, 1877-05-05
Fashion -Plata Promenade on Sunday
Afternoons on Fifth Avenue,
New York.
Mysterious Whisperings About
SurpassingIy-Lovely Sum"
mer Hats.
The Use Of Bunting for Dress. Purposes
...Outsldo Pockets Abolished.
Tho MPaul and Virginia" Hat~--The
Black and Colored Straw
Bonnets.
NEW YORK.
ffFrn-AvRNUE rAsftloNA

ffFrn-AvRruE FASHIONS
Arecfdi Cnrrx+pcndenrA II Tn Trsannk
Fsw YORK. May 4.-Thcre Is probably no plaeo
n all The tinted States whero. in 4 limited time
And distance. one can much 9aNhion, ouch
elegant tolcttss, - Fifth avenue dItpayn ON snn-
day afternoons. Hero let me remark parcntletlc.
ally that It Is considered quite TN rcgIo 10 dr,vo
and promenade on this great thorolghfarc on ths
seventh more than or the other six days es!!ect-
lively. Stationed at window, ah excellent point
Of vantage. watched thu parade OF tho minated
tsoh,on .plates, hnt am too unseiaAh TO 1eAvr you
uu,ufortncd. Some street tocttes. owing 10 the
prevalence Of orange. cardinal. nsc., aro ratnef
outge In appearance. but these. wa must admit.
are the exception. and, AZ ftlc, New York won,-
su d.ess better than Any Of their sIstors. An et
cccuingly handsome toilette. remarkable at once
for IT. simplicity and clcgnnre, II OF silk and cash.
mere. Tho uadcrskitt Of The forsnef material ID
oruAmented BY three very narrow, finely y.msac
plisaes. Tho overjrcss, which IL polonafc, ts of
so!tess black cashmere and h richly embroidered
In small blossoms and dclicaso vines and foliage;
Th,s material Is exceeding beautiful bull 4 slmDst
frseess fiss % viii naeiy "haped french lack The
ne.n, es the e" s4 ts1! II s y
os hts sn.sq = Il 4, ana 1Eapo po:
poIonnlse 10 cnt OF, and y acain put on ln series
% W ses psa ste s s sssR ase sass te
JancTy |, cseccdsnsiy graceia1, falling easiy iul
not cIo.ely, 10 Zig figure, a,d shownY. u does
elassic, an thnt IL certainly. rcfrcrhlng. ID &c.
Company % tIls toilette lsa lovely bonhes Of nnest
nt Etsn'e ws i soe s asf saa .
ming d a larbc u hundsouo lacy. knottcl at tho
thfSas n loose bow ws., nsstlss s,oer banSh
Suedo Vi tue much admired tint, gris argent, add
ali that can b desired 10 th,s beautiful toilette.
ANOTHER MOST sTYLisl1 cosTuMk
= rlrHdn hY n 1nuF ,c4pt
IT,. Triish fncc. fresh al rose. bud, was untcs
'aass Il lss! agsn1e1 n1 x 5 %f ; ssn;
ane site. pleatug t,so 1t three lnc.lcs drep Oyvr
ths was lounse Of rase vaIcnc.cnnrs. lii yellow
ta s,Ie,ts s,;'i tvyieayas and asmoes :urrouSeI ta
crown, and the iaco. trimmings consisted Vt two
ssn Gt x a Y 5 aes 81
secured q Da.bc Of whlso '1laalon 1T tns Mtsx.
Worn viii, tllIs danty lltilc bonrt WIS skirt Of
IhIa naunco Il bos .pcatct ind tic csu{tc Of rnrh
,,rat ~ lacked Lesk with d huiton. thus showins
s@s ~ ns rcne casncre Or s",,c other Soft Meo1en
soods, beautifully Irocaded with lavender md All
tso elaboso fot doscriptiou but liz Sasaac Is Of
,sa ,esy !sm!aed viii sllsss biad and sp.
enFs it,ssf sfo.o upon b. attractive dre.. eae
aaetasr "atit extremely prst!y The ,k,st Of b1uc
'.s ". tsl wh %p , p15.ng .eRs
crimson, sud bruEcn up into fans. isrrgnInr checks
ly har 1nrs Of ti.ctc twu cuIvr* Tie ovctnktrt il
,ery long bti.ln and Ii box. R1cntr to tir l,clt
aui lul III 0nr deep rltut at cncsl side. The ffunl
II also very deep, md Is rrestlly ''wsInkclI"
uero,s tho front 6fcniths. The bnsqpo ta tn tlo
popular stytu and IA c!oscd down liz Gu.
lire fso,t with buttons. Tacta buttons nru in
themselves sufficient ORNAMENTS, ,tlng Of nncxt
white ivory. With the ,nunu:ruin Vi thu wen1ur
ktynnge Il nuy seem after this description, turu
IL nothing Rarng or III bad Gaalt about ths fHtltgr
ttriktus tullrtte. This, rethapt. was owing noet.
" IL thc lady wuarnx It, III swctt. faced, ruit- -hatr
ell ilttiu t0dy, whose gfIy eyes might AnI fit NJ
sheltus under lie s.,ad0w Hf tlWnkracss Dunnrt.
] mn aure we hnyv ali realized nt t1me tIMle lnw
much more u wuIlan Ltc.scs u taIlrtte thuH 1t Il
woman. hut s'reyuonn II ma ntuutuntf Tho
trimming or this tvlitttc which led ma into this
digrrs1l0n II lla,,usotue gruul, cunbIAlng Nil tho
cuurs lii the dttst viz, bnr, hcayIf. and white,
The hat, pretty eAupo kiluwn ~ the ''lincklng.
lam" IL Ut due white En.llsl, etraw, tsInlnlc
with xtary OF Ukuc titk tutIsrly knotied Ut thu
tsiek, und cluster " dcel, cti.nisvn tuscs This
'.DuckinEbam Lids fayt IL lecu,np very popttae
hst, ii la or Somewhat Resembling tl,et u tlse
hardly very bcconiiE shape, but what attgrs that
Hhouli thosg whom It docs 1ecuulu psUnvuncv il
u Ia mode.
With word nbout ono nlose pretty costume, we
win make orr bow to tho Sunday prDuenairrr,
though Indeed this wo should DO iisyt, for the
"tomEpg dress" IL b -,
t.To1I yT-rE DE y1stTsB
and consequently docs not 'parads on sundoy: 1t
l. al sun,s sort iivlIt woni fulric nf t,I,rnis
for thu wtafcF Ia . fair young girl. literally