The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-05-04
SPRING FASHIONS.
DRESS GOODS.


tints continue to arrive for spring and
summer suits. These are to be trimmed
with silk of a darker shade, aud will
comprise the foundation at least of ma
ny of the shaded sufts that are to be
noticeable feature in summer outfits.
Most popular among these are the Jap
anese serges and foulards, improved fab
RIGS of mixed silk and wool, The first
is twiled, the last has a plain surface,
and both are as soft as the India silk
used for neck-ties. japanese Grape,
initiating the fine crinkle Of china Grape,
made strong by being mixed with wool
is in delicate colors. and tWenty-four inch
es wide. A similar fabric, altogether
wool, without the silken gloss of that
just described, is eight inches. Fine
pongees, crisp to the touch, yet forming
graceful soft drapery, are shown III ex-
cellent quality, light, glossy, and of per-
feet gray shades. Fine French poplins
and the famous Irish poplins are both
silk and wool mixtures, but French pop
Inns are of light quality, and have small
rips not clearly defined, while Irish pop
Inns have the thick regular rips of gros
grain. These poplins are reversible. as
the silk work is thrown on the outer
sides, covering the work Of wool that
forms the rips. Summer cashmere is a
novelty. 1t is soft, all wool. twilled
fabric of very light quality, in broken
pIaids, checks, and cross bars. The
selvedges arc finished as fringe to be
used in trimming founces. and under
garments. As many object to these
seif-fringed goods on account of their re-
semblance to the shawl suits that are
now somewhat passee. the fringe can be
dispensed with. These especially for
ladies' wrappers and for childrens' suits
are beautiful. The bright blue and
white plaids, are among the prettiest;
and another stylish combination is
black and white narrow bars between
All wool serges, fine and soft as la
dies cloth and wool poplins full yard
wide, and shown in the buff and brown
shades. with a darker stripe and fringe
in one end. Very lustrous mowhairs
are in all the fine shades, and the heav-
Ter Palermo poplins with fine rips.
Batish robes are plain cambrics, self col :
ored, with a stripe for bordering near
the edges. Linen lawns are of palest
unbleached puff or light gray. The gray
and brown shades that are always popu-
lar in spring are very largely represented.
Poussiere, or dust color. are gray, ashes
of roses and the yellow browns and bluffs
called From From, are the colors most
largely imported. Few contrasts are
seen. Dark steel gray trimmed with
nut brown is stylish combination.
IMPORTED SUITS.
A quantity Of suits just arrived from
Berlin shows variety of styles for the
| approaching warm weather without dis
closing anything especially novel. There
is 10 change in the breadths of lower
skirts Of suits. Their shape is the fiat
gored front a,i1 sides witlla full back,
their width is from three and halt to
four yards around the bottom, and their
length is matter Of taste. Ultra fash
ionables ard extremists let the skirt
drag an inch or two behind, while sensi-
Bile women make it just short enough to
escape the ground. All suits have an
upper skirt. or a DoloApise that has
the effect of one. The long over skirt
will not continue to be exclusively worn,
since very dong and very short over
skirts are among the importations. The
former are very dressy for light, THU
| fabrics that Go not drape well, and re-
quire arranged in some fanciful manner.
| The latter are plain widths, very slightly
gored and very simply draped. Many
suits are belted, and ornamented with a
bow behind, but without sash ends.
Elaborate sashes are abandoned. Loose
sacques are longer and are less slashed
than those of last year. They are closed
in the sides. and only open in the
centre Of the back to prevent hopping
over the full tournurc. These garments
are more frequently made of summer
cloth. The sleeve Of the season is the
half flowing sleeve, fitting the arm
smoothly from the shoulder to midway
between the elbow and wrist, where it
is widened, and the fullness held in a
box pleat covered by bow or passe-
menterie or ornaments, or else the
sleeve is cut off all around, and finished
by pleated ruffie.
CONTINUED next week.