Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-12
SPRING STYLES.
New Dress Goods..Summer Fabrics
and Eashionabls Garments.

| From the New York Herald.
Real novelties in goods arc scarce.
Many Of our old friends have reap
pearcd under new names; but the
material par erccllence for spring
costumcs-at least as long as March
the arch coquette, continues her
dalliance with winter-is cashmere
soft coressante, and light quality
of drap d'ete-the latter hitherto
imported only in black. Both are
now shown in the livclicst of gay
tints and demurest of browns for
mantles to be worn with a variety
of suits, and in various other beau
tiful shades to be used en- costume
in combination with silk. Embroi-
derry is as fashionable as ever on
these materials, and, in fact, is
quite fureur for trimming all
materials to which it can be adap-
ted.
The silks are beautiful beyond
description. The quaint, lovely
colors of a quarter of a century ago
have been revived and amplifed
into a variety of tints which are
almost innumerable. Grays and
browns predominate, the grays
tinged with brown and the browns
tending toward gray. A peculiar
grayish brown is known as ecosee
or bark color. Russian gray is
almost as brown as ashes Of roses;
Paris gray is deep ash color, some.
times known as Paris in ashes;
rannpier, or wood pigeon, is mod
est dovc-like color, and a lovely
blush gray is not inaptly christened
printempts.
Instead of the old favorite cafe az
lait we now have cdcao az lait and
cacao snns lait, which promises to
be leading colors of the season.
Peculiar shades Of green, or rather
greenish shades of brown or gray,
have already received a prestige.
These also are known by distinct
names, but come in various tints.
There is olive green and olive
brown; sage green, lizard green,
alligator green, tea green and a
lovely green called resedo, or mign-
Onette.
These are for suits, and quite as
lovely, though lighter tints arc for
evening wear. Heretofore it has
only been possible to obtain these
more beautiful tints in any but the
highest-priced silks, but this season
they are reproduced in goods which
arc obtainable by those with even
moderately filled purses. The
American silks are shown in colors
as we'll AS black, and are durable
and we'll worth purchasing. Black
silks are as fashionable as ever,
those OF a blue-black shade with
subducd lustre being the favor
ties.
Foulards, both plain and twilled,
will be much worn, especially the
figured ones, intended for 'Dolly
Warden" costumes. Foulard s
have much improved in quality
since last year. New styles are
shown in japanese silks, and in the
various summer silks; the grisaille
is the favorite for street suits, but
lovely costumes for the house are
made of summer silk, with a white
ground and narrow stripes of blue,
green, rose, buff or black.
Closely allied to the French and
Irish poplins, which are as popular
as ever, is the "Siciliennc" cloth, a
mixed silk and wool fabric, which is
much in demand, to be used for
polonaises, and overdresses over
silk.
Other fashionable and favorite
materials are "nun's" serge, or
twilled mohair, an exceedingly dis
tingue material of dark gray color
a pure fabric, and Just the material
for stylish travelling suit; a great
variety Of plain mohairs and the
ever popular pongees, both the lat
ter in all the "cameo" tints and
lovely shades of gray, dark steel,
and brown. As for washing mater
ials, their name is legion. Lovely
cambrics, in "Doliy Vardon" de-
signs, percales, plain and Japanese
piquc, in colors as we'll as white;
cotton satine, batiste, organdie,
mousseline grenadine and linen
d'Inde, the thin white goods intend
ed for overdresses. After the dis
play at Madame Dcmorest's on the
lst inst, it would seem almost inn
possible that there could be any
thing new devised, in the polonaisc
at least, that ubiquitous garment
which is seen everywhere, in all
materials, and on every occasion.
The latest novelty is known as the
"Princesse Wattcau," a style which
is sure to be becoming to tall ladies
with well-dcvelopcd figures. This
has the Louis XVI. vest which is so
much admired in the "Tresa." An
other, the "Boulevard," has four
distinct puffs in the back and a
jaunty little basque front falling
over = short apron. Especially ap-
propriate for pique is tho "Althea,"
and for this goods the "Amina"
bears the palm. All polonaises this
season will be supplemented by
jaunty little capes, sometimes reach
ing only to the waist. Of these the
"Broadway" is the simplest. The
"Promenade" is quite dressy, and
this and the "Julie" can be quite
appropriately made in silk or cash
nero for use with variety of dres-
scs.
A jaunty position basque, of an
entirely new design, is aptly named
the "Donna," and is a formidable
rival to tho "Westcott" and "Mig-
non," both positions, but of differ
ent styles.
Tho "Myrene" and "Cynisea,"
both with draped aprons and grace
fully looped, are exponents Of the
newest styles Of overskirts.
Show us an intelligent family of
boys and girls, and we will show
you family where newspapers and
periodicals are plentiful. NOBODY