The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-30
HINTS ABeuT TIE FAsH1oNs.
New Goods in Our Dry Goods Stores
Novelties and Nosions.

Novelties and Notions
AT the beginning Of season only pro-
| phet of the daughter OF prophet can tell de.
hnitely what will be worn.
Numerous different styles appear, some
OF which become the rage, while others die
almost in their birth, and in Richmond as
elsewhefe few daring spirits lead the way,
While the rest meekly follow in their foot
steps; so that upon the taste aud fancy of
THESE leaders iu society who "set the fash
lonm : the prevailing styles depend.
this spring the assortment from which to
cuoUse ls unusually pretty as we'll as unu-
suaily iafge, and she must indeed be capri
cious who can find nothing to please her in
the stock OF inviting goods which our mer
chants oner their customers. =
In a tour through our dry goods stores
one isstruck with the preponderance ofgrays
| among the nner dress goods. There are eve!
ning SILKS, It Is true, Of more positive hues-,
delicate blues, soft pinks and greens with the
sheen of the sea, black which il alwors a
staple commodity, and browns of all shades
but to each one of these there are half
dozen in gray, and Demorest enumerates
seventy shades thereof-from the darkest
slate to the grayish white color of the sky
on snowy day; we forget the technical
term for this last.
| NEW DRESS GOODS. ....,..-. -.
| Aeldnoes.-Silk warp, to take the place of
summer poplins, come in soft. sheeny grays
and lustrous browns. They make beautiful
walking suits, and are suitable also for hand
some travelling dresses. Grandretlsand Ma
rengas--.the latter resembling de bege as the
| finest delaines resemble the coarser-are two
more of the new light worsteds which are
shown for spring and early summer.
The standard serges, fouiards, and pongees
come in great variety! and in all the fashion
able shades, but in these, as in everything
else, the grays predominant. &G
There are diagonal serges, plain and
striped-the finer qualities largely mixed
with silk -chdlHs, mohairs, and alpacas in
the new shades, and an endless variety OF
mixed wool and cotton goods, cheap and
pretty but these last, like most cheap things,
cannot be recommended to wear well.
Pique is still standard article In the mar.
ket, but is used only for children and young
| ladies. The plain corded pique is coming
back into favor. a new style is shown with
lace stripes-anoJher still with these latter
alternating with figured instead Of the cord.
ed stripes. ''
Linen suits come in sets, with handsome
Hamburg embroidery on polonaise and
flounces. A plate showing the design for
making up accompanies each suit, and the
box contains everything required, except
thread and buttons. They are expensive, but
are also exceedingly stylish and wear we'll.
Less costly suits are tamboured instead of
embroidered, and pdlonaises come also to be
worn over dark skirts. These will be much
used at watering places next summer.
japanese silks still retain their popularity.
They are chene, seeded, plain, and polka
dotted. In these last the dot IS frequently
of darker shade than the ground, and this
| same shade Is used for trimming in plain
silk. 49,.
Polka dots are furore this season. They
are on goods of all kinds, and the en-
broidered Swiss muslihs, which are steadily
| working their way into favor, are often al
most covered with them. -.
Suits in two shades are worn almost to the
exclusion of everything else. Usually these
two shades are of the same color, decided
contrast being considered suitable only for
evening dresses. These two shades are,
however, always sufficiently removed to
produce contrast in themselyes-one being
dark, the other very light. ..... .'.
A lovely suit, just finished by one Of our
leading dressmakers, is of peacock blue,
trimmed with a'Shade of the same so light as
to be nearer gray than blue. The lower
skirt has two deep founces-the upper one
cut into large yandykes and arranged in
triple box. plat at the narrowest point of
each indentation. The vandykes are fin
isbed by double French fold, the inner fold
being Of tie lighter silk.
The tablier is formed of upturned folds,
and the overskirt, vandyked with French
fold of The same style as that on the large
yandykes of the flounce, Is sewed in at the
side seams of the narrow front cores. A
spiral of the dress material, faced with the
| trimming silk, is arranged from the belt to
the flounce below, showing alternate folds OF
either shade. .z. =. .la.
The basque is ornamented by bias band
lpiped with the trimming shade, and the
Sleeve, at once pretty and unique, has pun
of the trimming set in at the arm-hole and
another extending down the outer seam,
| with straps of the darker blue diyidlng IT
at regular intervals. a triple cuff at the
hand and pleated ruff, with reuers and self.
fringed bow in front, complete the TRIM
miinig of the suit. '7~.l.s] "-'' ~
The prettiest black alpaca we have seen
this season, was shown us at the same estaD'
liShment. q '.ssl alogir :, aa ,r." #-
The quaint polonaise was merely q deep
pointed basque with the side forms extended
| into long square tabs falling on the lower
skirt and. forming that Of the polo
naise. These were trimmed up the
| sides and across the bottom with xii,
| pleating stitched on each edge. The
| lower skirt had deep killing in front, wide
fiouuces at the back, and a gored reuers held
buck by buttons and simulated button-holes
extended from belt to toe, Pulled sleeves
and boX-plaited ruff. :: :: :e.ss-s; -,s.
BAsQUEs; AND ovERsKIRTs -
kare used almost entirely for handsome dress
es. Said high local fashion authority to u:
the other day The Richmond ladies ,csL
wear oyerskirts. They Know they are be-
coming, and they WON'T give them up"
Many are set in at the sides after the man.
ner above described, and reoers on the front
side cores are decided fashion,. Suits made
| in New York and Baltimore have these
recers eIaborately trimmed with upturned
folds or narrow 1ounces, but our Richmond
dress makers prefer them merely buttoned
back. A new basque has the point at the
back arranged In single box pleat, suggest.
ing f1attened cornucopia awith the open end
| down. -s-' .-.-'. ''i -.
| A gray silk from the establishment of a
dressmaker Justly celebrated for the etfec-
tiyeness of her costumes, and her skill in
ada apting them to the individuality OF the
| wearer, is in two shades Lone ashes Of roses,
the other much lighter in tint. The lower
skirt has narrow .founces in front and two
wide shirred ones on the back breadtbs.
The shirred founces are headed by stand
;, rra3o and at f0fs and bottom q fiat