The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-03
SPRING FAsH HONS.
OF 4 MAN-MILLIEER-
WHAT THE LADI EsfARE EXPECTED TO-
{ WEAR THIS spRIsa-EEW STYLES AND
FIXTURE s-cENTENN1AL GOODS IN
GREAT DEMAND. IS.

GREAT DEMAND.
The mathematicians having determined, |
after much debate, that Easter will come this |
year as usual the ladies' have been set to |
thinking that II will be entirely proper for |
them to honor the season ss heretofore by |
appearing in new dresses of the latest styles. |
On account of the stringeucy Of the times
and the indisp6sition OF fathers and brothers
and other msle protectors to reduce |
their own expenses, the gentler sex
find themselves face to face with
the awful necessity OF being. economical |
They will not "shop any the less on that |
account; on the contrary, will haYe to look |
around With more vigilance than ever-and |
to aid them in their undertaking, the follow
ing observatiors, gathered from variety Of
sources, is offered. Ifany Of them are found
cut bias it will not be on account Of careless
handling Of the scissors, but rather from in
ability to follow the pattern ::
All the new dresses are cut either princesse
shape or with cuirasse basque, which fits
smoothly over the form. With the drapery
there is the least possfhle amount of looping
and touruure. These are the styles OF the
very best Paris and New York artists.
From London and Berlin, on the contrary,
enterprsing Richmond modistes are in
formed, come skirts very full and puffed at
the back, ugly basques, and dresses cut up
into so many aud such utterly absurd partsa
to spoil the fabric as we'll as the appearance
of the wearer. .
MARTHA wAsHIEGToN CAPS.
The new Martha Washington caps for la
dies morning wear are composed Of length
wise strips of lace, or lace and needle.Work
insertion. alternating with muslin pufiogs,
or placed on muslin crown. They are
edged with asfuely- -crimped or plated bor-
der, and oruamented with a clustered bow of
black velvet or pale pink or blue ribbon.
All the faintest tints are used in millinery,
sometimes contrssted with poppy red, pink,
brown or blue, but more often preserving
au exquisite harmony by blending them like
the faint shades in the interior of q sea.shel.
A very charming combination is that OF
| ivory and pale pink-it looks like straw berry
and vanilla cream. q!
DRESSING HATS AND BoNNBTs.
Two very large streamers Of ribbon pen
dent behind remain popular on the dressy
| bonnets of young ladies.
For dress.hats the most dressy-lookipg
have nearly all the accessories in the prevail.
| ing cream color, thus giving a light hat that
| looks almost white. Sometimes cluster of
| dark -colored flowers adds character to the
pale cbapeau; thus q cream.colored chip,
with cream silk, cream lace, and cream. CO.
lored ostrich plume. will have single bunch
of dark damask roSebuds nearly blown, or
else a cluster of dark green leaves, or per.
haps the old faVorite bunch of scarlet pop.
| pies.
| sPRING BoNNETs. G5zs
The bonnets are all worn quite far back on
the head, and have an ample trimming. The
trimmings are folds; large, careless knots, and
bows made of soft bias silk. This bias silk
surrounds the crown In easy folds-not
twisted nor In set pleats-but as carelessly as
| If placed there burriedly, or else it trims
oniy the top, left side, and back, while flowers
or q demi-loug ostrich plume curl over the
right side. It is more sty lsh to have no silk
pendent loops behind, but to have drapery
| of cream-colored lace or else flowers.
| KID GLOVES.
Spring importations Of kid gloves tseen by
a Richmond merchant in New York; repre-
sent extreme shades of color, showing very
light tints for dressy wear, and the darkest
shades for general occasions. Brown is the
| foundation of the largest part OF the impor-
tatiops, beginning with seal brown-now
shown for the first time in kid gloves
through the yellowish centennial brown up
TO ecru and cream shades. Among the stylish
colors for dark gloves that will be chosen to
match the darkest hue of costumes are the
ink shades, some of which have blue cast,
| others are purple, and others are iron gray.
| These are even darker than the Invisible
| shades of last season. Nut shades are also
seen in variety, and are labelled walnut, chest
nut, fitbert, dc.
CENTENNIAL GLOVES.
Lace mittens are patriotically called Cen.
tennial gloves, and are imported In black,
cream; color, and gray. The handsomest
1 black lace mitts have thumbs, but no fingers,
and are three quarters long, with three frills
1 of lace on the arm. The light-gray and ecru
mitis are declared to be historically cor.
rect. - as they are copied from old.fashioned
models worn hundred years ago.
i pGRAsoLs. u
4 New parssols have quaint-looking pointed
i tops. and are called steeple.tops, pagodas, or
i canopy. tops. The parasol for general use is
/ of black twilled silk or Of gros-grain lined
with white or with black, plnked 10 deep
scallops around the edge, and ruined Wlth
Iblaek thread.laee. The handles are plain,
Il smooth sticks of ebony, mounted or lnao
with silver, tortiose-shell inlaid with pearl, or
else yellow ivory worked with gold or with
silver.
For ladies in mourning are black parasols
bordered or else covered entirely with Eng.
/ lsh grape. The sticks are of unpolished
ebony. For midsummer use are light-colored
popgee parasels-white, gray, or BUD, with
colored liniugs, steeple tops, pinked edges,
and bamboo sticks. There are also parasols
of ecru batiste in plaids or checks, lined
/ with brown silk and trimmed with border
I of English open embroidery. The richest
cream-colored psrasols will be of brocaded
/ silk edged with cashmere lace. Lace para
soils are little used now.
1 NEcKT1Es AND BOWS.
Cream color Is the faYorite shade for neck.
ties and crayat bows. and appears in crepe
Iljsse, in batiste, Brussels net, and cashmere
j lace. For misses and quite young girls are
! initiated ties Of white muslin, finished on the
edges with needle-work scallops and orDa-
1 mented with the initial of the young
Il demoiselle's name neatly wrought.
Irish point and arabesque laces are strong,
serviceabie, and snowy, and are being much
used for trimmings both Of underclothing
and of outside dresses.
i Linen collars are OF the English shape,
made so high that ladies who follow this
| fashion in the extreme cannot turn their
heads without their bodies also.
New plaids, checks and bias gineham
plaids are stamped on the hens of handker-
chiefs used for general wear.
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