The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-25
IMPROVED FIG LEAVE !.
Some Very Tast fal Masquerade Dresses
for the Mundane.
Dolls, Little Girls and Young Ladies
Latest Fashions.

Latest Fashions.
TSaturday Night
To those who take but little interest In Lent
Who indeed, hardly know when IL comes. and
only when it goes from the fact that spring
changes In fashion come in with Easter, and Ess-
ter closes Lent-the tact that the season OF sack
cloth and ashes is 30 near at hand can make but
| little difference.
the observances OF this period, the days OF feast
| ing and mIrth are well kept up aud all possible
merriment crowded into the remaining days oil
worldliness.
ties, aeustedles, ETC., are 30 crowded into each
week that fashionables attend two and three Of
ten in one evening.
At tho largest masquerade Of the season, we
noticed some delightfully."- new and fresh COS
tunes.
An American Indian princess ,ssume was pro-
nouncsd beautiful. II was formed OF short,
narrow green satin skirt, trimmed with gold,
scarlet and black embroidery, and mingled With
the embroidery, gayseolored ela.s beads. The
channels ut u; me ccasins, hoad-dress Ut feath-
ers. and many rows Of gay-colored beads on the
neck and arm A bow and culver OF arrows
hung at the side. The ! gxings and moccasins
were covered with embroidery, beads and feath-
ers.
"Eve," fairy miss OF sixteen. personated the
character White india muslin, trimmed with
apple lesyes, blossoms and fruit. Two fig leaves
TO Tmed the pocket, out OF one peeped the head
OF snake, the other 'rlplst OF white lles. La
the hand no her of.pearl fan, with pam ed APP
Piles. On the head o wreath OF tiny apples, with
flowers and leaves. Around the neck AND wrists
sarpents of gold and silver ename!ed In red and
blue.
Dominoes sre regular long princesse dresses,
with vatican plat in the buck, and buttoned
down the front. A large circle. cape aud hood,
il often worn, and aid TO co local the figure OF
the wearer.
Peasant, brigand, the seasons, and flowers, are
all represented at every ma gu rade; and, 10 we
have winter after wiuter described these cos
tuDes. We will leave them now.
Ball dresses are ufbener made in pfincss7e than
otherwise, and are trimmed with scarfs OF lace,
crepe or elk.
Young des whose IS frat sesson' 1t 10 In sd
ciety dress mostly with utter simplicity Write,
thin material with howers; or, II colors, the
palest and most delicate. They oiscerd jewelry
almost entirely. flowers taking Its flace.
A new idea this teason Is, dolls dressed in the
height OF fashion, either masquerade. or party.
or walking .eostumF. These are used as models,
and ladies order from them, Or purchase the
dolls and manufacture ut home.
lis SAID the decree has gone forth In Paris
establishing the mode Of dressing the hair for
the coming season. The haif falls on the fore
head in waved rings, tue back is q succession OF
interlsced loops. with thin, spiral iing tcork-
screw ~, and one ioug, ftiz1ed Gull hanging
down the back.
new dress, affected by ladies' of charming
figure, il an entirely plain pr1ncesse, without
drallng or trimming, aud Closed dtaganal1y Ia
froDt. Ihev are worn Without hustle or pannler,
and as straight and close In front as in the back.
Ii liz said new fabric is being wrought for
over-dresses, to be named ''coat-of-mall," go
called from its firm. supple character, very like
the sts armor of oldtn sitnea
new blue silk, designed for fashionable OF
exquisite taste, was on exhibition ut II lesding
mo,iiste's for q day or two. It was made with n
cuirass, and scarf draptngs on the skirt. The
basque had cardinal elk vest and cardinal
pipings. The sleeves we're open Mt She back,
from which peeped knittibgs OF cardinal, and
the scarf. draping, was edged with a killing OF
tile cardinal. II was ever so styliah; and
now that cardinal AID blue have become Ssh
ioaable blending, why everybody says, How
prettv!" Perfectly lovelyp "snch good
taste !"
For little girls there Ia fancy to mako paletots
and sacoues OF quilted satin, And misses are
affecting their manmas style of coetume, inso-
much that the prlncesee IL getting TO pc their
favorte The dress is button I'd or lace q In the
back aud IL u ualiy trimmed with fJlds OF q con-
trastipg color It silk, put on, in plastron shape,
down the entire front.
The ps.etots, or street costumes, worn by
misses are nearly oil diagoaaly bnttoned, aud
many have huge CAPE AID pockets, although
the ape stems to tie more In demand for weepy
children than those OF larger growth.
We noticed q lovely costume for miss OF thir-
teen. II was made " bottle-green metelasse
and cashmere, with cardinal pipings. The skirt
was trimmed with knife -peating OF cashmere,
headed with band Of the matelaese pped with
cardinal. broad eca1f of matelasse piped with
cardinal, aud edged with deep Melted fringe, was
draped across the front breadth and carried to
the back, where il was draped under full bow
aud ends OF donb e-aced green and cardinal
ribbon. tight fitting postilliop basque, OF the
cashmere, had matelasse sleeves, aud WIS
trimmed to match the skirt. A deep collar,
pointed b tn back and front, piped with cardinal
Al r. n. : l ~ ~. sat
best suits for miss We had Eotiosd this season.
Au reyUir BLANCHE,