The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-14

the same color, frightened with a.
bar Of white, which marks them from
the charlctcrless plaid worn last fall,
French suits of modest cost are vi
plaids, the balck and white shepherds
check being the freshest favorite,
overskirt and sleeves of striped stuff
or silk-a fancy which will hardly be
as popular here as the contrast be-
tween plaid and plain surfaces. The
improvement in cotton fabrics in the
last five years is admirable; the soft
percales and cambrics having next to
The beauty Of silk ia finish and all its
delight la color. BY constant, care
full research, manufacturers are able
20 fix delicate dyes on cotton, and the
mauve, primrose, apple-green, rose
pink, and sky-biue, OF percales are as
charming as the same shades IN
c~osiIier fabrics, to which they have
been confined. These cotton goods
will be largely worn outside OF cities
where more pretentious dress is call
ed for, and the Oxford c~heviots, IN
blue-gray with a thread of pink, or
carnation in the stripe, will be worn
on the promenade as freely as they
are in Passy and Neuilly, suburbs Of
the centre Of fashion, or at the water
ing-places abroad. For a charming
caprice, now that lace is the ~favorite
trimming for everything, the fine
blue. yioelt, and slate-gray percales
are figured as if a dotted net were
laid over the surface, and the border
is printed in Meehlin or thread-lace
designs q finger wide. To suit the
fashion of English embroidery, with
which linens and grenadines were
covered last year, other percales are
figured to initiate he openwork
wheels. daisies and sprigs with bor-
der like rich embroidery. But taste
must choose that where borders are
used at all they shall be on solid
color.
Linens Of manila color, ike the
paper Of that name, will DE worn TO
az unlimited extent, for the new m
~portations have soft, luslrous text
ure as if mixed with silk, aud are
beautifully varied with woven lace
stripes in white or self color, bright
ened with sky-blue or brilliant GRIM
son threads. Linen ~grenadiaej and
AIyerian cloth have the beauty of
silk, and promise to wear as well
Damask, quilted, and plaid grena-
dimes will supersede plain ones to
some extent, though the latter must
always keep the good opinion OF wo-
men of taste.
But the b%janets, the bats rather,
are so light, so summary, so elegant
they rejoice the eye. Pale chip, soft
and crushy, OF the fashionable ma
nilla. cream. or silver-gray shades,
take the place of straw and silk, with
brims wide enough to shade the sight,
gracefully looped or turned up with
clusters Of flowers, among which ap-
near knots of soft twilled satin silk.
The taste is to trim with a few folds
of bright violet, blue, or carnation
velvet, mixed with loops and twists
of this white gros d'Orient, as the
satiny silk is called Around the
brim cluster loose petaled white roses,
with a tiDge of pink, rich violet gar
lands, and all the wealth Of June
blossoming. Our spring is here
apace.
BUSINESS
Is still reviving; that is to say, it is
getting better aud better every day.
The hotels arc crowded and packed,
aud the merchants are selling large
and satisfactory bills. 1t seems as
though the worst ives over, and that
from this time business will be good,
and thus We shall see something Of
the old-time prosperity. There is no