The Portland daily press., 1876-04-20
New York Fashions.
Chiidren's Cesiumss.-I.ingerie.
GIRLS DRESSES.

What are called "basket suitings'' are the
fine woolen stuffs used by Parsian dress.mak-
ers for the dresses recently imported for girls.
The colors are cream, pale blue, and French
gray in small raised squares. all of one color.
The trimming is merely kilt pIeating and silk
facing The designs are notifications of the
princesse dress illustrated last fall in the Bazar
and of which cut paper pattern is published
in the Girls Wardrobe This serves either for
the house or for an over dress for the street.
The front is sometimes straight without darts
sometimes it is fitted to the figure; in other
cases it is buttoned diagonally. The back may
be either in kilt or box pleats. The collar Is
deep and square behind. A pocket slung over
the shoulder is quite q feature in these dresses.
The princesse style is also adopted for the
pigue dresses of small girls, while larger girls
have oVer-skirts that are merely aprons shirred
70 form fan behind, and the basques are 9ox-
pieated, with row of insertion between the
pleats A Hamburg ruffle edges the basque
and over-skirt; two such ruffles are on the low
er skirt.
The low sash tied around the hips and fas-
tened behind in large bow is made of wide
gros grain ribbon, and worn with pique pru-
cesse dresses by very small girls. Their lace
caps are of close capote shape, trimmed with
ribbon to match the sash. The stockings are
of similar color.
Cambria and print dresses for school and
general wear are blouse waists buttoned be-
hind; this Waste is separate from the skirt.
with ends extending over the hips, and instead
of belt drawing string passed around the
waist. The SKIRT may be trimmed with rufies,
or else be plain and have round long over
skirt shirred on the sides and simply hemmed.
Turbans and white straw sailor hats will be
worn by schoolgirls from ten years up to mis-
ses in their teens.
Deep wide round frills turned down around
the neck are made of the new lace braids, and
worn by the small children, both girls and boys;
price S1.25 There are also broad Puritan col.
lars of The Irish cord lace tina. initiates antique
designs: price So. Lace to match is imported
to trim the wrists of the coats with which the
collar is worn,
The wool de bege and other suits worn by
young girls are made with basques that button
behind and long deep aprons. Brown, gray
and dark blue remain the coors most in favor
fo- young folks.
NEW COLLARS AND CUFFS.
The inevitable cream color has found its way
into lingerie, and instead of snowy white linen
collars and cuffs a novelty is cream-tinted cam
brio for this purpose, with the corners wrought
with scarlet, blue, brown, gray or black, dcne
in washing woods TO represent Greek squares or
vine or cluster of flowers in the corners Of
collars cuffs. The sets cost from 80 to Sc 80.
For mourning are borders of gray Chevoit all
around the collar. and black embroidery in the
corners. The cuffs are square and straight in
stead of fiaring, and are fastened by three linen
buttons.
More dressy white linen sets, of fine sheer
quality, are hem-stitched in the dainty old fash
ion OF generation ago. The most stylish linen
collar has the points in front rounded off, while
| the popular shape remains the very high Eng
| lish collar with sharp points broken over
| These fit best with collarette attached, and
| cost 20 to % cents each. Lace trimming on
linen collars is passe. Embradery is still liked,
| but the caprice of the season is for hem
| stitching.
| CREAM CoLoRED HANDKERCHIEFs AND TIES.
| Cream-white muslin is also the novelty for
| pocket-handkerchiefs, and these are shown
with neck ties of the same, trimmed to match.
Indeed there are also breakfast caps of the
cream tint, and this probably will climax the
use of the color, which the modistes declare
began with the stockings of fine Balbriggan
manufacture. The cream white handkerchlefs
have their small square centres enlarged by an
added border, which is neither hem nor q
frill, but is sewed on plainly, except around
the borders, where the fullness Is grouped in
side pleats. This border has needle worked
scallops of scarlet brown, or black, and has
/ also inserted net in leaf designs needle-w0rked
| with color. They cost $4 each. and neck-ties
to match are So. There are also pocket-hand-
Il keTCulblS OL SOU Wultc JWlil6u SILK, WTUuKub III
the same manner, for $3.50. and scarfs to cor
respond for So. Silk pocket-handke
have come to be considered part of stylish un-
dress toilettes for morning, travelling, etc
Cream-colored batiste neck-ties, exquisitely
| hem stitched in the pointed ends, ara sold fol
S225, and worn with dark toilettes; others
have richly embroidered ends. Tissue scarfs
| of the same stylish hue have woven lace de.
sign in the points and cost 50 80.
The fashionable lsse for ruffs and frils is al
so of creamy white. The most popular design
IS three rows of side-pleated lisse; the richest
and fullest patterns are first futed and then
box-pleated. The edge is hemmed, and fin.
ished with pearl braid. Price 81 yard.
Muslin caps of creamy tint have soft round
| yet high crowns, edged with creamy Valen.
ciennes lace borders in two .frills, and finished
| behind with muslin point In front is an AL
i sacian how of gros grain ribbon, and there are
streamers behind. -Harper's Bazar.