The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-12

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sash and bow of silk tied above this piea'iny.
| 4 shirrcd putting hike that on the skirt COW
cred the Junction Of serge and silk on The
basque. and bows of the check-silk were at
| throat and belt. Turnover collar OF check
silk. within which pleating of crepe hsSe
was worn. The price of this dress was one
hundred and tbirty-tive dollars made at
home il would cost less than half. Though
| troublesome it is not difficult 10 make, and
| would be beautiful in muslin and grenadinc.
! The new grenadines are plaided and
striped like everything else. Those Open
mcshed, with velvet bars and stripes, are to
! lie exceedingly popular for oyer.dres>eS, and
| for suits with plain grenadine.
Hamburg net for ovcr-dresses bids fair to
| be much worn during the coming summer.
| II is 3 sort of guipure grcuadise, wrought in
| Hamburg patterns so closely that the fabric
| itself is not seen. and comes IN white, in black,
and in gray. TIE usual style OF making up
is in sleeveless cuiraSS, with apron overskirt.
Lace to N itch is imported for trimming.
BoSSETs
are larger than last year, but are worn too
| far back on the bead to shade the face. The
| shape most fashionable is merely large hat
| with upiurned brim. upon which flowers
are piled with a laviShness which mikes the
price of French bonnet forty dollars.
The English round hat is very popular. All
have dropping streamprs behind, but there
are no strings and few feathers. Bonnet
scarfs in The new scft silk, brocaded in da-
mask figures, are the newest thing for trim
ming. They are folded around the hat
| while roulea4 Of flowers rests on the hair
in front, under the upturued brim.
Red is exceedingly popular in flowers, and
gilt and jet are sparinglv used as ornaments.
The favorite shade is the soft cream color !;
in scarfs and in roses it appears again and
again in shop-windows and on the bonnets
worn on the promenadcS.
cHlLDREN's FASHIONS.
The prorerbial extravaganza OF New
Workers in dress appears nowhere more than
upon the children. White is the uniform for
very young children, but even mere toddlers
wear the fashionable browns and grays.
Boys not yet in trowsers wear kits and
jackets, oYer-ve>t or skirt, according to the
weather. These kills are yery'full, and each
pcat should be run together at the edge of
the underiod to hold it in place.
Boys over four wear Tor spring overcoats
long double breasted sacqueS of gray or
brown cloth, trimmed with q binding of
wide silk galloonS. The fashionable hat is a
miuiature copy Of the silk hat of their
papaS.
In the dress Of the girls there is more
variety. A pretty suit for little miss from
four to eight years old j. OF soft gray pllid
woolen with Il dash of blue. The skirt is
trimmed with two knfe-pleatings bound
with blue silk and stitched on so as TO form
their own heading. For The younger child
the dress has no oycr>kirt if for the older,
the dainty little apron is trimmed with a
similar peating. The body is French
wais, laid in EleatS, with c0lt-Sloevcs, and
| pclting put on in the form Of square yoke,
| back anutront. For outdoor wear the suit
| has !; ha;-Iony Sacque bordcred by band
OF blue silk.
A similar baud extends up each side OF the
| front, which is closely buttoued by blue silk
or smoked pearl buttons. On each hip and
on the left breast is q little pocket. The
| sacque is slashed in the back, displaying the
blue sash worn with the dress. Collar Of
blue silk. Even very small girls wear cute
| little blsques, miniature editions Of their
mammas. Low.necked Gabrielle over
dresses OF muslin, trimmed with lace and
| embroidery, will be popular for girls Of all
ages.
The present head-gear is the Normandy
bonnet. but rouad hats Of Leghorn and EDg-
liSh straw like those worn last summer will
be tue prevailing style when the weather is
warmer.
The French yoke dress is the pattern most
| used for cambrcs, colorcd and white the
| trimming varies with the purse and skill Of
| the mother.
| \ white pique, shown at the opening al.
| ready spoken of, and intended for child OF
| tive years, was trimmed on the lower skirt
! by two flued ilounces Of Hamburg embroid-
| cry. headed by bands OF inserting to match.
Plain round oycr>krt. edged by like
founcc, and loopcd on each side. The waist
bad Il basque back, and 4 square yoke form
ed OF Hamburg iuSertng, edged 10y a deep
tiu,cd rGtlle ':latchng the 1lDunccs.
Qlite Il iaucy Tor trimming chillren's
clothes is with baUds Of perpendicular Gn-
stead Of horjzontaD pufliHgS and inserting.
! The iavorite n"ck-Near for these small
ladies is Il Triple rut11r. one above the other,
of lace and muslin. forming wide turned
down collar. which has almost superseded
the lace bib.
For grown ladies neck.ties of sheer white
muslin or tulIc, with ends OF lace, are almost
UNIVERSAL, and are worn on al occasions.
SAW the buyer for one Of your leading dry
| goods firms recently investing in these; so
| suppose the fashion, if not already popular
in Richmond, Will soon be 50. They are
tied above the collar. and are exceedingly
becoming to most faces. The humor Of the
moment is to envelopes woman 10 her chin in
lace aud musin-a humor which, let lis
hope, will subside before summer, that we
may not all be martyrs to Fashion.
| HAIR DRESSING.
FrzzeS are declining, and the hair is SIM
plv waved in front and worn in Grecian
couture. with braided knot behind. Ladies
from Paris wear the Catogan loop, so popu.
lar last season. '.
Girls of from twelve to sixteen years old
wear the hair loosely waved all over the
head, back as we'll rs front, tied at the nape
of the neck by a ribbon, and left flowing
either in three or four thick curls, or else in
| two braids.
| Children of all ages have the front tresSes
Just above the forehead tightly lrizzed, or
else cut square!y across in straight fringe
banged" rs the New York girls call it.
| SADIE RICHMoSD.
| TRYING TUE PREsIDEsT's WHIsKEY.-Tte
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