The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-14
THE COMING STYLES.

what Will be Worn. this Spring and
| Summer-A Glance at the stocks OF
| the Wholesale Deafers-Interesting
| Information for the Ladies.
Though this Is the month OF February,
and st. Valentines day, the mIldness or The
weather aud the conviction that "the back.
bone of winter is broken" induces people to
think of spring and summer. In an accem-
moda,ing spirit, knowing that the ladies are
tired of winter dresses, and will appreciate
our efforts, we present some Information In
regard to the coming styles.
| The earliest hints Of spring styles lor
dresses found in French fashion.plates point
toward long Juive overdresses, habits, and
Marguerite polonaises. One model ID plain
black velvet dress, of which only the sleeves,
sides, and the edge Of the skirt are visible,
as the remainder Is covered with Juive
oyerdress of dsmask. figured foulard OF
delicate shade, edged with braid, and worn
with rnoyen. age girdle low around tne
hips: this girdle is of golden links, through
which black velvet ribbon Is passed. An.
other costume has a myrtle green velvet
skirt, almost concealed by Marguerite Pc.
lisse of lighter green Sicilienne, edged with
braid and fringe.
| LOVELY BoNNETs.
1 Wholesale milIiners are advised from Paris
that coarse straws and chip braids will be
used for summer bonnets in the ivory and
cream tints. These tints will also prevail in
the silks, laces, and flowers used for garni.
ture. It Is limited that bonnets are not TO
increase in size, as they have been gradually
doing season By season for few years past,
but are to be of sensible, reasonable shapes,
that will of necessity be worn on the top OIL
the head-nether behind 1t nor over the
forehead. 1t is anticipated that the capote
tied under the chin will be sent out from
Paris, but this Is a warm bonnet, and will
scarcely find its way into popularity before
next winter. The cashmere laces are the
burden of milliners' importations. Tulle
bonnets are aboutto be revived In the cream
shades used for dresses, and will be trimmed
with black or darkly-tinted velvet and
flowers.
CHARMING SUITS.
For handsome suits for the early spring
the choicest materials are the damask Woollens
of single color, with damask figures
wrought by the jacquard loom, as rich and
Iheayy-looking as the brocaded lampass used
habits, Bolonaises, and other oyerdresses
with skirts of silk or velvet. The best colors
are cream, faded.looking pale blue, darker
gray.blue, French gray. and the rich dark
blue that china collectors know and like to
call "old blue" Cream.colored damask is
imported in larger quantities than any other
shade; there are also great many cases OF
cafs-au latt damask.
TIE SWEETEST wAsH-GooDs.
Harperss Bazaar says: The novelty in
wash goods for costumes is the toile dAlsace,
a soft. unglazed cotton fabric, fre as the real
Scotch ginghams, and as light and cool as
linen. This comes ready for costumes in the
order already described Of three patterns in
each dress. The brown suits are particu-
larly liked. The plain part Is lightest, and
sometimes has mingled dashes OF darker
brown. The graduated stripes and plaids
resemble those shown in the beige. This eX.
cellent material is also shown in,stripes OF
blue and gray, In seersucker colors, in dark
seal brown shades, in plain navy blue for
Hover skirts, with white bars, lines, or plaids
on the upper skirt. Other blue and gray
stripes have cardinal red lines; japanese
figures of odd looking foliage are in other
suits: sometimes blue grounds have yellow
Others group black and pink with white, or
brown with white and blue, or else drab
with brown and white.
| THE PRECIOUS PERCALEs.
All kinds of wash-goods will be used this
summer for street suits. The foulard per-
Gales are brought out in Chevoit (tWilled)
stripes, checks, blocks, and irregular plaids of
one color on white ground. Gingham pat
terms are especially liked in the fine cambrics
that are sold for forty-6ve cents yard.
Blue and gray "gingham plalds," and all the
quaint old coIors, browns, snuff-coIor, and
| blue and white cottons, worn by our grand
mothers, are reproduced. Crean-color is
especially liked in cambrics, French jaconets,
and percales, There are also many lace
bordered" cambrics; thus cream-colored
grounds have figures representing black lace
for borders. The dark solid-colored glazed
percales also reappear in navy blue, brown,
and gray, to which are added cardinal red
and myrtle green. The latter are warranted
to wash, but wllscarcely be liked for dresses,
though they will be useful Us pipings and
facings.
INCEST LAWNS AND GRENADINES.
Old.fashioned organdies and the cool, clear
lawns IN 1aVor genefatlon ago are revived
: for the centennial year, and come in bor-
dered patterns, with fiouuces, to be made up
, with self.trlmming. Watering. place and
country costumes last year foretold this re-
turn to bordered goods, and this summer
, will see it carried out. The foundation of the
; dress is in bair stripes, or bars, or rose.buds
of color on white or cream. tinted ground
with gayly fiowered borders on relief OF
I. black. There are also lace.bordered lawns
J like the canbrics just mentioned.
Black grenadine will again be the standard
dress for summer, as black silk is for all Other
, seasons. There are striped and barred gren
J adines, and also plaided stripes and lace
stripes, withmopen-work alternating witt
plain stripes. The pretty pin.head checks
: and matelasse grenadines OF last year are still
seen, but the newer fancy is for bars OF two
three, or four thick lines in clusters, will
thinner transparent spaces between. 1t i:
predicted these will be the popular designs
; The larger lace-like stripes have plaids tc
: correspond that are to be made up in tht
same dress on a foundation of plain grena
dine. The iron grenadine, in its strong
, square meshes, will not be abandoned
, though figured grounds are more stylish
} Damask and brocade grenadines are also
) considered choice goods. Polka spots anc
plain satin-striped grenadines are not shown
The greatest novelty of all is black grena
) dine checked with gold or with silver