The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-23
Notes on the Fashions.

American percales compete with the
French goods in fneness, color, and
finish, and are much cheaper.
A stylish fashion is to slash the back
of basques at intervals and fill in the
slashes with fan plaitings.
Several small bells or spangles are
worn attached to the fangles portes-
bonheurs worn around the wrists.
Celluloid coral is growing in favor.
It initiates the real to perfection, aud
sells for less than one-sixth the money.
Pretty gift rings are golden serpents
with eyes of diamonds, opals, rubies,
emeraids, or some other fine stones.
The pretty capotes or cup bonnets this
spring are furnished with strings; which
may be of either lace OF ribbon.
Parasols for mourning are made of
black silk, lined with thinner silk, and
edged with side plating of black
Grape.
The newest lace neckties are small
scarfs of large meshed cashmere net,
edged with deep border of cashmere
lace.
For girls from four to eleven, kilt
plated skirts, very short, with the sailor
blouse waists or waistcoat and jacket,
are shown.
The brocades of this season are in
small leaf and vine patterns, showing
two shades of one color, or harmonizing
color.
Ties are seen among the latest impor-
tations of brocaded silk, with punches
of flowers embroidered artistically in
the ends.
Cream colored Spanish lace, precisely
like the black Spanish that has been so
fashionable, is seen among the new laces.
Stripes shaded in cameo designs,
tone upon tone, from an inch to an inch
aud half wide, are seen among the new
fabrics.
Silk or thread stockings, to be fash
ionable, must be dark brown, purple, or
blue, profusely embroidered in gay
colors.
White skirts intended to be worn un-
der evening dresses are made of French
cambria, with ruffles edged with white
yak lace.
The square mesh black cashmere lace
shown for mourning scarfs is very pretty
and rare. The round mesh is more
easily found.
White silk handkerchiefs, with deli
cate colored borders, have entirely taken
the place of linen ones among the fash
| ionables.
The fashion of vailing silk dresses
with laces, cream or black, grows in
favor. The sack and point are the
pieces used for the purpose.
Some beautiful broeades for evening
wear are shown-blue and silver, or lose
color and gold, or green and gold, OF
cream and gold or silver.
The fashionable lace sack is short in
the back and long in the front The
sleeves are not coat-shaped. The bot
tom of the sack is cut into slashes.
Turquois blue India cashmere is the
color and fabric in vogue for elegant
robes de cham6re. They are trimmed
with cream colored Valenciennes lace.
The earrings most sought for arc
made with the hooks set quite low dowl
on drops, so that when they are in the
ears the hooks are not seen.
Crocheted shawls of Iceland wool fo
head wraps for evening wear are some
thing quite new and pretty. Iceland
wool is exquisitely fine and ieecy.
Buy laces in preference to fringes TO
dress trimmings; the fringes are sool
out of fashion, the laces never are, bu
will answer for trimmings for years.
Lace strings are used for ladies' bon
nets, ribbon ones for misses or youn
: girls. Both ribbon and lace strings ar
seen in the capote bonnets of olde
women.
Basques are still made as cuirasses
with sleeves matching the skirt and cor
trasting with the bodice. The coa
sleeves are frequently made of two ms
terials.
: White muslins, figured with delicat
vines, flowers, and leaves of brigl
colors, will be much in favor for enti1
suits over silk skirts, the color of th
flowers. The side pocket and ribbo
bows should match the silk.