The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-13
FASHION NOTES.

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The "Imperial" is the leading dol
man. -
Orange and fame color are iaslliSn-s
able. a
No wine, is the rule Tor the ketile-
drum
Visits of ceremony should always Pc
short. r
French and English chips are on As
wane.
Black and tilleul is a popular combipa-
ton.
The Normandy Is the leading sping
bonnet.
Fhe "corisande'7 lisa l<su,.szs =
overskirt
Square box-toed boots are the most
fashionable.
Bonnets with pointed crownsare things
of the past.
The princesse is the favorite dress for
little girls.
Several kinds of tea are served at
kettledrum.
Angot collars for ladies are worn with
plush cravats.
Cream colored dress are made with
ruby velvet sleeves.
Nail-head galloons are among the new
dress trimmings.
Tilleul green is the color much used in
the new assortment of spring flowers.
Grifins, dragons, and devils are ladies'
favorite subjects for fancy work.
The fashion of wearing leather bags
suspended from the shoulder is again
revived.
The newest percales ere in India de-
signs, and dark colors, like those seen in
cashmere shawls.
In London ladies' dresses are kept close
to the figure by means of elqstics sewed
to the creases.
Album fans are a very fashionable
vagary. Portraits of celebrated persons
or friends are painted on them.
Ladies' linked watch-chains, made of
gold. with the stays enameled in white
and light blue, are new and extremely
pretty.
The latest importation of kid gloves
for evening wear are laced up with cord
| finished with tassels, usually Of shade
to match the glove.
The new color this season, introduced
mainly in trimmings is yellow in shades
from pale lemon and mustered seed TO
high carrot red.
Gift rings are formed like bracelets of
several strands, with pearl or opal, or
emerald and diamonds in the center, or
rather in top, for a fashionable ring now
reaches quite to the first Joint.
1t is said that white will be worn
| great deal next summer, but not on the
streets of Paris, London, or New York.
Large cities always demand dark and
black suits for street wear.
Ladies linen collar and cuffs are now
white, edged with narrow borders of
dark blue, myrtle green, or chocolate |
red, stitched all over with white thread
in designs of arabesques and flowers.
The newest kid slippers for ladies are
a kind of sandal, with three straps but
toned gcross the foot, and each one orna-
mented with bows Of the color Of the
dress, or with black velvet bows and |
steel buckles.
The button rage has not yet died out,
though it is now pretty generally under !
stood that the sudden demand for small |
buttons originated in a clever trick of a |
manufacturer 10 get rid of his sinner I
1uous stock.
Outside pockets. it may be remarked, |
have had their day. They are now worn !
so common upon the most incongruous
of costumes that ladies of taste are
getting tired of and little ashamed of
them
The application of small quantities of
striking celors takes all sorts of novel
shapes and forms. Young ladies are
busily employed in working dark red or
blue, or both, into lines upon their
handkerchiefs of silk or batiste.
Lawns and organizes will be worn
again next summer Lawns have white
grounds strewn with sprigged patterns
in bright colors, and colored border for
trimming-similar to those in vogue a
generation ago.
As the most fashionable styles or colors
in dress goods decided preference is
given to neat black and white checks.
blue and white checks, brown and white
checks; this class of checks with neat
stripe-if not too violent contrast also,
matelasse figures in glaces, particularly
grey and brown glaces, and pure mohair
glace.
Cashmere for suits is as high in favor
and as much in demand as ever, but 1t is
no longer trimmed with silk, the combina-
ton having been found undesirable from
every point of view. 1t has, therefore,
been superseded by a Breton embroidery
in different colors and various shades OF
color upon strips of cashmere. The
shades mostly used are bronze, green
brown, invisible green, and other very
dark shades.
New black silk sacques are part y OF
brocade and partly of plain silk, aud are
trimmed with gallooD, lace, fringe and
ribbon bows. Dolmans are thus FIR con-
fined TO the gray and brab wool cloths
already described. The sacques are hall
long and of French outlines, with long
seams in the back, or else the galloon
trims the back perpendiculariy. The
long slender garment of sacque shape,
with shoulder pieces giving the effect OF
Dolman is imported in summer cloths
and in black silk, and promises TO be as
popular as it has been during the WIN
ter.
PRECIOUS STONES As PLAFTHISGs.
w. ]. Morton, in lecture on South
African diamond fields, tells this story
A traveller named O'Reilly stopped at
Doors house. He found the children