, 1870-05-08

| fuEh, with tnnu1ne1able ktauJ pu1a On N
same STEM, are the most elegsnfin Howe
gxrniture.
Cape dc chine ia exclusively used for bon
nsts, In white and the lovely pinGsh ahAdet
It is yety beautiful. The boRnets made o.
til. material are pretdest trimmed with it ani
| bonnet prettiy, falling in fancy ties over the
sides One saw was shell pink, with blue
! forget-me-nots and yellow roses, mixed with a
very narruw blAck lace II Was extremely
beautiful, and decidedly Frenchv.
At tho establishment where saw the above
styles, thcro were numerous others impo1te
direct from Paris, BY Nj. Gibbons himself.
who, although directly engaged in woman i
business, seems to understand all the m;nut;s,
Of it, as well rs the young lady artistes, who
follow his directions, with needle and thread.
The shawl ove5-skirt i quite success, the
Brown, in tissue and silver gilt paper, 70
make it with u shawl, it is only NECESSARY to
put on the shawl lengthw1se, 20 that the two
dlnged ends hang strnight across the front.
Then lay = three-cornered Arab in the back,
and Pr N SIX pante7 sash, under which the
very graceful garment.
1hefe are great many new goods for sum-
mer dresses which come within 81 ward in
Frice, and some as low as 25 cents-the striped
white Msfseilles. for Instance. There are
Japanese silks, warranted not to crease, Pom
essentially resembles satin, white Terry cord
p'queez plque Rayl, . beautiful deieu'ler cos
tune, Drap de Syria, a novelty for young
adles dresses. poplnette, engaged brllliauts,
Drap de C!r, washing aatins, yak cloth,
Victoria lawns, Bishop lawns. organdies in the
nieh shades, and all the unb1eached linen
goods that will people the world with Quaker
ish costumes when the dog days coma.
Nearly aI goods are cheaper now. Ane1i-
can prints sell from 10 to Il cents; English
Is 2 8 cents; domestic & ginghams about IS
are very cheap and now il good time to buy,
eince the last rise in gold will affect them
they being subject to thrill prices. It is econ
omy, as general thing, to buy suits ready
sbpuiate That it shall be Just the
which yon make selection Some ladies' |
do not seem to understand q true economy. |
friend OF mine recently bought an alpaca |
dress, for which she paid 9l5. She took it to I
since it Was only an alpaca she could afford to
put On satin trimmings. When the dress was
complete it cost $50, and was only an alpaca
after all Another lady, who did her own
1ressmaAng, had handsome black silk /
The ehsselaine braid for the fair hss @ found @ no
Torthier rival, though it divides notice with
he three pulls. Many ladies' are wearing the
waterfall Of cuIls, which YVES always a pretty
snd becoming style in hair. Puns, darts, ar
'ows, butterflies, and flying cupids on hem-
oling wires, are quite fashionable. Long cur1s
md aide cnrls arc not so much used as the |
lowing air cur1s, which hang over the chase-
alna braid. The chignon is not so large as 4
formerly. That is, oe5y respectable ladies' are |
TO Lessen the eze, and, indeed.
many OF them NOW have their own hair
twisted up with switch, and dressed with the
10, SO hair structure Much hair, however, will
continue to be vnrn-
A little incident happened lately in our
fashionable hair store, which vastly amused all
tho witnessed it, and sounds like fiction, but
Eas u veritable fact, as the b1igLt-eyed EN-
loyes can bear witness to. 4 small dcwdy
ooking woman walked down the length Of the
tore until stopped By the immense mirror at
be end This did not really cause her to stop,
ut the appadtoa of another woman who ID
rho mored directly IN front Of har, ind At onos
nade her angry. "Let me pasa1" She said,
a q peremptory tone "Wou't you let me-
y mA'am7" Move = bit ma'am and let me
'aEs-" Now move just little bit won't you."
tell you ma'an viii 60 past you" 81 this
ime oyery body in the store WAS attracted By
he one-sided Dialogue, and the thoroughly
ngry woman raised her hand to strike her
'Nn image in the Glase, but WIS stopped 1T |
nee By shouts OF laughter, and the prpprie-
or OF the store, Who politely informed her Of
EG1 u14StdhS. N1t SalU UDL u NO1U. QuG W&lKS1 |
# in Eulky silence. Such are the people who
lever read the newspapers, and are always
eady to lend money to stTangers-
And row somebody is saying, How shan make
~ new sill dress Well, with an over-akirt,
18th long points reaching to within quarter
I q yard OF the bottom of the dress, with puts
+ satin edged with narrow rn1I1es OF silk, and
ont, for me.cys sake, cover it with trim
ling! With a black satin basque half tight,
18th d1spery sleeves, trimmed with Frencl.
ice, headed with narrpw made trimming OF
ne satin and don't weaz pufTI a nea,
o'1nd collar Of p1ain or embroidered linen, OF
Valencieunes or point. is vastly more becom-
s. Pufrs are loud and fast, lit only for the
The mantle Of the season is ANYTHING that
III hang together On the human form Sailor
ckets, Metternich mant1es, half tight basauee,
,1ted wraps, sacques, ETC. The short square
eket, cut up n the back, is very pretty for {
isses under thirty Tight t;arnoanta that re-
al every outline OF the figure, are not re-
aerche for the street, and have an unfinished
'ok.
The Aa- Gates OF untidiaess are making
Tenous efforts to reintoduce the long dress |
will be Of that hideous length tLat trails
bout three fingers on the sidewalk, and rolls
ter it the 6a4is OF cigar ends, mud, paper !
ads, tobacco and miscellaneous filth. Bah
ho has mission to reform 1eformers7 Let 4
It he heard. VIC.