The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-05-06
Fashions for the Month Of May.

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Y Jqekets and aprons Of netted silk
likdahEfiEA heading Of fringes on
0hin1 crepe shawls, are much worn
A&hg- the protest novelties are
sIeaSa ss jackets, Of black silk, GOV.
lkapen English embroidery
HAT makes them look like lace.
The dress Of the period has per
feet network of tapes underneath
! and if one be pulled too hard, or an.
other be not pulled enough, dire con.
fusion is the result.
Checks, blasks, and crossbars, OF
black and white, Or Of color on
~ Whit. will be used in conjunction
with solid colored silks. -, i
Worth uses much grenadine fol
t33tripming silks, and also quantities
Of knife blade plaitings. Sometimes
a single jet is set on each of these
j aas alaait 81 .Blask AND white tageth:
er will be more worn than ever
before.
'NPql4naises of black and white
blocks will be worn over black silk
skirts, with perhaps a relief of Grim
son for sash and facings.
| Violet cr0ssbars on white twilled
hb Wilhelm especial favor for'shnl-
|,mper costumes. The necks, Of waists
are finished with a collar .af the ma
terjal, laid fatty in the front and far
Ing high and wide behind or gelse
with the back held in full box plaits.
! 'psE gray updressed linen suits
will be worn again in the summer,
I also the deep Napolean blue linens.
Piping Of blue linen is the PROTEST
Trimming for gray linens; black trim
.Zmipg is too severe a contrast with
gray; buff linen looks common"
f'when piped with bile, but is pretty
with brown edges; blue linen looks
best piped with ,Nhitc; gray linen
also looks well with brown pipings.
and With shaded bone buttons. The
sensible and stylish design for these
rs t very simple polonaise and short
! walking skirt. ANY Of the patterns
1of long, loose belted polcnaises given
last summer can be ussd again,
though the preference is given to
those with the French back and sin
! gle breasted front, buttoned only "a
short distance below the. waist; a
! plaited ruff finishes the neck, and
there are no pockets. The ruff shows
Ian innerIining Of blue, and the me,'-
81, piping: fold appears below The IA
cling all around the garment; the
button moulds covered with blue lin
en-, are no longer fiat and large, but
ARE thick bullying outward in the
middle, and the size of a dime.
There arc no darts in front'of the
po}onaise bat the long half seam be-
fore dcseribed; the fullacss is drawn
far back by the simple Grmpery,
EEylaeh is formed by two loops set low
jsl!lhwn ION the side scam, aud passed
over the buttons that detiue Til waist;
sshesa~st'le garment is to lie washed.
these aio'linbuttonud,H and the skirt
IS, pcift"ly straight, ,apl therefore
easily. ironed.' The front breadth Of
Tile Walking. skirt is trimmed With
FIVE lengthwise bias bands piped with
blue, and reaching from belt to foot.
A deep spanish Ihounce of three
straight, bEeadths Of linen begins at
the first side seams, and trims all the
breadths but the first. Three bias,
folds trim this hounce, and extend
mp the front part Of it beside the
lengthwise- taplier bands.
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- Our latest dates from New
Qlaans, continues to bring sad in
telligence from the overtiowed dis
triSts. The Distributing Commit !!
tee, which holds it's sessions daily in
New Orleans, issues forty thousand
,rations a day and dispatch them to
the various agencies in the Parishes. I
Besides the liberal donations of the
u. S. Government over 100000 ins
money donations have been received,
which tends much to alleviate the
actual osutferingsg of our sorely dis
tressed people. II
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% 80 Whilst the. shouts ofthe glo- !
rious Democratic victory in Connec-
ticut, are still ringing through the
lana, the immense Democratic gains !
at the Spring election i'll New York
have been much'overlooked. ) outof
% in that State, the Demo j
cssats' hive now 80; while in 1872 they
cirried hnt 10. They have now \