The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-03-13
FASHIONABLE GLEANINGs.


- STOCKINGS. -
Fancy stockings, striped around in col
or with white, are being largely import
ed for ladies and children. Tinted
ground, with stripes of dark color. will
also be worn. -
~. FEOUNCES
The flOunces of silk skirts are to be
pitifully shirred or gathered at the top.
Kilt plating will continue in vogue, but
shirred flounces are lighter and do not
require much material.
SHOES.
Strapped shoes. it is said. will be ''the
thing,1 in the spring; made in satin TO
match the light tints of dress the straps
cut very narrow. and extending not on
ly over the instep, but on to the ankles
Some are finished with small pearl but
tons.
BUTTONS on DRESSES
Like many other things, buttons on
dresses are going out of fashion. Now
a-days the front of the waist is fastened
with hooks and eyes; and down the front,
instead of buttons, are placed row of
small bows made. of the same material
as the dress. The effect is quite pretty.
DRESS COATS.
1t is said that ladies will wear a sort
of feminine dress coat, basque with the
back prolonged in swallow tail shape,
very much like the full dress coat worn
by gentleman The first of these dis
played is double breasted, though fas-
tened by but one button, and spreading
away like a Newmarket coat. ..
FANS.
The new feathered fan appears to be
quite the rage. They are much smaller
in size than those used last summer, and
not half so awkward looking Those of
peacock feathers are the handsomesI, on
gilt or ivory sticks The old swans
down fans in use during the days of our
grandmOthers are also coming in fash
ion again.
SHAwLS.
Square OttOmeH repped sliawls. are
imported for spring in figured stripes of
dark tints, instead OF the light colOred
and white shawls formerly used. Black
and gold stripes are most popular; dark
stripes of gray, and white with golden
figures, are ..alsO shown. Pretty solid
eolored sbawls are shown of bright blue
or scarlet llama wool.
English jackets more closely fitted
than-those qf the winter. will BE- worn
jnsthe spring They are made of Otto
man, repped cloth or of trieOt of light
quality, and are slightly embroidered on
the reverS. cuffs, and on the laps Of the
back -many are now made single breast
ed with a rolling collar.
ENGLISH BASQUEs.
The English basque. cut long. square.
and shaped like "a tight-fitting English
Jacket, will be worn in wooden stuffs for
spring, accompanied by long closely
clingfng Overskirt..' draped very lightly
behind. This is worn over a French
round skirt of silk of the some color and
is sometimes called IL habit suit, from
its resemblance to- Il riding habit
LIGHT wOOLES GOODS.
Spring and summer materials for gen
eral.weaE are in plain solid cOiOrs. while
extreme novelties have stripes. to which
peculiar effects are given by weaving in
silk and clipping it at intervals, leaving
an edge like tiny tassels Plain light
wooden goods are woven in twiIls and di-
agonaI lines Of various sizes. and, are Of
those soft yielding textures that drape
gracefully.
HATS
. Charlotte Corday hats have taken the
place, Of the questionable ltabagas. The
former Is a very large affair, turning up
on one side and. down on the other.
They are trimmed in every Imaginable
manner. and with almost everything,
from bunch of roses to pound or two
Of miscellaneous feathers, mixed with a
dollars worth of cheap nick-nacks. II
Is an ''Opan question whether these
hats will remain in fashion among ladies
for any protr1cted period
BLACK GRENADISE.
Black grenadine Is invariably striped
and IL Is in these stripes that il i made
70 differ For instance. it has thick rep
ped silk stripes OF yariOur widths. or else
canvas stripes in very large open squares;
lace stripes Ike those worn hast year;
brOche stripes on satin ground, or polka
dots Of great size. also on satin ground.
Broad stripes. from an inch and a half
10 two inches in width. promise to be
most fashionable. From tine great quan-
tity Of grenadine ordered. it i presumed
that il win remain the standard summer
dress "
SILKS
japanese silks will be more fashion
able next summer than they have ever
been. we hear Some OF the new pat
terms are exceedingly pretty The chOic-
est quality Of spring silk il small round
fine reps, instead Of the heavier grains
that Do not wear well The preference
for smoother iur-faced silks i now 20
marked that merchants are confident
black tafTeta will soon replace all heavy
Ottoman reps and other gros grains. e.
pecially for useful summer silks that are
worn for shopping and tranelIing dresses.
SCIENTIFIC CREDCLfTY Fit is said that
the late Florentine asrroaOmer, DOnati,
believed that the earth i4being steadily
and surely attracted iutO.the sun; that
increasing solar proximity viii cause the
climate Of Europe 70 grow more and more
tropical every year until II becomes that
Of sahara: and that the Scriptural con
fagratiOn i 20 be accomplished in lesz
than century by the precipitation pi
our globe into the seething eauldron OF
Phebus.