The Cecil Whig., 1874-05-09
THE FASHIONS.
LATEST SPRING NOVELTIES.

LATEST SPRING NOVELTIES.
GENTLEMEN's sTYLEs-NEw HATS COATS,
VESTS, sCARFs.
If it be true that a mans position is
defined by his hat, it may be we'll enough
to take look at the new hat of the pres
ent season. 1t is decidedly segment of
( stove-pipe, tall, straight, possessing neith-
er grace nor beauty. This is the silk dress
hat, with a crown seven inches deep,
/ Stanley brim, slightly curling, narrow
binding, and with the band much wider
| than that of the last season. The price is
50. The Stanley curled brim is seen also
in a business hat of a stiffened felt; the
| crowns are not so straight and are rather
more than five inches deep. This style of
hat will preserve its respectability to the
last and prevent suspicious suggestions in
regard to the owner. Rembrandt Som
brero, and all hats of picturesque nature
have had their day; the nearest approach
to the artistic, is very fine, thin, pocket
hat, soft as silk fiat brimmed, with
square crown four or five inches high;
sometimes two pretty little black tassels
hang from the back: price, S.. The opera
tulban is too useful to be given up, so it
appears again, with the rolled brim turned
up all around. 1t is said that we are not
always to be condemned to heavy black,
and that by and by new hat will be intro
duced of delicate felt in several shades of
wine color, French gray, and bronze
American tastes incline greatly to the
adoption of English styles, English fab
RIGS, and an English ensemble. Spring
overcoats are Of light gray, drab, or cafe
au lah cloth, single breasted, and with
collar to match, lined with silk of the same
color or farmers satin. Another style is a
sack almost as long as the Ulster, with
fly front. Velvet collars are no longer
seen.
The Prince Albert frock coat is made of
diagonal and dahlia cloth, double breasted;
also of exceedingly soft and fine twilled
satin-faced serge, and another fabric called
powder cloth, in which the plaids are woven
all of the color. The coats are longer,
particularly those for demi-toilette. Very
little heavy wadding is used, and in good
figure is altogether dispensed with. The
new materials are very handsome, of in
tense black, deepest blue, and almost an
invisible wine color. The collar is invaria-
bly, of the same; the sleeves are much full
ler with cuff, and the edges of all are
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full toilette suits of black. Business suits
are made up in the high cut, Newmarket
snaps, long skirt, pantaloons full at the
knee, and vests, as a matter of taste, eth
new fabric is twilled rough and hairy, as
frieze or the camels' hair used during the
Winter for ladies' wraps made up, are
called double breasted reefing sacks
Vests are mostly made to correspond with
the coats, double or single breasted, &C
cording to the coat. White vests are made
of duck, with three buttons, notch collar
buttoned back with single button; these
are both with and without collars. White
duck vests are varied by hair stripe of
black or dark blue, and notch collar. Pan
falcons are rather wider, of full English
fashion-that is, wider at the knee and
smaller at the foot; in light and dark cas-
simere, with the faintest semblance of
color in almost invisible plaids and basket
woven patterns.
Every imaginable caprice of masculine
fancy can be INDUCED in scarfs and neck
ties. The old established Windsor is still
very popular, because it can be worn in
sailor knot with a ring, or else give the
wearer an opportunity to display his artis
tic skill in the graceful tie of bow
These are simply twilled bias scarfs, worn
also by women. The newest are the Gal
bion," in two folded narrow scarfs; the
West End" crossed across the chest,
also very narrow; the Belgravian, wide
at the ends and gradually narrowing at the
middle; the Livingston ~ and Chester
field" narrow scarfs similar to the broad
"Monarch 8" of the Winter. These are
made up of reps, twilled, and gros grain
silk; the fashionable color is plum, with
figures in blue, deep blue with light blue
polka dots, japanese designs, rings, zig
zags, or blocks. Naturally, other colors
are also popular in all shades of gray,
brown, and herb, lichen, and tea green.
dainty style is made up in deep blue
silk, with lighter shade folded in on the
edges. For full dress, there are delicate,
very fine, and narrow ties of white lawn,
the two ends embroidered in leaf Of white
silk, with tiny bunch of grapes or single
flower. There are beautiful scarfs of crede
de chine in fantest tints of buff and creamy
white, cafe au lait, and in black. Young
ladies can contribute also bias pieces of
their new Summer silks, plaided or striped
for Summer ties, and also remnants of lace
striped, plain or striped grenadines. For
street wear, there are plain, fine white
lawn ties. Elderly men can wear lavender
ties at parties, and bows deftly made of
heavy black silk and Ottoman reps, called
the AVIAN"
The Tudor collar has depressed corners;
the Lord "Nelson :" is higher than the
Tudor, also depressed; the "Farragut ;" is
turn over. Then there are the plain turn
down American collars. One style of this
sort is of thin linen-the "Golden Gate"
The " Wallack cuff has cut off corners;
the new "Humboldt " is widely faring;
the "Eglinton," with round corners and
the well known reversible cuff, is still pop
ular. For full dress, shirts fronts are sim
ply plain, without tucks. There may be
an ornamentation in very delicate, grace
full, embroidered vine, or fine wreath,
surrounding each button Or stud-hole. The
bosoms are still cut shield shape, made
with perfect simplicity, and mostly with
three layers of linen. One plait is made,
Or if preferred, there are three wide plaits,
including the center one. Travelling and
hunting shirts are shown in fine white per-
Gale, with tiny hair stripes of color or
little dot, and other styles in dark gray
and chocolate grounds.
Haudk erchefs in white silk have colored