The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-28
ITEMS FOR TH1E LADIES.


Yellow and tilleul are leading colors.
Mittens are all at once very fashiona-
BILE.
The old Tuscan straw braids are re.
yived.
Open, lace-like straws are coming in
vogue.
Mandarin is one Of the new shades
Of yellow.
Rough straw twists are preferred for
round hats.
Leghorn straw bonnets are most
sought for.
The newest bonnets are capotes, or
! Normandies.
Moonlight blue is the popular shade
of this color.
shawls of every kind will be much
worn this season.
Yellow Italian straws are the first
choice in bonnets.
Some mittens are of white, others OF
black or colored lace.
| Persian Khenna is an instantaneous,
tnodorous hair dye.
The newest bonnet ribbons are woven
with plush effects
| Tilleul, or linden green, Is a pale tint
OF yelloWish green.
All shades of gray are seen in the de
beiges and Yigognes. .....
Vesuve is the newest shade red. 1t is
brilliant fame color,
The fashionable color, tilleul, is very
| Trying to the complexion.
| All Oriental fabrics are very fashion
aple at The moment in Paris.
| Straight curtain bands are seen on
most OF the Leghorn bonnets.
Square crowns for bonnets are more
called Tor than pointed ones. ...
Shot camePs hair goods are made with
| smooth surfaces this season.
Round hats are worn only for shop-
ping, travelling and demi-toilet.
The dry-goods counters are CAV and
bright with new dress fabrics. r..
Some OF the percales have light gray.
drab, tllleul, and white grounds. -
Fly fringes, with deep-netted headings.
are among the new dress trimmings.
| Basket-woven camePs hair stuffs in
dark colors are among the early spring
goods.
Florid brunettes Of the finest type are
the only ladies who can wear tilleul to
advantage. ...
Handsome veil and scarf pins are in
demand to attach scarfs to the back oil
| the bonnet.
Woolen fringes, knotted and netted
in new styles, come for trimming spring
| dolmanS.
Wool stutfs to match the color of the
| camePs hair goods, are preferred to silk
| for skirts.
The new percales show great improve.
| ment in the designs, colors, and finish
of the goods.
China Grape, Indian tissues, and all
KINDS OF oriental fabrics, are sought for
by choice buyers.
| The new de beiges are woven in bas-
ket and damassee effects, and in shaded
stripes and plaids.
The new shades of yellow are butter
cup, maiz old gold "a yellowish
prown), and Mandarin, vivid yellow.
| The figured and striped percales are
made up into basques, tunics, and polo
nalses, and worn over skirts of solid
color.
Japanese silks, Indian cashmere.
| burah toulards, and great many China
grapes and gauzes, are among the spring
| importations.
The favorite combination in camePs
hair stuIfs are tilleul grounds shot with
| darker threads Of myrtle green, brown,
black, or dark red.
| Twists OF knotted silk, ruches OF
trayed bias silk, and tulle ruches are
| worn as face trimmings inside the close
brims OF capote and Normandy bonnets.
| Deep blue, myrtle green, and seal
| brown, with rich stripes, figures. and
| flowers in bright contrasting combina-
tlons of color, are seen in the new Der-
Gales.
| Torchon lace is the rage. 1t forms
! the ends OF scarfs, trims dresses and
underwear, forms ruches and fraises
for the neck, and occasionally bonnet
| scariS,
| The most exquisite Torchon lace
| chemise yokes and sleeves. all in one
| piece, are shown to choice customers
in some of our best lace importing
| houses. .... ... ..
| CamePs hair stuffs, vigognes, de
| beiges, pefcales, cashlneres, American
prints, ginghams, lawns, and organd les
for spring and summer are all to be
seen IN the dry goods retail houses.
| The newest bonnet scarfs are of fine
linen lawn trimmed on the edges and
ends with round point, duchesse.
Malines, or Valenciennes lace, The lac
applied to the lawn with exquisite en-
broideries. ..
! Loosely folded searfs, or bias bands of
silk, are used in trimming the new bon
nets; knots of flowers peep out on the
side or above the fastening OF the scarf
in the back. Sometimes tiny bouquet
trims one side or the top to the lace
ruehe.
Among the newest importations of
Paris novelties are made up ruches,
raises, colIarettes, and fichus COM
posed Of ribbon and lace. No two are
alike. They are formed of double or
single fraises, or traise rising above
qulllings and bands, and coquettsh b
BOWS OF ribbon. Some have fall or rib
bon and lace in the back, and some in
the front.
| We are going to wear the dresses of
the French Directory and Empire, the
sty les made beautiful by the Empress
Josephine, Mines. Tallien and Recalnier,
and Pauline Bonaparte., and they not