The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-23
New York Fashions.

Among topics most discussed at the
late opening was the rumored revival of
crinoline. 1t was said mt one house that
some of the most fashionable customers
had ordered hoop skirts, and large tour
nures were readily 1old every where.
Some of the most fashionable modistes
have no faith III the return of crinoline,
as all the newly imported dresses have
narrow skirts, and the Parisiennes at
present are wearing very moderate tour
nures. The preference here is for elab-
crate bouffant tournures that extend far
down, making the dress project sharply
out quite a distance behind, but so slend-
esly that nothing is added to the sides,
and leaving the clinging sheath-like front
of the dress unchanged.
Wide rich fringes with fanciful head
ings trim the basques and over skirts of
two-thirds of the French dresses i'm
ported this season. Lace-like crocheted
headings are on some, while others have
the broad latticed headings Of the fringes
usually seen on Canton Grape shawls
There are also braid fringes of silk or
wool in many new designs.
Worth refuses to abandon Jet trim
mings, and uses them on all his hand
soonest black silk dresses, over dresses,
and wraps. Pingat uses it very spar
ingly, preferring the popular Titan wool
braid for trimming the rich wraps for
which he is famous.
Among the most stylish over dresses
are tabliers and fischu-iackets made of
alternate stripes of Titan braid and
beaded yak lace. They are ornamented
with sash and bows of double-faced
satin ribbon, black on one side, and pale
blue, cream or scarlet on the other.
Batiste of pure sheer linen is now i'm
ported i'll pale rose, light blue, and navy
blue for suits, wrappers, and children's
dresses. 1t is trimmed with open Eng
hsh embroidery done in white on the
garment. The suits of this fine lawn
are charming for afternoon in summer.
Morning wrappers of pink or blue batiste
are Gabrielles, with basque backs, and
sometimes shirred waists. They have
insertion and edging in rows down front
and back, and a founce on the edge is
also embroidered.
Byron or sailor collars of the dress
material or of the silk used for trimming
are on many new dresses. Sometimes
there are two collars, one of the plaid
wool like the basque, the other of silk
like the sleeves. Other Byron collars
of silk are made of fine knife pleatings
laid around the neck, while still others
are rows of crimped pleating passing
downward, and alternately of silk and
wool.
Many plaid basques and over-skirts are
cut bias, and each plaid is made to meet
in every seam.
Cravat bows of silk like the dress or
its trimmings are made of two long loops,
two ends, and strap, all laid in the
finest knife pleatings. Other cravat
bows are merely the silk doubled plainly.
Three or four such bows trim the front
of basques.
The newest plaid suits are shades of
green or of blue. These are shown only
in very fine camel's-hair and in the Loui-
sine silk. The popular plaid suits are of
gray or beige brown shades. The gay
Madras plaids, with colors copied from
bandana handerchiefs, are as largely i'm
ported as were Dolly Warden goods two
years ago. They are in all fabrics, from
cheap ginghams up to fine twilled silks,
and promise to find favor at the watering.
places. At present they are too gay for
city streets.-Horpers' Bazaar.