of the cotton
braids. Cotton goods are finished with
marrow sidc-pleatingS, which are not SO
hard to iron as ruiiles.
IIigh-crowned hats of black or white
Milan straw are popularity worn, but these
are not charming to the eye of taste. The
best milliners show leghorn summer-hats
with low crown, and wide dropping brim,
trimmed by ruche under the brm. and
scarf of crepe de CLINE round the crown,
with roses on the top. The Mentone is of
a small, round, nearly flat shape. like the
Chinese hats, with abundance of flowers on
the crown. and a border Of lattice-work in