Omaha daily bee., 1877-04-02
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

per.
Rosettes r.. reappearing on new
bonnets.
Greenish blue is the correct thing
in kid gloves.
Ribbon bows are made squale like
the Maltese crose.
Dark winter colors will be worn
again this summer.
Victoria refuses to permit high
necked dresses to be worn ut court.
Deep pink kid gloves are fashion
able-the pink OF perfection, as 1t
were,
The newest polonaises are 80 long
as TO show only a mere line Of the
lower SKIRT.
The novelty in LADIES' summer
gloves will be white lace ,mits that
reach 70 the elbow.
Young women should set good ex-
amples, for the young men are al
ways following them.
Round hats have narrower brims
and are less pronounced IN shape
than those of last season.
Cut steel ornaments, such as
anchors and crosses, are largely used
to brighten sombre costumes.
White linen shades edged with a
row OF Smyrna lace are the newest
designs for window trimmings.
The latest importations IN carpets
have dark groundwork with small
figures, and in Persian patterns.
Black silk and velvet skirts will
be worn as much as ever under thin
lawns and organdies for summer.
Little girls summer dresses will
be of dark blue linen, cuJ In prin-
cesse shape and trimmed with
Smyrna lace.
Mrs. Snipe, OF Texas, made her
! husband, Henry, quail before her.
Who says that birds OF g feather
| flock together?
! There Is a young woman in Boston
Who feels without blue blood a lost 'un.
So her life she doth pass
In the shade of blue glass
To tinge it-this noodle of Poston.
An English girl laughs at the
idea that q woman cannot live COM
fortably with her mother-in-law,
and advertises for some cookbook
ing young fellow to give her q
chance to try the experiment.
The sweetest thing in the way OF
g. scarf for young men that has been
brought out this spring is a duck OF
e thing in black or navy blue satin,
that covers the shirt front, and falls
back over the shoulders in two long,
swallow-tails, thus taking the place
Of a dress coat for evening wear.
Many buttoned gloves for full.
dress occasions have the backs en-
broidered with flowers, after the
fashion of two or three generations
ago, aud with their revival is that
of leng black Melted mittens /; these
last are liable TO gain In popularity
during the summer months. Gloves
open on the outside in place of the
middle of the pelm, q recent novel
ty in kids, as also those which opeI
with q metal spring, snd close wher
~, fhn hnnA CO fhnt M Dfhnr foot
euing is required.
The new bodices are generally
cuirass besques, with five seams il
the back instead OF three; still mum
bers of the ladies appeared in short
ones, with a new style OF Skin
which s3t at naught corset dissima
lateurs, ~cuirasses, &c. The skirts o
these innovations are short in front
making the feet and ankles consplc
uous, and the fulness unfolds from
under the arms towards the back
whicn ends In a very long train,
Is cardinal, that can be easll!
thrown over the arm when til
wearer is DESTROYS ofbaving it out o
the way.
A Partisan knick- knack terme,
"Cupid's Market" and In favor TO
the co'illion, deserves mention, !
comprises u pair Of cardboard scales
covered with gilt paper, which ar
hung over two baskets, one con
tanning small hearts for ladies an
the other somewhat larger ones 70
gentlemen. The couple who con
duct the cotillion distribute these t
the dancers. Each couple, after hav
ing waltzed once around the circle
place his or her particular heart Il
the scales; if they do not weigh ex
actly the same amount the pair ar
separated. and the lady has to stan,
up In the, centre until a gentle
man appears whose heart has til
same intrinsic value in point {
ounces. The "Foire aux Legumes,
or vegetable fair, is a similar figure
in this are heaps of cardboard cal
rots, turnips, ~radishes, &C., in plac
of hearts, which, scattered anon
the company, must discover thei
corresponding vegetable during tn
dance.