The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-12

The Breton bult-n the rage.
,Bonnsts no longer match suits.
Capes IN the back OF bonnets grow in
Skirta ere still madevsry plain around
the hips. 1T Tr.
The most fashionable straws are in OLD
gold color. "
The balaveuse or sweeper is de rigeuer
with all dressy toilets.
Breton braids and buttons appear on
stylish bunting suits.
Silk Is used to excess in the compost
ton OF spring toilets.
Barred and knottsd fabrics are the
favorite spring novelties.
Toilet of fancy wooden fabrics and silk
are almost de rigeusr.
Tilleul and mandarin continue TO be
leading shades of color.
Sleeves of street and morning dresses
are tight to the wrist.
Japanese chamber robes are the fashion
of the passing moment.
Pockets are worn fatter, more IN front,
and higher up on the skirt.
Velvet and velvet ribbons are used for
trimming fine Tuscan straws.
SQUARE necks worn over chemisettes
will be in high fashion this summer.
Large and small buckles are worn on
slippers and garden shoes.
New corsets are stiffened with watch
spring steel instead of whalebone.
Bonnets formed entirely Of flowers are
shown Tor oyeIa and reception wear.
Disx onsl fsstenings and trimmings sp-
pear on nearly all the new overdresses.
Louis Kill, Louis XIV, and Louis
XIV. waistcosts are worn with ricn
toilets.
Scsrfs draped over the hips for tunics
Of princess dresses are very fashionable.
SQUARE box toes and French heels are
not cut of date, but they are not de
rtgeaer.
Dolmans are giving away to msntelets,
light sscques, sc.ris, and novelty shawls.
Habit or cu.sway coats are worn over
the Louis XIV. waistcoats OF dressy
suits.
Turkish and Persian colors and effects
are sought tor in the new spring fabrics.
The Paul and Virginia and tie Dani-
chef are the leading styles OF fancy
rouHd hats.
Breton trimmings are the fancy OF the
moment for little girls and misses
dresses.
PAN, checked and striped stockings
are as popular as ever for children
clothing.
Many little butterfly bows are set on
ons.sided up the front OF some OF the
newest costumes.
The halr is still dressed hig on the
b, BAD, and with dropping braids or curl-
in the back.
Bunting suits are trimmed with knife
plsitings, bound with some bright con-
trasting color.
A novelty in hats is the alternative OF
gilt and braid with the brsids OF black or
white straw or chip.
The Normandy ard cottage prevail
among spring bonnets, but ali sorts of
shapes are fashionable.
Breton braids and strings of Breton
buttons will convert almost any plain suit
into Breton costume.
Gessamer flax and gOss, mer Shetland
shsgIs are charming novelties for sea-
81 10 and wa,ering-place wear.
Sleeves OF dressy reception and even
inr tot let's are a Ia Duchssss -th at is, not
coming down further than the elbow.
The hard times have made misit car
nut companies very prosperous. Mlsht
carpets are sold for trlfle ut the moment.
"Sca-ecrow" Is the name we have
given some of the new yellow straw bon
ne $, which are trimmed with yellow and
tiIleul.
The large muslin and lace collars and
oversleeves that are coming in fashion
will not be worn except by the exclusive
classes.
Watch-spring steels are used in the
place of whalebones tor the waists OF
dresses. They give q more becoming ut
than whslebone, and define the figure to
perfection.
The leading colors in velvet bonnie,
ribbons are Tesuxius a lively red),
Mandarin, old gold, maze, buttercupt
Holbein and olive green, tilleul, moon
light blue, rose, pink and coral.
Some of the new bonnets of old gold
color in straw, trimmed with tllleul and
lemon colored ribbons and flowers, in
which yellow predominstes. are so ugly
they give one blow in the eye,
r-Nsvy blue, seal and bronze are the
fsvorite colors of the intermediate season,
relieved when made up in costumes with
tilIeul, silver gray, old gold, straw, sui
phur, pale blue and cream colors.
Large caterpillar ruchings, an eighth
OF q yard wide, formed of several rows of
frsyed out bands of silk are used rs the
bottom trimmings on the skirts OF some
of the richest imported toilets.
All sorts of bonnet strings are worn,
such as lace, embroidered cam brio trim.
ned with lace, ribbon, crepe lisse, edged
with knife paitings Of the same, and
scarfs OF fable frsyed out all around.
Japanese chamber robes are made of
rich brocaded silks, in various colors,
with large flowers, birds, and grotesque
designs, with silver and gold threads
shot into the fabric. They are trimmed
with gslloons to match.
NEW fashions IN lingerie are shown
at leading house. There is return to
wrought muslns chemisettes, large mus
lin and cambria collars trimmed with in
ssrtions and Vslenciennes and Mslines
and Torchon laces, snd cuffs to match,
which ara worn over the sleeve not