The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02
FASHION NOTES.

A pretty style is to bind the edge of knife
plaits with contrasting color.
Black velvet skirts will continue in favor
this summer with thin overdresses
Bonnets made of the material of the dress
with which they are worn are very stylish.
1t is rumored that pockets are no longer
to adorn dresses; that is, not the most ele-
CANT ones.
Carpets in black groundwork relieved by
large white daisies are among the handsom-
est spring designs.
The tulle veil for brides is cut circular be-
low, is three yards long, and is finished with
wide hem held by two rows OF floss stitch
ing; price $10.5O.
Sleeveless sacques are sent out with French
polonaises as part of the suit; these are
slightly loose, and are straight in effect, like
the French walking jacket.
Fichu-mantles that tie carelessly in front,
and others that lap across the breast, are i'm
ported for young ladies; they are made of
black silk, cashmere lace or Sicilienne,
trimmed with lace, galloon and fringe.
LADIES of good taste should confine them.
selves to flowers that are in keeping with the
season and their age. A matron of sixty
summers looks rather silly with hat cover
ed with ''poppies' and currants in the tickle
month of April. Violets and May flowers
are the prettiest this season.
Perfumed sleeve buttons are again worn,
and when the odor is delicate and in limit
ed quantity, il is excellent for summer The
button has an opening, such as many read
ers have no doubt seen, round or square,
with top Of gold enamel, or even cameo,
large enough to place a tiny miniature in;
in this the odor is placed and the button
tightly clasped; nothing is visible, the per-
fume alone is found, that may be in liquid
or powder. The sterner sex are patrons of
this novelty, and the jewellers are receiving
large orders now in Gotham for it.
For those who prefer basques and over
skirts are excellent models in the new habit
basques with blouse fronts and deep apron
overskirts, trimmed with lace and shirred to
represent two aprons while the basque is
square, long and irregularly draped. The
basques are similar to square habit basques,
but have a pretty addition made by
straight piece of grenadine on each front
from waist to throat, gatherfd quite full, but
careless looking, and tied across in four
places, by inch-wide ribbon-satin on one
side and gros grain on the other; these rib
bons are set on the back edge of the blouse
part with a loop and a pointed end, and long
strings are left to be tied by the wearer.
The front of the basque is buttoned up under
the blouse; the edges are rounded in front,
short in the hips and square behind, and are
simply piped; the back has long side forms
beginning on tire shoulders The collar is
in English shape The long overskirt is
trimmed with thin lace-like galloon edged
with thread lace, and has many ribbon bows
on each side. Such dresses look well made
of the small-figured brocaded grenadines.
The skirt is of silk, but the oyerskirt is
sewed directly on this silk, and the single
hounce is of grenadine, eight inches deep,
straight, and held in box pleats that are
placed very far apart and gathered at the
top. A band of galloon with lace edging is
at the Top and bottom of such fiounces and
between the box pleats.
INFANTS CLOTHING.
High necked and long sleeved dresses are
at present most used for infants, but it is
predicted at the furnishing houses that there
will be revival of the low necked waists
with short sleeves. The latter, however, re-
quire exta sacques of soft wool for warmth,
and the babe is apt to take cold from the
changes of these wraps, hence most mothers
will adhere to the safer dresses now used.
Day dresses are made with yokes either
pointed or rounded, and the latest fancy is
for square yokes made up of lengthwise clus-
ters of fine tucks separated by bands of i'm
sertion, or else the whole yoke is made of
Valenciennes insertion, marked off in me-
dallions with applique embroidery; trim
ming similar to the yoke forms deep bor-
der around the skirt. Few dresses even
the handsomest christening robes, are
trimmed up the 'front.' Fine French
nansook is used for the incest
robes, and the heavier English nansook
for palmer dresses. The dress measures a
yard and quarter in length, and consists of
two widths OF the muslin sloped toward the
top. For night slips soft finished cambBios
of domestic brands are used. also.hair striped
and checked muslins, while some mothers
use heavier qualities of domestic COTTON.
These slips have no yoke, are buttonsd be
hind. have belt in front oaly, with long
hemmed strings to tie behind They may
have cluster of small tucks down the mid
die OF the front with tucks above deep
hem, and are then nice eaough to- serve as
plain dresses for day wear.
Among other useful garments in Infants
outfits are flannel wrappers for extra warnath
and for bathing wraps. These are long. SIM
ply shaped sacque-wrAppers, buttoned down
| the entire 'front.' lined with soft muslin, and
furnished with belt They are shown in
pure white embroidered or braided with a
color. or else they are striped or checked
flannel, or perhaps plain blue or pink.
Ex-Governor Seymour recommends young
| men in written correspondence to confine
themselves In words M ole and two Svlla-