River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-04-07
The Fashions.

SPRING BoNNETs. and white
chip bonnets, chip fronts with silk
crowns, and black net bonnets are the
fashionable choice for spring wear, and
will also comprise the summer selection.
The choice of shape depends on wheth-
er or not the coronet is becoming, as all
STYLES may be condensed into thosewith
coronets and those without. That the
coronet will not disappear this season
is certain from the fact that many of
the finest chip bonnets imported have
coronets, while it is also true that the
newest shapes have flat and scooped
fronts The latter, although finished
with frilled face trimming, are not de-
signed TO lie fatty on the smooth
tresses of hair in cottage fashion, but
are mounted upon crown braid in a
way that makes them as effective as the
stately cOronet bonnets. One entirely
new shape has the brim curved upward
and then dropping again, leaving a
groove IN which wreath or soft puffs
OF silk are placed. Black hats viii re-
tain all their popularity indeed, the
choice lies between black and white.
With trimmings of silk and flowers to
match the costume. Strings are seldom
seen, and this docs away with the last
distinguishing feature between bonnets
and round hats the same head-cover-
ing now serves for each, as it is a bon
not when Worn far back on the head,
aud hat when tilted farther forward.
The Dnectoire, the Rabagas reversed,
the gypsy, and the cap bonnets-called
unfortunately the Charlotte Corday,
Normandy and Alsacian--src the popu-
lar styles.
To trim these bonnets fashionably,
the coronet, if there be one. is partly
faced with silk, bias, about an inch
wide, with an edge of chip visible if
two shades of silk are used, the light
is on the face of the coronet, the dark
behind 1t a soft pleating of crepe hsse,
tulle or lace is then placed underneath
with q wreath or rose cluster upon it,
or else a scarf OF bias soft silk is twisted
around below it and tied behind in a
smart bow with very short ends. IL
there is no coronet, trim the inside as
just described, and put a pleating of
silk fringed on the edge, or of tulle, or
of beaded lace, sewed fatty on the front
of the bonnet black chip and tulle
bonnets have the edges bound with jet
galloon-a very pretty fancy To trim
the crown, put bias gros grain or else
gros d'Orient (soft twilled silk in ir-
regular folds around it, with loose puffs,
shells and capricious loops finished al
most abruptly behind without drapery,
and avoiding all set bows, strings, or
any fixed prim garniture. Mass the
flowers and feathers on the front and
around the left side to the back, leaving
the right extremely plain. Some rich
massive loops directly in front of the
crown, and single ostrich tip above
thom, give a bonnet an air of style that
more elaborate ornament often fails to
impart.
FRENCH COSTUMES.
PoLoNAIsEs. -Importations Of cos
tunes show polonaises in abundance,
of materials, such as gray and brown
camel hair, black cashmere. ecru
batiste, black guipure, white net en-
broidered with floss aud white Jet, and
also of silk, either black or white.
wrought all over with the new open
worked English embroidery. These
new polonaises are very long belted
garments of simple shape, with square
black drapery, and sometimes square
fronts, Medicis collars. coat sleeves,
are usually single breasted and are but
toned only half their length, or else
only q short distance below the belt.
whence they slope away to a point on
each side. Pockets sashes and buttons
are reduced from lastyear s extrayagant
proportions and are retained for use not
show
New SILVER GBAY COSTUME. One
of the charming silver gray costumes
imported for spring, is of cashmere and
silk combined the basque and apron
| are Of cashmere. the sleeves, skirt. and
drapery of silk OF a darker shade. The
skirt which has, alas demi-train, is
trimmed with single bias hounce,
gathered very full, and six inches deep.
The wrinkled apron front Of the cash
mere is piped with silk, and three silk
folds are set in the wrinkles the black
drapeTy silk sashes, with some cash
mere set in, and intricately arranged.
New EVENING DREssEs. The newest
evening dresses have shirred front
/
or sashes. TO illustrate one is of pink
faille of most delicate shade. The three
front breadths are shirred from belt to
toe in seven or eight fiat puffs gradual
ly widening toward the bottom, aud are
without hounces; edging the side of
these is "a wide labor of point duchess
lace, with blush-roses set in the shells
of lace; behind are seven straight
tlounccs coyeringthe breadths from the
belt 10 the edge. The low waist with
basque back and pointed front has the
front covered with shirred piece done
most exquisitely; the bertha is of up
turned folds Of faille and white lisse,
with lace fall, and corsage cluster Of
roses. 4 dress in purest French taste
is of white silk. with the skirt covered
with alternate n0unces of Nalenciennes
lace and of silk cut in notched leaf-like
points; the garmtureis Of Marguerites.
-Hapcr's Bdsar.