The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-04-03
Spring Fashions.
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become 30 merged into q hat that only
the strings mark the difference, and the
newest arrivals from abroad are utterly
devoid of strings. There are very many
styles, but these will finally be reduced
to three shapes. The Charlotte Cor
day, with soft plated crown and brim
gently bent downward, is new and will
be popular the Rsbagas has returned,
and so has the Directoire, reminding
one of the stately minuet. The chip
bonnets of pure white and creamy white
are trimmed with the most delicate and
dainty colors in lovely shades of laven-
der and maize, all tints of silvery grays
and greens as well as in rather brighter
colors of rose-pink and ciel blue and
French bonnets present quaint look
trimmed with the dark shades of ma
hogany brown, wine colors, and brown
ish salmon. Trailing sprays are not so
fashionable as gracefully arranged bou-
quets and pompous of hyacinths, lilies,
or any flowers that grows upon long
stems. Stiff loops, upright bows, and
the large Alsatian bow of last season
make up the trimming.
Black alpacas and mohairs are more
fashionable than ever-not the rusty,
per shable alpaca, scarcely lasting a
season, but the beaver brand mohairs
and the handsome Jet black otter brand
alpaca.
The new, inexpensive shawls import
ed this spring are in rather darker col
ors, and come in strips, through which
run figures. There are pretty square
Ottoman red shawls, their predominant
colors simply gray and white, with
bright golden stripes. Other styles have
a plain surface of scarlet, blue, Grim
son and maroon llama wool, resembling
camel's hair.
English jackets for spring will be
worn closely fitting to the shape. Ex-
IRENE simplicity is observed in style and
ornamentation. The best models have
the rolling collar and are double
breasted. There is also the shield shape,
this being arranged through the man
ner of buttoning. The masculine swal-
low-tsil dress coat is made up into
basques ; this has a plated position
back. The Medici sacque needs an
elaborate description, as in style and
finish it outranks all others. Then there
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and the pretty demi-polonaise intro
duced in the winter-a single long
breadth on each side and basque back,
the breadths caught together by a
broad sash, long vest disclosed in
front. Nor is our long-tried, useful
friend, the polonaise, discarded; we
find these made up in light French
cloth of black, brown, deep blue, and
olive green. But so convenient is the
polonaise that it will be extensively
made up in percales, cambrics, calicoes,
and even diaphanous fabrics of muslin
and linen cambrics, lawns and Swiss
muslins. Besides this, basques and
double and triple overskirts come in
boxes elegantly embroidered.
Trimmings will be extravagantly used,
unlimited i'll quantity, and, as far as jet
is concerned, indiscriminately placed on
all garments in this fashion are bead
ed passementeries, beaded French and
Spanish laces, mohair and silk galloons,
gimps, agrafes, fringes, plastroAs,
scarfs aud walls.
Buttons may be classed among trim
mings, as from the enormous quantity
to be used, many styles are made mere
ly for ornament. They are in acorn
shape, barrel and ball button, in drop,
as an elongated dew-drop, and in opal,
cut steel, smoke and white pearl, bur-
nished blue steel and silver in all shapes
and styles but Jet predominates over
all. Very beautiful sashes for young
ladies are made of damask gauze, the
ends are embroidered with large, bril-
liant bouquets, and there other sashes
of broad, thick ribbon, also EN- broid-
cred at the ends, and finished with a
deep, knotted fringe.
The first harbingers of spring brings
to us the news of spring colors. To be
assured that there are really 1000
shades in gloves is rather startling, but
there are quite as many shades to be
matched In dresses, particularly in the
favorite colors of gray and brown Of
gloves, there are over 90 shades in each.
The price arc for single buttoned gloves
81. IS: for two-buttoned, 81, and 81. 80
for hree-buttoned. Castor gloves for
ladies are especially recommended for
many uses, but particularly where moist
hands render wearing fine kid gloves
impossible. They vary in price from
81. IS to 81. Black net mitts and gloves
are resuscitated from long oblivion !;
they are of various lengths, made precise
ly like the regular glove, again with
half-tingers, and the old-time mitts.